Alternatives to HEY
An email and calendar service from 37signals that screens senders before they reach your inbox. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
HEY
An email and calendar service from 37signals that screens senders before they reach your inbox.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as HEY.
Fastmail
A paid, privacy-focused email, calendar and contacts service with web and mobile apps.
Fastmail offers paid email, calendar and contacts with Android and iOS apps, custom domains and EU or USA data residency, but uses a traditional inbox without sender screening.
Proton Mail
Official Proton Mail apps for reading and sending end-to-end encrypted email on phones, desktops and the web.
Proton Mail adds end-to-end encryption by default and apps on every platform, with a free tier, though it only works with a Proton account.
mailbox.org
A German email and workspace service with mail, cloud storage, video meetings and office tools.
mailbox.org is a paid German provider hosting mail, storage, video meetings and office tools under GDPR, suited to both individuals and organisations.
Posteo
German ad-free email provider with calendar, address book and notes, run on green energy.
Posteo is a paid German ad-free provider with calendar, address book and IMAP access, a low fixed monthly price and signup without personal details.
Runbox
A paid, ad-free email service hosted in Norway and powered by renewable energy.
Runbox is a paid, ad-free service hosted in Norway on renewable hydropower, with a traditional mailbox rather than HEY's screening of first-time senders.
StartMail
Paid private email service from the Netherlands with unlimited aliases and one-click encryption.
StartMail is a paid Dutch service focused on unlimited disposable aliases and password-based encryption to any recipient, without ads or tracking.
Gmail
Google's email service, used on the web and through Android and iOS apps.
Gmail is a free, widely supported account with strong spam filtering and AI drafting, but it is tied to a Google account and has no sender screener.
Zoho Mail
An ad-free hosted business email service for custom domains with calendar, contacts, notes and tasks.
Zoho Mail is a paid, ad-free business host for custom domains with calendar, notes and tasks and a choice of data centre region, aimed at organisations.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Leave Me Alone
Web service that lists your newsletter subscriptions and unsubscribes you from them with one click.
Superhuman Mail
A keyboard-driven email client for Gmail and Outlook accounts with AI triage and scheduling.
Shortwave
An email client for Gmail accounts with an AI agent that sorts, writes, searches and schedules.
Spark Mail
Smart email client that auto-sorts inboxes and drafts AI-powered replies.
Spike
Turns email into a chat-like interface with message bubbles instead of a list.
Missive
A collaborative email app for teams that combines shared inboxes, internal chat and task assignment.
