Alternatives to Missive
A collaborative email app for teams that combines shared inboxes, internal chat and task assignment. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Missive
A collaborative email app for teams that combines shared inboxes, internal chat and task assignment.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Missive.
Front
A shared inbox and customer service platform that lets teams handle email, chat and other channels together.
Front is a paid shared inbox and customer service platform with desktop apps for Windows and macOS, covering email, chat and other channels, with an AI-heavy feature set.
Help Scout
A hosted shared inbox and help desk service for customer support teams.
Help Scout is a hosted shared inbox and help desk aimed at support teams, positioned as lower cost, but without Missive's internal chat and task features.
Spark Mail
Smart email client that auto-sorts inboxes and drafts AI-powered replies.
Spark Mail is a client for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS whose paid plan adds team features, alongside automatic inbox sorting and AI-drafted replies.
Spike
Turns email into a chat-like interface with message bubbles instead of a list.
Spike presents email as chat-style threads on desktop and mobile, with team and advanced AI features requiring a paid plan.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Mailbutler
An email productivity extension for Apple Mail and Gmail with tracking, mail merge and signatures.
Zoho Workplace
An online suite from Zoho combining mail, team chat, meetings, file storage and office editors.
Superhuman Mail
A keyboard-driven email client for Gmail and Outlook accounts with AI triage and scheduling.
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft's email, calendar and contacts app for desktop, mobile and the web.
SOGo
An open-source groupware server with webmail, shared calendars and address books for organisations.
Horde Groupware
A self-hosted open-source PHP suite with webmail, calendar, contacts, tasks and notes.