HEY Email challenges every email convention with strong opinions and strong privacy, but its pricing and limitations push users to look for alternatives.
Each app below addresses a specific gap in HEY Email's offering. We picked them based on real user review patterns and feature differentiation.
Fastmail provides custom domain hosting, masked email aliases, strong server-side filtering, and a clean interface with no advertising or data scanning.
Explore Fastmail data →Proton Mail encrypts everything server-side so even Proton cannot read your emails. Zero ads, no tracking, and custom domain support on paid plans.
Explore Proton Mail data →Mimestream delivers a fast native macOS Gmail experience with full label, filter, and thread support via the Gmail API.
Explore Mimestream data →Spark uses AI to separate important personal emails from newsletters and notifications, plus team collaboration features for shared inboxes.
Explore Spark Mail data →Skiff Mail (now folding into Notion Mail) offers end-to-end encryption, custom domains, and integrated docs and drive in one platform.
Explore Skiff Mail data →Tutanota encrypts subject lines, body, and attachments end-to-end. Based in Germany under strict GDPR law with a fully open-source codebase.
Explore Tutanota data →HEY users who leave most often cite the price or custom domain limitations, with Fastmail being the top landing destination.
Custom domains are supported on HEY for Work plans ($12/user/month) but not on the personal $99/year plan.
Yes. HEY strips tracking pixels by default, so senders cannot know if or when you opened their email.
HEY offers a 14-day free trial but has no permanent free tier. Personal plans are $99/year.
App Vulture scores each app on update recency, review sentiment, and privacy features so you can find the best-maintained HEY alternative for your needs.
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