HEY vs SaneBox

HEY

• People ready to move to a new email address and a different inbox routine
• Anyone who wants to approve senders before they can reach the inbox
• Small teams that want email on their own domain with thread sharing

SaneBox

• People who want to keep their current email app and add smarter filtering
• Inboxes crowded with newsletters and notifications
• Anyone who wants a reminder when a sent email gets no reply

HEY

• HEY is its own email provider, not a client for Gmail or Outlook; existing mail history is not imported, only forwarded going forward.
• IMAP and POP are not supported, so HEY works only in its own apps.
• HEY for You is billed annually only, and HEY for Domains is billed monthly with no free trial.
• There is no free plan.

SaneBox

• There is no free plan; a paid subscription is needed once the free trial ends.
• Snack covers 1 email account and 2 features, and Lunch covers 2 accounts and 6 features. Only Dinner includes everything.
• It is not an email client: the iOS and Android apps are companions for digests, snoozing and blocking senders.
• Prices here are the US App Store's in-app prices. SaneBox's own pricing page can show different figures and also sells a two-year term.

HEY

The Screener

First-time senders land in the Screener, where you approve or block them before any of their email can reach your Imbox.

Imbox, The Feed and Paper Trail

Mail from approved senders goes to the Imbox, newsletters are shown in a feed-style reader, and receipts and confirmations are filed in the Paper Trail.

Reply Later and Set Aside

Move emails that need an answer into a Reply Later pile and work through them in Focus & Reply. Set Aside keeps messages on hand for reference.

HEY Calendar

A calendar is included with HEY for You and HEY for Domains and lives in the same apps as email.

Spy pixel blocker

Blocks tracking pixels in incoming email and identifies the companies trying to track whether you opened a message.

Workflows and Collections

Workflows track an email through stages you define, and Collections bring several related threads together on one page.

SaneBox

SaneLater filtering

Analyzes how you handle email to judge what matters, then moves unimportant messages out of the inbox into a separate SaneLater folder.

SaneBlackHole

Send a sender to the BlackHole and their future messages are kept out of your inbox for good.

Daily Digest

A daily summary of the unimportant, unopened email that was filtered. Digests can also be processed in the iOS and Android companion apps.

Snooze and follow-up reminders

Snooze folders bring a message back to the inbox later, and SaneReminders flags sent emails that have not received a reply.

SaneDoNotDisturb

Holds incoming email during quiet time set aside for focused work and delivers it afterwards.

Works with your current email

Connects to Gmail, Microsoft 365, iCloud, Yahoo, Fastmail, IMAP and Exchange accounts, so its folders show up in whichever email client or device you use.

HEY

• HEY for You$99

  per year

  A personal @hey.com address with HEY Calendar, 100GB of storage, apps on every platform and a HEY World blog.

• HEY for Domains$12

  per user / month, billed monthly ($10 for the first user)

  Email on your own domain for multiple users, with thread sharing, private team comments and email aliases.

• HEY for Families$179

  per year, in total

  Adds up to 4 additional people, each with their own @hey.com address, calendar and account.

SaneBox

• Snack$6.99

  per month, or $58.99 per year (App Store in-app prices)

  1 email account and any 2 SaneBox features of your choice.

• Lunch$11.99

  per month, or $98.99 per year (App Store in-app prices)

  2 email accounts and any 6 features, which can be toggled on and off from the account.

• Dinner$35.99

  per month, or $299.99 per year (App Store in-app prices)

  4 email accounts and access to every SaneBox feature.

HEY

No public discounts listed.

SaneBox

• Annual discount

  About 30% less with yearly billing

  On the App Store listing, Snack is $58.99 a year against $6.99 a month, Lunch $98.99 against $11.99 and Dinner $299.99 against $35.99, roughly 30% less than paying monthly.

• Education

  25% off for educational institutions

  SaneBox states that educational, non-profit and government agencies can get a 25% discount on any plan.

• Nonprofit

  25% off for non-profits and government

  The same 25% discount on any plan is offered to non-profit organizations and government agencies.