hey-email
hey.comBuild Difficulty: 5/5
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Email reimagined for the modern workplace
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Features
41 features across 15 categories
Administration(1)
Manage users, security policies, and organizational settings for business accounts.
Analytics(2)
Track when recipients read your emails and provides insights on engagement.
See when recipients have opened and read your important emails.
Collaboration(2)
Add shared notes to emails for team discussions and annotations.
Allow team members to collaborate on shared email addresses and conversations.
Contacts(1)
Organize contacts with notes and custom fields for better relationship management.
Customization(3)
Use your own domain for email addresses instead of the default hey.com domain.
Reduce eye strain with a dark theme option across all Hey interfaces.
Create and manage multiple email signatures with automatic context-based switching.
File Management(2)
Organize, preview, and manage all your attachments from a centralized location.
Automatically track all attachments and documents shared with you in one searchable place.
Integration(3)
View calendar events and meeting information directly within email conversations.
Forward emails to external addresses or apps with full message preservation.
Connect your Hey account to third-party email clients using standard protocols.
Localization(1)
Use Hey in multiple languages with automatic translation capabilities.
Organization(9)
Extract specific sections of long emails and save them separately for quick reference.
Group related emails together in conversation threads for cleaner organization.
Track changes to emails and view previous versions of edited messages.
Automatically sort emails into categories to help you focus on what matters most.
Create custom labels and organize emails with hierarchical folder structures.
Automatically highlight important emails based on sender importance and relevance.
Only see emails from people you know or approve, keeping unknown senders in a separate area.
Create team-based profiles to manage multiple accounts and contexts within Hey.
Newsletters and mailing lists appear in a separate feed view instead of cluttering your inbox.
Platform(1)
Native iOS and Android apps with full access to all Hey features on mobile devices.
Productivity(8)
Perform actions on multiple emails at once like moving, deleting, or labeling.
Schedule emails to be sent at optimal times for maximum recipient engagement.
Pre-built email templates for common scenarios to speed up composition.
Use customizable keyboard shortcuts to navigate and manage emails faster.
Set emails aside to reply when you have time without losing them in your inbox.
Control when and how people can reach you with auto-responders and do-not-disturb modes.
Retract sent emails within a short time window if you notice an error.
Set automated responses and pause newsletters while you're away from email.
Scheduling(1)
Automatically find meeting times by sharing availability with recipients without back-and-forth.
Search(1)
Find emails using natural language queries instead of complex search syntax.
Security(5)
Track all account activities and user actions for security and compliance purposes.
Automatically backup all emails and attachments for data recovery and compliance.
Encrypt sensitive emails so only recipients with the correct key can read them.
Advanced machine learning-based spam and phishing detection to keep your inbox safe.
Secure your account with two-factor authentication using authenticator apps or SMS.
Writing(1)
AI-powered suggestions and corrections while writing emails for clarity and professionalism.
Pricing
Free
- ✓Basic email with screened inbox
Individual
Popular- ✓Full Hey experience
Team
- ✓All Individual features plus team collaboration
Business
- ✓Team features with advanced admin controls
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Build It Yourself
Total Cost Comparison
DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 41 features at very easy complexity.
Build vs Buy
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Better ValueBuild Your Own
Buying hey-email saves ~$31,560 over 3 years vs building.
Estimates based on 41 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.
Integrations
30 known integrations