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HEY™ vs StartMail

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HEY™ compared with StartMail
DetailHEY™StartMail
What it doesA delightfully fresh take on email + calendar, from 37signals Private, secure and encrypted email you can trust
StageNot given Established
FoundedNot given 2013
Based inNot given NL
Pricing modelsubscription subscription
PricingHEY™ for You costs $99 per year with a @hey.com email address and calendar. Ultra-short 2-character addresses cost $999/year; 3-character addresses cost $349/year. HEY™ for Domains costs $12 per user per month ($10/month for the first user). HEY™ for Families costs $179/year for up to 5 people total Personal plan: $4.99/month or $59.88/year for 20GB storage with custom domain and unlimited aliases. Business plan: $6.99/month or $83.88/year for 30GB storage with unlimited domains. 7-day free trial available. Bitcoin payment option on annual plans.
Key features
  • Screen emails like you screen calls
  • The Imbox for important emails
  • Paper Trail for receipts and transactions
  • The Feed for newsletters
  • Calendar with journal notes
  • Block email tracking pixels
  • Email workflows and thread tracking
  • Collections for project collaboration
  • Send large files directly
  • PGP encrypted emails
  • Password protected email
  • Unlimited disposable aliases
  • Email migration
  • Spam filtering
  • Two-factor authentication
  • IMAP/SMTP support
  • Group subscriptions
What makes it different
  • You control who can email you from the start
  • Email organized by purpose instead of chronology
  • No data selling or advertising
  • From the makers of Basecamp
  • No ads, no tracking, and no profiling unlike free email services
  • GDPR protection with European servers and headquarters in the Netherlands
  • Built by the founders of Startpage, a private search engine
  • One-click encryption and password-protected emails for non-encrypted recipients
  • Unlimited email aliases for spam prevention and privacy
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)80 no change since last check67 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)6631
Citation Flow (Majestic)5745
Referring domains (Majestic)107353731

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