HEY vs Posteo

HEY is a from-scratch email service built by 37signals (the makers of Basecamp) around the idea that email should work the way you want, not the way senders want. The Screener requires approval before a new sender can reach you, the Imbox holds mail from people and services you care about, Paper Trail files away receipts and confirmations, and the Feed turns newsletters into a browsable, non-intrusive stream. HEY includes an integrated calendar, blocks tracking pixels used by marketers to spy on when and where you open email, and offers HEY World for publishing a personal blog straight from your inbox. It's available as a personal @hey.com account, a family plan, or HEY for Domains for teams who want the same experience on their own custom domain.

Posteo is an independent, Berlin-based email service that runs entirely on green energy and never displays ads or tracks users. It bundles email with calendar, address book, and notes functionality, and lets people sign up anonymously without providing personal information.

• Genuinely different approach to inbox triage compared to conventional email clients
• Strong, explicit stance against tracking pixels and data harvesting
• Clean, opinionated interface with calendar built in
• Team plan brings the same screening model to company domains

• No ads or tracking, funded purely by subscriptions
• Anonymous signup protects user privacy
• Bundled encrypted calendar and contacts included
• Runs entirely on green energy

• No free tier and no monthly option for personal accounts
• Switching your primary email to @hey.com or a new domain is a bigger commitment than trying a new client
• Team plan requires giving up the standalone @hey.com address and blog features

• Storage starts small at 4 GB before upgrades
• No free tier available
• Fewer productivity integrations than mainstream providers