HEY
By 37signals, United States
Paid email from 37signals with a screen-first inbox, its own apps on every platform and no IMAP.
At a glance
- Cheapest plan per year
- $99
- HEY for You, same price at renewal
- Your own domain from
- $120/yr
- HEY for Domains (business plan)
- Works in Apple Mail and Outlook
- No
- Who can read stored mail
- The provider can
- Encrypted at rest and per-field, but 37signals holds the keys
Good to know
- HEY holds the keys to your stored mail
- No IMAP: you use its own apps
- Your own domain only on a business plan
Where it stands among 24
Each fact with every provider's answer. HEY is outlined.
Who can read your stored mail
The provider can
Only you 3
Only you, if switched on 4
The provider can 16
Not stated 1
Ads on the free plan
No free plan
Your own domain
Only on a business plan
On a personal plan 12
Only on a business plan 3
Not offered 2
Works in Apple Mail and Outlook
No, its own apps only
Yes, standard IMAP 17
Through a bridge app 1
No, its own apps only 3
Where the company is based
United States
European Union 7
Switzerland or Norway 5
Elsewhere 4
Plans and prices
In USD, as listed by HEY on 2026-10-16.
Free
None
HEY for You
$99/yr
- People
- 1
- Storage
- 100 GB
- Own domains
- None
- IMAP
- No
- Renews at
- Same price
Annual only. @hey.com address. Not introductory, renews at $99.
HEY for DomainsBusiness
$120/yr
12 × $10 monthly
- People
- 1
- Storage
- Not stated
- Own domains
- Included
- IMAP
- No
- Renews at
- Not stated
Monthly only: $10 for the first user, $12 for each additional user. The only way to use your own domain.
HEY for Families
$179/yr
- People
- 5
- Storage
- Not stated
- Own domains
- None
- IMAP
- No
- Renews at
- Not stated
Up to 5 people, each with an @hey.com address.
Who can read your mail
- Provider can't read stored mail
- NoNo
- Subject lines encrypted
- NoNo
- Encrypted between its own users
- NoNo
- Encrypted mail to outsiders
- NoNo
- Built-in PGP
- NoNo
- Ads on the free plan
- No free planNo free plan
- Mail used for ads
- NoNo
- AI and your mail
- Says no built-in AI on mail content and no training on it
Who you're trusting
- Owner
- 37signals
- Operating company
- 37signals LLC
- Based in
- United States
- Mail stored in
- United States, Netherlands
- Open-source apps
- NoNo
- Transparency report
- Not statedNot stated
- Latest audit
- None published
- Known incidents
- None found
Apps and features
- Web Yes
- iPhone Yes
- Android Yes
- Windows Yes
- macOS Yes
- Linux Yes
- Works in Apple Mail, Outlook, Thunderbird
- NoNo
- POP3
- NoNo
- Exchange ActiveSync
- NoNo
- Security key or passkey sign-in
- Not statedNot stated
- Authenticator-app 2FA
- Not statedNot stated
- Extra addresses
- None
- Hide-my-email aliases
- Not statedNot stated
- Catch-all for your domain
- NoNo
- Calendar
- YesYes
- Contacts
- YesYes
- File storage
- NoNo
- Sieve filters
- Not statedNot stated
- Scheduled send
- Not statedNot stated
- Undo send
- Not statedNot stated
- Import from Gmail or Outlook
- Not statedNot stated
- Export your whole mailbox
- YesYes
- Auto-forwarding
- Not statedNot stated
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Sources (8)
- 37signals privacy policyVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- HEY securityVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- 37signals trust centerVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Research summary of the provider's pages (no single link)AI-assisted research, spot-checked, checked 2026-10-16
- HEY pricingVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- HEY subprocessorsVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- HEYVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- HEY featuresVendor, checked 2026-10-16