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HEY Alternative

Looking for a HEY alternative? Email Ferret works with your existing Gmail, costs $5/month vs $8.25/month, and adds AI cold outreach detection.

Quick Comparison

Email Ferret Advantages

  • AI Cold Outreach Detection: Included
  • Works with Gmail: Included
  • Starting Price: $5/month
  • Privacy Design: Included
  • Folder Organization: Included

HEY Limitations

  • Requires switching from Gmail
  • No AI cold outreach detection
  • Higher price ($99/year)
  • Locked into HEY ecosystem

Why Choose Email Ferret Over HEY?

AI Cold Outreach Detection

Email Ferret specializes in detecting AI-generated cold outreach that HEY and traditional filters miss. Our advanced heuristic analysis evaluates emails across multiple dimensions to identify automated sales pitches.

Privacy-First Design

Email Ferret never stores your email content. Emails are analyzed in real-time and immediately discarded. We only store encrypted subject lines and IDs for the user interface.

Affordable Pricing

Email Ferret costs $5/month per mailbox, compared to HEY's $99/year ($8.25/month). All features are included in a single plan—no tiered pricing.

Feature Comparison

FeatureEmail FerretHEY
AI Cold Outreach Detection
Works with Gmail
Starting Price$5/month$8.25/month
Full Email Client
Screener Feature
Privacy Design
Folder Organization

Frequently Asked Questions

Email Ferret is the best HEY alternative if you want to keep using Gmail. While HEY requires switching email clients entirely, Email Ferret enhances your existing Gmail with AI spam detection.

No. Email Ferret works with your existing Gmail account. You don't need to switch email clients or change your workflow—unlike HEY, which requires abandoning Gmail.

HEY has a Screener feature that lets you manually approve new senders, but it does not have AI-powered cold outreach detection. Email Ferret automatically detects and labels AI-generated sales emails.

Yes. Email Ferret costs $5/month per mailbox. HEY costs $99/year ($8.25/month). Email Ferret also doesn't require switching email clients.

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Stop AI-generated sales emails from cluttering your Gmail. Email Ferret catches the cold outreach that Gmail misses—automatically.

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  • Gmail Spam Filter
  • Block Cold Emails
  • AI Spam Detection
  • Stop Sales Emails

Use Cases

  • For Executives
  • For Founders
  • For Recruiters
  • For Engineers
  • For Sales Teams
  • For Lawyers

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