Aircall vs HEY Email
The ultimate side-by-side head-to-head analysis for 2026.
Short answer
- Price: not directly comparable — Aircall is pricing not verified, HEY Email is from $8/user/mo.
- How to start: Aircall is pricing not verified, HEY Email is from $8/user/mo.
These lines are generated from the pricing we track, not from a paid placement. We do not publish a quality score, because we do not have one we can stand behind. They cannot tell you which tool fits your workflow — the sections below are there for that. How we score tools.
Aircall
HEY Email
Category
Communication
Communication
Base Price
Not verified
$8/user/mo
Public API
Yes
No
Mobile app
Yes
Yes
Open source / self-hostable
No
No
SSO (SAML)
Yes
No
Choose Aircall if:
Sales and support teams that want calling inside their CRM.
Choose HEY Email if:
Privacy Seekers and Busy Professionals who hate email.
Aircall: pros & cons
- Deep CRM integrations
- Quick to set up numbers and routing
- Good call analytics
- Per-user pricing with a seat minimum
- Call quality depends on your network
- Fewer features than full contact centres
HEY Email: pros & cons
- Total Privacy: Automatically blocks all tracking pixels used by marketers.
- Screening: No more spam or unwanted emails ever—you approve every new sender.
- Aesthetic UI: A completely fresh, modern take on what an email app looks like.
- Productivity: Features like 'Reply Later' and 'Set Aside' keep your inbox clean.
- Subscription Only: There is no free version of HEY; it is a premium service.
- No Folders: It uses a specific organization system that might be jarring at first.
- Locked Domain: Requires using an @hey.com address (unless you use the more expensive custom domain plan).
Our verdict on Aircall
Well designed for its purpose. Larger contact centres need heavier tooling.
Our verdict on HEY Email
The most innovative and peaceful way to handle email in the 21st century.