HEY Email vs Loom
The ultimate side-by-side head-to-head analysis for 2026.
Short answer
- Price: HEY Email is cheaper — $8/user/mo vs $12/user/mo.
- How to start: HEY Email is from $8/user/mo, Loom is from $12/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 We do not publish a quality score, because we do not have one we can stand behind.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.
HEY Email
Loom
Category
Communication
Communication
Base Price
$8/user/mo
$12/user/mo
Public API
No
Yes
Mobile app
Yes
Yes
Open source / self-hostable
No
No
SSO (SAML)
No
Yes
Choose HEY Email if:
Privacy Seekers and Busy Professionals who hate email.
Choose Loom if:
Product Managers, Developers, and Remote Teams.
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).
Loom: pros & cons
- Speed: Your link is ready the moment the recording stops—no waiting for uploads.
- Interaction: Excellent features for leaving comments and emoji reactions on videos.
- Insights: Get notified the moment your video is viewed and see who watched it.
- Free Plan: A very capable free tier for short-form internal communication.
- Editing Limits: The built-in video editing tools are extremely basic.
- Cost: Can become expensive for large teams with many users.
- Security: Unprotected links can be viewed by anyone who has the URL.
Our verdict on HEY Email
The most innovative and peaceful way to handle email in the 21st century.
Our verdict on Loom
The most practical tool for killing meetings and speeding up team communication.