HEY Email vs Viber

What HEY Email is

HEY is a revolutionary email service from the creators of Basecamp that aims to fix everything wrong with modern email. It replaces the traditional inbox with the 'Imbox'—a place for things that actually matter. With its unique 'Screening' feature, YOU decide who is allowed to email you. HEY blocks all spy trackers, protects your privacy, and offers innovative features like 'The Feed' for newsletters and 'The Paper Trail' for receipts. It's a premium, opinionated take on email for people who want to reclaim their focus and sanity.

What Viber is

Rakuten Viber is a phone-number-based consumer messaging and calling service for mobile, desktop and tablet. Core app-to-app messaging and calling are free, while Viber Out uses purchased credit or automatically renewing monthly plans to call ordinary mobile and landline numbers. One-to-one chats, ordinary groups and one-to-one voice/video calls use end-to-end encryption on current clients. That protection does not extend to Communities, Channels, bot chats, group voice/video calls or paid Viber Out calls, which have different participant and delivery models. Viber also warns that Viber Out connectivity issues may occur in Turkey and several other countries.

What HEY Email is built to do

The Screener

Thumbs up or down on every new sender before they ever enter your inbox.

The Feed

Read your newsletters like a social media feed instead of individual emails.

The Paper Trail

Keep all your receipts and confirmations in one quiet place out of the way.

Spy Tracker Blocking

Stops companies from knowing when or where you opened their emails.

What Viber is built to do

Private messaging

Provides one-to-one and group chat with media, calls and current-client end-to-end encryption.

Communities and Channels

Supports large interactive communities and administrator-led broadcasts without end-to-end encryption.

Viber Out

Uses paid credit or renewable plans for internet-originated calls to eligible telephone numbers.

Multi-device access

Links desktop and tablet clients to the primary mobile phone-number account.

Choose HEY Email if

• Privacy Seekers and Busy Professionals who hate email.

Choose Viber if

• Everyday one-to-one or small-group messaging among Viber users
• Communities and brands that accept the public or server-mediated channel model
• Occasional phone-network calling after comparing the exact destination rate and connection quality

Skip Viber if

• Every group call, broadcast, bot interaction and telephone call must be end-to-end encrypted
• Enterprise SSO, managed identities, retention and compliance exports are required
• Turkey-based Viber Out calling is business-critical without a tested fallback

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).

Viber: pros & cons

• Current clients apply end-to-end encryption automatically to one-to-one chats, ordinary groups and one-to-one calls.
• Desktop and tablet companions extend a phone-number account across common devices.
• Groups, Communities and Channels cover private conversation, large community and one-way broadcast patterns.
• Viber Out provides a paid route to mobile and landline numbers that do not use Viber.
• Communities, Channels, bots, group calls and Viber Out calls are not end-to-end encrypted.
• Viber Out requires credit or a monthly auto-renewing plan, and country, destination and number-type exclusions apply.
• The vendor specifically warns of possible Viber Out connectivity issues in Turkey.
• Uninstalling, deactivating and cancelling paid plans are separate actions; deactivation can remove data or credit without cancelling a Viber Out subscription.