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HEY pricing
HEY publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 1 September 2026, HEY pricing is $99/year across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $99/year
- Model
- Per user per month
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
HEY plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEY for Work | $12/month | 2 | Entry tier |
| HEY for You | $99/year | 3 | +$87/year, 3 more features |
| HEY for Families | $179/year | 2 | +$80/year, 2 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
HEY for Work
$12/monthThe entry tier. It covers per user, for organisations on a company domain, admin controls for a team.
HEY for You
$99/yearOver HEY for Work, this tier adds:
- One hey.com email address
- Screener, Imbox, Feed and Paper Trail
- Billed annually only, no monthly option
HEY for Families
$179/yearOver HEY for You, this tier adds:
- Covers up to five family members
- Same features as HEY for You per member
What the product covers
The full HEY feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- The Screener
- Imbox, Feed and Paper Trail
- Reply Later stack
- Focus and Reply mode
- Screen sharing style clips
- No tracking pixels
People bring HEY in for someone who wants to replace gmail or icloud mail entirely with an email service built around approving senders before they reach the inbox, a user overwhelmed by newsletters and receipts who wants them automatically separated from person to person conversation, a family that wants shared but individually addressed email under one annual plan, a small company wanting hey for work on its own domain with the screener model for the whole team. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to HEY are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Productivity
Across the 4 productivity tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $5.49/month. HEY starts at $99/year, which puts it above the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEY (this page) | $99/year | Per user per month | - | |
| Bluemail | Free | quote | - | vs HEY |
| Mealime | Free, then $5.99/month | Freemium subscription | - | vs HEY |
| Day One | Free | Free tier plus subscription | - | vs HEY |
| Streaks | $5.99/one-time | One-time purchase | - | vs HEY |
| Canary Mail | Free | Per user per year, or one-time purchase | - | vs HEY |
| Bring! | Free | Free, with an optional paid Premium tier for extras | - | vs HEY |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the HEY badges page.
Before you pay for HEY
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between $12/month and $179/year, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare HEY against the tools that do have one before committing.
HEY runs on mac, windows, web, ios, android, and is published by 37signals (Basecamp) of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The full record is on the HEY review, and the rest of the category is under best productivity tools.
HEY pricing questions
- How much does HEY cost?
- HEY publishes 3 tiers, from $12/month for HEY for Work up to $179/year for HEY for Families. The cheapest paid tier is $12/month.
- Does HEY have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: HEY is listed as Per user per month. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between HEY for Work and HEY for You on HEY?
- HEY for You costs $99/year against $12/month, and adds one hey.com email address, screener, imbox, feed and paper trail, billed annually only, no monthly option.
- Is the HEY for Families plan on HEY worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is covers up to five family members, same features as hey for you per member. It costs $179/year against $12/month for HEY for Work. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is HEY expensive for a productivity tool?
- It starts above the middle of its category. Across the 4 productivity tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $5.49/month; HEY starts at $99/year.
- Which productivity tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 productivity tools listed alongside HEY have a free tier: Bluemail, Mealime, Day One, Canary Mail, Bring!.
- What am I actually paying for with HEY?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for someone who wants to replace gmail or icloud mail entirely with an email service built around approving senders before they reach the inbox, a user overwhelmed by newsletters and receipts who wants them automatically separated from person to person conversation, a family that wants shared but individually addressed email under one annual plan.
- Does HEY charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these HEY prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare HEY against before paying?
- The closest productivity tools in this directory are Bluemail, Mealime, Day One, Streaks. Each has a side-by-side comparison with HEY covering price, platforms and features.