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Hobb vs HEY.

The most principled email product ever shipped, and the least willing to meet you halfway.

THE HONEST VERDICT

HEY asks you to change your address and your habits. Hobb asks for neither: keep your inbox, keep your phone, add a business number, and get the follow-ups written down instead of merely filed.

WHERE HEY SHINES

The Screener is still the best first-contact idea in email

Privacy-first, profitable, and unapologetically opinionated

Paper Trail and The Feed genuinely reduce noise

WHERE REVIEWERS SAY IT BREAKS

Search is widely called a dealbreaker; no API or Zapier at all

Address lock-in, you take a new @hey.com identity

Some users report missed emails, and the UI reads oversimplified

Side by side.

WHAT YOU GET

HEY

HOBB

Price

$99/yr individual · $12/user/mo for domains

$34/mo yearly · $43 monthly, flat

A real, dialable business number

Included

Channels covered

Calls, texts, WhatsApp & email

Notes written from your calls

Automatic, audio then discarded

One ranked to-do list

Imbox / Paper Trail / Feed, no tasks

Every channel, ranked by who matters

Billing model

Annual only

Month to month · visible meter · no contract

HEY is a trademark of its owner; Hobb is not affiliated with or endorsed by it. Pricing and review themes reflect published information as of June 2026 and may change. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it.

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