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Superhuman Review

Superhuman, an AI email app, drafts and sends replies, sorts your inbox and adds booking links to your emails, with its AI included from the first paid plan. Other AI tools can reach your mail through its MCP server; there is no free plan, and it trains on your content unless you opt out.

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Research-based review. Features and prices are checked on the vendor's own website, and the score is worked out from those facts. We haven't tested it hands-on yet.

The verdict

Superhuman earns its price for anyone who wants full AI drafting and inbox sorting from day one, but there is no free plan to test it, unlike Shortwave, which has one.

Pros

  • Superhuman AI drafts and can send emails for you from the Starter plan.
  • Its Calendar creates events with the best date and time straight from an email and can add a booking link.
  • A Mail MCP server on the Business plan connects the inbox into Claude, ChatGPT and other AI assistants.
  • Superhuman is SOC 2 Type 2 certified and holds ISO/IEC 27001, 27017, 27018 and 27701 certification.

Cons

  • There is no free plan; every tier is paid.
  • Superhuman trains its own AI models on your content by default, unless you opt out.
  • Single sign-on is available only on the Enterprise plan.
From $30/moFree plan NoFree trial No
6.0/10

Spec Score

Superhuman against 9 AI calendar, email and memory apps
#7
of 9 AI calendar, email and memory apps
-0.2
vs the average
96%
from published facts
Ahead of other AI calendar, email and memory apps
What it runs for you+0.6
Behind other AI calendar, email and memory apps
Pricing-1.5Privacy and trust-0.6
Every criterion
Tap a row for the facts
What it runs for you5.5
+0.6 vs 4.9 avg22 of 40 points
Plans your calendar for youno0 / 1.5
Calendars it connects2 calendars1 / 1.5
Booking linksyes1 / 1
Task listnot published, half points0.5 / 1
Email accounts it works with2 email providers1 / 1
Drafts email repliesyes1 / 1
Sorts your inboxyes1 / 1
Meeting notesno0 / 1
Keeps your data on your computerno0 / 1
Why these numbers

Plans your calendar for you: Calendar creates events and finds meeting times on request from an email or command; nothing describes it automatically placing or moving tasks, habits or focus time on the calendar.

Calendars it connects: Counted from calendars_supported. No iCloud calendar option found in the Calendar Overview article.

Email accounts it works with: Counted from email_providers.

Drafts email replies: Auto Drafts is on the Business plan; Superhuman AI on Starter already 'drafts, and if you want, sends fully written emails on your behalf' per the Mail homepage.

Sorts your inbox: Business plan adds AI-driven 'Custom Auto Labels with AI' per the pricing table.

Meeting notes: Checked the Calendar and Mail AI product pages and the Mail pricing feature table; Superhuman schedules and manages calendar events but nothing describes recording meetings or generating meeting notes (Fathom, the separate meeting notetaker, is now part of Superhuman but is its own record per the brief).

Keeps your data on your computer: Data is processed and stored on Google Cloud, not on the user's own device.

Where it works7.0
-0.2 vs 7.2 avg14 of 20 points
Where it runs5 platforms4 / 4
APIno0 / 2
Other AI tools can reach your data in ityes2 / 2
Apps it connects to11 integrations1 / 2
Why these numbers

Where it runs: Counted from platforms.

API: The developers page offers public APIs for Docs and Grammarly (and an Admin API for Docs workspaces) but Mail is only listed with an MCP server, not its own developer API.

Other AI tools can reach your data in it: Superhuman exposes its own MCP server so external AI assistants (Claude, ChatGPT) can read/act on Mail data; help centre also has a 'Superhuman Mail MCP Server' article. Feature is on the Business plan per the pricing table.

Apps it connects to: Counted from integrations. Claude and ChatGPT from the Mail MCP feature page ('connects your inbox and calendar into Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI assistants'). Todoist excluded since the help centre labels it a 'Workaround', not a real integration.

Pricing5.0
-1.5 vs 6.5 avg11 of 22 points
Cheapest paid plan, monthly$302 / 5
Free planno0 / 2
AI on the cheapest paid planincluded3 / 3
Why these numbers

Cheapest paid plan, monthly: Cheapest paid plan on the monthly term. Read live in the browser toggling the Monthly/Annual switch on /plans/mail (Superhuman Mail's own pricing page, separate from the /plans suite page which prices Go+Docs+Grammarly only, in EUR).

Free plan: The suite's Free tier (Grammarly, Docs, Go) explicitly lists Grammarly/Docs/Go as included but not Mail; Superhuman Mail itself starts at the paid Starter plan ($30/seat/month) with no free tier found on /plans/mail.

AI on the cheapest paid plan: Superhuman AI is included from the cheapest paid plan (Starter, $30/seat/month); Business adds 'our most advanced AI', Auto Drafts, Ask AI and the Mail MCP on top.

Privacy and trust7.0
-0.6 vs 7.6 avg12.6 of 18 points
Does not train AI on your dataunless you opt out1.8 / 3.5
SOC 2yes2 / 2
GDPRyes1.5 / 1.5
Single sign-onyes1 / 1
Ways to reach support2 support channels0.8 / 2
Why these numbers

Does not train AI on your data: Superhuman itself trains its own AI models on user content by default unless the customer opts out in account settings.

SOC 2: Listed on the Superhuman Mail Trust Center (SafeBase) as a current compliance certification, alongside ISO 27001/27017/27018/27701.

GDPR: GDPR named as the legal basis for processing in the privacy policy.

Single sign-on: Enterprise-plan-only feature; help centre also has a dedicated 'SSO for Google and Microsoft' article under Setup & Account Management.

Ways to reach support: Counted from support_channels. Help centre has a live chat widget ('Hi there, How can we help out today?'); pricing table also lists 'Priority support' and 'VIP productivity coaching' as Business/Enterprise-only support upgrades.

yesnonot published average for AI calendar, email and memory apps
How the Spec Score works

Scored from what Superhuman publishes on its own site. Not a hands-on test.

Compared with 9 AI calendar, email and memory apps. Facts checked 22 Sep 2026.

A fact the vendor does not publish gets half the points, or the typical value for a number, and says so. It never counts as a no. How we score.

Superhuman Mail is an AI-native email and calendar app built for teams on Gmail or Outlook, with no free plan. What decides whether it suits you is whether your team already runs on one of those two providers and is ready to pay a per-seat price for AI-assisted email and calendar work from the first day.

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Superhuman, Homepage

What is Superhuman?

Superhuman Mail is made by Superhuman Platform Inc., the renamed Grammarly Inc., which is now the parent company of Grammarly, Superhuman Docs (formerly Coda) and Superhuman Mail, and also owns the Fathom notetaker and Rows. It is based in San Francisco.

Superhuman Mail runs on the web and has native apps for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android, along with a Chrome extension.

What Superhuman does for your day

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Superhuman, Features

Superhuman connects to Gmail or Outlook accounts, and its Calendar works with both Google and Microsoft calendars. From an email, it can create a calendar event, complete with title, description, location, attendees and the best date and time, and it can add a booking link to an email after you select the times you are free.

Superhuman AI drafts and, if you choose, sends emails on your behalf from the Starter plan, and Split Inbox separates out emails from your team, your VIPs or your most-used tools. Business adds Auto Drafts, a more advanced AI, custom AI auto labels and Ask AI for asking questions about your own inbox. All of this runs in the cloud on Google Cloud infrastructure rather than on your own device.

Working with other people

Team collaboration and unified admin and billing are included from the Starter plan. Superhuman integrates with HubSpot, Salesforce and Pipedrive, and a Mail MCP server on the Business plan connects the inbox and calendar into Claude, ChatGPT and other AI assistants. There is no separate developer API for Mail.

Superhuman pricing: what each plan gives

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Superhuman, Pricing

There is no free plan. Starter costs $30 per seat a month ($25 per seat a month billed annually) and includes Superhuman AI, email productivity features and team collaboration. Business costs $40 per seat a month ($33 per seat a month billed annually) and adds a more advanced AI, Auto Drafts, Ask AI and the Mail MCP server. Enterprise is priced on request and adds advanced security controls and single sign-on on top of Business.

Privacy and security

Superhuman uses your content to train its own AI models by default, and you can turn this off using the training controls in your account settings. Separately, it restricts its AI subprocessors from training their own models on your data.

Superhuman is SOC 2 Type 2 certified and also holds ISO/IEC 27001, 27017, 27018 and 27701 certification. It processes personal data on legal bases set out in the GDPR and UK GDPR. Single sign-on is available on the Enterprise plan. Data is processed on Google Cloud infrastructure rather than on your own device.

Support runs through live chat and a help center, with priority support and VIP productivity coaching on higher plans.

Who Superhuman suits

Superhuman suits teams already on Gmail or Outlook who want AI drafting, inbox triage and calendar scheduling built into email from day one, and who are ready to pay a per-seat price with no free tier to test first.

It suits less well anyone who wants to try it for free, since there is no free plan, or anyone who wants training on their content off from the start rather than opted out after the fact.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does Superhuman cost?

There is no free plan. Starter costs $30 per seat a month ($25 billed annually), and Business costs $40 per seat a month ($33 billed annually). Enterprise is priced on request.

Which email and calendar accounts does Superhuman work with?

Superhuman connects to Gmail or Outlook email accounts, and its Calendar works with both Google and Microsoft calendars.

Does Superhuman offer an MCP server?

Yes. A Mail MCP server on the Business plan connects the inbox and calendar into Claude, ChatGPT and other AI assistants.

Does Superhuman train on my data?

Yes, by default, though you can opt out in your account's training settings. It separately restricts its AI subprocessors from training on your data.

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