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Canary Mail is an email app for Mac and iOS.


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Year Founded
2017
HQ Location
San Francisco, US
Twitter
@CanaryMailApp
7,493 Twitter followers
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20 employees on LinkedIn®

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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Best Email Client Thus Far"
The ability to have multiple accounts listed under one user account, and to have all settings preferences synced between devices upon login. Integr...
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5.0 out of 5
"All my favorite options in one email program"
It has been tough to find a mail application that combines all of my favorite options into one I've been using three different types of programs to...
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5.0 out of 5
"Great Software"
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Canary Mail Media

Canary Mail Demo - Your AI Email Sidekick
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Canary Mail Demo - With GPT-Powered Email Writing
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Canary Mail Demo - Get Instant Alerts with Read Receipts
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Canary Mail Demo - AI Assistant to Navigate Your Inbox
AI Assistant to Navigate Your Inbox
Canary Mail Demo - Pinned, Snooze & 1-Click Unsubscribe
Pinned, Snooze & 1-Click Unsubscribe
Canary Mail Demo - Encrypt Emails with PGP & SecureSend
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Verified User in Civic & Social Organization
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What do you like best about Canary Mail?

It has been tough to find a mail application that combines all of my favorite options into one I've been using three different types of programs to be able to securely encrypt messages, to snooze messages, to sort them in a special way, and have a unified inbox. And all of these things are included in Canary Mail. It was especially important to me that it was easy to sign messages and encrypt/decrypt messages and Canary Mail handles that perfectly. It implements the PGP signature is very easily. And the integration has been incredibly easy into my workflow. I must use this app on all of my devices every day without any thought about it. Their customer support has been excellent to when I ever had a question they have answered quickly and with great informaiton. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canary Mail?

Could be a little more polished with possible settings for how the UI presents itself on the screen, like font or color changes in the window. But that's just a super minor thing that would be nice to have. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Canary Mail solving and how is that benefiting you?

Currently, I don't use Canary Mail much for business. But it is solving problems in all of the community activities that I do. I have several email addresses for different groups that I'm associated with and it helps me keep them together. In one interface I'm able to see all of my email addresses and understand what's going on with each group with the colors that it applies to each inbox and see my calendar for each thing I'm involved with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Canary Mail?

The ability to have multiple accounts listed under one user account, and to have all settings preferences synced between devices upon login. Integrates seamlessly with email providers. Easy to setup, albeit a non-issue for me. The dev team is very open to feedback and implements changes/bug fixes promptly. Been an avid user for years, and I don't see myself leaving anytime soon. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canary Mail?

N/A... honestly. Any qualms I had over time have been fixed swiftly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Canary Mail solving and how is that benefiting you?

Multiple account integration, syncing changes to host providers, and having universal access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Canary Mail?

Read Reciept, Ai, pricing, visual logos of the companies Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canary Mail?

Bit confusing to find attachmens in long email conversations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Canary Mail solving and how is that benefiting you?

Mainly read recipet feature! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Raymond T.
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What do you like best about Canary Mail?

Canary Mail is exactly what i want it to be. Although it advertises itself as an AI superpowered email client, it also doesnt force you to use those features. It's a solid email client that does the basics nearly perfectly, which most clients don't. Most clients try and sell you on their innovation but cant get the basics right; Canary is not like the others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canary Mail?

The only thing i can even slightly moan about is folder organisation. Like Spark it makes you create new folders in the depths of account settings, instead of the sidebar; and if your old school like me it can be a bit of a faff to move your email to the right folder. That being said, its by no means a dealbreaker. It gets everything else right. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Canary Mail solving and how is that benefiting you?

With its features 'Delay Sending' and 'Email Snoozing', I find it a real breeze to keep on top of emails from my clients and prioritise emails at exactly the right time. This is vital in any business use of this app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Scott M.
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What do you like best about Canary Mail?

The AI is phenomenal! I love that Canary can help me triage my inbox, write positive and/or negative responses and even summarize my emails.

I was using SuperHuman and, after a short learning curve, it was awesome! And then.... I found Canary. It does almost everything SH does but also does it on my iPhone and Boox Tab Ultra C so I'm always up to date no matter what I'm using. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canary Mail?

The one thing I really miss about using Cloze.com is their incredibly accurate read receipts. I knew who opened my email (if I sent to mulitple people), I know where they opened it, on what device and even if they clicked on a link I embeded or if they downloaded an attached document.

I hope Canary will consider adding more of this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Canary Mail solving and how is that benefiting you?

Time... Always looking for ways to be more effective with my time and Canary definately helps with that! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Trever C.
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What do you like best about Canary Mail?

The AI features are genius. I mean, AI is obviously a hot trend that everyone is jumping on right now. But Canary's AI actually feels like it's this little robot VA in my phone handling my emails for me. It writes emails, surfaces important emails, and deletes stuff I don't need to respond to. Basically everything I would pay a VA to do for me. If only it could handle my social media too! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canary Mail?

UI could be more intuitive. They sent out an email awhile back talking about features I had never come across in the app. I had to go digging to find them and try them out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Canary Mail solving and how is that benefiting you?

Mainly solving email overwhelm. I get WAY too many emails. Hundreds per day. Canary basically gives me a workflow for managing all of those emails. The AI basically does email triage for me, then for the emails I actually need to deal with, it helps me to respond and process them in half the time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jagadish K.
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What do you like best about Canary Mail?

Canary Mail's AI mail reply feature is a game-changer. I'm a doctor by profession and trust me when I say I get a lot of mails from patients with queries. Some times it take time to respond to all mails. Canary mail learns from your communication patterns, suggesting responses that are relevant, precise, save time and maintain your personal style. It respects your privacy and offers efficiency without sacrificing authenticity. Experience the future of email with Canary Mail. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canary Mail?

Honestly, I am overwhelmed and loving the experience of using this app. I'm yet to find anything that I dislike about this app. Will update if I find anything. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Canary Mail solving and how is that benefiting you?

Helps communicating with patients so much easier. Saves so much time doing that. Also, those mails are better worded by the AI assistant than what I would normally write. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Canary Mail?

Robust email management, label/folder management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canary Mail?

No antialiasing of images on non-retina screens Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Canary Mail solving and how is that benefiting you?

I was a happy user of Spark until they started all over again with their new Spark Desktop. I went through a whole iteration of email clients, from Newton to Postbox, from Apple Mail (+Butler) to Mailspring, from Airmail to you-name-it. I found it annoying that while each email client has some advantages, each client also had disadvantages that made working with them problematic. Each client managed to be an obstacle rather than a ueful tool. Mailspring probably came close. Spark forces you to do mail their way, with difficult access to folders and labels and forcing you to compose new emails in the main window. Postbox is awkward in terms of rendering html. Apple Mail refuses to offer a good snooze function. Airmail and Newton are basically half-finished pieces of software that cannot be considered fully functional. I didn't mention Edison, which, like Mailspring does a good job. And Outlook refuses to work with Gmail labels.

What I like about Canary is that it offers all the good points of the above mentioned emails clients and none of the disadvantages. Robust snoozing, sending and deleting delays, Send later.... all the bells and whistles. It also gives perfect access to labels and folders. There are two ways of highlighting important emails: (1) you can favorite senders/domains (2) you can pin emails for follow up. Pinned emails can be collapsed so new emails to appear within sight.

The reason why I initially overlooked Canary is that it appeared to not render logo's and graphic ux elements correctly. Turns out antialiasing isnt perfect on non-retina screens. Once I realized this, I was able to get oer that. Now I'm hooked. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tiffany Z.
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What do you like best about Canary Mail?

Canary offers all the functions that I'm looking for in terms of email management. My email management need is from a blend of professional full-time work, part-time advising/freelance work, and personal life. It helps me organize all my emails coming from multiple accounts well and keep me stay on top of my communication facing various shareholders. The platform is extremely intuitive to use and syncs fast across multiple devices. Its beautiful and native to Apple UI also suits my need of looking for a platform that is aesthically pleasing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canary Mail?

I wouldn't say this is something I dislike about Canary, but there are certain features I didn't find super helpful based on my current need, and I'm still ramping up on the AI feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Canary Mail solving and how is that benefiting you?

Efficient email management, fast and organized communication across multiple email accounts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ruben R.
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What do you like best about Canary Mail?

The AI fetaures add so much value that other email software is missing. I love the AI summary which help tons when working with bigger teams and big email threads. Also Copilot gives a super quick and nice overview over emails, task and more! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canary Mail?

The apps design is great as it but it could get some modern touch ups and improvements. Copilot is sometimes annoying to use as you always have to start over after finishing one task with it. Which is kinda not the point of less working. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Canary Mail solving and how is that benefiting you?

It solves the problem of having an overload of emails and getting lost in many messages. Also it's a great productivity tool and helped a lot already with staying on top of things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.