Canary Mail

Canary Mail is a cross-platform, privacy-first email client that brings all your existing accounts, including Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, Yahoo, Exchange and IMAP, into one unified inbox. It is an app rather than an email provider, so you keep your current addresses while gaining a smarter, more secure way to manage them.

Its AI Copilot drafts replies in your tone, suggests subject lines, rewrites messages, summarizes long threads and lets you search across accounts in natural language. Security sits alongside the AI: automatic PGP end-to-end encryption, expiring password-protected SecureSend messages for HIPAA-style use cases, tracker blocking, phishing and impersonation detection, plus read receipts, send later, snooze and a shared inbox for small teams.

Canary Mail is built for professionals, privacy-conscious users, healthcare and legal teams, and small businesses that juggle several mailboxes and want AI help without giving up control. The AI features are optional and can be turned off, which makes it a good fit for people who want a modern client that stays out of the way.

Canary Mail is freemium. The Free plan costs $0 forever, supports unlimited mail accounts on up to 2 devices, and includes a unified inbox, basic read receipts, snooze and pin, email templates and basic customization. A 7-day trial of paid features is offered with no credit card, after which accounts auto-downgrade to Free.

The Growth plan is $36/year (about $3/month) for up to 5 devices and adds AI Copilot, full read receipts, send later, calendar and scheduling, the inbox cleaner and app integrations. The Pro+ plan is $100/year (about $10/month) and adds PGP encryption, SecureSend (HIPAA), phishing and ransomware protection, impersonation detection, misdirection prevention and priority support.

There is no monthly billing option; plans are billed yearly or as a lifetime purchase for Growth and Pro+. A single license covers macOS, iOS, Windows and Android.