Canary Mail

Canary Mail is an email client built around privacy and security, with optional AI features layered on top. It connects to existing email accounts — Gmail, Outlook/Exchange, iCloud, ProtonMail, Zoho Mail, and Yahoo — through standard IMAP or Exchange protocols and brings them into one unified inbox, rather than replacing the underlying email service. Its AI tools include a writer that helps draft messages, automatic thread summarization for long email chains, and automatic categorization to keep the inbox organized; all of these can be turned off, so the app still works as a conventional email client without AI enabled. On the security side, Canary Mail offers end-to-end encryption using PGP, a SecureSend feature aimed at HIPAA-compliant communication, phishing protection through Vade Secure, and safeguards against business email compromise. Everyday productivity features include read receipts, one-click unsubscribe, message pinning and snoozing, bulk email cleanup, and templates. The app runs on Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, and Android, plus a Chrome browser version. Canary Mail says it is used by more than a million people, including employees at companies like Netflix, NVIDIA, GitHub, Atlassian, and MIT, and the company is backed by Sequoia. Specific pricing tiers and a founding year are not published on the homepage.