Superhuman
A premium, speed-obsessed email client with AI triage and auto-drafts for inbox-heavy work.
What is Superhuman?
Superhuman is a paid email client built for speed — keyboard shortcuts for nearly everything, an AI that triages your inbox by importance, and AI-written draft replies you can approve in seconds. It's aimed squarely at people whose job is substantially "manage email" and who will pay a real subscription fee to shave minutes off every day.
Superhuman built its reputation years before generative AI was table stakes, on obsessive attention to speed and keyboard-driven workflows, then layered AI features like auto-summarise, auto-triage, and auto-draft on top of that existing habit-forming design. The subscription price has always been the sticking point — it remains one of the most expensive mainstream email clients — and the AI additions haven't changed that basic trade-off.
Key features
- AI-powered inbox triage by importance
- AI-drafted replies matched to your writing style
- Keyboard-shortcut-driven interface for speed
- Read statuses and automatic follow-up reminders
- AI-generated thread summaries
- Snippets and scheduled send
Pros
- The speed and keyboard-shortcut design genuinely changes how fast you move through email
- AI draft quality is a real cut above generic auto-reply suggestions
- Triage feature meaningfully reduces inbox anxiety for heavy email users
Cons
- One of the most expensive email clients on the market by a wide margin
- Steep learning curve before the keyboard shortcuts start paying off
- Overkill for anyone getting fewer than 50-plus emails a day
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