Superhuman is the fastest email client ever built. Alacrio is a proactive AI that watches your inbox, calendar, and tasks — and tells you what needs attention before you ask. They solve different problems.
Superhuman is, at its core, a fast email client. It replaces Gmail's interface with something faster, cleaner, and keyboard-driven. It helps you process email in less time. The AI features (Superhuman AI) add drafting, summarization, and a few smart features on top of that core experience.
Alacrio isn't an email client at all. It sits on top of your existing Gmail account and watches proactively — detecting follow-ups you've missed, flagging meetings you're unprepared for, surfacing task deadline risks. You keep using whatever email client you have. Alacrio adds a layer of intelligence that watches while you're busy with everything else.
| Feature | Alacrio | Superhuman |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Proactive AI monitor — works on top of Gmail | Premium email client — replaces Gmail UI |
| Proactive alerts | Yes — surfaces what needs attention without being asked WIN | No — you have to open it and process |
| Follow-up detection | Yes — detects threads gone cold, surfaces them automatically WIN | Manual remind-me feature only |
| Calendar integration | Yes — meeting prep context, overload detection WIN | No |
| Task monitoring | Yes — deadline risk, blocked tasks WIN | No |
| Keyboard speed | Not applicable — not an email client | Industry-leading — fastest inbox experience WIN |
| AI drafting | Yes — suggests draft replies for flagged threads | Yes — Superhuman AI, strong drafting quality EQUAL |
| Pricing | From $29/mo WIN | $30/mo per user (seats) |
| Works while you're away | Yes — monitors continuously in background WIN | No — requires you to open the app |
Superhuman helps you go faster when you're in your inbox. Alacrio helps you not have to be in your inbox as often.
When you're juggling multiple roles and priorities at once — the inbox is one of many contexts, not the primary workplace. Superhuman doesn't help with the meeting you walked into unprepared, the follow-up that went cold while you were heads-down elsewhere, or the deadline that crept up while you were focused on something else.
Alacrio covers those gaps:
If your current email client (Gmail) is functional and your real problem is things slipping — Alacrio is the answer. It's also $1/month cheaper and doesn't require you to change your email interface.
Superhuman is genuinely the best email client available if you live in your inbox. If you process 100+ emails a day, keyboard efficiency matters enormously to you, and you want a premium Gmail experience with beautiful design — Superhuman is worth $30/month.
It's particularly strong for sales leaders, investor relations, and anyone whose primary job involves email volume and speed. The keyboard shortcuts, split inbox, and read statuses are legitimately useful for power inbox users.
It also pairs well with Alacrio — they don't compete directly since one is a client and one is a monitoring layer.
Yes — and some people do. Superhuman as the email client (for speed), Alacrio as the monitoring layer (for proactive intelligence). Since Alacrio works at the Gmail API level rather than inside any email client, they're fully compatible.
If budget is a consideration, choose based on your actual bottleneck. If you're losing deals to missed follow-ups and unprepared meetings — Alacrio. If you spend 3+ hours a day in email and need to go faster — Superhuman.
Works on top of your existing Gmail. No new email client required. Proactive monitoring from day one.