Agent Rank breakdown
Agent Rank
72/ 100
- Autonomy fit
- 7
- Capabilities
- 6
- Integrations
- 6
- Pricing value
- 8
- Polish & maturity
- 6
- Verifiability
- 10
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Capabilities
- RAG
- Memory
- Tool use
Integrations
- Messaging
- Slack
- Gmail
- Calendar
- Google Calendar
Pricing tiers
Free
Free
Personal
- +Basic AI summary
- +90-day search
Recommended
Plus
$9/mo
Individuals
- +Unlimited search
- +AI assistant
- +Scheduled send
Business
$14/seat/mo
Teams
- +Shared inboxes
- +Send delegation
- +Admin controls
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Pros & cons
Pros
- +Best AI-native email client in 2026 — search, summarize, draft all natural-language
- +Built specifically for Gmail; faster + smarter than Gmail itself
- +Cheap relative to Superhuman with better AI features
Cons
- −Gmail-only — no Outlook support
- −AI assistant is helpful but not yet revolutionary
- −Smaller user base means fewer integrations than Gmail/Outlook ecosystems
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