# Superhuman

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Superhuman and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for fast, well-handled email management and triage, though it asks you to adopt a new workflow and critics question how far to trust it.

## Why people recommend it

- Strong email management (2 comments): "one that superhuman captured with email management well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49648170)) "Superhuman seems to have handled this so well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46592651))

## What people warn about

- Distrust of the company (2 comments): "I'd expect a product called SuperHuman to scam me in every way possible" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46624391)) "It's the same reason I won't use Spark or Superhuman." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46736786))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Mozilla Thunderbird](https://hackerapproved.com/p/thunderbird.md): 210 recommend
- [Microsoft Outlook](https://hackerapproved.com/p/microsoft-outlook.md): 117 recommend
- [Apple Mail](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-mail.md): 57 recommend
- [Penguin Mail](https://hackerapproved.com/p/penguin-mail.md): 14 recommend
- [GNOME Evolution](https://hackerapproved.com/p/evolution.md): 13 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://superhuman.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Superhuman", https://hackerapproved.com/p/superhuman/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).