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(Beta) — Switch between your Gmail, Outlook, and Office 365 accounts.
After much anticipation, the Beta version is here!
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Hi Andreas, glad you like the UI so much! We request permissions using OAuth in order to enable unread counts and notification (not read your email!). Privacy and security are #1 around here.
As a software engineer, you might be interested in seeing all of the work we put into adding the support for Chrome Extensions as it was quite a huge feat. We are one of the first commercial Muon apps to do so.
Thanks again for your review!
yes, that was my first reaction, it is like a paid form of Franz. I wonder if I should pay to get a nice version of franz. There's no trial period or test to see if the other channels work well, eg whatsapp slack or skype. If I can try, that will be best.
I like the idea, but I have a question. I have read about another application called "station" that does the same.
What differentiates you from them?
@crowx Hey Edward! We focus on messaging as the main component of a user's day, while still providing the additional tools they need. We want Shift to help declutter the workspace, so we've managed to keep our UI really clean, while still offering support for extensions, apps, Google services.
Some major perks we offer:
- Unified Search, which makes the effort of finding an email, meeting, or file across all your accounts easy, from one simple input box
- We automatically add all of the additional Google services tied to a user's email account, without them having to lift a finger.
- We have added Extensions specific to the email experience to enhance the messaging flow.
First thing I though when seeing the pricing: You've got to be kidding. The pain points being solved by Shift aren't significant enough, for me, to justify that kind of cash. I can stay in the browser, for free, with access to all extensions and the price of a cluttered tab bar. Or, I can use Station, for free with more functionality. There are so many options out there, it will be difficult to make a case for Shift. I understand the need to create an income, but the market seems so busy, perhaps there isn't a way to monetize.
@andreasduess Hi Andreas, I can totally understand where you are coming from. Shift is a premium product that makes working on the web (with email at its core) more efficient and more productive. It's mostly tuned for those with multiple email accounts or multiple accounts on the same service so allows for quickly shifting between projects/companies/products. Free products aren't sustainable, so they need business models. There are a couple other ways to build a business model in a product like Shift but we felt that charging was the most straightforward and transparent way to build a sustainable business.
@tobyns Totally support the "a business needs income" thinking. I had one of the most humbling moments of my life many years ago when the accountant looking after my first start-up called me in and said: "Andreas, you haven't got a business. You've got a hobby." I've never forgotten that. Having said that, and without trying to be a negative Norman, I can't understand how Shift makes work more productive to the tune of $100/year. Apart from browser clutter reduction (yay) and unified search, I don't see what benefits are being offered. If anything, it feels like products in this market are constantly trying to catch up with Chrome's core functionality.
@andreasduess I had the same thought. I’ve been a Pro user for almost a year. I’ve found it super useful. But the price hike and the third tier makes it less appealing, especially with Station offering a similar experience for free (with more services but also more bugs/kinks). I appreciate the need to have revenue but here I feel it’s priced slightly too high. And too many paying tiers.
Contacted sales about testing the unified search, since it sounds like a useful feature. However, in reality, its utility is dependent on implementation and performance.
Was told by sales to go ahead and pay for a subscription, since they're confident I'll like it, and if not, contact them back and they'll "see what they can do." (No assurance of a refund) In fact, I can't seem to find their refund policy anywhere.
Expecting customers to throw money at you just to see whether your software fits their needs seems like a bold policy.
Pros:Integrated workflow. Well designed.
Cons:Goodness, that price. No demo. Can't test any new features, including unified search, without plunking down the money.
Hi E.T.Cook. - appreciate you taking the time to review, and glad you like the overall design. Would you mind emailing us directly and mention this post? We'll make sure you're taken care of!
Guys the price isnt worth it,,, and also the way they are asking money is a shitty way... first they asked 100 then 10% off, then when i closed the app they went to 50% off... no demo, cant add more apps without upgrade. well cant also uninstall the version 3.... Im using now Station which the same thing and allows you to manage and add your own apps, with just a link and a logo. added my crm.
I disagree. Shift is awesome - try it. Make sure you do the $99/yr plan so you get all the best features. I didn't really like the trial limitations.
Excited to try this out, as someone with tons of accounts. Unfortunately the setup has a critical crash in Windows 10, some kind of conflict with Discord. Just a heads up to those with Discord installed. Hope to see this fixed soon!
@pbadeer Sounds like Shift is right up your alley! I've flagged this bug with my team, should be fixed shortly. Appreciate the heads up!
@pbadeer just wanted to follow up on this with you. Our team dug into the issue you mentioned. We installed Discord in Windows 10 and then installed Shift 2.0 again, and were able to use Shift normally. Do you mind trying again? If any issues, please email us directly (hello@tryshift.com) so we can get it sorted for you!
I've been using this Shift for a couple of months now and I'm still a fan of this tool but I'm not very happy with the current price ;)
Pros:Nice interface and good idea if you need to manage with multiple accounts
Cons:Price is now maybe a little bit too high
Thanks for your support, Greg! Shoutout to our design team for the beautiful interface. Make sure to take advantage of a coupon code today if you do want to upgrade to Advanced, or check out our referral program and get it for free 👌
👋 Hello again, Product Hunters!
We originally built Shift to help you manage multiple Gmail accounts, end the logging-in-logging-out, multiple tab nightmare, and generally just get sh*t done.
Now, we've taken things to the next level, and Shift 2.0 might just be the end to all of your productivity woes.
We're now offering 3 plans: Basic, Pro, and Advanced to accommodate all of the requests we’ve received since our original launch.
With the newest Shift 2.0 Advanced plan, we’ve added:
- Unified Search - search across all of your Google accounts, or as I call it, the “receipt finder.”
- Extension Support - right now, we’ve added Boomerang and Grammarly. More coming soon!
- Apps - access to all of the most popular productivity apps (Slack, Trello, Asana, Invision, Jira…+20 others)
- Google Services - before we had Mail, Calendar, and Drive… now we have more!
Shift Pro has not been forgotten! It's faster than ever, and we’ve added access to Google Services and Notification Muting to the existing plan 🎉
If you’re just thinking about testing us out, Shift Basic is FREE, no strings attached 😇
Can’t wait to hear what you all think!
Tobyn
Pssst 👀 ...coupon codes are coming in the comments soon, but act fast as they are limited! Also, make sure to check out our referral program (refer 5 friends, and get Shift Advanced for free!).
@adithya Great question! Shift is different in that it really zeroes in on email being at the center of the typical user’s workflow, and 2.0 honors that, while offering support for all of the tools our users asked for. To add support for Chrome Extensions, we worked closely with the team at Brave for several months, and we're committed to building a sustainable business model that will make Shift a staple for many years to come.
@tobyns quick note here, we are seeing lots of our Pro users upgrade to Advanced today. Just for clarity, you will be charged a pro rated fee for the remainder of your current subscription, in the case you're wondering why it's less than the discounted annual price. Thanks again for all your support!
Shift is quite possibly one of my most useful apps, I've ever discovered.
If you guys are raising capital, let me know!
Ross Blankenship
CEO | AngelKings.com
I am legitimately E C S T A T I C about @get_shift. Using for the next week before I delete @stationhq
@tobyns @giancarlo_klemm_camilo @papafouche @maria_ferman @stewartlord @olivia_scholes @nadia_tatlow @dembsky
I do like the new Shift, being a Pro user for a while, even when i use Station mostly now, since it has more apps, and extensions. But now with the addition of Trello, and Boomerang, i'm sold. Especially since it is pretty fast compared to Station. Just upgraded to Advanced. Still not convinced about the price, but thanks for the coupon. Keep up the good work, and i do hope to see more integrations and Chrome extensions in the future.
@fearlex Big thanks! We're thrilled to have you on board - more Chrome extensions & apps coming very soon 🙌
@tobyns @nadia_tatlow do you have another Advanced Code? Advanced30 this one isn't working. Love to test the Advanced option
@tobyns @coryboatright Hey Cory! That's a really old one but feel free to email me. 😎
Hey Steven, thanks for the review. For all of the basic features you mentioned, we do have our free plan. For the bells and whistles in Advanced, you should try our referral program (I have a feeling you could get free Shift pretty quick!).
Hi, I just bought the advanced version and stumbled upon something that makes the app almost unusable for me: I use google authentication a lot, i have save passowrds with a password manager and use 2 factor whenever possible. I just found out, that i logged out of shift on every restart of the application or my laptop. and i need to login and 2 factor auth every-time on every application. Is this a bug or intended behaviour?
Also when using Google Single Sign-on is doen't work across application and i need to login on every app, even when using google auth....
Am i doing something wrong? Is this behaviour intended? can you refund me, if yes, because i can't use the app in this case.
Thanks
Fabio
Top Hunter
How does this differ from just using the built in Chrome Profiles? Just UI?
Hey @chrismessina! Shift is a cleaner alternative, with Mail, Calendar & Drive + other Google apps, extensions, popular web apps, and cross-account Unified Search (that's a big one!). We've eliminated the need to open up a browser/multiple tabs to access your email at all.
@chrismessina
Hi Chris, do you have the same question of Station, which blew up on PH a few weeks back?
Top Hunter
@timshnaider I didn't upvote it so either I didn't see it (unlikely), or yes, had the same question. Honestly, the Chrome Profiles design is pretty limited so I can see the appeal in apps like this — I just wanted to understand if there was something else to consider, and it sounds like there's some commingling of data from the different profiles, which, for some people, is probably very useful.
Not like I'm complaining that it's not a freeware, but even the free version doesn't look that appealing. It's basically Gmail/Outlook inside an application container, something that someone with basic skills with JS/Electron can do (and which has been already done by Franz and some others).
And since there is no demo about the "Premium features", I don't know what the application can do. So yeah, removed it.
Pros:Superb UI
Cons:Not useful enough for the free version
Really bummed Chrome extensions did not get added to the (paid tier) Shift Pro - highly requested feature
@dalrayes Hi Dalal, I know... we wanted to include it in Pro, however, it was a HUGE body or work with committed maintenance schedule to move our entire app from Electron to Muon (same framework as Brave) to support extensions. We couldn't see any other way to warrant the effort / cost, but also considered not doing it because of this... so in the end I'm glad we are able to deliver a new product that solves this big challenge of Chrome Extensions inside Shift. Further, we tried to provide deep discounting for our existing Pro users upgrading to Advanced.
Excellent UI/UX and idea but no way I am paying $99 for that. I think a decent price would be a one-time $29. Nice app though, good luck.
@emad_ibrahim Thanks for the feedback. We do have a completely free plan, as well as a Pro plan priced at $29.99/year, which might be of interest to you.
@tobyns I understand but the features I *need* are extensions and multiple accounts which means I need the top plan which is $99 per year. I understand the desire for recurring revenue - I want that too :)
I downloaded Mailplane 4 (https://www.producthunt.com/post...) several weeks ago and after the free trial ended, I knew I had to buy it, although I was not happy about having to pay $20 something bucks for an e-mail client. But I did it anyway and haven't looked back since. It's made my routine a lot more productive.
I saw Shift 2.0 on a Facebook ad and immediately clicked because I understood exactly what it was. I saw that it had whatsapp and slack, which mailplane doesn't, so I was definitely intersted. When I didn't see a pricing tab on their home page, I was like "Whoa and it's free?!"... Guess I should've known better.
I downloaded it and installed, only to find out I needed to shell out $99 a year to get all the functionality I was looking for. I immediately unistalled and revoked 3rd party access to it in my Gmail accounts.
If you're ok with having only your gmail, google calendar, google drive and google docs apps in one place, I'd definitely suggest giving Mailplane 4 a try. It's been worth every penny for me.
Pros:Looks great, has all the right features.
Cons:Pricing: what the ... ?
@eli_katz thanks for the comment. At the core, Shift is all about accessing multiple accounts without opening up the browser (or multiple tabs!) at all. We have found that to be a major productivity killer for our customers. Our Basic plan allows you to do that, completely free. You might be interested in our referral plan if you'd like to test out Advanced and access your extensions, at no cost. (refer 5 friends = free Shift!).
I just had to download to see how this compares to Station because I’ve been using Station on the daily ever since I found out about it and have it on my Mac and PC.
Pros:>Beautiful UI
>Extensions are nice --is there adblocker?
>Condensing Drive, Calendar, & Gmail in one circle in menu
>Back&Forward button
Cons:>PRIC3$- as a college student, i wouldn't purchase this (feels like a 3 dollar sign item...)
>Little apps in comparison to station
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This reminded me of Franz, which is similar and free and which I'm using every day. I like Shift’s UI better, and apparently it supports Chrome Extensions, which is a plus. As a software engineer myself I support paying for good software, but $99 _per_year_ for what’s essentially a browser is just "interesting".
TIL that for desktop and e-mail apps, stickyness & retention is hard. Make me keep and use your product so long that using it becomes a habit and part of my routine, and I will miss it when it’s gone. With its very limited trial version, Shift 2 will be gone long before it had a chance to become a part of my work day.
Pros:Nice, polished interface
Cons:Wants to read my email(!), very limited trial, price doesn't match value