Question 1

Is SiftMail the same as sift.email?

Accepted Answer

No. SiftMail (siftmail.app) is an AI-powered email security and triage platform for end users that connects to Gmail or Outlook. sift.email is a separate, unrelated email-list verification API for marketers. The two products are different companies in different categories with no affiliation.

Question 2

What does SiftMail do?

Accepted Answer

SiftMail connects to a user's Gmail or Outlook inbox, automatically categorizes every email, surfaces important messages, bundles promotions and newsletters into digests, and detects phishing, impersonation, and Business Email Compromise attempts. It also provides the Sift Inbox Index, a searchable index of inbox history.

Question 3

Does SiftMail read my emails?

Accepted Answer

SiftMail reads email headers and metadata for triage and security analysis. Full message bodies are not stored. The classification models receive only the minimum data required to score and categorize each message.

Question 4

Does SiftMail work with Outlook?

Accepted Answer

Yes. SiftMail supports both Gmail and Outlook (Microsoft 365) via OAuth.

Question 5

Is SiftMail free?

Accepted Answer

Yes — Shield Lite is free forever and includes 1 mailbox, 100 daily scans, basic risk scoring, and a 7-day history scan. Shield Pro is $15 per month with a 3-day free trial. Domain Defense is $39 per user per month for teams.