Migrating to Rythm From a Competitor

Most users come to Rythm from one of three places: Hey.com (Screener with a required @hey.com address), SaneBox (probabilistic AI sorting that produces false positives buried in SaneLater or SaneBlackHole), or a stack of native Gmail or Outlook filters they cobbled together. Migration to Rythm is unusual in that there is nothing to migrate; you keep your existing email address and your existing filters keep working. This pillar collects the field notes on each transition (Rythm vs Hey, Rythm vs SaneBox, Rythm vs Microsoft Defender 365) and walks through the practical setup once you decide to switch. Linked notes also cover how Rythm fits the broader email-protection landscape and the structural decision to use deterministic filtering instead of an ML classifier. Read in order if you are still evaluating. Skim by competitor name if you already know which incumbent you are leaving.

Do I need to change my email address?

No.

Will my Gmail filters break?

No.

How does Rythm compare to Hey?

Hey requires a new @hey.com address; Rythm runs on top of your existing Gmail or Outlook with no migration.

How do I move from Hey to Rythm?

Sign up for Rythm, connect Gmail or Outlook by OAuth, run the auto-scan, set the cover charge.

How do I move from SaneBox to Rythm?

Disconnect SaneBox at the OAuth layer, sign up for Rythm, run the auto-scan.

Can I run both at once?

Technically yes, but the gate decisions overlap and you should pick one.

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Migrate From a Competitor

Migrating to rythm.

Switching from Hey, SaneBox, Superhuman, or a Gmail filter stack you cobbled together. Without changing your email address.

Try Rythm, $1.65/month How it works

Most users come to Rythm from one of three places. Hey.com, where the Screener works the way they want but the required @hey.com address ends up being the deal-breaker. SaneBox, where the AI sorting model produces false positives that bury real email in SaneLater or SaneBlackHole. Or a stack of native Gmail or Outlook filters that started as a few rules and grew into a maintenance burden no one signed up for.

Migration to Rythm is unusual in that there is nothing to migrate. You keep your existing email address. Your existing filters keep working. Your contacts list keeps working. The only thing that changes is the layer at the inbox door, which is replaced with a known-or-pay gate that auto-builds your guest list and charges unknown senders a small cover charge.

The field notes below cover each transition (Rythm vs Hey, Rythm vs SaneBox, Rythm vs Microsoft Defender 365) plus the underlying questions about how Rythm fits the email-protection landscape and why a known-or-pay gate is the structural shift this category needs.

Rythm vs Hey.com

Screener idea, no migration. About 5x cheaper per year.

Rythm vs SaneBox

Deterministic gate vs probabilistic AI sort. Roughly 4x cheaper.

Rythm vs SaneBox 2026

An updated 2026 comparison covering the AI sorting model and the cost of getting it wrong.

Rythm vs Microsoft Defender 365

The lighter layer next to the enterprise Defender stack.

How Rythm fits the email protection landscape

Where deterministic gating sits next to bulk-spam filters, gateways, and AI sorters.

Email paywall vs spam filter

A comparison of the two shapes and why they answer different questions.

Cover charge vs spam tax

Two terms that sound similar and mean different things.

Why we chose deterministic filtering

The structural decision behind Rythm and why ML is not in the filter.

Technical evaluation guide

A walkthrough for IT and security reviewers evaluating Rythm against the alternatives.

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