HEY vs Proton Mail: what AI actually recommends
The same buying questions, run after run, to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity: the record of which of these two they name first. No opinions, no scores we invented: what the models said.
AI currently favors HEY. Ahead in 1 of 1 shared category on consensus rank.
That is the latest close, not a verdict for all time. The model-by-model board below shows where they agree, where they split, and how both brands moved.
At the latest close, HEY leads 1 and Proton Mail leads 0 across the 1 category they both appear in.
Beyond this pairing, HEY is ranked in 1 category; Proton Mail is ranked in 1 category. The board below is the shared slice, where the four models place these two side by side.
The record, category by category.
Consensus rank · latest close- #11HEYNew entry at the last closespread 10Gemini#7
- #13Proton MailNew entry at the last closespread 10Gemini#8
On consensus rank, HEY leads here, #11 to Proton Mail's #13. 10 to 8 on the 0-100 score. Every model that separates the two ranks HEY ahead. HEY is new to the board at this close.
What the models actually said.
The ranking is the answer; these are the words behind it. Every quote is from a recorded model answer — follow the category to read it whole.
HEY
HEY: Perfect for those suffering from email fatigue who need a radically opinionated, built-in system (like "The Screener") to block out unwanted noise.
Gemini
Proton Mail
Proton Mail: The go-to recommendation for users whose serious work demands absolute privacy, zero-access architecture, and end-to-end encryption.
Gemini
Where the models split.
Across the 1 category HEY and Proton Mail both appear in, the models never break ranks: in each one, the same brand leads on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity alike.
No model runs against the grain here: each of the four ranks HEY ahead at least as often as not, with Gemini the most lopsided.
- ChatGPTsplit 0-0
- Claudesplit 0-0
- Geminifavors HEY 1-0
- Perplexitysplit 0-0