SiftbirdStop opening most of your email.
Siftbird auto-triages every new Gmail message — it marks the noise read, archives the clutter, and leaves only what matters unread. So you open less and miss nothing. It stores no email content and never permanently deletes a thing.
7-day free trial · no credit card · cancel anytime · one Gmail permission
- Kept · importantMom
Are you coming Sunday?
- Marked readLinkedIn
9 people viewed your profile
- ArchivedThe Daily Brief
📣 Today's top 10 stories
- Kept · importantDr. Lee's office
Appointment reminder: Thu 2:40pm
- ArchivedPromotions
⚡ 50% off — today only!
- Marked readGitHub
[siftbird] CI passed on main
- Kept · importantJordan (your client)
Re: the signed contract
- Marked readSocial
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Always reversible
We only change read & archive state (and move junk to Trash if you turn that on — recoverable for 30 days). Nothing is ever permanently deleted, and one click undoes anything.
Stores no email content
We read a subject and a short snippet to decide, then forget them — nothing is kept. Your mail is never used to train AI.
One minimal permission
A single Gmail scope to mark read & archive. No send, no delete, no export, no contacts, no Drive.
Three decisions, made for you
Siftbird reads each new email and sorts it into one of three buckets — automatically, every few minutes.
Mail from real people, replies, receipts you'll want — stays bold in your inbox, untouched.
Notifications, alerts, low-value updates — silenced, still searchable, never deleted.
Promos, newsletters, social pings — tucked into All Mail, one search away if you want them.
Connect Gmail
Sign in with Google and grant one permission: mark messages read and archive them. No send, no delete, no export.
Siftbird triages quietly
Every few minutes it reads each new email's subject and a short snippet, decides, and acts — then forgets what it read. Your backlog gets cleaned on day one.
You open less, miss nothing
Only the mail that matters stays unread in your inbox. Set per-sender rules and undo anything in one click.
Built to never store your mail
Most “free” inbox cleaners make money from your data. Siftbird charges $5 a month precisely so it never has to. Here’s exactly what that means.
What we keep (to let you undo)
- · The action taken (read / archived / kept)
- · A derived category (e.g. promo, social)
- · The sender's domain
- · The Gmail message ID — so you can undo it
What we never store
- ✕ Email subjects
- ✕ Email bodies & attachments
- ✕ Full sender addresses
- ✕ Anything used to train an AI model
gmail.modify is the only permission we request — enough to mark read & archive, nothing more. Classification runs on a model provider that sees only a transient subject + snippet, never stored. Encrypted token, revocable anytime · read the full privacy policy.How Siftbird compares
The privacy-first, set-and-forget option — without the folder zoo, the per-account upsells, or the data harvesting.
Detailed head-to-heads: vs Unroll.me · vs SaneBox · vs Clean Email
| Siftbird | Gmail filters | Unroll.me | SaneBox | Clean Email | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic AI triage of every email | Yes | Limited | Yes | Yes | |
| Stores no email content | Yes | Not applicable | Limited | Limited | |
| Never permanently deletes | Yes | Yes | Not applicable | Yes | Limited |
| One-click undo + full activity log | Yes | Limited | Yes | ||
| Per-sender rules override the AI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Cleans existing backlog on day one | Yes | Limited | Yes | Yes | |
| Minimal access (read + archive only) | Yes | Not applicable | |||
| Native iOS app | Soon | Not applicable | Yes | Limited | Yes |
| Price | $5/mo · $45/yr | Free | Free* | from ~$7/mo | from ~$10/mo |
* Unroll.me has historically been funded by analyzing inbox data. Competitor details are our reading of public information as of mid-2026 and may change — check each provider for current terms.
“I built Siftbird because I was drowning in email and didn’t trust the ‘inbox cleaners’ that quietly sell your data. So I made one that stores no email content at all — it reads only a subject and a short snippet to make each call, then forgets it. It just keeps your inbox calm, and gets out of the way.”
RyanFounder, Siftbird · support@siftbird.comSiftbird has quietly sorted 8,690 emails — and stored none of them.
One plan. No surprises.
No per-account ladders, no metered AI, no “contact us”. Just a calm inbox for less than a coffee a month.
Billed $45/year — save 25% vs monthly.
7-day free trial · no credit card · cancel anytime.
- Automatic AI triage of every new Gmail message
- Cleans your existing unread backlog on day one
- Important mail always left unread, untouched
- Per-sender rules + full activity log with one-click undo
- One-click unsubscribe (optional)
- Stores no email content. Nothing ever permanently deleted.
One Gmail permission · nothing permanently deleted · stores no email content
Questions, answered
Will Siftbird hide or lose my important emails?
No. Important mail is left unread in your inbox — never moved, hidden, or deleted. Siftbird only marks noise as read and archives clutter, and archived mail stays fully searchable in All Mail. Per-sender rules let you override the AI, and a full activity log lets you undo anything in one click.
What can Siftbird actually access?
Exactly one Google permission: gmail.modify — enough to mark messages read and archive them. No sending, no permanent deletion, no export, no contacts, no Drive. You can review and revoke it anytime in your Google Account permissions.
Do you store or read my emails?
No email content is ever stored. To classify a message we read only its subject and a short snippet, make the decision, then forget them. We keep only what's needed to undo an action: the action, a category, the sender's domain, and the message ID. No bodies, no attachments — and your mail is never used to train any AI model.
What happens if the AI gets one wrong?
Every action is reversible in one click from your activity log, and nothing is ever permanently deleted. Set a per-sender rule once — "always keep mail from my boss" — and Siftbird never misjudges that sender again. Your rules always win over the AI.
How is this different from Gmail filters or Unroll.me?
Gmail filters are manual rules you build and maintain by hand. Siftbird decides automatically for every sender, including ones you've never seen. And unlike free tools such as Unroll.me — whose business has been funded by analyzing inbox data — Siftbird stores no email content and charges a flat fee, so it has nothing to sell.
Will it delete my newsletters or receipts?
Never deleted. Newsletters you subscribed to and receipts are kept (archived and fully searchable). Deletion only ever happens if you turn on a higher cleanup level yourself, and even then junk goes to Trash — recoverable for 30 days — not permanent deletion.
What does it cost, and how do I cancel?
$5/month or $45/year (save 25%). A 7-day free trial, with no credit card to start. Cancel anytime in one click — no email, no "talk to sales".
Who's behind Siftbird?
Siftbird is an independent product built by a founder who uses it daily. You can reach the founder directly at support@siftbird.com.
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