Spike vs Spark

Spark looks nice. Spike helps you move faster.

Stop juggling tools that look polished but slow you down. Spike gives you a clean, chat-style inbox where email, chat, notes, and calendar all live in one smart feed. Stay focused and actual work done.

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Spike vs Spark at a glance

Feature Spike Spark #
Chat-like conversational email view Traditional thread view
AI-powered message summarization No full-thread summaries.
AI reply suggestions Basic templates, no deep context
Unified inbox for all accounts Inboxes shown separately
Integrated calendar view Requires third-party calendar
Priority inbox with smart sorting Smart Inbox categories
Read indicators & live presence No real-time signals
Built-in group chat & team channels Comments only, no live chat
Voice & video calls inside the app No call support
Privacy-first: no ads, no tracking No ads or data selling.
Works with all email providers Full IMAP support.
One-click unsubscribe Lacks consistent unsubscribe UI

Why choose Spike over Spark

Move from threads to conversations

Spark’s Smart Inbox organizes your emails, but they still feel like a list of messages. Spike turns your emails into a flowing conversation, making it easier to read, reply, and stay in context.

AI that enhances team thinking

Spark’s AI helps individuals move faster, but it doesn’t support how teams actually work. Spike’s AI summarizes group conversations and helps draft responses that stay aligned with past context and decisions.

Smarter attachment handling

Spark treats attachments like afterthoughts, tucked inside long threads and hard to track across devices. Spike's AI summaries surface key insights automatically, and advance atachment search makes it easy to find the file you need with no digging required.

Privacy without compromise

Spike doesn’t sell, rent, or monetize your data. Ever. All messages are encrypted using AES-256, and we store only what’s needed to provide a fast, seamless experience. No ads or trackers.

Email that puts people first

Max Shcherbakov

Co-Founder & CEO

“Spike improved workflow between our teams and clients since they had a collaborative workspace. The entire project history & needed files in one place.”

Adir Berman

Marketing Project Manager

Spike is an amazing team comms platform. Imagine Slack but inside your email, & with everyone you need - team members, clients and vendors too! Our team loves Spike!

Carol Jacobson

My company started using Spike a year ago & the team feels like it’s vastly improved our productivity. It’s amazing to not have to switch back & forth between a million apps!

Jeromy Bailey

@JeromyABailey

I had something like 90K unread emails before switching to @SpikeNowHQ. I’m down to just 2K emails. Inbox 0, here I come!

Maх Poplavsky

Flow Medium CEO, CPLUS COO

"I chose Spike because it quickly solved my biggest problem—the overwhelming feeling that there are more emails than time in the universe."

SEGA L'éveilleur

@segalink

2022 was great for the team. Engagement was fluid because of @SpikeNowHQ & the sense of community got reinforced. We accomplished more & work became play. Boost your productivity in 2023 & try Spike!

Sonu Shetty

Team Leader

The app is extremely useful and productive, and it's user support is amazing! Hope it will keep improving with exclusive features that make it different from Gmail.

Perry S.

Stay organized & productive with Spike 24/7/12/365
Spike centralized teams in my organization in one place where we manage tasks through trackable chats.

Lauren Rheeder

LR

Love this app... Keeps me connected with clients, contractors and colleagues. Never missing an email. Keep up the great work.

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