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ActiveInbox Reviews & Product Details

ActiveInbox allows you to use Gmail as a task manager and clear your inbox efficiently by turning work emails into tasks and clearing them away - so you’ll never again forget to do something important. We give you powerful new tools to manage your emails more productively from withing Gmail. • Quickly turn important emails into tasks with due dates, so you never forget anything again. • Clear out your inbox without losing track of anything. • Build stronger relationships by being in complete control of your emails and never forgetting someone or something. If you find tasks coming into your inbox, or you spend your time chasing people to find out how things are progressing, ActiveInbox is the ideal way to stay in control entirely within Gmail. ActiveInbox is for you if: • Your work is driven from email (Especially if you're already working on tasks in Gmail) • You love Getting Things Done® (ActiveInbox is heavily influenced by GTD®… in fact it used to be called GTDGmail!) • You want simplicity (There's no new tool to learn and maintain… it works where you do, simply turbo-charging standard Gmail - No more duplicating information into a separate task manager.) We have a strong and vocal community who contribute constantly through our buzzing forum to help develop and improve the product with us.

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ActiveInbox

Product Description

You can empty your inbox, manage email tasks entirely within Gmail, and integrate Gmail with your other management tools.

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Samuel Blausten (Marketing and Customer Development at ActiveInbox)

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ActiveInbox Demo - Reply accurately and quickly

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ActiveInbox Demo - Rank tasks (emails) to prioritize your work flow

ActiveInbox Demo - Work effectively with complex projects using email

ActiveInbox Reviews (18)

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Alice F.

Partner

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/4/2021

"The main way I keep myself on task daily"

5/5

What do you like best about ActiveInbox?

Most of my tasks originate from email, so why not track them in email as well? I use ActiveInbox to remind myself of things that need follow-up and keep emails out of my inbox. I could not do inbox zero without ActiveInbox. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActiveInbox?

Occasionally it can get a little wonky with buffering, but support is usually really fast if I can't fix it myself. Also, it leaves a lot of extra labels in gmail that are empty, but I just go in and clean them up weekly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ActiveInbox:

I use ActiveInbox alongside ClickUp to manage my projects--if an email ends up popping up for follow-up and I'm not ready to deal with it, I'll add it as a task in ClickUp. Others that are easy to handle tasks that pop up as ticklers from ActiveInbox I won't necessarily add to ClickUp. It's a good partnership of tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ActiveInbox solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have a lot of emails and a lot of tasks. I use it to keep track of due dates or as a tickler date for follow-up. I can keep all emails out of my inbox since they are dated to come back in my view when appropriate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Just S.

President + Founder

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/18/2015

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Had the makings of the ultimate productivity tool"

3.5/5

What do you like best about ActiveInbox?

I love that ActiveInbox lives inside my Gmail! Not just an integration with email, but a harmonic reliance. The arrangement creates a symbiotic relationship between the host email account and the attached productivity system. Mutualism at its best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActiveInbox?

It is only partially intuitive. The reminder system/strategy is severely lacking for those who are conditioned to alerts. I can't easily set an exact time that I want to revisit or attend to a task/email and cannot receive reminders or alerts on my phone for example. Most disappointing is the nearly non-existent integration with my calendar and zero integration with the Google task list. I get the attempt at keeping everything in Gmail, but the reality is that we all use other tools. I really would like to see more integrations (Slack, Evernote, Office 365/Outlook, mobile apps. ) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ActiveInbox:

Go "all in" if you invest in this product. Take the time plan your strategy for the structure of your system as there is a fair amount of flexibility. Watch the videos, ask questions of the team (they are very responsive) and use a test email account to verify that your setup works. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ActiveInbox solving and how is that benefiting you?

Organizing my todo list and communication. On a smaller scale organizing assignments and collaboration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Matt F.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/30/2020

"Active Inbox has given me back control of my email..."

5/5

What do you like best about ActiveInbox?

The interface and usage of Gmail labels to keep my inbox organized. The waiting on feature which enables me to see what emails I am waiting on a reply for is extremely helpful. I also enjoy being able to schedule emails as tasks on my Google Calendar. In addition, the fact that I can create lists based on David Allens Getting Things Done methodology helps me with my productivity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActiveInbox?

Its only for a one-person organization. For larger projects you'll want to consider something like Clickup or Asana (I recommend Clickup over Asana) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

David M.

Advisory Board Member

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/10/2020

"I couldn't live without Activeinbox"

5/5

What do you like best about ActiveInbox?

It works alongside Gmail to help me stay on top of deadlines and projects. I especially like the ability to track when I'm waiting for responses from others and need to follow up with them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActiveInbox?

Slack integration would be great. My company also uses Slack, and I find it very hard to remember which conversations I'm having in Slack versus Gmail. With Activeinbox in Gmail I feel like I'm in control, I can find things I need to find, and can stay on top of everything. With Slack messages I have no good way of keeping track of what needs to be done, can't find things, and can't keep track of what I need to follow up on. I can use Activeinbox to create non-email based tasks things I need to follow up on, but it isn't as clean as when everything is in Gmail. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ActiveInbox solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have a long task list and am often waiting for replies from others. Activeinbox helps me to organize my tasks and projects, get things done when they need to be done (not miss deadlines). And often my deadlines are contingent on getting responses from other people. Without Activeinbox it's impossible to remember who I need responses from. Activeinbox makes that easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Miruna K.

Workshop Coordinator

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/21/2020

"Great for tracking projects and important emails"

4/5

What do you like best about ActiveInbox?

I like that ActiveInbox sits on top of my unread emails where I can always see my tasks and their due dates. I make sure to add everything that is important to me here, which helps with replying, prioritizing and calculating workload.

I like that you can easily add/change due dates for your emails and that you can see your list for Today/Tomorrow or an exact date. Also, a nice feature is that you can organize everything in folders based on your projects or people. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActiveInbox?

What I dislike is that you don't receive a notification when you exceed the due date that was assigned to a certain email. It would be nice to receive some sort of notification at least at the beginning of the day to make sure you are not forgetting things.

Also, sometimes it gets disconnected and it's hard to connect again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ActiveInbox:

Learn all its features and start using it at full capacity from day one. It's really helpful in keeping your inbox clean and organized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ActiveInbox solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's very helpful when I receive a project with a later due date, I usually choose the exact date for these type of projects and don't have to worry about remembering this.

When I read an important email but don't know how to reply I add it in ActiveInbox and come back to it at a later hour.

It helps me mark emails as done and keep my inbox clean. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RJ M.

Mr.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/20/2019

"Active Inbox"

4/5

What do you like best about ActiveInbox?

I like how it’s kinda like gmail where i can organize files Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActiveInbox?

I dislike how you have to mark the folders in specific categories Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Josephine K.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/20/2018

"Never drop the ball!"

5/5

What do you like best about ActiveInbox?

I love being able to assign deadlines to myself or others on emails. If I need a response from someone, I can set the email's status as "Waiting On," set a due date and get the email out of my inbox. If they have not responded, it is so helpful that the email will reappear in my inbox and I'm reminded to follow up. Likewise, if I need to do something, but not right away, I can set the status as "Action" with a due date and be reminded of what I need to do with that email at a later date. It is a huge benefit to my peace of mind and productivity to be able to get emails out of my inbox until they need to be dealt with again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActiveInbox?

The newest version of ActiveInbox does not yet play well with Salesforce Lightning for Gmail. I am currently dealing with this by using an earlier version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Thorsten M.

Baukoordinator

Construction

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/27/2018

"A good productivity app for Gmail users"

4/5

What do you like best about ActiveInbox?

It helps you focus on the important emails via the task system and you can get a better overview about your work tasks in general. It implements well in your Gmail email account and has a nice decent design. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActiveInbox?

Sometimes it needs some more time to load, I am not sure why this is the case because it is only a small program. And I would like to use it on my other mail account too but that does not work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ActiveInbox:

The price is a little bit high for such a tool, but it works great if you need to deal with a high volume of emails every day. You will get more productive with this app.

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What problems is ActiveInbox solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use it like I said above to create tasks from my emails and so reduce the number of emails I have in my post entry. I can save time with this tool and focus on the important tasks. Another benefit is that I can write emails with the tool and send them out later to customers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Andreas S.

Marketing Manager

Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/11/2018

"Change your email account to a to-do list for your work"

4/5

What do you like best about ActiveInbox?

I can change my emails into tasks and can make myself a nice overview of my work in progress. It satisfies my need to be more structured at work especially with the countless email conversations that I have to do every day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActiveInbox?

It only works with your Gmail Account. I have luck because I primarily use this account for my work emails but others could be not so lucky. Also, the price is high in comparison to the limited features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ActiveInbox:

Although the price is a little too high in my opinion for the feature it offers I will buy this tool after my trial period. It offers the right package overall for my work needs. I can recommend doing the test phase for everyone who is interested in the features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ActiveInbox solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use it to structurize my daily work and so to save a huge amount of time. Although I use this tool to send out emails later than I wrote them. This comes in handy when I have certain dates to fulfill or if I am working from home at a special time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Isabelle M.

Headhunter

Staffing and Recruiting

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/18/2018

"Changes your flood of emails in simple tasks"

3.5/5

What do you like best about ActiveInbox?

It is simple to use and install because it is a Gmail add-on. The features are easy to understand work great. The best one I think is the function to send out emails at a certain time and date without having to be online at that moment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActiveInbox?

At some time I had some crash issues with the tool but the good support helped me at a quick rate with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ActiveInbox:

Just try it for yourself because it has a 14-days trial period which costs nothing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ActiveInbox solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use it for the massive amount of emails I have to send and receive everyday as a headhunter. Also, to remind some clients automatically per timed email or such things. I can say the benefit is that you save time at work and therefore your productivity can be raised with this tool a lot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.