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LAI assistant that remembers your screen, meetings and apps and acts on them
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Microsoft Recall vs SaneBox
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Microsoft Recall if…
- you work on Windows
- you're in its core audience: windows 11 copilot+ pc owners, knowledge workers
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Choose SaneBox if…
- you want to trial it before paying
- you work on Web, iOS, Android
- you're in its core audience: professionals with high email volume, individuals with multiple email accounts
Side by side
Feature Microsoft Recall SaneBox
Pricing modelPricing unknownFree trial
Starting price—$7/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentNo—
Data retentionOldest snapshots deleted when max storage reached; user chooses how long snapshots are keptPersonal data deleted as soon as you cancel service
Meeting notes—
Screen memory—
Local data storage—
App/privacy exclusions—
PlatformsWindowsWeb, iOS, Android
CategoryPersonal AssistantsEmail
CompanyMicrosoftSaneBox, Inc.
Based inUnited StatesUnited States
Founded—2010
Part of——
Key features
M Microsoft Recall
- Automatic screen snapshots every few seconds and on content change
- Search by typed or spoken description
- Text and visual matches labeled close or related
- Timeline browsing and per-app result filtering
- Exclude specific apps and websites
- Sensitive information filtering for passwords and card numbers
- Local encrypted storage protected by Windows Hello
- Click to Do actions on text and images in snapshots
S SaneBox
- Automatic sorting of unimportant email out of the inbox
- BlackHole to banish unwanted senders
- Daily Digest of unread, less important email
- Reply-tracking reminders and reminders to yourself
- Snooze emails until later
- One-click unsubscribe
- Works with Gmail, Microsoft 365, iCloud, Yahoo, Fastmail, IMAP, Exchange
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Microsoft Recall
Pricing unknown. Plan details aren't published.
SaneBox
SnackFrom $7/mo
LunchSee pricing page
DinnerSee pricing page
Strengths and limitations
Microsoft Recall
- Snapshots are stored locally and encrypted, and the page says they are not shared with Microsoft
- Off by default, with app, website and sensitive-data filters
- Search works by text or voice and also matches images
- Admins can't secretly turn on snapshots on managed devices
- Requires a Copilot+ PC with a 40 TOPS NPU and 16 GB RAM
- Needs at least 50 GB of free storage to enable
- Optimized for only six languages
- Website filtering is limited in some Chromium browsers
SaneBox
- 7-day free trial, no credit card required
- Works with existing providers, no download needed
- 25% discount for education, non-profit and government
- Says it does not sell user data or show ads
- No free plan
- Snack plan covers only one account and two features
- Lunch and Dinner prices not stated on the help pages
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