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LAI assistant that remembers your screen, meetings and apps and acts on them
Free, from $17/mo
Microsoft Recall vs Superhuman
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 Superhuman if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you work on Web
- you're in its core audience: professionals with heavy email volume, sales teams
Side by side
Feature Microsoft Recall Superhuman
Pricing modelPricing unknownFreemium
Starting price—$12/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentNoYes, unless you opt out
Data retentionOldest snapshots deleted when max storage reached; user chooses how long snapshots are keptKept as long as necessary; periods vary by data and settings
Meeting notes—
Screen memory—
Local data storage—
App/privacy exclusions—
PlatformsWindowsWeb
CategoryPersonal AssistantsEmail
CompanyMicrosoftSuperhuman Platform Inc.
Based inUnited StatesUnited States
Founded—2009
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 Superhuman
- AI-drafted email replies in your own voice
- Split inbox, auto labels and auto archiving
- Shareable availability links and calendar scheduling
- Inline writing suggestions in 20+ languages
- Daily Briefs summarizing deadlines and meetings
- Collaborative docs with tables, Kanban boards and forms
- Store of 100+ prebuilt AI agents
- CRM views from HubSpot, Salesforce and Pipedrive
Plans and prices
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Microsoft Recall
Pricing unknown. Plan details aren't published.
Superhuman
FreeFree
Pro$12/member/mo billed yearly ($15 billed monthly)
Business$33/member/mo billed yearly ($40 billed monthly)
EnterpriseCustom
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
Superhuman
- Free plan includes AI chat, writing help and collaborative docs
- Bundles email, Grammarly writing tools and docs in one suite
- Business plan connects HubSpot, Salesforce and Pipedrive
- Enterprise offers SAML SSO, DLP and BYOK encryption
- Superhuman Mail is only included from the Business plan
- No free trial of paid plans listed on the plans page
- CRM views in the inbox are read-only
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