12 Min
FollowUpThen reminds you. Central handles it.
Get your hours back. Inbox sorted, replies drafted, meetings booked. No reminders to schedule.
Never miss another call.
Reminder system vs. executive assistant.
FollowUpThen is genuinely clever. BCC 3days@followupthen.com and the email comes back in three days. No app, no extension, works with any email client. At $4/month for unlimited follow-ups it is one of the best single-purpose tools available.
It is a reminder system. It brings emails back. It does not draft the reply, book the meeting, create the task, or update the CRM. Central handles the full follow-through so the reminder never needs to exist in the first place.
It brings emails back. You still handle them.
FollowUpThen resurfaces emails on schedule. What happens next is still yours. The reply still needs drafting. The meeting still needs booking. The task still needs creating. The CRM still needs updating. For professionals whose bottleneck is forgetting, it solves that problem well. For professionals whose bottleneck is everything that follows a follow-up, it stops too early.
What this means in practice:
Resurfaces emails on schedule; does not draft, book, create, or update anything
No calendar integration: reminders arrive in email, meetings require manual action
No task creation: action items require manual entry elsewhere
No CRM integration: contact and deal records stay manual
No meeting notes or action item extraction
Free plan: 50 follow-ups per month; paid plans from $4/month
The follow-up, handled.
Central does not remind you to follow up. It follows up. Drafts the reply, books the meeting, creates the task, updates the CRM. The email comes in and the outcome is waiting for you.
Every signal that comes in becomes an action taken.
What this means in practice:
A thread goes quiet. Central flags the no-reply, queues the chase. You send in one click.
A meeting request arrives. Central finds the time and books it. No thread required.
A client email moves a deal forward. CRM updated automatically.
Your daily briefing lands. Three things need a decision. Everything else is handled.
What each product actually does
Feature
Email reminders
Draft generation
Calendar integration
Tasks created from email
CRM integration
Meeting notes and action items
Daily briefing
Ask Central included
Works with any email client
Pricing
Category
FollowUpThen
✓ Core feature
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Free (50/month); $4/month unlimited
Email reminder system
Central
✓ Included
✓ In your voice
✓ Meeting requests become invites
✓ Automatic
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✓ Automatic
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Gmail and Outlook
Confirm from Central pricing page
Executive assistant
Five minutes. No reminders to schedule.
Connect your inbox and calendar and Central starts acting on your email. No addresses to BCC. No emails to manually resurface. Most people notice the difference the first morning.
Don't take our word for it
"FollowUpThen was my safety net for years. But when the emails came back I still had to write the reply, book the meeting, update my CRM. I switched to Central and stopped needing the safety net. The work was already done."
Emily Carter
Head of Sales, SummitAI
"FollowUpThen was my safety net for years. But when the emails came back I still had to write the reply, book the meeting, update my CRM. I switched to Central and stopped needing the safety net. The work was already done."
Emily Carter
Head of Sales, SummitAI
"FollowUpThen was my safety net for years. But when the emails came back I still had to write the reply, book the meeting, update my CRM. I switched to Central and stopped needing the safety net. The work was already done."
Emily Carter
Head of Sales, SummitAI