10 Min
HeyHelp sorts your Gmail. Central runs your workday.
Get your hours back. Inbox handled, meetings captured, CRM updated. Connected to everything your business already knows.
Never miss another call.
Inbox assistant vs. executive assistant.
HeyHelp is a well-designed AI email assistant that lives inside Gmail. It sorts your inbox, drafts replies in your voice, and sends follow-up reminders. No new app, no context switching. For Gmail users who want a cleaner inbox without changing how they work, it does the job.
Central goes further. It connects to your CRM, your Slack, and the same knowledge base your front desk runs on. When an email lands from a client you've been nurturing for weeks, it already knows who they are. It drafts the reply, creates the task, updates the record, and writes the meeting notes. HeyHelp stays in Gmail. Central knows your business.
Gmail only. Inbox only.
HeyHelp handles email well. Calendar integration, task creation, CRM updates, and meeting notes are outside its scope. AI scheduling is listed as coming soon. There is no Outlook support. It is an inbox tool, not an executive assistant, and at $144/year for the Pro plan, the value narrows quickly for founders who need more than a tidier Gmail.
What this means in practice:
No calendar integration: meeting emails require manual booking
No task extraction: action items stay in email until you move them
No CRM connection: client emails do not update records
No meeting notes or action item extraction
Gmail only: Outlook not supported
AI scheduling listed as coming soon as of early 2026
Your inbox knows your business.
Central is connected to your CRM, your Slack, and the same knowledge base your front desk runs on. It goes beyond sorting your inbox. It acts on what is in it.
Every signal that comes in becomes an action taken.
What this means in practice:
A client emails. Central knows who they are, drafts the reply, updates the CRM record.
A meeting ends. Notes are written, action items assigned, follow-up queued.
A thread goes quiet. Central flags the no-reply and queues the chase.
Your daily briefing lands. Everything that needed handling already has been.
Works with Gmail and Outlook.
What each product actually does
Feature
Email provider support
Calendar integration
Tasks created from email
CRM integration
Meeting notes and action items
Slack connected
Daily briefing
Ask Central included
Drafts in your voice
Follow-up reminders
Pricing
Free trial
HeyHelp
Gmail only
Coming soon
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$144/year Pro; $199 lifetime
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Central
Gmail and Outlook
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Confirm from Central pricing page
✓ 10 days
Five minutes. Gmail or Outlook.
Connect your inbox, calendar, and CRM and Central starts acting on your email. No Gmail-only limitation. No features coming soon. Most people notice the difference the first morning.
Don't take our word for it
"HeyHelp made my Gmail cleaner and the drafts were genuinely good. But every meeting still needed manual booking and nothing touched my CRM. I switched to Central and it knew who my clients were, created tasks automatically, and wrote meeting notes I actually used."
Sophia Bennett
UX Research Lead, Vertex Labs
"HeyHelp made my Gmail cleaner and the drafts were genuinely good. But every meeting still needed manual booking and nothing touched my CRM. I switched to Central and it knew who my clients were, created tasks automatically, and wrote meeting notes I actually used."
Sophia Bennett
UX Research Lead, Vertex Labs
"HeyHelp made my Gmail cleaner and the drafts were genuinely good. But every meeting still needed manual booking and nothing touched my CRM. I switched to Central and it knew who my clients were, created tasks automatically, and wrote meeting notes I actually used."
Sophia Bennett
UX Research Lead, Vertex Labs