SortWerk

Sorted before you look.

SortWerk files your Gmail into your own labels, right in your mailbox. Whatever it is not sure about goes to a folder of its own for you to check. You keep reading in the mail app you already use, on your phone and on your computer.

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Run by Grafwerk in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland.

Gmail today. Outlook is in progress.

1Your own labels, right in Gmail. SortWerk keeps no copy of your mailbox.

2Every decision comes with its confidence.

3Below 60 % the email goes to «Unsure», so you can look at it yourself.

How SortWerk works

For every new email, SortWerk reads the sender, the subject and the first lines and picks the folder that fits best. When SortWerk is unsure, it does not drop the email just anywhere but into «Unsure». You set that threshold yourself; it starts at 60 %.

Just arrived

Invoices

  1. Alpenstrom AGYour October electricity bill96 %
  2. Druckerei RheinPayment reminder no. 4021389 %
  3. Garage MeierInvoice for tyre change94 %

Clients

  1. Sandra KellerNew website enquiry91 %
  2. Peter WyssRe: Quote no. 11886 %
  3. Café LindeOrder confirmed74 %

Newsletters

  1. BergmarktThis weekend only98 %
  2. Kino SternenWhat's on in November97 %
  3. Velo HuberBook your autumn service95 %
  4. Buchhandlung SeilerOur autumn picks93 %

Unsure

  1. Marco SteinerQuick question about the meeting48 %
  2. Daniel KochYour documents52 %

Below the 60 % threshold: stays here for you to look at.

What you decide

SortWerk sorts by your rules, not by a ready-made scheme.

The folders and what goes in them

You pick existing Gmail labels or create new ones, nested labels too, and write one sentence for each. The more precise the sentence, the better SortWerk gets it right. A template with eight common folders helps you start.

What SortWerk never touches

Senders, domains or whole labels on the exclusion list stay as they are. Your bank or your management, for instance.

Preview first, then apply

When you sort existing emails, SortWerk shows a preview first. Nothing changes in Gmail until you apply it. Every run is logged and can be undone, email by email.

How much SortWerk reads

By default the sender, the subject and the short snippet Gmail shows itself. With «Minimal» the snippet is left out. With «Detailed» SortWerk reads up to 1,500 characters of the email text, meant for emails with vague subjects. It strips links, addresses, numbers, quotes and signatures first. Only you can switch this on, with your explicit consent.

Whether the email stays in the inbox

By default SortWerk only sets the label and the email stays in the inbox. If you like it tidier, sorted emails are archived. Uncertain ones always stay in the inbox, with spam detection switched on, spam always goes out. When you mark an email as spam in Gmail yourself, SortWerk sends future emails from that sender straight there. You set every threshold yourself.

What SortWerk may do

When you sign in, Google asks for access to Gmail. Here is what SortWerk needs it for and what it never does with it.

  • Google sign-inName and email address

    What for
    Your SortWerk account. There is no separate password.
    What never happens
    No sharing with third parties, no advertising.

  • Read and modify Gmailgmail.modify

    What for
    Read the sender, subject and first 200 or so characters, more of the text only in «Detailed» mode. Create, set and remove labels. See which emails you mark as spam yourself.
    What never happens
    SortWerk deletes no email and sends none. It moves detected spam to the Gmail spam folder, which Gmail empties after 30 days. It keeps no copy of your mailbox.

  • Sorting with JevTypeSafe AI

    What for
    Sender, subject and snippet go to the Jev model for sorting. In minimal mode only sender and subject. Only if you explicitly switch on «Detailed», also the start of the email text, without links, numbers and quotes.
    What never happens
    No attachments. Never more than the short snippet without your consent.

  • Stored at SortWerk

    What for
    The technical ID of every processed email, the label set and the confidence. That is what the log and undo are built from. Plus your lists: exclusions, spam senders and sender rules.
    What never happens
    No subject, no content. Senders only if they are on your lists.

  • Leaving

    What for
    Deleting your account revokes Gmail access and deletes all data at SortWerk. On request it also removes its labels.
    What never happens
    Your emails stay unchanged in Gmail.

  • Operation

    Operated by
    Grafwerk, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland
    Servers
    Hetzner, Germany
    Details
    All details in the privacy policy.

Gmail today. Outlook next.

SortWerk works with Gmail and Google Workspace today. We are building the connection to Microsoft Outlook right now, for personal accounts and for Microsoft 365 at work. More mailboxes follow via IMAP. Want to be among the first? Write to us and tell us which mailbox you use.

  • Gmailand Google WorkspaceAvailable
  • OutlookOutlook.com and Microsoft 365In progress

Planned, via IMAP

  • iCloud Mail
  • GMX
  • web.de
  • Bluewin
  • Yahoo Mail
  • Infomaniak
  • Zoho Mail
  • Your own domain

Gmail, Google Workspace, Outlook, Microsoft 365, iCloud, GMX, web.de, Bluewin, Yahoo, Infomaniak and Zoho are trademarks of their respective owners. SortWerk is not affiliated with any of these providers.

Pricing

Start free, no card needed. Free, Pro and Team include Jev, the AI behind SortWerk, so you need no account of your own. Already have a TypeSafe key? Choose BYOK: you pay TypeSafe directly for Jev and sort without a quota.

Version 0.6 · Test phase: all plans 50 % off until version 1.0. The discount applies to subscriptions taken out during the test phase and ends with version 1.0; we announce this at least 30 days in advance. Additional addresses are excluded.

Free

$0no subscription, no card

To try it out, with SortWerk's Jev key.

  • 50 emails per month
  • New emails within a minute
  • No TypeSafe account needed
Start for free

BYOK

$6$3per month

With your own Jev key from TypeSafe.

  • No quota
  • New emails within a minute
  • Up to 5 Gmail addresses (+4)
Choose BYOK

Pro

$12$6per month

With SortWerk's Jev key, no account of your own.

  • 20,000 emails per month
  • New emails within a minute
  • Up to 5 Gmail addresses (+4)
Choose Pro

Team

$29$14.50per month

For shared inboxes and large backlogs.

  • 100,000 emails per month
  • New emails within a minute
  • Unlimited Gmail addresses
Choose Team

More Gmail addresses

Several mailboxes in one subscription. You switch between the addresses in the dashboard; everything is billed in the same subscription.

$2per address and month

Add addresses
  • BYOK and Proup to 5 addresses
  • Team and Team BYOKno limit, from the 15th additional address $1 each
  • Per addressits own folders and settings
  • Quotagrows by half per address

Prices include VAT and sales tax. You pay in US dollars in the US, in euros in the euro area and in Swiss francs in Switzerland, the same number each time; Stripe converts other currencies at the day's rate. Subscriptions are sold through Link, Stripe's payment service: Link handles the taxes of your country and sends receipt and invoice. The yearly plan includes two months free. Monthly plans can be cancelled monthly, yearly plans at the end of the year. SortWerk never sees your card details.

Plans in detail

Pro

The usual choice: SortWerk with SortWerk's Jev key, no TypeSafe account of your own.

$12$6per month

Choose Pro
  • 120,000 emails per monthEnough for busy business mailboxes. Each additional address adds half of the quota.
  • 2Jev includedNo TypeSafe account. The cost of the AI is in the price.
  • 3Up to 5 Gmail addressesUp to 4 more in the same subscription, $2 each per month. In the dashboard you switch between them at the top right.
  • 4Unsure instead of wrongIf Jev is below your confidence threshold, the email goes to «Unsure» instead of the wrong folder. You decide.
  • 5Reply needed and spamIf you like, SortWerk marks emails where someone expects a reply and learns spam senders from your Gmail.
  • 6Log and undoEvery run is in the log with all its changes and can be undone completely.
Mailbox with folder column and confidence per email
Mailbox with folder column and confidence per email
Folders and labels: target folders with a description for Jev
Folders and labels: target folders with a description for Jev
Log: every run, every change, can be undone
Log: every run, every change, can be undone

All plans compared

FreeBYOKProTeamTeam BYOK
Price per month$0$6 $3$12 $6$29 $14.50$23 $11.50
Emails per month50no quota20,000100,000no quota
Jev keySortWerkyour ownSortWerkSortWerkyour own
Gmail addresses1up to 5up to 5unlimitedunlimited
Additional address per month–$2$2$2, from the 15th $1$2, from the 15th $1
New emails within a minute✓✓✓✓✓
Preview and undo✓✓✓✓✓
Unsure folder, reply labels, spam senders✓✓✓✓✓
Data-saving or detailed✓✓✓✓✓

Test phase until version 1.0: 50 % off all plans, additional addresses excluded. Prices include VAT and sales tax.

Questions

What people want to know before signing in. Anything left open? Write to us.

Is the dashboard in English?
Yes. The dashboard follows the language of your browser, and you can switch between English and German in the settings at any time. If you sign up in English, the folders SortWerk creates are English too, such as «SortWerk/Unsure». The legal texts are available in English too; the German version prevails. Sorting works in any language: SortWerk understands emails and folder names in English just as well.
Google shows a warning when I sign in. Is that normal?
Yes. SortWerk has not been verified by Google yet; until then you see «Google hasn't verified this app». Click «Advanced» and «Go to sortwerk.ch» to reach the normal consent screen. Verification follows before the public launch.
Can SortWerk delete or send emails?
No. It sets and removes labels. If you want, it takes sorted emails out of the inbox, like «Archive» in Gmail; the email stays in its folder. Spam that Jev is sure about (75 % by default) goes to Gmail's spam folder. Gmail empties it after 30 days; until then it can be undone.
What does Jev see of my emails?
Normally the sender, the subject and Gmail's short snippet of about 200 characters, with «Minimal» only sender and subject. Only if you switch on «Detailed» yourself and agree, the start of the email text up to 1,500 characters, without links, addresses, numbers, quotes and signature. Never attachments. Jev only returns the folder and, if you switch on the reply labels, whether a reply is needed.
How often does SortWerk get it right?
That depends on your folders and the sentences that describe them. Whatever falls below your threshold lands in «Unsure» instead of the wrong place. There is no guarantee for every single email.
I have several Gmail addresses. Do I need several subscriptions?
No. With BYOK or Pro you connect up to four more addresses, with Team as many as you like, for $2 per month each; with Team every one from the 15th costs only $1. Every address has its own folders and settings; you switch between them at the top right of the dashboard. Everything is billed in the same subscription.
Does it work with Google Workspace?
Yes. In some companies IT has to allow the app first. If sign-in is blocked, ask them or us.
Does SortWerk work with Outlook or other mailboxes?
Not yet: today it works with Gmail and Google Workspace. We are working on Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft 365 right now. Mailboxes via IMAP follow, such as iCloud Mail, GMX, web.de, Bluewin, Yahoo Mail, Infomaniak and addresses on your own domain. Want to be among the first? Write to us.
How do I get rid of SortWerk again?
You cancel a subscription in the dashboard under «Subscription» at the end of the paid period; after that, Free applies again. To leave completely, cancel the subscription and then choose «Delete account» in the settings. You can also revoke access in your Google account at any time.

Contact

Questions about SortWerk, your subscription or using it in your company: write to us. Every message is read by a person, and the answer is personal.