Short answer: Missive is an email app built for team collaboration. Teammates comment inside email threads, share inboxes and turn emails into tasks. An AI assistant can pull context from tools like Stripe or your CRM through MCP. Plans start at $14 per user a month billed yearly. Jace is an AI email assistant for one person's Gmail or Outlook. It labels new mail and drafts replies in your voice in the background, and you review each draft before it goes out. Pick Missive if your team works email together in one app. Pick Jace if you want drafts waiting in the inbox you already use.
We make Jace. Missive facts come from its homepage and pricing page, opened on 9 November 2026. We have not run timed tests on either product.
Missive vs Jace at a glance
| Missive | Jace | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Small teams that collaborate on email | Individuals who answer their own email |
| Where you work | The Missive app | Your existing Gmail or Outlook, plus the Jace web app |
| Channels | Email, SMS and social accounts | Email (Gmail and Outlook) |
| Team features | Shared inboxes, internal comments in threads, team spaces and tasks | None. Jace works on individual inboxes |
| AI | An AI assistant that gathers context before it writes, including tools connected through MCP | Background drafts for the labels you choose, from the full thread, attachments, calendar and your rules |
| Automations | Rules on Productive and Business, up to 1,000 | Flows written in plain English |
| Price | Starter $14, Productive $24, Business $36 per user a month, billed yearly | Plus $20 a month billed yearly or $25 monthly. Pro $40 or $50 |
| Trial | 30 days, no card | 7 days |
Missive prices from missiveapp.com/pricing on 9 November 2026. Jace prices from jace.ai/pricing.
What Missive does well
Missive's homepage leads with "inbox collaboration for teams that run on email". Teammates can discuss an email inside the email before it is sent, give each team a shared inbox and shared tasks, and see who is working on what. Internal statuses let people follow a thread without acting on it. Its pricing page lists SOC 2 Type II on every plan. Integrations with external tools and API and MCP access start on the Productive plan.
Missive's AI assistant is pitched as "not another AI sidebar". It gathers context first and can pull from connected tools such as Stripe or a CRM through MCP.
When to pick Missive instead
- Several people answer the same mail. Shared inboxes, comments and tasks are Missive's core.
- You want SMS and social messages in the same app.
- You want one app for the whole team with a 30-day trial and no card.
- You need SOC 2 Type II documentation from your vendor today.
When Jace is the better Missive alternative
- You want to stay in Gmail or Outlook. Missive is a separate app. Jace works in the background on the inbox you already have, and its labels and drafts appear in Gmail or Outlook on your phone too.
- You want drafts ready before you open a thread. Jace labels new mail and writes drafts for the labels you pick, such as Needs Reply. Threads in Waiting get a follow-up draft after 3 days without a reply (Drafting).
- Your automations are personal. A Flow is written in plain English. For example: "when a client sends an invoice question, draft a reply with the invoice details and post a note to Slack" (Flows).
- You answer email as yourself. Founders, lawyers and consultants reply from their own address. An assistant on their own inbox suits them better than a team app.
Jace's limits, plainly: no shared inbox, comments or team tasks, no SMS, and no native mobile app yet.
Price for one person
Missive Starter is $14 per user a month billed yearly. Rules and integrations, including MCP access, come with Productive at $24. Jace Plus is $20 a month billed yearly, or $25 monthly, with 2 inboxes and AI drafting included. Jace Pro is $40 billed yearly or $50 monthly, with 8 inboxes and custom integrations (pricing).
Using both
A team can keep Missive for shared addresses while each person connects their direct Gmail or Outlook inbox to Jace (Jace for Gmail, Jace for Outlook). Jace does not connect to Missive.
FAQ
What is a good Missive alternative for one person? If you don't share an inbox with anyone, an AI email assistant inside Gmail or Outlook fits better than a team app. Jace, Fyxer and Superhuman's Email Assistant work that way. See the best AI email assistants in 2026.
How much does Missive cost? Missive lists Starter at $14, Productive at $24 and Business at $36 per user a month, billed yearly, on its pricing page on 9 November 2026. It offers a 30-day free trial with no credit card.
Does Jace have shared inboxes like Missive? No. Jace works on individual inboxes. For a shared inbox in Gmail, see our Gmelius comparison.
Does Jace work with Gmail and Outlook? Yes. Jace works with Gmail and Google Workspace, and with Outlook on Microsoft 365 and Outlook.com.
Does Jace send emails without my approval? Not by default. Drafts land in your normal Drafts folder. Auto-send stays off unless you turn it on for a specific label or Flow, and Jace warns you first.
Try Jace on your own inbox
Connect your Gmail or Outlook account and compare Jace's drafts with your own replies for 7 days. Start your free Jace trial, or compare plans first.
Also comparing: Front, Gmelius, Superhuman, Fyxer, SaneBox and Spark.
