Shift Reviews

Summary: The best email client I've ever used. It's safe, simple, it was easy to set up, groups emails from multiple accounts so I can work on one group at a time.

Positive: Shift seems to be the best stand-alone email client. It can integrate multiple accounts, with incoming messages automatically grouped into as many as four categories. Implementation was simple. I just entered the account access information, and it imported everything. I rely on it at work every day, to handle email quickly and efficiently and without losing track of any. It just works. I've never had to call customer support. I've tried other email clients, but Shift is the most reliable and the only one that works for me.

Negative: Shift had trouble, at times, printing to my PDF editor (PDF-Exchange Editor Plus) but they seem to have fixed it in the latest update. In fact, it's now been several months since I've had this problem and I use Shift throughout the day, every day.

Summary: I've been using Shift for 4 years pretty much every day. Most of my work happens in shift and it's made me more productive.

Positive: Shift is great for managing multiple inboxes and workspaces. With all your apps/software in one spot, you can stay focused and productive.

Negative: Password management could be better and the workspace management can be slightly cumbersome but nothing major.

Summary: Shift is solving my problem of tab hoarding and app disorganization. It helps me save time while I browse and streamlines my digital life.

Positive: After using an app-integrated browser for the past 2 years, I could never go back. The most frustrating thing is switching between accounts on the same app or having to constantly log in and out. With Shift, I have a curated list of apps I use daily for different workspaces (aka, different areas of my life) and I never need to log out. I have a list of apps I use for work, for my social/personal life, and for side projects. Not only do I have all of my apps only one click away, the workspaces in Shift also allows me to focus on specific tasks at a time, dividing my work and personal life beautifully. It's a bonus that Shift has also cured my tab hoarding tendencies.

Negative: Bugs could sometimes occur in Shift, but the customer success and tech team are always quick to resolve them.

Summary: LOVE SHIFT! I recommend it to literally everyone I meet who is an entrepreneur or involved with many different activities.

Positive: Love that I don't need to have tons of tabs for things that I use every single time, I can keep the tabs for research purposes AND I can switch between my emails so if I'm doing work/personal/school research then it doesn't really matter because I can easily do them all at once.

Negative: I don't love how much they change the interface I often can feel a little lost when they do that as a disabled person.

Summary: I love it, it is a epic solution to my working multiple apps at once problem! I spend my working day using many different applications and to have them in once place is fantastic.

Positive: Keeps everything in one window on one app! I use things like Microsoft To Do, email clients like Google, and workflows like Trello and you can use them all in here.

Negative: Wish the browser was more widely recognised by websites.

Summary: I'm a huge fan of Shift and recommend it to people all the time who have Mac. I love it and use it daily and has made keeping my multiple emails (from different hosts as well) all in one place. It preserves the look of that email interface (Ex; Gmail inbox is true to browser capability and look

Positive: I love that I can have all my email accounts work seamlessly in one app. The workspaces are a bonus and I love that I can switch between personal and business all within one app with a quick click and resume workflow without missing a beat. I absolutely refuse to use the mail app that comes standard on Mac. I hate the interface and how it looks and without a Gmail app, this is how I came across it. I also prefer it over the Outlook app as I can have both my Microsoft and Gmail hosted email accounts in one place, yet in their own separate workstations, rather than lumping them all into one inbox.

Negative: Sometimes the apps that you can integrate don't seem to function optimally.

Summary: Shift offers me better overall email and productivity tool integration. The browser-based environment is intuitive. Outstanding integration with Google Workspace tools. Excellent overall UX/UI. Setup is fast and secure via SSO login. Overall a great value.

Positive: I've been a Shift user for 5+ years now. It's fast, reliable and provides me access to all of my Google emails and associated Workspace tools in one convenient interface. Plus, I can load and login to Shift from any desktop (Win or Mac) and enjoy the same interface and access. And since Shift is self-contained, it does not affect the system that I'm accessing it from (no User level or login footprints). Finally, Shift has plugins for 100's of other products and platforms to easily integrate my most used browser based tools. I've recommended Shift to many colleagues, and they love it.

Negative: I'm looking forward Shift leveraging the power of AI. I can imagine process automation, content generation and info searching across all of my accounts and tools to further enhance my productivity, creativity and response times. I'm an executive, and having rapid access to info and data when I need it is essential. I hope Shift leverages AI to improve their platform to provide additional analytics and automation for my emails, workspace apps and productivity tools.

Summary: Usually I would have many different tabs and windows open, and it would feel a bit overwhelming having to go through each tab to find what I am looking for. With Shift, it made my life so much easier and efficient having all my accounts organized in one place.

Positive: I liked how it made my work much more efficient and organized . There are a lot of apps that I use daily for work and it made switching back and forth so much easier. I can never go back to using any other web browsers.

Negative: There are bugs sometimes but the team is quick to fix them.

Summary: As a consultant, I oftentimes struggle with many different client specific applications. Not every application is even allowed on my company's own laptop. Browser functionality is however, and shift keeps me connected to every client environment I need.

Positive: Seamless switching between client environments and mail. Shift always runs in the background ready to use and save the day!

Negative: Computer gets warm, blows, processing power is required.

Summary: Very easy to use, increases my efficiency, decreases my overwhelm. Overall, a non-negotiable piece of software for my business.

Positive: This solves the age-old consultant/agency problem – how to keep up with multiple task management, communication apps, and emails at once! And it does it beautifully and simply.

Negative: The only thing I would improve is more options for personalising the program, and perhaps different pricing tiers.

Summary: I can't imagine not having this, so that's testimony to how important it is to our team.

Positive: We have a portfolio of companies each with its own set of SAAS products and email addresses. We use shift to be able to access all of them quickly without having to manage logging in and out of different tools. It also pulls all of my calendars together in one view. Even as a single email client I find it useful as I can jump between email, Slack, WhatsApp, Trello in one place.

Negative: It's a little buggy sometimes but I haven't had a crash for a few versions. They release updates frequently.

Summary: I couldn't live without Shift! It really does make my working day a breeze by making switching between all of my applications really easy, and not having to have a multitude of Google Chrome tabs open (which I already do, being a web designer).

Positive: Shift helps me stay organised and focused by having a central portal to access all of my high-use apps, such as email, calendar, CRM, project management tools, as well as having the option to access a web browser. It helps me feel less chaotic as I don't have to have a multitude of Chrome tabs open, and I can easily toggle between platforms.

Negative: Sometimes the icons in the left hand panel visually disappear – but a quick quit and restart fixes that!

Summary: Love Shift and will continue using it. It is a one stop shop for everything I need in a day to work, work fast and easily.

Positive: Easy to use, consolidates all my accounts and looks great. I use shift daily and it has improved my overall time efficiency adding effortless ability.

Negative: Some addons aren't compatible, I have been trying to add a BitDefender plugin that refuses to work and the likely suspect is the Shift platform blocking it.

Summary: Overall, Shift has been a big help to my workflow. For me, it is the one-stop shop for Google accounts.

Positive: Shift is an excellent program that allows me to easily manage multiple Google accounts. This allows me to keep my browser free for internet use without having to worry about which account I have signed in as.

Negative: There isn't a lot that I don't like about Shift. Sometimes I have to re-sign in to my Google accounts, but it does remember my passwords which is helpful.

Summary: I definitely recommend Shift. I was looking for an app that would integrate all my Google apps into one place, and Shift did it. Shift is to Google what Outlook is for Microsoft.

Positive: I got tired of flipping between Gmail, Docs, Sheets and other Google apps. Especially when I'm managing multiple Google accounts for clients. Shift solved that issue by creating a one-stop-shop workplace for all my accounts and apps. If you manage multiple Gmail inboxes, Shift is the best option I've come across to make that process a less cluttered process.

Negative: Not a lot of downsides. Perhaps the password and bookmark functions could be a little better, but Shift doesn't completely replace my regular browser so not big deals.