"As a startup CEO, the number of sales emails that end up in my inbox has significantly grown and become a time-consuming problem. Gated has been a great tool to block out all the unwanted emails and pay a bit more attention to the ones that are nice enough to sponsor my charities."

"I get a lot of emails each day, and Gated has allowed me to stay focused on the tasks at hand rather than being disrupted by unwanted emails. I love it."

"I've loved Gated. It has helped me reclaim my inbox. It reduces the number of emails in my inbox and has allowed me to focus on those email threads that are most important."

"Gated brings a sense of calm in the digitally polluted storm we all try to sift through. It gives you autonomy over your inbox, and the power to make a lasting positive impact with the nonprofit of your choice. The humans that work at Gated are just as amazing as the product experience, and if you're looking to make a small decision with an epic freakin' impact on your mental health and work productivity – YOU NEED GATED.

"Gated has given me what all the smarts of Gmail tabs never could - the ability to sort incoming emails by expected vs. unexpected. I no longer let unexpected emails rule my time in any way. I tell them when I'll consider them. That feels empowering and it's given me the mental space to do more in my everyday work."

"Gated means I only see the most important emails and don't get distracted by the rest."

"Gated has allowed me to take back control of my inbox. It removes the noise of uninvited outreach from hitting my inbox. I love that any outbound drip campaign I've been added to will no longer be noise, unless the outreach(er) donates to a charity of choice."

"I know that emails hitting my inbox are really worthy of attention. I am answering the right people, faster. I love that."

"Gated has given me hours back in my week by removing all the noise from my inbox. I don't know how I survived without it until now."

"I happily check my inbox now instead of avoiding it - I know each email that lands in there will be worth my time!"

"Gated is the noise-cancelling headphones of email. I need to be smart with my time, and Gated gives me "focus mode" so I can power through my inbox and not be distracted by sales outreach emails."

"I used to get tons of marketing emails and sales pitches in my inbox everyday. No matter how many newsletters I unsubscribed from or emails I blocked there was always more. Gated FINALLY solved this problem for me!"

"My inbox was out of control. And, the personal need to look at everything - no matter the importance and/or urgency - was impacting my mental health in addition to wasting time that I clearly do not have. My role is to lead, and I cannot lead with so much 'noise.'"

"As a Zero inbox person, Gated allows me to start my mornings in a far more relaxed manner. Emails in my inbox are now the ones I want to reply to, and I can look into my Gated folder whenever I want to find some gated gems."

"Gated turned my inbox from a crowded General Admission ticket at Coachella to a less noisy, VIP experience. The emails hitting my inbox are the ones I'm actually going to read and respond to."

"My email inbox used to be a HUGE mess. Gated helps me focus on the emails that actually deserve my attention. I don't have to worry about filtering through noise anymore."

"As someone who's always chasing Inbox Zero - Gated helps me be less distracted throughout the day and stay focused on my work instead of archiving boring cold emails. As an ex-SDR, I really value quality outreach and it's pretty immediately clear who is and isn't paying attention to the emails they send as soon as Gated is in place."

"I wasn't aware of the toll it was taking for me to delete 50-100 unsolicited emails every day. Not having to do that has saved me time and removed a huge psychological burden."

"Gated ensures I have time to get things I want done and helps ensure people who send us their business plans get the quickest response possible."

"A win-win formula, Gated ingeniously protects my inbox from thoughtless automated marketing campaigns and creates a social impact at the same time."

"Gated saved my inbox. It felt like a never ending stream of emails, regardless of relevance. I'm now more productive, respond to emails faster, and even have the time to read a lot of that cold outreach. Everyone needs Gated."

"My inbox was cut in more than half. I'm getting back to the people that are important faster. FIRE."

"The more deeply I can focus and think, the more value I can create for my clients. Gated helps me do that."

Gated saves me so much time and headache. 60% of emails, 100% of which I don't want, never make it to my inbox.

"By "gating" the emails that aren't important, it helps me focus on what has the most impact during my work day."

"Gated gives me time back that I didn’t have before, parsing through emails manually. And more time goes a long way in my role."

"With Slack for internal comms and the overwhelming amount of inbound email, I had declared email bankruptcy. Gated dramatically reduced inbound email volume to the most important messages and allowed me to love my inbox again."

"After only 2 days it has changed my email habits and given me a break from the constant deluge of marketing emails."

"My inbox had become a free-for-all, but it really needs to be a more sacred place."

"Gated put me back in control of my inbox after years of receiving dozens of unsolicited, unpersonalized emails a day that buried the emails I care about. It was a breeze to setup and I’ll never go back to an inbox without it."

"Gated has reduced the noise in my inbox, while providing an opportunity for people to learn about an important veterans cause I am involved with -– the Catch a Lift Fund."

“The amount of noise decreased from my inbox is almost literally life changing.”

"Using Gated means I don't have random strangers showing up in my inbox alongside important business emails. Big win, much less mental and Inbox filtering. Plus it offers a real opportunity to real people who want to email me, and benefits charity in the process."

“After years of unsubscribing from emails, Gated has allowed me to finally take control of my inbox. After a few days of managing my inbox with Gated, I never want to go back.”

"Waking up to a cleaner inbox is one level. Having unwanted emails tucked aside throughout the day has unlocked time that I didn't realize I was losing. I was amazed how Gated methodically learned from my email work habits. Game changer!"

"There are a ton of different tools out there, with a never ending stream of sales outreach coming in from these companies. Being able to cut that noise out of my inbox is extremely helpful."

"Without Gated, my inbox feels like a game of whack-a-mole - what can I kill off to winnow it down to the email I need to pay attention to? With Gated, the (far fewer) messages in my inbox actually matter, and nothing gets lost in the shuffle."

"I didn't realize how much time I was wasting every day deleting and archiving cold emails. Over the course of a month, Gated has saved me from 5,000+ emails. Now when I open my inbox, it's mostly filled with relevant messages that are important to my business, rather than a minefield of cold emails that I had to navigate one by one."

"With Gated, I can now manage my own inbox, which allows my EA to focus on much higher-value projects. Important messages don't get lost in the clutter and I can respond in a much more timely fashion. Now I know who is actually trying to engage with me and not just dropping me into an email campaign."

"Today, email is a "before Gated" and "after Gated" experience. I have a clear inbox again and I love seeing cold outreach turn into donations. Setup and maintenance are nothing, it's just a filter supplying bandwidth. I wish I had this 5 years ago."

"As someone who hates managing email, Gated has been a life changer by removing over 60% of the emails from inbox. I breathe a sigh of relief every time I check my inbox in the morning and see that not only has the number of new emails I'm receiving gone way down, but I'm only seeing the most important ones. And using a donation to charity as a requirement for prospecting emails to hit my inbox may be my favorite thing ever (and made it much easier to determine which companies I'm going to engage with)."

"Gated helps me remove clutter from my inbox and prioritize the emails that really matter."

"Gated has made a huge impact on my productivity! I can now focus on important emails in my inbox and save countless hours that I used to spend sifting through spam and unwanted emails. Gated is a must have tool!"

"Gated has transformed how I think about email, especially as I support a team that uses email to reach out to new prospects. It's given me power to control who can contact me, identify who is reaching out to me as a person vs. as a number, and focus on the emails that require my attention."

"As executives, we have an underlying anxiety about needing to keep up with an insane stream of email. While 51 gated emails (in three days) doesn't necessarily sound like a large number, it is 51 fewer times that I feel micro-anxiety about some additional work that needs to be done or some issue that needs to be solved."

"Gated reduced promotional emails, update emails, digests, newsletters noise from the inbox. It also stopped automated prospecting emails from reaching my inbox. Result : Focus and Productivity. My inbox never felt so clean!"

"I'm so grateful I found Gated. I recently moved into a senior leadership position and my inbox absolutely exploded. I try to maintain 'inbox zero' and this would NOT be possible without Gated. After just a few months I've generated donations for a charity I care about and discovered that 23% of my emails are totally ignorable."

"Gated has helped me prioritize the good from the junk. It's been a game-changer for my productivity in a world where everything takes place via email."

"Gated reduces inbox clutter by heightening the barrier to entry. Making a donation in exchange for the attention of a decision maker is a no-brainer."

"It's helped me use my inbox as a tool to stay focused and productive, which I haven't been able to do in years."

"Using Gated helps me eliminate unexpected sales outreach and raise money for charity at the same time."

"Instead of seeing hundreds of new emails on the daily I'm only having to parse through dozens, it's wonderful. Highly recommend."

"I no longer feel consumed by my inbox. I’m now only checking my email 2-3 times a day to check for quality messages. Gated has helped me sift through the noise and focus on what really matters."

"Superhuman gives me speed and Gated gives me focus. This is the only winning combo I’ve found to stay on top of my inbox."

"I invested in Gated because I love how they're giving overwhelmed engineers back the power to control who can reach them. Gated is restoring the balance in communication."

"Gated solves the flood of inbound prospecting email without requiring me to use a new app - it just integrates into my email client(s)"

"Gated has been instrumental in reducing the noise of my messy inbox - and having folks donate to a charity of my choice is the cherry on top."

"For the first two weeks I had such little email hit my inbox that I was worried something was broken, turns out that is all the useful email I actually get as Gated caught the rest."

"I am only getting the emails from people and groups that I really care about. I realized that I didn't have to read all the newsletters I used to be interested in. My interests had changed and now I can focus on new things."

"I don't feel overwhelmed by my inbox anymore. Gated was so easy to set up and train, and now it has saved me hours from weeding through unwanted emails."

"Gated dramatically reduces noise in email so engineers can focus on what matters."

"Before Gated, I was thinking of just deleting my email. I had hundreds of spam emails coming through my inbox daily. After Gated, I can now breathe. It has given me back my power over my inbox."

"I had lost control, even with spam filters and other tools. Gated gave me back the ability to review emails when I want to."

"Gated has completely changed my relationship with e-mail. Now that I have it activated, I can't imagine ever going back."

"Frankly, today it's a real challenge to find a product that integrates seamlessly with your inbox and, at the same time, provides so much tuning flexibility. Gated was a "wow" in the space, increasing my productivity significantly and allowing me to focus on what matters the most. I am waiting to see where this solution will go."

"The clutter that has been removed highlights what's important in my inbox. My morning ritual has gone from scroll and visual filter, to an overhauled inbox spring cleaning!"

"Gated is like Home Edit for your inbox. Trusted, efficient and makes your inbox look beautiful! I finally feel in control of my inbox again."

"I was in nuclear "ignore all" mode for vendor emails. Learning about tools is part of my job. Gated helps me separate signal from noise and actually gives me time to engage with reps in a meaningful way."

"Gated has reduced the clutter, eliminated the noise, and given me control of my inbox back. Now when I receive an email, I at least know someone has given to a cause I care about. The least I can do in return is read what they’ve sent. It’s a win/win for everyone."