Overview

Shortwave — AI email that helps you get to inbox zero

Shortwave is an AI email client built for modern teams, featuring automatic email bundling, AI summaries of long threads, smart reply suggestions, and scheduled send. Its AI can draft entire replies in your voice and action emails automatically based on rules.

AI email summarization

Smart bundling

AI draft replies

Snooze and reminders

Features & capabilities

Everything it does, in plain English.

FeatureAI email summarizationIncluded

FeatureSmart bundlingIncluded

FeatureAI draft repliesIncluded

FeatureSnooze and remindersIncluded

FeatureTeam inboxesIncluded

PlatformsWeb · iOS · Android

The honest take

Where it shines, where it stumbles.

✓ Pros

✓Excellent AI summaries
✓Modern clean design
✓Good team features

! Watch-outs

!Gmail only
!Less mature than Superhuman
!Limited customization

Who it's for

Where Shortwave pays for itself fast.

— Use case

High-volume email management

— Use case

Team email collaboration

— Use case

Sales inbox management

Community reviews

Share your take on Shortwave

3.8

★★★★★

1 reviews

5★

4★

3★

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1★

Ryan L. ✓ Verified

Software Engineer · an e-commerce company

★★★★★

3 months ago

Blew away all expectations

Game changer for my workflow. My team adopted this immediately after I shared it with them.

Mark C. ✓ Verified

Staff Engineer · Airbnb

★★★★★

1 years ago

Incredible — highly recommend

Absolutely love this tool. It integrates well with VS Code / Slack / Notion — my daily drivers. Highly recommend.

David M. ✓ Verified

Data Analyst · a marketing agency

★★★★★

1 years ago

Changed how I work completely

Best-in-class, period. Reduced the time I spend on this task by about 70%. My team adopted this immediately after I shared it with them. Five stars — no hesitation.

Luke W.

Software Engineer · Microsoft

★★★★★

1 years ago

Mixed experience overall

Average experience, average results. The outputs require minimal editing — saves so much back-and-forth.

Nicole M. ✓ Verified

Data Analyst · a fintech company

★★★★★

1 years ago

Happy with my subscription

Good value for the price. Customer support responded within hours and solved my issue. My team adopted this immediately after I shared it with them. Customer support response times could be faster.

Adam Z. ✓ Verified

Co-founder · Palantir

★★★★★

1 years ago

Useful and reliable

Strong product with room to grow. The interface is intuitive enough that I didn't need to read any docs. The ROI was clear within the first week of using it. The learning curve was steeper than expected. Highly recommend.

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