Shortwave

Shortwave organizes, writes, searches, and schedules email from a prompt, for ambitious teams.

  • Free trial
  • Mobile · Desktop · Plugin or MCP
  • Verified 17 Oct 2026

What Shortwave does

Shortwave is an AI email assistant that sorts and organizes email, writes messages, searches mail and analyzes attachments, and schedules meetings and emails from a prompt. The Business plan costs USD 30 per user per month billed monthly and includes about 150 to 300 standard AI requests a day. The Premier plan is USD 45 per user per month billed monthly with twice the AI usage, and the Max plan is USD 120 per user per month billed monthly with six times the AI usage. A free trial is available and signup is self-serve.

Built for

  • ambitious teams

Key features

  • AI inbox organization with one-click sorting of low priority emails and todos
  • Integrations with Slack, Calendar, Notion, Asana, Hubspot and more
  • Personalized AI writing that learns your voice from sent emails
  • AI-powered email search and attachment analysis
  • Split inbox and bundles for triage
  • Shared threads and team comments
  • AI calendar scheduling and scheduling emails

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Sorts low-priority emails and todos with one click through its AI inbox organization.
  • Connects with Slack, Calendar, Notion, Asana, Hubspot and other tools.
  • Offers a free trial and self-serve signup.
  • Runs on mobile and desktop, and as a plugin or MCP.

Cons

  • The Business plan caps AI use at about 150 to 300 standard requests a day.
  • Higher AI usage is only available on the Premier plan at USD 45 per user per month or the Max plan at USD 120 per user per month, both billed monthly.

Where Shortwave is listed

Shortwave is listed under email writing in AI writing tools.

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