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Shortwave - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: March 2026

Shortwave overview

What is Shortwave?

Shortwave is a Gmail email management software that offers users the following features:

Shortwave's inbox has a workflow that actually works:

- Pins urgent emails to the top of inboxes in one click

- Snoozes emails that users need to act on later

- Marks everything else done with a single click

- Drag and drop threads to re-order and group them

Shortwave is more than just a new inbox:

- Brings clarity to complex threads - with a compact, chat-like thread UI

- Writes effective emails - with markdown formatting, mentions, Giphy, rich media, quoting, object forwards, and more.

- Works together with teams - and collaborates in real-time with channels

- Emails smarter, not just faster - with intuitive shortcuts and an inbox that keeps users organized by default.

- Beautiful & consistent display - We wrote a custom headless browser engine to ensure emails aren’t a jumbled mess of HTML & inline CSS

- Team features - Like Slack, but with the whole world via email. Channels, mentions, typing indicators, presence, and more.

Starting price

9per user /
per month

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Shortwave reviews

Overall rating

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Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend9/10
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Shortwave's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Shortwave users:

Inbox management

All Shortwave features

Features rating:

Alerts/Notifications
Archiving & retention
Chat/Messaging
Collaboration tools
Email monitoring
Prioritization
Real-Time monitoring
Response management
Search/Filter
Workflow management

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Shortwave pricing

Value for money rating:

Starting from

9

/user

Per month

Pricing details
Subscription
Free trial
Free plan
Pricing range

User opinions about Shortwave price and value

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Shortwave support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base

Training options

Documentation
Videos
Live Online

Shortwave FAQs

Q. Who are the typical users of Shortwave?

Shortwave has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Small Business

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Q. What languages does Shortwave support?

Shortwave supports the following languages:
English


Q. Does Shortwave support mobile devices?

Shortwave supports the following devices:
Android, iPad, iPhone


Q. Does Shortwave offer an API?

No, Shortwave does not have an API available.


Q. What level of support does Shortwave offer?

Shortwave offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base

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