OpenCode vs Shortwave vs Layercode vs Claude Code
Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.
Your tool
OpenCode
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OpenCode
Competitor 1
Shortwave
Shortwave
Competitor 2
LLayercode
Competitor 3
Claude Code
Claude CodeCompare
4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool
OpenCode
OpenCode
opencode.ai
OpenCode is an open-source AI coding agent that helps developers write code in the terminal, an IDE or a desktop app.
Competitor
Shortwave
Shortwave
shortwave.com
Shortwave is an AI email client that puts an assistant inside the inbox.
Competitor
LLayercode
layercode.com
A developer building a telehealth app needs voice agents that respond instantly during patient consultations
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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548visits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 75.1%
▼ 6.8%
6-month growth
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-96.0%
+106.6%
Global rank web
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#6,604,519
#434
Avg. last 3 months
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1.6K
125.2M
Bounce rate lower is better
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36%
64%
Pages / visit
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1.0
2.2
Visit duration
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2m 36s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
OpenCodeShortwaveLayercodeClaude Code
Pricing
Model
Free
Free Trial
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free
$30per month
$250per month · free tier available
$17per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
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Business $30/moPremier $45/moMax $120/mo
Developer FreePro $250/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
DocumentsText
AudioText
CodeText
Output
Code
Text
AudioText
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core partial
Tasks covered
2
10
3
6
Coding
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Email management
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Agents
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Assistant API building
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Code analysis
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Developer assistance
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Email
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Email automation
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Email replies
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Email writing
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Assistant development
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Development
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Email enhancement
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Email tracking
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Meeting scheduling
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Node js
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Task management
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Team collaboration
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Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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2
Verified listing
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.