Shortwave vs Ayari vs Layercode vs Claude Code

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

Your tool
Shortwave
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Competitor 1
Ayari
Competitor 2
LLayercode
Competitor 3
Claude Code
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Shortwave
shortwave.com
Shortwave is an AI email client that puts an assistant inside the inbox.
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Competitor Ayari
ayari.io
You connect Ayari to your email and calendar, then talk to it like you'd message an assistant
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Competitor LLayercode
layercode.com
A developer building a telehealth app needs voice agents that respond instantly during patient consultations
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Competitor Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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7.6Kvisits/mo
548visits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 78.6%
▼ 75.1%
▼ 6.8%
6-month growth
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+450.3%
-96.0%
+106.6%
Global rank web
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#2,748,701
#6,604,519
#434
Avg. last 3 months
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5.1K
1.6K
125.2M
Bounce rate lower is better
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36%
36%
64%
Pages / visit
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1.8
1.0
2.2
Visit duration
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39s
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2m 36s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
ShortwaveAyariLayercodeClaude Code
035M69.9M104.9M139.9MAyari · 1.4KAyari · 4KAyari · 3.5KAyari · 3.4KAyari · 4.3KAyari · 7.6KLayercode · 6.8KLayercode · 21.9KLayercode · 13.7KLayercode · 4.3KLayercode · 3KLayercode · 2.1KLayercode · 2.2KLayercode · 548Claude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5M1001K10K100K1M10M100M1BAyari · 1.4KAyari · 4KAyari · 3.5KAyari · 3.4KAyari · 4.3KAyari · 7.6KLayercode · 6.8KLayercode · 21.9KLayercode · 13.7KLayercode · 4.3KLayercode · 3KLayercode · 2.1KLayercode · 2.2KLayercode · 548Claude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Free Trial
Free Trial
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$30per month
$12.99per month
$250per month · free tier available
$17per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Business $30/moPremier $45/moMax $120/mo
Starter $12.99/moProfessional $24.99/moEnterprise Custom
Developer FreePro $250/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
AudioText
CodeText
Output
Text
Text
AudioText
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeAI AssistantAI Email Assistant
Productivity & OfficeAI AssistantAI Email AssistantAI Scheduling
Productivity & OfficeAI AssistantAI Email AssistantAI Scheduling
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Email management
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Email replies
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Email writing
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Email
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Meeting scheduling
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Email automation
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Coding
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Schedule management
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Terminal
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Voice agents
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APIs
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Agents
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Assistant API building
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Code analysis
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Code explanations
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Code reviews
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Day scheduling
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Debugging
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Developer tools
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Email thread analysis
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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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Event scheduling
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Node js
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Refactoring
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Task management
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Team collaboration
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Prompts
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