Shortwave vs CodeRabbit vs Layercode vs Continue

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

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Shortwave
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CodeRabbit
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LLayercode
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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 CodeRabbit
coderabbit.ai
Automated code review that matters
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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 Continue
continue.dev
Continue is an open-source AI coding agent that was built by a community of developers and has since been acquired by Cursor.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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1Mvisits/mo
548visits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 22.7%
▼ 75.1%
▼ 16.6%
6-month growth
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+50.4%
-96.0%
-24.4%
Global rank web
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#38,145
#6,604,519
#106,338
Avg. last 3 months
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1.2M
1.6K
539.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
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49%
36%
48%
Pages / visit
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3.5
1.0
2.4
Visit duration
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1m 55s
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1m 44s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 73% · ● Referral 24%
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● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
ShortwaveCodeRabbitLayercodeContinue
0331.5K663K994.5K1.3MCodeRabbit · 442KCodeRabbit · 588.1KCodeRabbit · 711.7KCodeRabbit · 641.9KCodeRabbit · 681.8KCodeRabbit · 694.5KCodeRabbit · 869.9KCodeRabbit · 1.1MCodeRabbit · 1.3MCodeRabbit · 1MLayercode · 6.8KLayercode · 21.9KLayercode · 13.7KLayercode · 4.3KLayercode · 3KLayercode · 2.1KLayercode · 2.2KLayercode · 548Continue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4K1001K10K100K1M10MCodeRabbit · 442KCodeRabbit · 588.1KCodeRabbit · 711.7KCodeRabbit · 641.9KCodeRabbit · 681.8KCodeRabbit · 694.5KCodeRabbit · 869.9KCodeRabbit · 1.1MCodeRabbit · 1.3MCodeRabbit · 1MLayercode · 6.8KLayercode · 21.9KLayercode · 13.7KLayercode · 4.3KLayercode · 3KLayercode · 2.1KLayercode · 2.2KLayercode · 548Continue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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Free Trial
Freemium
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$250per month · free tier available
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Plans
Business $30/moPremier $45/moMax $120/mo
Essentials $24/moTeam $48/moAdvanced $72/moEnterprise Custom
Developer FreePro $250/moEnterprise Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Code
AudioText
CodeText
Output
Text
CodeText
AudioText
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Productivity & OfficeAI AssistantAI Email Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code Review
Productivity & OfficeAI AssistantAI Email AssistantAI Scheduling
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Code reviews
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Code analysis
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Code testing
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Developer tools
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Email
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Email automation
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Email writing
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Email enhancement
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Email tracking
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