Shortwave vs GitHub Copilot vs CodeRabbit vs Layercode

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

Your tool
Shortwave
vs
Competitor 1
GitHub Copilot
Competitor 2
CodeRabbit
Competitor 3
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.
Competitor GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
Competitor CodeRabbit
coderabbit.ai
Automated code review that matters
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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637.9Mvisits/mo
1Mvisits/mo
548visits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 3.7%
▼ 22.7%
▼ 75.1%
6-month growth
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+19.3%
+50.4%
-96.0%
Global rank web
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#49
#38,145
#6,604,519
Avg. last 3 months
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629.7M
1.2M
1.6K
Bounce rate lower is better
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36%
49%
36%
Pages / visit
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5.9
3.5
1.0
Visit duration
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6m 26s
1m 55s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 73% · ● Referral 24%
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ShortwaveGitHub CopilotCodeRabbitLayercode
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MCodeRabbit · 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 · 5481001K10K100K1M10M100M1BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MCodeRabbit · 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 · 548Nov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free Trial
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$30per month
$4per month · free tier available
$24per month
$250per month · free tier available
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
Business $30/moPremier $45/moMax $120/mo
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Essentials $24/moTeam $48/moAdvanced $72/moEnterprise Custom
Developer FreePro $250/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
CodeText
Code
AudioText
Output
Text
Code
CodeText
AudioText
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
10
4
8
3
Code reviews
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Coding
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Email management
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GitHub pull requests
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Agents
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Assistant API building
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Code analysis
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Code documentation
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Code quality
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Code security analysis
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Code testing
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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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Agent management
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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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Reviews
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Prompts
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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.