Shortwave vs GitHub Copilot vs Gemini CLI vs Ayari

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
GitHub Copilot
Competitor 2
Gemini CLI
Competitor 3
Ayari
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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 Gemini CLI
github.com
It can query and edit large codebases, generate new apps from PDFs, images, or sketches using multimodal input, and debug problems when you describe them in plain language.
Competitor Ayari
ayari.io
You connect Ayari to your email and calendar, then talk to it like you'd message an assistant
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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637.9Mvisits/mo
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7.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 3.7%
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▲ 78.6%
6-month growth
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+19.3%
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+450.3%
Global rank web
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#49
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#2,748,701
Avg. last 3 months
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629.7M
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5.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
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36%
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36%
Pages / visit
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5.9
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1.8
Visit duration
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6m 26s
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39s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
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ShortwaveGitHub CopilotGemini CLIAyari
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 · 637.9MAyari · 1.4KAyari · 4KAyari · 3.5KAyari · 3.4KAyari · 4.3KAyari · 7.6K1K10K100K1M10M100M1BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MAyari · 1.4KAyari · 4KAyari · 3.5KAyari · 3.4KAyari · 4.3KAyari · 7.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Free Trial
Freemium
Free
Free Trial
Starting price
$30per month
$4per month · free tier available
Free
$12.99per month
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
Free (personal Google account) Free
Starter $12.99/moProfessional $24.99/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
CodeText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
Text
Output
Text
Code
Code
Text
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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10
Coding
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Email management
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Email replies
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Email writing
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Agents
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Email
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Meeting scheduling
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Email automation
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Debugging
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Code autocompletion
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Schedule management
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Code reviews
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Coding in VS Code
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Day scheduling
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Email thread analysis
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Vs code
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Agent management
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Code analysis
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Developer tools
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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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Task management
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Team collaboration
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Terminal
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Reviews
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Prompts
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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.