Shortwave vs Kimi Code vs GitHub Copilot 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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Kimi Code
Competitor 2
GitHub Copilot
Competitor 3
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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 Kimi Code
kimi.com
Writing code means constantly jumping between your editor and browser tabs stuffed with documentation
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Competitor GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
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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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60.1Mvisits/mo
637.9Mvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 52.2%
▲ 3.7%
▼ 16.6%
6-month growth
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+33.8%
+19.3%
-24.4%
Global rank web
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#852
#49
#106,338
Avg. last 3 months
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48.3M
629.7M
539.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
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37%
36%
48%
Pages / visit
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3.9
5.9
2.4
Visit duration
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7m 13s
6m 26s
1m 44s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
ShortwaveKimi CodeGitHub CopilotContinue
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MKimi Code · 43.3MKimi Code · 38.2MKimi Code · 33.5MKimi Code · 44.9MKimi Code · 48.1MKimi Code · 43MKimi Code · 45.3MKimi Code · 39.5MKimi Code · 60.1MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4K100K1M10M100M1BKimi Code · 43.3MKimi Code · 38.2MKimi Code · 33.5MKimi Code · 44.9MKimi Code · 48.1MKimi Code · 43MKimi Code · 45.3MKimi Code · 39.5MKimi Code · 60.1MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free Trial
Freemium
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Free
Starting price
$30per month
$15per month · free tier available
$4per month · free tier available
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Plans
Business $30/moPremier $45/moMax $120/mo
Adagio FreePlus $15/moPro $31/moMax $79/mo+1 more
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Text
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Productivity & OfficeAI AssistantAI Email Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Code reviews
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Email management
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Agents
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Debugging
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Developer tools
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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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Refactoring
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Agent management
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Developer assistance
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Development
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Email enhancement
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Email tracking
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Task management
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Reviews
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Prompts
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