What is Shortwave best for?
AI-native Gmail client from ex-Google engineers, with an assistant that drafts in your voice, triages the inbox, and searches by chat. On woska, Shortwave sits in the Productivity category as an AI-first product, and its freemium tier lets you test the real workflow before paying. The practical question is less whether Shortwave produces output and more whether it fits capturing information, summarizing it, finding it again, and turning it into next actions without adding another disconnected step.
Who should use Shortwave?
- Anyone weighing Shortwave for organizing daily work, meetings, notes, search, and follow-through
- People with too many meetings, notes, tabs, or scattered documents
- Teams that want faster search, summaries, and follow-up without manual admin
Core features
Shortwave is positioned as an AI-first product built AI-first rather than bolted on.
Summaries, search, scheduling, note organization, or meeting capture
Helps reduce manual admin and make information easier to retrieve
Common use cases
Use Shortwave for organizing daily work, meetings, notes, search, and follow-through
Summarize meetings and pull out action items
Find answers across notes, docs, or web sources faster
Pricing
Shortwave has a freemium entry point, so it is reasonable to test the workflow before deciding whether the paid tier is worth it. Watch for limits around credits, seats, exports, usage volume, or commercial features.
Free
$0
Good for testing the workflow before committing budget or moving team work into the tool.
Pro
$14/mo
Usually unlocks higher limits, exports, integrations, commercial use, or collaboration.
Team
Custom
Compare this when seats, usage volume, admin controls, or shared workflows become important.