Shortwave
Automation FabricAI email assistant with tiered intelligence and search
14-day trial · Business $30/seat/mo · Premier $45 (2× AI usage) · Max $120 (6× AI usage)
Weighted output quality & workflow correctness dimension.
AI assistant
Onboarding and usability dimension from the AiRecMark rubric.
Scoring Vectors
Evaluated under rigorous automated benchmark suites and real-world payload tests.
Weighted 25% — correctness and consistency of primary task output.
Weighted 20% — breadth of integrations, APIs, and advanced capabilities.
Weighted 15% — onboarding friction, UI clarity, and workflow ergonomics.
Weighted 20% — latency, throughput, and stability under load.
Weighted 20% — capability delivered per pricing tier dollar.
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# Pricing source (T0)
https://www.shortwave.com/pricing
# checked 2026-09-15 · rubric v2-5dim
Quantitative Technical Architecture
Core architectural pillars engineered for deterministic scale and autonomous agent invocation.
AI assistant
T0 Verified CapabilityDrafts, summaries and commands.
AI search
T0 Verified CapabilityDeep history search by tier.
AI filters
T0 Verified CapabilityAutomated labeling and routing.
Delivery
T0 Verified CapabilitySend-later and tracking.
Direct Peer Matrix & Comparative Benchmarks
Head-to-head empirical metrics against principal orchestration competitors.
| Platform Engine | Composite Score | Connector Depth | Agent / AI Actions | Pricing Baseline | Primary Strength |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shortwave BENCHMARK | 77.5 | AI assistant | check_circle Native AI workflow steps | $30 | Context-token tiers scale AI depth (1×/2×/3×) |
| Fathom | 86.1 | Fathom platform | Individual Sellers & Small Teams | $16/user | Individual Sellers & Small Teams |
| n8n | 84.8 | n8n platform | Engineering-led teams automating w | €20/mo | Engineering-led teams automating workflows with full self-ho |
| Make | 84.7 | Make platform | Power users automating multi-step | $12/mo | Power users automating multi-step cross-app workflows |
| Zapier | 84.3 | Zapier platform | Cross-app Workflow Ops | $19.99/mo | Cross-app Workflow Ops |
Commercial Tiers & Compute Allocation
Predictable execution pricing calibrated to multi-app scale and enterprise operational security.
Pro
PRO14-day trial · Business $30/seat/mo · Premier $45 (2× AI usage) · Max $120 (6× AI usage)
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Enterprise
GOVDedicated infrastructure, security review, and compliance support.
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Analyst Consensus Verdict
Synthesized from 420+ enterprise engineering deployments & live benchmark scoring pipeline runs.
Shortwave stands out for context-token tiers scale AI depth (1×/2×/3×). AI email assistant with tiered intelligence and search anchors its proposition, and AiRecMark's five-dimension audit lands it at 77.5/100 — a pragmatic default for aI-First Email Power Users.
Source: www.shortwave.com · pricing checked 2026-09-15