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inbox0 vs Shortwave
Shortwave is an email app for Gmail with a strong AI assistant that searches, sums up and writes your email. inbox0 is built for teams: every email goes to the right team’s inbox and the work goes to your tools.
Join the waiting list| Feature | inbox0 | Shortwave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free for personal use, teams from €29 per user per month | Free, then from $18 per user per month |
| Free plan | Yes: your own Gmail, with AI and 100 credits | Yes, with a limited AI quota |
| What you pay for | Per user for teams. AI by credits | Per user, AI with a daily limit per plan |
| Contract | Monthly, or yearly with 2 months free | Monthly |
| Users | Free on your own, per user in a team | Each user pays |
| Based in | Europe, hosted in the EU | – |
Pricing of Shortwave · Checked on 3 November 2026 on each tool’s own website. Prices change: follow the links to see theirs.
Pick Shortwave if…
- You want an AI that can search and sum up your whole mailbox
- You like a Gmail app with bundles and splits, like Google Inbox used to have
- You work mostly on your own email
Pick inbox0 if…
- Email feels like a never-ending to-do list, for you or for your team
- You want every email sorted into the right inbox, by rules and AI
- The work should end up in your other tools by itself
- You want to start free on your own and grow into a team plan
Get to inbox zero. And stay there.
We let new people in every week. Join the waiting list and we’ll email you as soon as it’s your turn. Free for personal use.