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Shortwave alternatives

Explore 8 options alongside Shortwave (Shortwave), a product in Productivity.

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monday.com

Listed together in guide “AI productivity tools”

Work-management platform sold as an AI workspace, adding metered AI credits, an AI assistant, agents, and an AI notetaker to its boards and workflows.

Freemium

Use cases

  • Running projects, CRM, dev, and service workflows in one workspace
  • Delegating recurring departmental work to AI agents
  • Asking an AI assistant questions over work platform data

Pricing: monday.com sells seat-based plans billed monthly or annually, with annual billing saving 33%, plus a free plan and a 14-day trial; the pricing page lists AI credits and Sidekick from the Standard plan upwards, and Enterprise adds API call limits and 24/7 support with an uptime SLA.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-12.

Superhuman

Listed together in guide “AI productivity tools”

Fast email client with AI features for drafting, summarizing, and triaging messages.

Paid

Use cases

  • Getting through high-volume inboxes quickly
  • Drafting consistent replies with AI assistance
  • Tracking follow-ups in sales and executive workflows

Pricing: Superhuman is a paid subscription per user; there is no free tier, though trials are offered.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-10.

Mem

Listed together in guide “AI productivity tools”

AI note-taking app that organizes notes and surfaces related information automatically.

Freemium

Use cases

  • Building a searchable personal knowledge base
  • Recalling facts buried in old notes via chat
  • Capturing ideas without manual filing

Pricing: Mem is subscription-based; new users get a trial period before paying for the individual plan.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-10.

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Listed together in guide “AI productivity tools”

AI assistant embedded across Microsoft 365 apps such as Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams.

Paid

Use cases

  • Summarizing long email threads and meetings
  • Generating first drafts of documents and decks
  • Querying business data in natural language

Pricing: Microsoft 365 Copilot costs $30 per user per month as an add-on to qualifying Microsoft 365 business and enterprise plans.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-10.

Raycast

Listed together in guide “AI productivity tools”

Productivity launcher with built-in AI commands for search, writing, and automation.

Freemium

Use cases

  • Replacing Spotlight with a smarter launcher
  • Quick AI rewriting and summarizing in any app
  • Automating workflows via extensions and scripts

Pricing: The launcher is free; Raycast Pro is a paid subscription that adds AI with premium models, cloud sync, and more.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-09.

Taskade

Listed together in guide “AI productivity tools”

Collaborative workspace for tasks, notes, and mind maps with built-in AI agents and workflow generation.

Freemium

Use cases

  • Managing team projects with AI-generated structure
  • Automating recurring checklists and workflows
  • Brainstorming in mind maps with AI assistance

Pricing: Taskade has a free tier; paid plans increase AI requests, storage, and member counts for teams.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-10.

Fellow

Related: shares the task Everyday productivity

AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes, and summarises meetings without a bot joining the call, and turns them into notes and action items.

Freemium

Use cases

  • Capturing AI notes and action items for team meetings
  • Transcribing and summarising meetings across languages
  • Feeding meeting outcomes into CRM records and task tools

Pricing: Fellow publishes a free plan alongside Team, Business, and Enterprise plans; Enterprise is listed at $25 per user per month billed annually, and AI notes and recordings are limited on the free plan.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-12.

Harvey

Related: shares the task Everyday productivity

AI platform for legal and professional-services work, assisting with research, drafting, and document analysis.

Paid

Use cases

  • Accelerating legal research and memo drafting
  • Reviewing large document sets in diligence
  • Standardizing contract analysis workflows

Pricing: Harvey is enterprise software with custom pricing; there is no public self-serve tier.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-09-10.

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