Shortwave vs Fyxer AI vs Missive vs Superhuman AI
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Shortwave
AI-native email client rebuilt on top of Gmail
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Fyxer AI
AI that sorts your inbox and drafts replies in your voice
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Missive
Collaborative team inbox with AI assistant, real-time co-drafting, and...
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Superhuman AI
Keyboard-fast AI email client, now folded into Superhuman Suite.
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.5 / 10 | 7 / 10 | 8.2 / 10 | 7 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Paid | Freemium | Paid |
| Free tier | — | 7-day free trial only — no permanent free tier | Free forever for up to 3 users; core shared inbox + chat; 15-day history limit | 30-day free trial |
| Paid from | — | From $30/month (Starter), $50/month (Professional); Enterprise custom | $18/seat/month (Starter, monthly billing); $14/seat/month on annual | $30/month |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Users | — | ~180,000 users; 100+ companies (May 2025) | thousands of business customers (~3,700 in 2026); ~2,000 paying + ~1,600 free as of 2024 | 75000+ paying subscribers |
| Founded | — | 2023 | 2015 | 2014 |
| Maker | — | Richard Hollingsworth, Archie Hollingsworth | Missive (independent, bootstrapped) | Rahul Vohra |
| Verdict | Among AI email clients, Shortwave is the polished one. It sits on top of Gmail and adds summaries, natural-language search, context-aware drafting, scheduling and an assistant that's steadily getting better at triaging a... |
Fyxer's bet is that email triage and meeting notes are the two chores worth automating, and it does both from one tool across Gmail and Outlook. It sorts your inbox into categories, drafts replies trained on your recent... |
Missive is the collaborative inbox agencies reach for when duplicate replies and confused handoffs get expensive. Real-time co-drafting, internal comments invisible to customers, and solid Slack/Salesforce integrations m... |
Superhuman built its name as the fastest keyboard-driven email client, and that muscle memory is still the appeal: split inboxes, instant send, AI triage and auto-drafted replies pulled from your own writing style. What... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.