What arrived
Your annual plan renews in 3 days
A streaming subscription sends its yearly renewal notice, the kind of email that's easy to skim past without checking the actual number.
Comparison
An AI-native inbox, if you live entirely in Gmail.
Shortwave is an AI agent built natively for Gmail and Google Workspace. You prompt it to organise, schedule, write and search. Beemy runs the same kind of triage and drafting without a prompt. It works across Gmail today and Outlook next, so it isn't tied to one provider.
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Shortwave An AI-native email agent for Gmail and Google Workspace that organises, drafts, searches and schedules on a prompt.
Beemy One assistant for your whole life: inbox and calendar today, Slack next.
At a glance
Seven ways the job gets done differently.
| Dimension | Shortwave | Beemy |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Gmail and Google Workspace natively; per their own docs, Microsoft 365/Exchange is “not supported at this time,” and Outlook.com is “forwarding only, cannot send from address.” | Gmail and Google Calendar live in beta today; Outlook next as it clears its own safety gate, one loop for both providers. See what's next → |
| What it does | An AI agent you prompt to organise, schedule, write and search your inbox. | Works in the background without a prompt: triages, drafts and files before you open the inbox. |
| Triage | Custom AI filters you set up to label, star or archive automatically. | Learns dynamically from what you approve or correct, with no filter to configure yourself. |
| Drafting | Learns your voice and style from emails you've sent, drafted when you ask. | Drafts unprompted, ready for a one-tap approval. |
| Search & scheduling | AI-powered search across your inbox or team's mail, plus an assistant that checks availability and writes scheduling emails. | Handles the scheduling exchange itself and drafts the invite or response, approval-first. |
| Beyond email | Integrates with Slack, Calendar, Notion, Asana and HubSpot, plus its own workflow tool, Tasklet. | One loop across email, calendar and Slack as it rolls out, plus a digest for the newsletters and feeds you follow. |
| Price | Business from $30/seat/month; Premier $45/seat/month; Max $120/seat/month, with a 14-day free trial (their pricing, checked 1 Aug 2026). | $29–49/month, free to start. See plans → |
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What Beemy produces.
Illustrative
Illustrative example, built with mock data.
In Gmail · personal
What Beemy tells you
You never set a reminder for this one. Beemy read the renewal notice and checked it against what you paid last year. The new price is nine dollars higher.
You decide whether to keep it or cancel. Beemy only caught the change before the charge went through.
The decisive difference
Gmail-only vs. one loop for both providers.
Shortwave states that it is built natively for Gmail and Google Workspace. It also states that Microsoft 365/Exchange is “not supported at this time.” That line matters to anyone whose team or household is not all-Google. Beemy's Gmail and Google Calendar are live in beta today, and Outlook is clearing its own safety gate next. Beemy aims to be one loop for a mixed-provider team or household, so nobody needs two separate tools.
See the road ahead →Prompted vs. proactive
An agent you ask vs. a loop that already ran.
Shortwave's agent is capable at the things you ask it to do: organise, search and schedule. Each of those starts with a prompt. Beemy's triage, drafting and digests happen on their own schedule. You review what is left. You do not do the asking.
See everything it handles →Work and personal
Built for team inboxes, not a personal life alongside them.
Shortwave's own case studies point at teams: Y Combinator, Twilio and Foursquare. Beemy is built to span both halves of your life at once. It keeps personal and work data in strictly separate architectural silos, so no single inbox model covers every account you connect.
How the silos hold →Alternatives
Looking for a Shortwave alternative?
If Shortwave's Gmail-and-Google-Workspace world is a poor fit for how you work, here are other options, including some that are not Beemy.
- SuperhumanYou want a keyboard-first client that also supports Outlook.
- Fyxer AIYou want an assistant layer that works the same way on Gmail or Outlook.
- CoraYou want to open your inbox less often, not process it faster.
- BeemyYou want one loop spanning email, calendar and your personal life too, not just a faster Gmail.
When to pick them instead
When Shortwave is the better tool.
If your whole team lives in Gmail or Google Workspace, Shortwave is a strong, shipped product built for that world. You prompt its AI agent for search, custom filters and scheduling right inside Gmail. Its filters and team-wide search go deeper than anything Beemy offers today. A mixed-provider team, or a personal inbox alongside a work one, is the reason Beemy's one-loop model exists. Gmail and Google Calendar are in beta today. Outlook is next.
Questions
Fair questions, straight answers.
Does Shortwave work with Outlook?
No, per Shortwave's own docs, Microsoft 365/Exchange is “not supported at this time,” and Outlook.com is listed as “forwarding only, cannot send from address” (shortwave.com/docs, checked 1 Aug 2026). Beemy's Gmail and Google Calendar are live in beta today, with Outlook next on the roadmap.
Is Shortwave worth it for a Gmail-only team?
If your whole team is on Gmail or Google Workspace, Shortwave is a mature, shipped product built for that world. It offers AI filters, team search and a scheduling assistant.
Can I use both Shortwave and Beemy?
Nothing stops you, but they cover overlapping ground in different ways. Shortwave is an agent you prompt inside Gmail. Beemy runs in the background across email, calendar and, as it rolls out, Slack. It does not wait to be asked, and it keeps a strict line between your work and personal life.
How much does Shortwave cost?
Shortwave lists Business at $30/seat/month, Premier at $45/seat/month, and Max at $120/seat/month, each with a 14-day free trial (shortwave.com/pricing, checked 1 Aug 2026).
How we checked this
Every claim about Shortwave above traces to Shortwave's own public pages, checked on :
Shortwave is a trademark of its owner. Beemy is not affiliated with or endorsed by them. Details checked 1 Aug 2026 against their public site — spot something out of date?
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