Shortwave vs. Fastmail

Shortwave is the smartest email app on planet Earth. Email is the backbone of modern business communications. Every day, billions of emails are exchanged inside and between businesses discussing everything from investment decisions, to high-stakes negotiations, to product designs, to major purchases. Email is the one tool that connects everyone — employees, customers, vendors, even the CEO. The biggest decisions are made in the email inboxes of business leaders. And yet, the inbox you rely on every day has not fundamentally improved in over a decade.

Fastmail is a privacy-focused email hosting and productivity solution that helps businesses manage professional email communication, calendars, and contacts through a unified, ad-free platform. Founded in 1999 and independently operated from Melbourne, Australia, Fastmail provides organizations with custom domain email hosting, team collaboration tools, and administrative controls without relying on advertising revenue or scanning user data for commercial purposes.