Shortcut
Bug tracking software
Product management software
Project management software
DevOps software
Project, portfolio & program management software
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$8.50 per user per month
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What is Shortcut
Shortcut is a work management platform designed for software teams to plan, track, and ship product work. It combines agile project management (stories, epics, iterations) with issue tracking and tight integrations into developer workflows. Typical users include product managers, engineering managers, and development teams that want a single system for requirements, execution tracking, and release coordination. The product emphasizes lightweight structure and automation through integrations and an API rather than broad enterprise portfolio governance.
Agile-first workflow modeling
Shortcut provides core agile constructs such as stories, epics, iterations/sprints, and workflow states in a single workspace. This supports day-to-day planning and execution without requiring separate tools for backlog and issue tracking. The UI and data model are oriented toward software delivery, which reduces configuration overhead compared with more general-purpose work management platforms.
Strong developer tool integrations
Shortcut integrates with common source control and CI/CD tooling (for example, linking work items to branches, commits, and pull requests). This helps teams keep delivery context attached to work items and improves traceability from planning to code changes. Compared with tools focused mainly on generic task management, these integrations better match engineering team workflows.
API and automation support
Shortcut offers an API and automation capabilities that enable teams to synchronize data with other systems and build custom workflows. This is useful for organizations that need to connect product work tracking with support, analytics, or internal tooling. The extensibility can reduce manual updates across systems when teams maintain multiple operational tools.
Limited portfolio governance depth
Shortcut focuses on team-level planning and execution rather than full portfolio and program management. Organizations that require advanced capacity planning, financial tracking, or multi-program governance may find gaps. For complex PMO-style reporting, teams may need additional tooling or custom reporting pipelines.
Reporting can require workarounds
Out-of-the-box reporting is oriented toward agile execution metrics and may not cover every stakeholder reporting need. Teams that want highly customized dashboards, cross-project analytics, or executive-ready portfolio views may need exports, integrations, or BI tools. This can add setup and maintenance effort compared with platforms that provide broader native reporting.
Not a full DevOps suite
While it connects to development tools, Shortcut is not a replacement for dedicated feature flagging, observability, or session replay platforms. Teams still need separate systems for runtime monitoring, error tracking, and release controls. This increases the number of tools to manage for end-to-end DevOps workflows.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 per user/month | Includes core Story/Issue tracking, Kanban views, Roadmap, Reports, Iterations (sprints), Docs, GitHub/Slack/Figma integrations. (Help Center: Free plan limited to up to 10 active users and 1 Workspace/Team/Workflow). |
| Team | $8.50 per user/month (annual) — $10.00 per user/month (monthly) | Everything in Free + suite of Reports, Work In Progress limits, multiple/custom workflows, Automations, access to all integrations. |
| Business | $12.00 per user/month (annual) — $16.00 per user/month (monthly) | Everything in Team + unlimited limits, Objectives & Key Results (OKRs), advanced Custom Fields, advanced Reports, multiple Workspaces for sandboxing. |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing (contact sales) | Everything in Business + volume/commitment pricing, premier support SLAs, SSO & SCIM, custom terms, dedicated Slack channel, onboarding support. |
Seller details
Shortcut Software, Inc.
New York, NY, USA
2014
Private
https://shortcut.com/
https://x.com/shortcut
https://www.linkedin.com/company/shortcut/
