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Project management platform for software development teams

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Shortcut - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: March 2026

Shortcut overview

Based on 363 verified user reviews

What is Shortcut?

By industry, Shortcut reviewers are most commonly professionals in computer software (26%). The most frequent use case for Shortcut cited by reviewers is task management (49% of reviewers).

What are the most popular integrations for Shortcut?

The Shortcut integrations most frequently cited by reviewers are: GitHub (an application development product rated 4.6 out of 5 for its integration with Shortcut), Slack (a team communication product, 4.7), and GitLab (a source code management product, 4.3).

Starting price

8.5per user /
per year

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Pros & Cons

Team Collaboration

Story and Epic Management

Project Management

Bugs and Issues

Features

Shortcut’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

Shortcut pros, cons and reviews insights

To determine these pros and cons insights, we analyzed responses from 

Overall rating

Reviews sentiment

 
 
 
1-2(1)
3-4(129)
5(233)

What do users say about Shortcut?

By industry, Shortcut reviewers are most commonly professionals in computer software (26%). The most frequent use case for Shortcut cited by reviewers is task management (49% of reviewers).

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Who uses Shortcut?

Based on 363 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Midsize Businesses

Enterprises

Top industries

Computer Software
Information Technology and Services
Marketing and Advertising
Hospital & Health Care
Others

Use cases

Task Management
Project Management
Bug Tracking
Project Planning
Scrum

Shortcut's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Shortcut users:

Assignment management
Task editing
Workflow management
Prioritization
Collaboration tools
Resource management
Time tracking

All Shortcut features

Features rating:

Access controls/permissions
Activity dashboard
Activity tracking
Agile methodologies
Alerts/Escalation
Alerts/Notifications
API
Assignment management
Audit trail
Backlog management
Bug/Issue capture
Bug tracking
Charting
Client portal
Collaboration tools
Customizable templates
Dashboard
Data visualization
Drag & drop
Email-to-Task conversion
Feedback management
File sharing
Gantt/Timeline view
Idea management
Issue auditing
Issue management
Issue scheduling
Issue tracking
Kanban board
Knowledge base management
Milestone tracking
Mobile access
Multiple projects
Negative feedback management
Percent-Complete tracking
Portfolio management
Predictive analytics
Prioritization
Product lifecycle management
Product roadmapping
Progress tracking
Projections
Project management
Project planning/scheduling
Project tracking
Recurring issues
Recurring tasks
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting/Project tracking
Request management
Requirements management
Resource management
Retrospectives management
Search/Filter
Single sign on
Spreadsheet view
Sprint planning
Status tracking
Sub-Task management
Supports scrum
Support ticket management
Task board view
Task editing
Task import
Task management
Task progress tracking
Task scheduling
Task tagging
Team management
Template management
Testing/QA management
Third-Party integrations
Ticket management
Time tracking
To-Do list
Version control
Visualization
Workflow management

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Shortcut pricing

Value for money rating:

Pricing plans

Pricing details:

Free plan
Free trial
Subscription

Free

0.00

/user

Features included:

  • Filters
  • Kanban Board
  • Reports
  • Sprints
  • Third-Party Integration

Team

8.5

/user

Per year

Features included:

  • Customizable Workflows
  • Progress Tracking
  • Reports
  • Roadmap
  • Third-Party Integration

Business

12

/user

Per year

Features included:

  • Customizable Workflows
  • Milestone Tracking
  • Multiple Workspaces
  • Reports
  • Roadmaps
  • Third-Party Integration

Enterprise

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Features included:

  • Milestone Tracking
  • Multiple Workspaces
  • Progress Tracking
  • Roadmap
  • Single Sign-on

User opinions about Shortcut price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of Shortcut's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“It's easy to create Story templates and to keep track of all your tasks.”
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Josef S.

Technical Support Specialist

“Overall Shortcut has been so helpful in ensuring my team and I stay on top of our tasks.”
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Josef S.

Technical Support Specialist

Shortcut integrations (16)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 363 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as Shortcut integrations and how users feel about them.

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GitHub

Integration rating: 4.6 (44)

We use Postman's GitHub integration to sync our API collections with our repositories. This ensures our API documentation stays in version control alongside our code, and allows the team to review collection changes in pull requests just like any oth

KS

Kaynan S.

Senior Software Engineer

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Slack

Integration rating: 4.7 (37)

Easy integration, works great

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Ilya P.

SRE

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GitLab

Integration rating: 4.3 (10)

Automated flow-down of requirements.

AS

Alondra S.

Systems engineer

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Bitbucket

Integration rating: 4.8 (7)

We integrate Bitbucket with BrowserStack to enable continuous testing in our development workflow.

MT

Mohd T.

QA Head

Integration rating: 3.5 (5)

We use Zapier to connect our boards and automate some of our projects.

PD

Patricia D.

Manager Business Administration

Integration rating: 2.3 (5)

Shortcut support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Chat
Email/Help Desk
24/7 (Live rep)

Training options

Webinars
Documentation
Live Online

Shortcut FAQs

Q. Who are the typical users of Shortcut?

Shortcut has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Small Business, Mid-size Business

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Q. What is Shortcut used for?

Built specifically for software development teams, Shortcut is a cloud-based project management platform for collaboratively supporting the full planning, build, and launch cycle. Scalable to cater for non-profits right up to Enterprise-level with variable subscription pricing packages, Shortcut also promises robust, out-of-the-box integration options for the likes of GitHub, GitLab and Slack, with API access for developing custom workflow automations. The UI allows users to create a “Story” for describing any task, job, feature or build, before defining “Objectives” and “Epics” for goal-based progression. Drag and drop Kanban boards allow task workflows to be rearranged and prioritized intuitively while keeping every team member updated. Reporting tools and data visualizations including cumulative flow diagrams and burndown charts also support greater visibility on overall progress and achievements.


Q. What level of support does Shortcut offer?

Shortcut offers the following support options:
Chat, Email/Help Desk, 24/7 (Live rep)

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