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Zoho Projects vs Shortcut Comparison (2026)

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Overview

Zoho Projects is an online project management tool that helps teams plan, track, and collaborate on tasks with ease.

Shortcut is a web-based project management platform built to meet the workflow needs of software development teams, allowing users to create stories to define project tasks, objectives and epics, while visualizing work with drag and drop Kanban boards, charting reports and automating via API access

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

No videos yet

Pricing

Starting from

4

/user

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

8.5

/user

Per year

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.5

876

5

4

3

2

1

523

286

50

10

7

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
77%
would recommend this app

4.6

363

5

4

3

2

1

233

114

15

1

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
77%
would recommend this app

Pros

“Features like task assignment, reminders, recurring tasks, dashboards, and reports make team collaboration smooth.”
HR

Hansika R.

project administartor

“For planning the deployment of a new ore processing infrastructure, Zoho Projects offers a very comprehensive project tracking framework.”
MC

MONICA C.

Senior Procurement Specialist

“The platform's user-friendly interface and customizable features make it easy to manage projects efficiently. While there is a slight learning curve for beginners, the tool's robustness and compatibility with other Zoho products provide a versatile platform for managing complex projects.”
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MEENACHISUNDARAM M.

Project Manager

Pros

“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

“It offers a wide range of features, including project planning, task management, and collaboration tools.”
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Stanis¿aw Z.

Backend Developer

Cons

“Some of the files I tried to add to the project were too large so I couldn't rely entirely on Zoho Projects for my file management.”
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Salina T.

Systems Manager

“Managing notifications can also become overwhelming if you don't take the time to fine-tune individual preferences right from the start.”
BK

Brad K.

Gigawatt AI - Founder and Executive Chairman

“Too many custom fields/workflows may make the system difficult to manage.”
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Kavishwar K.

data analyst

Cons

“some mass actions across multiple iterations & flows don't work as expected”
ID

Irina D.

CTO

“The API documentation is not very clear and the options to create a project is missing in the new version of the software. While creating a workflow state it gets very difficult to fetch data via UI.”
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Shubham K.

Marketing Manager

“I have never expected issues despite using it daily to report internal bugs.”
EB

Erika B.

Customer Success Team Lead

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review5 days ago
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  • Last review2 years ago

Key features

  • Total features156
  • @mentions
  • AI Copilot
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Approval Workflow
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Assignment Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Backlog Management
  • Bar Chart
  • Bid Management
  • Billable & Non-Billable Hours
  • Billable Items Tracking
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Budget Management
  • Budget Tracking
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Bug Tracking
  • Bug/Issue Capture
  • Calendar Management
  • Capacity Management
  • Charting
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Client Portal
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Color Codes/Icons
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Content Management
  • Contract/License Management
  • Cost-to-Completion Tracking
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Visualization
  • Deadline Management
  • Dependency Tracking
  • Discussions/Forums
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Drag & Drop
  • Email Management
  • Email-to-Task Conversion
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Equipment Tracking
  • Expense Tracking
  • Feedback Management
  • File Management
  • File Sharing
  • For Small Businesses
  • Forms Creation & Design
  • Gantt/Timeline View
  • Generative AI
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • Idea Collection
  • Idea Management
  • Inventory Management
  • Invoice Management
  • Issue Auditing
  • Issue Management
  • Issue Scheduling
  • Issue Tracking
  • Kanban Board
  • Knowledge Base Management
  • Live Chat
  • Milestone Tracking
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Monitoring
  • Multiple Billing Rates
  • Multiple Projects
  • Negative Feedback Management
  • Notes Management
  • Online Time Tracking
  • Overtime Calculation
  • Percent-Complete Tracking
  • Performance Metrics
  • Planning Tools
  • Portfolio Management
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Prioritization
  • Product Lifecycle Management
  • Product Roadmapping
  • Productivity Tools
  • Progress Reports
  • Progress Tracking
  • Project Management
  • Project Planning
  • Project Planning/Scheduling
  • Project Scheduling
  • Project Templates
  • Project Time Tracking
  • Project Tracking
  • Project Workflow
  • Projections
  • Real Time Editing
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Recurring Issues
  • Recurring Tasks
  • Reimbursement Management
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reporting/Project Tracking
  • Request Management
  • Requirements Management
  • Resource Allocation & Planning
  • Resource Management
  • Resource Scheduling
  • Retrospectives Management
  • Risk Management
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Scheduling
  • Search/Filter
  • Single Sign On
  • Skills Tracking
  • Spreadsheet View
  • Sprint Planning
  • Stakeholder Defined Attributes
  • Status Tracking
  • Sub-Task Management
  • Summary Reports
  • Support Ticket Management
  • Supports Scrum
  • Tagging
  • Task Board View
  • Task Editing
  • Task Import
  • Task Management
  • Task Planning
  • Task Progress Tracking
  • Task Scheduling
  • Task Tagging
  • Team Collaboration
  • Team Management
  • Template Management
  • Templates
  • Testing/QA Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Ticket Management
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Time Tracking
  • Time Tracking by Client
  • Time Tracking by Project
  • Timeline Management
  • Timer
  • Timesheet Management
  • To-Do List
  • Traceability
  • Traditional Methodologies
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
  • Version Control
  • Video Conferencing
  • Visualization
  • Web-based Deployment
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features78
  • @mentions
  • AI Copilot
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Approval Workflow
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Assignment Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Backlog Management
  • Bar Chart
  • Bid Management
  • Billable & Non-Billable Hours
  • Billable Items Tracking
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Budget Management
  • Budget Tracking
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Bug Tracking
  • Bug/Issue Capture
  • Calendar Management
  • Capacity Management
  • Charting
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Client Portal
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Color Codes/Icons
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Content Management
  • Contract/License Management
  • Cost-to-Completion Tracking
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Visualization
  • Deadline Management
  • Dependency Tracking
  • Discussions/Forums
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Drag & Drop
  • Email Management
  • Email-to-Task Conversion
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Equipment Tracking
  • Expense Tracking
  • Feedback Management
  • File Management
  • File Sharing
  • For Small Businesses
  • Forms Creation & Design
  • Gantt/Timeline View
  • Generative AI
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • Idea Collection
  • Idea Management
  • Inventory Management
  • Invoice Management
  • Issue Auditing
  • Issue Management
  • Issue Scheduling
  • Issue Tracking
  • Kanban Board
  • Knowledge Base Management
  • Live Chat
  • Milestone Tracking
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Monitoring
  • Multiple Billing Rates
  • Multiple Projects
  • Negative Feedback Management
  • Notes Management
  • Online Time Tracking
  • Overtime Calculation
  • Percent-Complete Tracking
  • Performance Metrics
  • Planning Tools
  • Portfolio Management
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Prioritization
  • Product Lifecycle Management
  • Product Roadmapping
  • Productivity Tools
  • Progress Reports
  • Progress Tracking
  • Project Management
  • Project Planning
  • Project Planning/Scheduling
  • Project Scheduling
  • Project Templates
  • Project Time Tracking
  • Project Tracking
  • Project Workflow
  • Projections
  • Real Time Editing
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Recurring Issues
  • Recurring Tasks
  • Reimbursement Management
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reporting/Project Tracking
  • Request Management
  • Requirements Management
  • Resource Allocation & Planning
  • Resource Management
  • Resource Scheduling
  • Retrospectives Management
  • Risk Management
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Scheduling
  • Search/Filter
  • Single Sign On
  • Skills Tracking
  • Spreadsheet View
  • Sprint Planning
  • Stakeholder Defined Attributes
  • Status Tracking
  • Sub-Task Management
  • Summary Reports
  • Support Ticket Management
  • Supports Scrum
  • Tagging
  • Task Board View
  • Task Editing
  • Task Import
  • Task Management
  • Task Planning
  • Task Progress Tracking
  • Task Scheduling
  • Task Tagging
  • Team Collaboration
  • Team Management
  • Template Management
  • Templates
  • Testing/QA Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Ticket Management
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Time Tracking
  • Time Tracking by Client
  • Time Tracking by Project
  • Timeline Management
  • Timer
  • Timesheet Management
  • To-Do List
  • Traceability
  • Traditional Methodologies
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
  • Version Control
  • Video Conferencing
  • Visualization
  • Web-based Deployment
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations30
  • Basecamp
  • Bitbucket
  • Box
  • BugSnag
  • Clockify
  • Dropbox
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Drive
  • Google Workspace
  • Jira
  • Luciq
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Teams
  • OneDrive
  • Rollbar
  • Slack
  • TestLodge
  • TestMu AI
  • Trello
  • Zapier
  • Zendesk Suite
  • Zoho Analytics
  • Zoho Assist
  • Zoho Books
  • Zoho BugTracker
  • Zoho CRM
  • Zoho Cliq
  • Zoho Desk
  • Zoho Flow
  • Zoho Forms
  • Zoho Invoice
  • Zoho Mail
  • Zoho Meeting
  • Zoho People
  • Total integrations15
  • Basecamp
  • Bitbucket
  • Box
  • BugSnag
  • Clockify
  • Dropbox
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Drive
  • Google Workspace
  • Jira
  • Luciq
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Teams
  • OneDrive
  • Rollbar
  • Slack
  • TestLodge
  • TestMu AI
  • Trello
  • Zapier
  • Zendesk Suite
  • Zoho Analytics
  • Zoho Assist
  • Zoho Books
  • Zoho BugTracker
  • Zoho CRM
  • Zoho Cliq
  • Zoho Desk
  • Zoho Flow
  • Zoho Forms
  • Zoho Invoice
  • Zoho Mail
  • Zoho Meeting
  • Zoho People

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