Alternatives to Shortcut
Project management for software teams (ex-Clubhouse)
Shortcut ranks #13 of 24 in Project management, with an Alt Score of 68. It is proprietary and freemium from $8.50/user/month. 11 of 14 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Software development teams — engineers, product managers, and designers — who need to plan, track, and ship work together, from small startups to larger engineering orgs.
Shortcut organizes work into Stories, grouped under Epics and Milestones, so teams can track progress from idea to release. It includes customizable Kanban-style workflows, Iterations for sprint-style planning, and Roadmaps for cross-team timelines. Built-in integrations with GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket link code changes directly to stories. Reporting and progress views give visibility into team velocity and project status.
Teams create Stories for units of work, assign them to Epics for larger initiatives, and move them through customizable workflow states on a board as work progresses. Stories can be grouped into time-boxed Iterations for sprint planning, with commits and pull requests from connected version control tools automatically updating story status.
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Feature comparison
How Shortcut compares with its alternatives, feature by feature.
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Every fact and feature listed for Shortcut is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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License Proprietary verified 2026-07-12
Business Plan $12/user/month
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Starts at $8.50/user/month verified 2026-07-12
$ 8.50 per user/month
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Pricing model Freemium verified 2026-07-12
The free version of Shortcut is available for teams of up to 10 people.
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Status active verified 2026-07-12
Card Aging is now available to visually highlight stale work by gradually fading inactive Stories over time!
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Kanban boards Yes verified 2026-07-12
See and track work on kanban boards
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Gantt / timeline Partial verified 2026-07-12
Get a clear, chronological view of your roadmap, so you always know what's coming and when.
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Custom fields Yes verified 2026-07-12
Leverage custom fields to help you establish a more structured process for you and your teams.
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Dependencies Yes verified 2026-07-12
Track dependencies and blockers so work moves forward without surprises. Visualize blocked or blocking Stories, spot roadblocks early, and keep work flowing.
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Time tracking built in No verified 2026-07-12
There are third-party time tracking tools that currently integrate with Shortcut, like Toggl and Clockify, which work via a Chrome or Firefox extension.
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Automations / rules Yes verified 2026-07-12
Automate the tedious stuff so your team can stay focused on doing work, not managing it.
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Guest access Partial verified 2026-07-12
Observers are included in the Team, Business, and Enterprise plans, accessible across all Workspaces.
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Free tier user limit Yes verified 2026-07-12
The free version of Shortcut is available for teams of up to 10 people.
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Agile features (sprints, story points) Yes verified 2026-07-12
Use Story Points to determine how much work your Team can accomplish and drag other work to a backlog or to future Iterations.
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Docs / wiki built in Yes verified 2026-07-12
Docs seamlessly connect to your work, making it easy to plan, build, and ship new features all in one place.
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Reporting dashboards Yes verified 2026-07-12
Get real insight into ongoing work. Meet your goals with highly customizable, filterable reports that keep your team on track.
https://www.shortcut.com/product/reports
FAQ
Yes. ClickUp, Monday.com and YouTrack have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.
Plane, OpenProject and Leantime — every license claim links its source.