Shortcut review

Shortcut sits between Linear's speed and Jira's depth. Its building blocks are stories and epics on Kanban boards, iterations for sprints, a backlog, roadmaps that plot epics over time and Docs that connect specs to the work. The free plan covers up to 10 users and already includes iterations, a roadmap, reports and GitHub, Slack and Figma integrations, which is more than most free tiers give a software team. Team at $8.50 per user a month billed yearly adds work in progress limits, up to 5 teams and 5 customizable workflows, automations and every integration. Business at $12 removes those caps and adds objectives and key results, advanced custom fields, advanced reports and separate workspaces for sandboxing. Shortcut has also added Korey, an AI agent for product engineering work, and an MCP server. SSO, SCIM and premier support SLAs are reserved for Enterprise.

Who it is for

Small and growing software teams that want sprints and roadmaps without heavy configuration.

Price

Free plan for up to 10 users; Team $8.50 per user per month billed yearly, Business $12.

$ 8.50 Per user/month
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 9, 2026.

Key features

• Stories and epics on Kanban boards with saved filters
• Iterations for time-boxed sprints and a backlog for prioritization
• Roadmaps that visualize epics, plus Docs connected to work
• Work in progress limits, multiple workflows and automations on Team
• Objectives and key results, advanced custom fields and multiple workspaces on Business

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Free plan includes iterations, roadmap and docs for up to 10 users
• Strength: GitHub, Slack and Figma integrations on the free plan
• Strength: 14 day full access trial with no credit card
• Weakness: Free plan allows 1 team and 1 workflow
• Weakness: OKRs and advanced reports need the $12 Business plan
• Weakness: SSO and SCIM are Enterprise only

Key facts

• Free plan: Up to 10 users, 1 team, 1 workflow
• Plans: Free, Team, Business and Enterprise
• Teams on Team plan: Up to 5
• AI: Korey agent and an MCP server

Where it ranks

Shortcut is No. 4 in our Best Issue Tracking Software verdict.