Project Management Review

Shortcut

Deep Dive Analysis

Shortcut is issue tracking built for software teams, with stories, epics and iterations without Jira's configuration burden.

Software teams that outgrew a basic board but do not want Jira.

"A well-judged middle ground. Enterprise compliance requirements will push you elsewhere."

Projects, messages and to-dos in one place.

Best for product teams.

Spreadsheet-style work and project management.

Public API

Offers a documented API you can build against.

Yes

Mobile app

Has a native app for iOS or Android, not just a mobile website.

Yes

Open source / self-hostable

Source is open and the tool can be run on your own infrastructure.

SSO (SAML)

Supports SAML single sign-on on at least one plan.

Yes

These are facts that can be checked, not opinions. Where we have not checked, it says so — we do not fill the gap with a guess.