Shortcut vs Taiga

Shortcut

• Software teams that plan in stories, epics and sprints
• Teams of up to 10 that can stay on the Free plan
• Early-stage startups and nonprofits that qualify for free access

Taiga

• Agile teams running Scrum or Kanban, or moving between the two
• Growing teams on a fixed budget, since hosted plans are flat-rate with unlimited users
• Organizations that want to self-host an open-source tool

Shortcut

• The Free plan is capped at 10 users, 1 team, 1 workflow and 5 GB of storage.
• SAML single sign-on and SCIM are paid add-ons on Business and are included only in Enterprise.
• Shortcut's FAQ says it does not offer an on-premises or self-hosted version.
• Shortcut's product and pricing pages list no desktop or mobile app, and the iOS app it announced in 2018 is no longer on the US App Store.

Taiga

• Hosted plans are limited by projects and storage rather than users: Free allows 1 public and 1 private project with 10 MB of storage.
• The largest self-serve hosted plan, Premium, stops at 3 GB of storage. A dedicated instance or on-premise support is quoted by sales.
• Prices are listed in euros only.
• The vendor's site mentions no desktop or mobile apps; Taiga is used in a web browser.

Shortcut

Stories, epics and workflows

Work is tracked as stories grouped into epics. Stories move through workflows a team can customize: 1 on Free, up to 5 on Team and unlimited from Business.

Kanban boards and backlog

Spaces show stories on kanban boards with saved filters, and a backlog is used to sort and prioritize work before it enters a workflow. Work-in-progress limits start on Team.

Iterations

Iterations are time-boxed sprints for a set of stories. On paid plans, automations can create future iterations and move unfinished stories into the next one.

Roadmaps and objectives

Epics are laid out on a roadmap and grouped under objectives. Strategic objectives with key results are part of the Business plan.

Reports

Paid plans open a Reports page with velocity, cycle time and lead time, and cumulative flow charts. Business adds reports that reach back beyond 100 days.

Korey and AI agents

Korey is Shortcut's AI agent for turning rough notes into specs and tickets. An MCP server connects a workspace to coding tools such as Cursor and Claude Code.

Taiga

Kanban boards

Boards support multiple workflows with swimlanes, WIP limits, epics and sub-tasks, plus filters, search and an archive for finished user stories.

Scrum backlog and sprints

Backlog and sprint planning with epics, estimations that can be set per role, a sprint task board, and burndown charts at project and sprint level.

Issue tracking

Issue types, priorities and severities are customizable. An issue can be added to a sprint or promoted to a user story.

Dashboards, wiki and reports

A team performance dashboard, project timeline, personal dashboard and wiki are included, and project data can be exported as CSV for custom reports.

Self-hosting

The open-source software can be installed with Docker, the recommended route, or from source code. Projects can be exported and imported between instances.

API, webhooks and integrations

A public REST API and outgoing webhooks are available, with built-in integrations for Slack, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Gogs, and a Zapier connector.

Shortcut

• Free$0

  Up to 10 users, 1 team, 1 workflow and 5 GB of storage, with kanban views, a roadmap, iterations, docs and GitHub, Slack and Figma integrations.

• Team$8.50

  per user / month, billed yearly ($10 billed monthly)

  Unlimited users, up to 5 teams and 5 workflows, 250 GB of storage, the full Reports page, work-in-progress limits, automations and all integrations.

• Business$12

  per user / month, billed yearly ($16 billed monthly)

  Unlimited teams, workflows and workspaces, strategic objectives and key results, advanced custom fields and additional charts. SSO is a paid add-on.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Volume discounts, SAML SSO and SCIM included, premier support SLAs, custom terms and onboarding support.

Taiga

• Free€0

  1 public project and 1 private project, up to 10 MB of storage, unlimited users and community support.

• Enthusiast€5

  per month, not per user (€50 when billed annually)

  5 public and 5 private projects, up to 100 MB of storage, unlimited users and community support.

• Basic€20

  per month, not per user (€200 when billed annually)

  Unlimited projects, up to 500 MB of storage, unlimited users and Basic support.

• Premium€60

  per month, not per user (€600 when billed annually)

  Unlimited projects, up to 3 GB of storage, unlimited users and Premium support.

• Taiga Private CloudCustom

  A dedicated instance hosted and managed by Taiga, starting from 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU and 100 GB of SSD storage, with unlimited projects and users. Quoted by sales.

• On premiseCustom

  Taiga behind your own firewall or VPN with installation support, managed updates and priority support under an SLA. Quoted by sales.

Shortcut

• Annual discount

  Save up to 25% with yearly billing

  Team is $8.50 per user / month prepaid yearly against $10 billed monthly, and Business is $12 against $16. The pricing page describes this as saving up to 25%.

• Nonprofit

  Free for qualifying nonprofits

  The Shortcut Nonprofit Plan gives eligible organizations with valid charitable status a full membership at no cost, on application.

• Startups

  12 months of Business free for startups

  The Shortcut Startup Program gives approved startups the Business plan and SAML SSO free for 12 months. Applicants must be new customers with fewer than 50 employees.

Taiga

• Annual discount

  Two months free with annual billing

  Annual billing costs ten times the monthly price: €50 instead of €60 a year for Enthusiast, €200 instead of €240 for Basic and €600 instead of €720 for Premium.