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Shortcut Pros and Cons: Top 5 Advantages and Disadvantages

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Users value the ease of use of Shortcut, which simplifies team onboarding and project management greatly. (19 mentions)
Users admire the intuitive user interface of Shortcut, making project management fast, enjoyable, and easy to navigate. (11 mentions)
Users love the integrations with tools like Slack and GitHub, enhancing team connectivity and streamlining workflows effortlessly. (10 mentions)
Users love the intuitive interface and agile-friendly features of Shortcut, enhancing project management simplicity and efficiency. (8 mentions)
Users value team collaboration in Shortcut, enhancing alignment across diverse teams and simplifying project management. (8 mentions)
Users find Shortcut's missing features frustrating, particularly in reporting and advanced functionalities compared to other tools. (6 mentions)
Users find the lack of tools in Shortcut limiting compared to competitors, impacting their overall experience. (4 mentions)
Users find the complexity of options in Shortcut distracting, particularly for smaller teams with simpler needs. (3 mentions)
Users find that the learning curve of Shortcut can hinder non-technical staff from quickly becoming proficient. (3 mentions)
Users find the reporting options inadequate, desiring more metrics and advanced features for better insight and tracking. (3 mentions)

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Patrick B.
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Patrick B.
Head of Engineering
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great sprint tool"
5/5
What do you like best about Shortcut?

I've used shortcut for years (under the previous name Clubhouse) and it worked really well for us running and planning sprints. Unlike other tools in the space our engineers and product people enjoyed using it and we never had any complaints. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shortcut?

No real downsides, it takes a bit of time to learn due to complexity but that is normal in the space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alan S.
AS
Alan S.
Founding US Employee
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Intuitive, even for a new PM!"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Shortcut?

For someone who as recently became a PM, it was very refreshing to be able to jump into Clubhouse and very easily hit the floor running. It is very easy to understand the interface. Everything from creating epics and stories, to collaborating with teammates to complete sprints. Now that we are working remotely, it is important for us to be able to notify each other and collaborate seamlessly. This is especially true because we are all working in different time zones. Overall, all of our teams are very happy to be using Clubhouse. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shortcut?

There really are not many dislikes I can think of off the top of my head. I was not actually part of the onboarding and setup of Clubhouse, so I do not have firsthand experience with it, but from what I heard was that there was a little bit of manual work to get it up and running. However, once our team had everything set up, the value was quite obvious and our product and development team were loving it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Verified User in Computer Software
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Nice alternative to Jira, but lacking some features still"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Shortcut?

I like how filtering works in short cut - it seems much easier to find stories in shortcut than previously. Also, they are releasing new features quickly, which is a huge plus! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shortcut?

I don't particularly appreciate how tasks on stories do not get their own number, and you cannot add a description or any reproducible steps. We use that feature to track feedback that needs to be fixed on stories, so I will have to slack the developers the steps to reproduce if it isn't apparent. Also, you cannot add custom fields (like a priority level, for example). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Grace M.
GM
Grace M.
AP Manager
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Originally submitted 8/12/2021
"Easy Reporting and Tracking Issues"
5/5
What do you like best about Shortcut?

I love Clubhouse because it's really organized, and it gives you a lot of options to classify the requests based on the nature of the issue/request. You can add followers to every story and everyone will get notified if there are any comments added. It is very easy to find the stories ''requested by me'' and you can have a clear picture of what state each request is at. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shortcut?

What I was having a hard time at first, was the text formatting, like bolding or italicizing the text, also adding numbers or bullet points. Other than that, I haven't had any issues using this tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Elizabeth K.
EK
Elizabeth K.
O
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Originally submitted 1/27/2022
"Easy to use Kanban Boards"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Shortcut?

I really like that shortcut distilled the Kanban-focused core elements of software product and task management into a clean user experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shortcut?

I wish that you could make project specific ticket numbers PROJ-xxx like jira to know at a glance what project a ticket belongs to Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rob P.
RP
Rob P.
Staff Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Originally submitted 1/27/2022
"Love Shortcut Still .. After All These Years"
5/5
What do you like best about Shortcut?

Milestones, Epics, Stories and reports. Ok, that's 4 things, but it brings us really excellent visibility into our project work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shortcut?

I would still like to be able to set WIP limits on columns. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Joseph M.
JM
Joseph M.
Product Manager
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"I love Shortcut"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Shortcut?

Its very intuitive for both PMs like myself and my team. I like that it can easily adapt to our workflow. In my case, my team has grown and we've slowly added process as we need to, and Shortcut lets us easily use as many or as few features as we'd like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shortcut?

I would like the ability to have multiple drafts and a few more filtering options. Otherwise im completely happy with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Sports
US
Verified User in Sports
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Easy and simple, less complicated layout to do the job done, always welcome the simple new features"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Shortcut?

Shortcut is my lifeline for maintaining my sprints, I like its simple and effective design just right to do the job done. The addition of new features are welcome Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shortcut?

We are not using its test cases documentation feature or defect management feature (if it has) and have to maintain the testing somewhere else and it is not integrated Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great Product!"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Shortcut?

I love that Shortcut allows me the space to organize my thoughts. I think moreso than Asana, this platform allows for organization and collaboration with images and words. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shortcut?

I wouldn't say I like that Shortcut doesn't have a Calendar view for incidents. If I am trying to track trends, there is no Calendar view that allows me to do so. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet
UI
Verified User in Internet
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Pragmatic tool for project management"
4/5
What do you like best about Shortcut?

The feature that allows us to create custom workflows. It gives the team the proper customization that fits their development process. Ultimately, it boosts our productivity as a team to streamline the work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shortcut?

UX for Safari browser is sometimes funny. I have to switch to using Chrome to ensure certain functionality works, like dragging multiple tickets from one column to another one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.