Height
Shortcut
| Feature | Height | Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free / from $8.5/mo | Free / from $8.5/mo |
| Free Plan | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Rating | 4.3 / 5 | 4.4 / 5 |
| Best For | engineering-teams, product-teams, startups, ai-forward-teams | software-teams, startups, engineering-managers, product-teams |
| Founded | 2019 | 2016 |
| Ai Agents | ✓ | ✗ |
| Cross Project Views | ✓ | ✗ |
| Lists And Boards | ✓ | ✗ |
| Forms | ✓ | ✗ |
| Automations | ✓ | ✗ |
| Integrations | ✓ | ✓ |
| Stories | ✗ | ✓ |
| Epics | ✗ | ✓ |
| Iterations | ✗ | ✓ |
| Milestones | ✗ | ✓ |
| Api | ✗ | ✓ |
✓ Height Pros
- AI automates repetitive PM tasks
- Cross-project task management
- Beautiful modern interface
- Spreadsheet-like batch editing
✗ Height Cons
- Newer tool with smaller community
- AI features can over-categorize
- Limited reporting depth
✓ Shortcut Pros
- Intuitive UI for engineering teams
- Great API and integrations
- Flexible iteration planning
- Excellent GitHub integration
✗ Shortcut Cons
- Limited reporting on free plan
- No time tracking built-in
- Smaller ecosystem than Jira
The Verdict
Height is built for engineering teams and product teams, with a focus on ai-agents and cross-project-views. Shortcut targets software teams and startups and leads with stories and epics.
Both tools come in at similar price points ($8.5/mo for Height, $8.5/mo for Shortcut), so pricing won't make the decision for you.
Both offer free plans, so you can test each with your real workflow before committing to a subscription.
Both tools are a solid fit for product teams, startups — in those cases, the decision often comes down to workflow style and how your team prefers to organize work.
This is a genuinely close comparison. If you can, sign up for both free trials (where available) and run a one-week test with your actual team tasks before deciding.