Our take
Pick Plane if eng teams who will stay on Free $0 (12 users, work items / cycles / modules / pages / intake, no card) while they file a first issue, then buy Pro at $8/user/month ($6 annual) when they need types, wiki, time tracking, and 500 AI credits. Pick Shortcut if small teams who will use the 14-day trial, then stay on Free at $0 (10 users, 1 workflow) while they open a first Daily Standup board, then Team at
Best for
Plane Issues you start at $0
Shortcut A stories board you start at a public $
Free plan
Plane $0 · 12 users. Projects, work items, cycles, modules, layouts, intake, estimates, project pages. Basic views. Jira / Linear / Asana / ClickUp / CSV importers
Shortcut $0 · / user / month. 10 users, 1 team, 1 workflow, 1 workspace, 5G storage. Kanban, roadmap, reports, iterations, docs, GitHub / Slack / Figma
Lowest paid
Plane Pro $8/user/mo
Shortcut Team $8.50
Next step up
Plane Business $15/user/mo
Shortcut Business $12
Runs where
Plane Local; you host it
Shortcut Hosted
Watch out
Plane Free is 12 users
Shortcut WIP MAX is a Team feature
Last checked
Plane 2026-10-22 · plane.so/pricing
Shortcut 2026-10-23 · shortcut.com/pricing
eng teams who will stay on Free $0 (12 users, work items / cycles / modules / pages / intake, no card) while they file a first issue, then buy Pro at $8/user/month ($6 annual) when they need types, wiki, time tracking, and 500 AI credits.
Read the Plane pagesmall teams who will use the 14-day trial, then stay on Free at $0 (10 users, 1 workflow) while they open a first Daily Standup board, then Team at $8.50/user/month when they need WIP limits / automations — not Business $12 first unless they need unlimited workflows / OKRs, and not Enterprise unless they need SSO / SCIM.
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