Linear vs Shortcut

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Linear is the stronger AI pick in Project Management: it has a visibility score of 7.9 versus 0.3 for Shortcut, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Linear if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (7.9 vs 0.3)
AI answers describe it more positively (54% vs 0% positive)
You need SOC 2 Type II or HIPAA (BAA available) or ISO/IEC 27001:2022 coverage
Fast issue tracking for software engineering teams

Choose Shortcut if…

You want a lower entry price ($8.5 vs $10)
You need SOC 2 Type 2 or HIPAA (BAA on Business and Enterprise plans) coverage

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Linear	Shortcut
Visibility score	7.9%	0.3%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Project Management	#12	#43
Share of voice	2%	0.2%
Mentions this run	11	1
Positive in AI answers	54%	0%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Linear 0pp · Shortcut 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Linear leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

7.8%

0.9%

AI Mode

8.2%

Perplexity

7.8%

LinearShortcut

Head to head in AI answers

1 engine answers name both brands

1Linear ranked higher

0Shortcut ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Linear	Shortcut
Top project management tool options for B2B SaaS companies	ChatGPT	#1	#8

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Linear	Shortcut
Pricing model	Per seat	Per seat
Entry price	Free; paid from $10 per seat / mo	Free; paid from $8.5 per seat / mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment	Cloud-hosted SaaS; workspace data can be stored in the European Union or the United States	Cloud-based
Compliance	SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAA (BAA available), ISO/IEC 27001:2022	SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, HIPAA (BAA on Business and Enterprise plans)
Support	Priority support (Enterprise plan), Account manager (Enterprise plan)	Help Center, Community Slack channel, Email support@shortcut.com, Premier support SLAs on Enterprise plan
Founded	2019	2014
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, United States	New York, NY, United States
Employees	—	51–200
Funding	Series C · $134M raised	Seed rounds · $39M raised
Best for	Product and engineering teams that build software and want humans and AI agents working in one shared system	Software teams, including product and engineering teams, that want lightweight project management with issue tracking.