Motion vs Shortcut

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

The short answer

Motion is the stronger AI pick in Project Management: it has a visibility score of 1.1 versus 0.3 for Shortcut.

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Latest weekly run · Nov 3

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

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

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

Motion leads on 2 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

1.7%

0.9%

AI Mode

Perplexity

1.7%

MotionShortcut

0 engine answers name both brands

0Motion ranked higher

0Shortcut ranked higher

Dimension	Motion	Shortcut
Pricing model	Per seat	Per seat
Entry price	$19 per seat / mo	Free; paid from $8.5 per seat / mo
Free plan	No	Yes
Deployment	Cloud-hosted SaaS on Google Cloud Platform, with data stored in the United States	Cloud-based
Compliance	SOC 2 Type II	SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, HIPAA (BAA on Business and Enterprise plans)
Support	Email support@usemotion.com, Priority Support on Business plan, White Glove Onboarding and Support	Help Center, Community Slack channel, Email support@shortcut.com, Premier support SLAs on Enterprise plan
Founded	2019	2014
Headquarters	San Francisco	New York, NY, United States
Employees	—	51–200
Funding	Series C2 and B/C combined · $75M raised	Seed rounds · $39M raised
Best for	Professionals and small teams on the Pro AI plan, and power users and businesses with complex needs on the Business AI plan	Software teams, including product and engineering teams, that want lightweight project management with issue tracking.