OpenProjectPowerful classic, agile or hybrid project management in a secure environment.

ShortcutFast project management for software teams and their agents

Comparison · Project Management · weekly run Nov 3

OpenProject vs Shortcut

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

The short answer

Shortcut is the stronger AI pick in Project Management: it has a visibility score of 0.3 versus 0 for OpenProject.

No clear advantage in the published data.

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (0.3 vs 0)
You need SOC 2 Type 2 or GDPR or HIPAA (BAA on Business and Enterprise plans) coverage

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

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

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

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

Shortcut leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

0.9%

AI Mode

Perplexity

OpenProjectShortcut

0 engine answers name both brands

0OpenProject ranked higher

0Shortcut ranked higher

Dimension	OpenProject	Shortcut
Pricing model	—	Per seat
Entry price	—	Free; paid from $8.5 per seat / mo
Free plan	—	Yes
Deployment	On-premises or hosted by OpenProject in the EU or Germany	Cloud-based
Compliance	—	SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, HIPAA (BAA on Business and Enterprise plans)
Support	Community forum and tickets, Email support (Basic and above), Phone support (Professional and above), Dedicated support engineer (Corporate)	Help Center, Community Slack channel, Email support@shortcut.com, Premier support SLAs on Enterprise plan
Founded	—	2014
Headquarters	Berlin, Germany	New York, NY, United States
Employees	51–200	51–200
Funding	Accelerator/incubator investment (TechCode, minority stake)	Seed rounds · $39M raised
Best for	Organizations that want open source project management with control over their data, including universities, public sector bodies, NGOs and companies focused on data sovereignty.	Software teams, including product and engineering teams, that want lightweight project management with issue tracking.