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Pivotal Tracker Alternatives for Project Management
Updated date: 9/19/2024
With so many project management tools available, it can be challenging to find the right one to fit your business, your team and your goals. Some project management tools are more broadly focused and others target specific teams with opinionated workflows. Ultimately, the best project management tool is the one that helps your team work more efficiently and effectively towards your goals. To simplify your decision-making process, let's compare two popular options: Pivotal Tracker and Shortcut.
Pivotal Tracker is a story-based product management tool primarily tailored for software development teams. It allows teams to manage multiple products, collaborate seamlessly and streamline software development processes. Pivotal Tracker focuses on Agile project management and offers features like story prioritization, velocity tracking, and automated release planning.
Pivotal Tracker announced in April that they were deprecating tiers of service, focusing exclusively on Enterprise packaging and abandoning customers on their Startup and Standard plans. They pivoted (no pun intended) from this plan and recently announced end of life for Pivotal Tracker on April 30, 2025, leaving their customers looking for a new home.
What's a good Pivotal Tracker alternative?
Shortcut (previously known as Clubhouse) caters not only to software development teams, but also to product development teams encompassing engineering, product, design, and beyond. Its inclusive approach makes it a great choice for various business functions because it can be a single source of truth for all product development work. Shortcut is built with the same mental model as Pivotal Tracker, but also includes advanced reporting and strategic planning features to unlock insights and more effectively drive alignment.
Shortcut understands how product development teams work and provides integrations for you to seamlessly connect to the tools your team relies on. Connect your Version Control System (Github, Gitlab, or Bitbucket), Slack, Figma, Zapier and many more to automate updates, reduce manual efforts and keep your work connected, freeing you up to focus on what's important.
Shortcut offers a Kanban-style board for organizing work, along with features like customizable workflows, automations, iteration (sprint) planning, advanced reporting and integrated docs for collaboration.
What are the main benefits of Shortcut?
While both tools offer robust project management capabilities, Shortcut stands out with its user-friendly interface featuring Kanban boards, roadmaps, iterations, advanced reporting and the ability to zoom in and out of ongoing work from top level Objectives to Epics and Stories.
Shortcut also offers customizable workflows and built-in docs let your team collaborate where you work: create Product Requirements Documents (PRDs), 1-1 meeting notes, or private brainstorming lists and link them to the Stories, Epics, or Objectives that they're related to.
Ready to bring your product development team to Shortcut? Import your Pivotal Tracker data to Shortcut.
FAQ
- What integrations does Shortcut have? Shortcut integrates with various tools including Version Control Systems (VCS) like GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, and Slack to enhance team collaboration and productivity. See the full list of integrations here.
- How do I move my data out of Pivotal Tracker? You can read more about exporting your data from Pivotal Tracker in their Help Center.
- Does Shortcut have a PivotalTracker importer? We've heard from so many Pivotal Tracker users looking to migrate to Shortcut that we built an MIT-licensed open source import tool that customers can modify to get their data into Shortcut, leveraging our API. Read more in our Help Center article.
Shortcut is opinionated in all the right ways.
When deciding between Shortcut and Pivotal Tracker (or any project management tool for that matter) you need to take into account your team's individual needs and preferences. If you value collaboration, customizable workflows, detailed reporting, or want to connect your teams' work to company goals, Shortcut provides all the necessary tools and features to help you focus on outcomes to drive your business forward.