# Asana vs Shortcut (slim)

> Asana scores 70.1 (BB) on agent readiness against Shortcut's 60.2 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do tasks create. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Asana scores 70.1 (BB) on agent readiness against Shortcut's 60.2 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do tasks create.

- Asana: BB 70.1, rank #141 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/asana.min.md
- Shortcut: C 60.2, rank #411 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shortcut.min.md
- Asana, good for Teams already on Asana that want an agent to create and update tasks, comment, post status updates and read project and portfolio summaries. Ahead on Reliability, 72 against 64; Schema & documentation, 91 against 75; Agent ergonomics, 71 against 57; Security & auth, 65 against 54; Maintenance & community, 80 against 73; Transparency & trust, 83 against 73. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- Shortcut, good for Software teams already on Shortcut that want an agent to search, create and update stories, epics, iterations and docs, and coding agents that pick up assigned stories. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Asana | Shortcut |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 72 | 64 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 91 | 75 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 71 | 57 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 65 | 54 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 80 | 73 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 83 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Asana | Shortcut |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Asana, Inc. | Shortcut Software Company |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.asana.com/api/1.0` | `https://api.app.shortcut.com` |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Asana's terms and API terms. The JavaScript and Python client libraries on GitHub are MIT | Proprietary service under Shortcut's terms of service. The JavaScript client and the archived MCP server on GitHub are MIT |
| Tools exposed | 27 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-09-22 |
| Terms last updated | 2024-01-01 | 2025-09-18 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-01 | 2025-07-11 |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 344k npm/wk, 805k PyPI/wk | 142 stars, 103k npm/wk |