# Atlassian Rovo MCP Server vs Shortcut (slim)

> Shortcut scores 60.2 (C) to Atlassian Rovo's 57.9 (C) for issues and tasks. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Shortcut scores 60.2 (C) on agent readiness against Atlassian Rovo MCP Server's 57.9 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Atlassian Rovo MCP Server leads on agent ergonomics, security & auth, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do issues and tasks.

- Atlassian Rovo MCP Server: C 57.9, rank #592 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/atlassian-rovo-mcp.min.md
- Shortcut: C 60.2, rank #526 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shortcut.min.md
- Atlassian Rovo MCP Server, good for Teams already on Atlassian Cloud who want an agent to read and write Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket under the user's permissions with admin audit. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 63 against 57; Security & auth, 85 against 54; Maintenance & community, 80 against 73; Transparency & trust, 78 against 73.
- 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. Ahead on Reliability, 64 against 50; Schema & documentation, 75 against 58; Payments & pricing, 30 against 20. Also Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where Atlassian Rovo MCP Server loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Atlassian Rovo MCP Server | Shortcut |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 50 | 64 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 58 | 75 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 63 | 57 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 85 | 54 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 80 | 73 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 78 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Atlassian Rovo MCP Server | Shortcut |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Atlassian | Shortcut Software Company |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.atlassian.com/v2/mcp` | `https://api.app.shortcut.com` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Pricing | Your plan | Freemium |
| Licence | proprietary | Proprietary service under Shortcut's terms of service. The JavaScript client and the archived MCP server on GitHub are MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | `com.atlassian/atlassian-mcp-server` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-22 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2025-09-18 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2025-07-11 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 1.1k stars | 142 stars, 103k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |