# Basecamp vs Shortcut (slim)

> Basecamp scores 67.9 (B) 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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Basecamp scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Shortcut's 60.2 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do tasks create.

- Basecamp: B 67.9, rank #197 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/basecamp.min.md
- Shortcut: C 60.2, rank #411 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shortcut.min.md
- Basecamp, good for Teams already on Basecamp that want an agent to create and complete to-dos, move cards, post messages and comments, and read overdue work and assignments, either through the CLI or the REST API. Ahead on Reliability, 74 against 64; Schema & documentation, 80 against 75; Agent ergonomics, 65 against 57; Security & auth, 67 against 54; Maintenance & community, 82 against 73; Transparency & trust, 79 against 73. Also Runs on your own machine.
- 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.

| Category | Basecamp | Shortcut |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 74 | 64 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 75 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 57 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 67 | 54 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 73 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 79 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Basecamp | Shortcut |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | 37signals LLC | Shortcut Software Company |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://3.basecampapi.com` | `https://api.app.shortcut.com` |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the 37signals terms of service. The CLI, the SDKs and the OpenAPI spec on GitHub are MIT, and the API docs are CC BY-SA 4.0 | Proprietary service under Shortcut's terms of service. The JavaScript client and the archived MCP server on GitHub are MIT |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-09-22 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-16 | 2025-09-18 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-16 | 2025-07-11 |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 286 stars, 3.1k npm/wk, 1.9k PyPI/wk | 142 stars, 103k npm/wk |