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Shorthand Pricing

shorthand.com · Content Creation · refreshed 2026-05-06
Content Creation
3 tiers
Quick answer

Shorthand pricing starts at $60/user/mo for the Starter plan. 4 tiers total including a free tier. No monthly-only billing option.

Page fetched 2026-05-09 · shorthand.com · Annual-only tier subscription
Shorthand pricing page screenshot — https://shorthand.com/plans/
Source · live pricing page on 2026-05-06

shorthand.com/plans/

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Pricing
Shorthand pricing
As of 2026-05-09 · shorthand.com/plans/
Billed annually only — no monthly option
Starter
$60/user/mo
Includes 1 member
12 new published stories each year
$60 one‑off payment per additional story
Team
$875/mo
flat
Unlimited members
12 new published stories each year
$300 one‑off payment per additional story
Business
$1750/mo
flat
Unlimited members
24 new published stories each year
$300 one‑off payment per additional story
Enterprise
Sales
Contact sales
Custom plan and terms
White glove service
Volume pricing
Cost calculator
See your real cost on each plan

Adjust seats to compare Shorthand plans side-by-side and check the annual break-even.

How many seats do you need?

5
Starter
$60.00/mo per seat
$300/mo
Team
$875/mo per seat
$4,375/mo
Business
$1,750/mo per seat
$8,750/mo
Open live pricing pageSee agent-readiness analysis
Frequently asked
Shorthand pricing FAQ

Shorthand pricing starts at $60/mo for the Starter plan; paid plans go up to $1,750/mo. All plans are billed yearly with a 20% discount generally applied.

Shorthand's cheapest business-usable plan is Starter at $60/mo. Lowest paid tier suitable for small businesses.

Yes — Shorthand publishes a free tier. pay per published story.

Yes — Shorthand's purchase motion is self-serve. A checkout URL is published on the pricing page. No demo is required.

xpay scored Shorthand as agent-ready: every advertised plan is self-serve with public pricing. Shorthand publishes a pricing page with 3 discoverable plan tier(s). No per-unit price was found on the page; an agent has no direct way to estimate the cost of a single task. All advertised paths route to a sales conversation rather than a self-serve checkout. No public API documentation URL was discovered. For the full purchase simulation see the linked Agent-Ready Index scorecard.

In the Content Creation category, xpay's Agent-Ready Index lists alternatives ranked by their ability to support AI agent purchase. Visit the agent-readiness scorecard for Shorthand to compare with 3 nearest peers.

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AI agent readiness
Can an AI agent buy from Shorthand?
Partially Agent-Ready

47

/ 100 in xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS Index

Shorthand scores 47/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; a free entry path exists.

See the full scorecardIncludes the 6-step agent purchase simulation, score breakdown across 7 dimensions, and the one-line fix that would lift Shorthand into the Agent-Ready Verified band.
Quick facts
At a glance
Free access

pay per published story


Billing cycle

Annual only


Lowest paid

$60/user/mo


Self-serve checkout

3 tiers


Tier count

4


Pricing model

Annual-only tier subscription

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Shorthand pricing summary derived from a live read of https://shorthand.com/plans/ on 2026-05-06. For the agent-readiness assessment — including the 6-step purchase simulation and a per-dimension scorecard — see xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS Index entry for Shorthand.

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