
When the audio app Clubhouse swallowed its name, a project-management startup had to begin again as Shortcut. The episode shows why brand memory can matter as much as a cleaner backlog.
Linear, Shortcut and Jira all offer free plans. The bill begins at different bottlenecks, and those limits quietly shape the team each product is built to win.

Jira includes a backlog and basic timeline for everyone, but reserves cross-team planning for Premium. Linear, Shortcut and ClickUp make the everyday rituals of agile planning available much lower in the pricing stack.