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 "schema_version": "1.0",
 "id": "shortcut-chat",
 "name": "Shortcut Chat",
 "research_status": "researched",
 "vendor_domain": "shortcutchat.com",
 "category": "IT & Productivity",
 "task": "Projects, planning & team workflow",
 "summary": "Multi-model AI chat that sends one prompt to up to three models and shows the answers side by side, with reusable shortcuts, web search and image generation.",
 "best_for": "people who already compare the answers of several AI models by hand and want one subscription with side-by-side answers, web search, image generation and reusable prompt snippets",
 "skip_if": "you only use one model, want a free plan to try first, or need a published usage quota or team and seat features, none of which the page states",
 "honest_knock": "The usage allowance is the unknown: the page shows it only as a percentage and never says how much the Pro plan includes, so you cannot compare it to the per-message limits of other chat subscriptions. There is also no free plan or trial named on the page, which means paying before you know whether your usage fits.",
 "pricing": {
  "status": "public",
  "entry_price": "$20",
  "entry_price_terms": "Pro · Pro billed monthly",
  "from_price_usd_month": 20.0,
  "plans": null,
  "plans_source": null,
  "notes": "(read 2026-11-08 on shortcutchat.com, dollar amounts as shown on the page) Shortcut Chat sells one subscription in three sizes. Pro is $20 a month or $216 a year, Pro+ is $40 a month or $432 a year, and Ultra is $100 a month or $1,080 a year; the page says annual billing is 10% off. The three plans unlock the same models, up to three answers side by side, unlimited custom shortcuts, image generation and web search. What changes is the monthly usage allowance: Pro+ has twice the Pro usage and Ultra five times. The allowance is shown as a percentage and resets on the day you first subscribed. According to the FAQ you are not charged overage when you hit it; you wait for the reset or upgrade. The page names no free plan and no free trial, and it does not say how big the Pro allowance is. Cancellation is done from your account and access continues to the end of the billing period.",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-08",
  "source_url": "https://www.shortcutchat.com/",
  "schema_offer": {
   "price": 20.0,
   "currency": "USD",
   "description": "Pro, Pro billed monthly; $216 a year when billed annually (10% off); Pro+ $40 a month or $432 a year with 2x the Pro usage; Ultra $100 a month or $1,080 a year with 5x the Pro usage; all plans include up to 3 models at once, unlimited custom shortcuts, image generation and web search; currency shown as a dollar sign only. Read on the vendor's own pricing page on 2026-11-08.",
   "page": "https://officesoftwaremarketplace.com/shortcut-chat-review.html"
  },
  "source_quotes": [
   {
    "field": "price",
    "plan": "Ultra — annual",
    "quote": "$1,080/year",
    "source_url": "https://www.shortcutchat.com/",
    "read_on": "2026-10-15"
   },
   {
    "field": "price",
    "plan": "Ultra",
    "quote": "$100/month",
    "source_url": "https://www.shortcutchat.com/",
    "read_on": "2026-10-15"
   },
   {
    "field": "price",
    "plan": "Pro",
    "quote": "$20/month",
    "source_url": "https://www.shortcutchat.com/",
    "read_on": "2026-10-15"
   }
  ],
  "recent_change": null,
  "price_history": null
 },
 "free_plan": false,
 "free_plan_evidence": null,
 "cost_traps": [
  {
   "id": "usage_metered",
   "label": "Usage-metered",
   "evidence": "The usage allowance is the unknown: the page shows it only as a percentage and never says how much the Pro plan includes, so you cannot compare it to the per-message limits of other chat subscriptions.",
   "verified_at": "2026-11-08",
   "source_url": "https://www.shortcutchat.com/"
  },
  {
   "id": "annual_lock",
   "label": "Annual commitment",
   "evidence": "Pro is $20 a month or $216 a year, Pro+ is $40 a month or $432 a year, and Ultra is $100 a month or $1,080 a year; the page says annual billing is 10% off.",
   "verified_at": "2026-11-08",
   "source_url": "https://www.shortcutchat.com/"
  }
 ],
 "compare_with": {
  "name": "Claude",
  "why": "Claude is in our directory as a single-vendor assistant. Shortcut Chat is a multi-model front end, so the comparison is one model family with a published plan structure against several models behind one usage allowance."
 },
 "links": {
  "record": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/api/v1/products/shortcut-chat.json",
  "review": "https://officesoftwaremarketplace.com/shortcut-chat-review.html",
  "marketplace": null,
  "vendor_site": "https://shortcutchat.com"
 },
 "purchase": {
  "seller": "the vendor",
  "how": "AIBuilder Marketplace does not sell this software. Sign up, start a trial or buy on the vendor's site.",
  "handoff_url": "https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=131137&awinaffid=2880219",
  "affiliate": true,
  "disclosure": "Where purchase.affiliate is true, purchase.handoff_url is an affiliate link: AIBuilder Marketplace may earn a commission at no extra cost to the buyer. Commission never changes what a record says, and products are not ranked by commission. Where it is false the link is the vendor's plain site."
 },
 "provenance": {
  "research": "hand-researched dossier, read on the vendor's own pages",
  "researched_since": "2026-07",
  "method": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/how-we-review/",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0. Credit 'AIBuilder Marketplace' with a link to https://aibuildermarketplace.com/atlas/.",
  "note": "A rebuild is not a new measurement: pricing.verified_at is the date that matters."
 },
 "cost": {
  "status": "not_yet",
  "engine": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/agents/#cost",
  "rules": null,
  "growth": null
 },
 "unknowns": [
  "Plan-by-plan prices are not structured in this record yet; pricing.notes has the full text.",
  "Contract terms (cancellation, data export, data location, minimum seats) are not researched as separate fields; pricing.notes mentions them only where the vendor's pricing page does.",
  "Being verified: free trial and refund terms are not yet matched to a verbatim line on the vendor's own pages. Not matched does not mean there is none.",
  "No computable price rules yet: cost at a given team size cannot be calculated for this product.",
  "Not tested hands-on by us: what the product does comes from the vendor's pages and our reading of them."
 ],
 "verification": {
  "price": "quoted",
  "free_trial": "being_verified",
  "refund": "being_verified"
 },
 "status_page": null,
 "task_evidence": null,
 "open_questions": [
  {
   "question_id": "shortcut-chat:cancellation_terms",
   "key": "cancellation_terms",
   "question": "Can a customer cancel at any time, and what happens to an annual plan that is cancelled mid-term?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "shortcut-chat:data_export",
   "key": "data_export",
   "question": "Which data can a customer export, in which formats, on which plans?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "shortcut-chat:data_location",
   "key": "data_location",
   "question": "Where is customer data stored, and can a customer choose the region?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "shortcut-chat:minimum_seats",
   "key": "minimum_seats",
   "question": "Is there a minimum number of seats or users on any plan?",
   "status": "open"
  }
 ],
 "vendor_answers": [],
 "agent_channels": {
  "vendor_mcp": null,
  "agent_checkout": {
   "status": "not_checked",
   "detail": "We could not read the vendor's pages as plain HTML.",
   "checked_at": "2026-10-07",
   "method": "homepage, /pricing and the pricing page we cite, read as plain HTML (no JavaScript) and searched for explicit support of purchases by AI agents: Agentic Commerce Protocol, Instant Checkout, Agent Payments Protocol, buy in ChatGPT, agentic checkout"
  }
 }
}