Shorthand Transitions to Story-Count-Based Pricing Model, Eliminating Public Prices for Plans
What happened
Between the Jan 30, 2024 and Jan 3, 2025 captures of Shorthand's pricing page, Pulse recorded 4 changes: Starter plan free tier ($0/month, $0/story) no longer displays pricing - now only shows as plan name in feature comparison; Pricing model changed from subscription-based tiers (Starter $0, Team $39/mo, Business $325/mo with per-story add-ons) to story-count-based structure (6 or 12 included stories with $24/mo or $20/mo per additional story); Team plan price ($39/month) no longer publicly displayed - replaced with 'Get in touch for annual billing'; Business plan price ($325/month) no longer publicly displayed - replaced with 'Get in touch for annual billing'. Pulse files it as a pricing change (price hidden, package change) with a downward direction.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Shorthand. Shorthand has been tracked since 2025-01-03.
In the same window Prezi, Figma, Canva and Adobe also changed their Marketing & Content pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Starter · Price visibilityHiddenPrice listedPrice hidden
- — · PackagingPackage change
Pricing model changed from subscription-based tiers (Starter $0, Team $39/mo, Business $325/mo with per-story add-ons) to story-count-based structure (6 or 12 included stories with $24/mo or $20/mo per additional story)
- Team · Price visibilityHiddenPrice listedPrice hidden
- Business · Price visibilityHiddenPrice listedPrice hidden
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Price visibility | Price listed | Price hidden | Hidden |
| — | Packaging | Pricing model changed from subscription-based tiers (Starter $0, Team $39/mo, Business $325/mo with per-story add-ons) to story-count-based structure (6 or 12 included stories with $24/mo or $20/mo per additional story) | Package change | |
| Team | Price visibility | Price listed | Price hidden | Hidden |
| Business | Price visibility | Price listed | Price hidden | Hidden |
Values as written on Shorthand's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Shorthand's pricing page (shorthand.com) from Jan 30, 2024 and Jan 3, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where "Price listed" becomes "Price hidden".
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Shorthand, pricing history
Full history- Sep 14, 2026improvedShorthand strips explicit 20-hour cap, shifts to vague "Tailored" service tier
- Jan 13, 2026increaseShorthand Business Plan Price Increased by 119% to $1,750/month Amid Major Capacity Enhancements
- Q4 2024packagingShorthand Transitions to Story-Count-Based Pricing Model, Eliminating Public Prices for Plans · this change
Across Marketing & Content in the same window
All Marketing & Content changes- PreziJan 12Prezi Introduces Free Basic Plan with 600 AI Credits and Essential Tools for Individuals
- FigmaJan 11Figma Increases Professional Plan Price by 25% to $15/mo Amidst New Features and Plan Renaming
- CanvaJan 11Canva Introduces Enterprise Plan with Dedicated Sales Contact, Enhancing Pricing Options for Businesses
- AdobeJan 10Adobe Creativecloud Introduces Firefly Pro Plan at $29.99/mo with Early Access Pricing, Amidst Multiple Price Increases for Other Plans
Questions about this change
Did Shorthand raise prices in January 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 30, 2024 and Jan 3, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a pricing change: price hidden, package change.
What changed on Shorthand's pricing page between Jan 30, 2024 and Jan 3, 2025?
Starter price visibility: Price listed → Price hidden, hidden; Pricing model changed from subscription-based tiers (Starter $0, Team $39/mo, Business $325/mo with per-story add-ons) to story-count-based structure (6 or 12 included stories with $24/mo or $20/mo per additional story); Team price visibility: Price listed → Price hidden, hidden; Business price visibility: Price listed → Price hidden, hidden. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 30, 2024 and Jan 3, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Shorthand change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Shorthand in the 90 days before this one; Shorthand has been tracked since 2025-01-03.