ShorthandStorytelling at any scale
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Starter
$0/ month
Billed monthly
What's included:
- Publish your first story for free, then pay for additional published stories as needed.Starts at 1 published story
- Experiment as much as you like with draft content. You'll only be billed for published stories.Unlimited draft stories
- One Shorthand-hosted publishing destination included. Bring your own subdomain or chose a shorthandstories.com subdomain.Limited to 1 publishing destination
- Add your colleagues for free.Unlimited users
- Work with your collaborators in one team, and upgrade when you need more teams to organise your collaborators and content.Limited to 1 team
Features you'll love:
- Publishing is simple with Shorthand Hosting. Use a custom subdomain (e.g., stories.yourdomain.com) or a shorthandstories.com subdomain.Shorthand hosting
- Easily embed your content in any web page by copying and pasting the embed code snippet.Story embedding
- Track story views and completions with simple, built-in analytics.Shorthand Analytics
- Learn how to get the most from Shorthand by attending our regular webinars and training sessions.Webinars and training
Team
$165/ month
Billed monthly
What's included:
- Five published stories included in the base price. Additional published stories billed monthly at $13/story/month up to 20 stories, then $10/story/month for the 21st and subsequent stories.Starts at 5 published stories
- Experiment as much as you like with draft content. You'll only be billed for published stories.Unlimited draft stories
- One Shorthand-hosted publishing destination included. Bring your own subdomain or chose a shorthandstories.com subdomain.Limited to 1 publishing destination
- Three users included in the base price. Additional users billed at $39/user/month.Starts at 3 users
- Work with your collaborators in 3 teams, and upgrade when you need more teams to organise your collaborators and content.Starts at 3 teams
Starter features, plus:
- Download your stories in ZIP format for archival purposes.Downloadable story archives
- Control access to previews of unpublished content.Password-protected previews
- Add Google Analytics 4 tracking to stories and projects.Google Analytics
- Export Shorthand Analytics data for individual stories in CSV format for reporting and analysis purposes.Story analytics exports
- Keep your content on-brand and visually cohesive by creating reusable basic themes. Add your choice of fonts, colours and logos.Basic theme builder
- Use our in-app ticketing system or email help@shorthand.com to submit questions to our support team.Email support
Business
$980/ month
Billed annually
What's included:
- Ten published stories included in the base price. Additional published stories billed at $65/story/month up to 20 stories, then $7/story/month for the 21st and subsequent stories.Starts at 10 published stories
- Experiment as much as you like with draft content. You'll only be billed for published stories.Unlimited draft stories
- Five Shorthand-hosted publishing destinations included, plus options for self-hosting and secure, password-protected publishing.Starts at 5 publishing destinations
- Five users included in the base price. Additional users billed at $125/user/month.Starts at 5 users
- Work with your collaborators in 5 teams, and upgrade when you need more teams to organise your collaborators and content.Starts at 5 teams
Team features plus:
- Discounted rates for your 21st and subsequent published stories, and for annual precommitments.Volume publishing discounts
- For an additional fee, host your own content via Drupal and WordPress plugins, Amazon S3, SFTP, API publishing, and more.Self-hosted publishing options
- Control who views your content with restricted-access publishing. Grant access to readers via email, and they'll be able to view the content using a One-Time Password.Secure publishing destinations
- Add tag managers, 3rd party analytics and tracking codes, marketing pixels, cookie consent managers, and any other code you require to integrate with existing software and tools.Advanced integrations & 3rd party analytics
- Understand the big picture of how your content is performing with workspace-level CSV data exports. Compile reports and perform analysis in 3rd party tools with ease.Workspace analytics exports
- Add custom components and layouts that we don't support natively with HTML sections and inline HTML. Add custom CSS and JavaScript for complete control over styling and integrations.Custom HTML & developer tools
- A handcrafted theme that styles all the standard Shorthand elements according to your brand guidelines.Bespoke custom branded theme
- Schedule a 30-minute kick off with one of our expert Editorial Success Managers to help you get started with Shorthand.Team onboarding
- An Editorial Success Manager will be assigned to review and provide advice on your first story.Story reviews
EnterpriseBilled annually
From
$3150/ month
What's included:
- We'll tailor a package to meet your publishing needs.Custom published stories
- Experiment as much as you like with draft content. You'll only be billed for published stories.Unlimited draft stories
- We'll tailor a package to meet your publishing needs. Choose from Shorthand-hosted or self-hosted publishing methods — or a combination of the two.Custom publishing destinations
- We'll tailor a package to meet your needs.Custom users
- We'll tailor a package to meet your needs.Custom teams
Business features plus:
- A handcrafted theme that styles all the standard Shorthand elements according to your brand guidelines.Bespoke custom branded theme
- Remove all Shorthand branding from your content, including the "Built with Shorthand" footer.White labelling
- Enable your team members to sign in with your existing authentication system.SAML Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Select a support offering with a priority response and tailored SLA. Custom technical support tiers
- Select a customer success tier with tailored onboarding, training, workshops, and quarterly progress reviews for your team.Custom strategic success tiers
