trackagoat vs Shortimize
Both track accounts by URL, pay creators and have an MCP server. Shortimize covers more platforms and more videos per dollar. trackagoat counts photo posts, has five payout types, and every plan, Free included, gets the same API and MCP server.
Checked October 10, 2026 • Sources
trackagoat
Shortimize
Which one fits.
Both track accounts by public URL, both can pay creators, and both connect to coding agents over MCP. Shortimize covers more platforms and keeps more videos updating for the price. trackagoat is built TikTok first for teams that love coding agents: every plan, Free included, gets the same API and MCP server with no add-on, and it also tracks photo posts and carousels and has five payout types instead of three.
Pick trackagoat if
- You want your coding agent to use the whole API, with no add-on, on any plan including Free.
- Your creators post carousels or photo posts as well as videos.
- You pay on goals or conversions, not only base pay, milestones and CPM.
Pick Shortimize if
- You need YouTube Shorts, Facebook, Snapchat or X.
- You track thousands of videos on a small budget.
- You want Slack or Discord alerts and app revenue integrations.
trackagoat and Shortimize, feature by feature.
Shortimize’s column comes from its own public website, checked October 10, 2026. “Not listed” means the site doesn’t say. The “API and MCP server”, “How an agent connects”, “Agents can send payouts”, “Docs an agent can read” and “Webhooks” rows were checked again on October 11, 2026.
| Feature | trackagoat | Shortimize |
|---|---|---|
| Tracking | ||
| Platforms | TikTok and Instagram | TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat, Sora and X |
| How creators are added | By handle or profile link. Creators don’t connect anything | By public account URL, no creator action |
| Which posts are tracked | Every post, or only the ones you pick or that use your hashtag | An account’s latest videos, up to a count you choose, or all |
| Photo posts and carousels | TikTok photo posts, Instagram posts and carousels | No |
| How often new posts are found | Every 12 hours on paid plans, once a day on Free | Every 24 hours on Launch, 12 on Scale; 1 and 4 hours are paid add-ons |
| Re-scans to catch missed posts | Each account’s full history, about every 30 days | Not listed: not stated on their public site as of October 10, 2026 |
| Campaigns and goals | ||
| Grouping | Campaigns that hold creators, videos and other campaigns | Collections, which can be nested |
| Posting goals per creator | On Track, Behind Pace or At Risk for each creator | Not listed: not stated on their public site as of October 10, 2026 |
| Payouts | ||
| Works out what each creator is owed | Yes | Yes |
| Payout types | Recurring, Goals-based, CPM, View Thresholds and Conversions | Weekly base pay, milestone bonuses and CPM |
| Pays creators from the app | From trackagoat through your connected payout account, or mark paid | Through Contra, in 180+ countries |
| Fee for sending payouts | None from trackagoat (your payout provider charges its usual fees) | None from Shortimize; Contra charges 2% plus $5 a batch |
| Tax forms | Not from trackagoat (your payout provider handles tax reporting for payouts sent through it) | Handled by Contra |
| Insights | ||
| Analytics | Campaign, Creator and Video Insights | Views, engagement, outlier metrics, app revenue integrations |
| Comment sentiment | Comment Insights, on paid plans | Not listed: not stated on their public site as of October 10, 2026 |
| API and agents | ||
| API and MCP server | Both, on every plan. Free allows 200 requests a day | Basic API and MCP on paid plans. Full data, higher rate limits and webhooks are a $150 a month add-on |
| How an agent connects | Hosted MCP server. Sign in (OAuth) or use an API key | Hosted MCP server, connected with an API key |
| Agents can send payouts | Yes, once an org admin turns on agent payments, within per-payout and 24-hour limits | Not listed: not stated on their public site as of October 11, 2026 |
| Docs an agent can read | Markdown docs, /llms.txt and an OpenAPI spec, plus a Markdown document on every record that agents read and write | Not listed: not stated on their public site as of October 11, 2026 |
| Webhooks | No | With the $150 a month Premium API add-on |
| Plans and pricing | ||
| Free plan | 5 accounts and 10 tracked videos, no card | No. 7-day free trial |
| Paid plans | $29 or $399 a month | $99 or $249 a month, or Enterprise |
| Accounts or creators | 5, 50 or 300 accounts | Unlimited |
| Videos kept updating | 10, 100 or 3,000 | 1,000 or 5,000, or unlimited on Enterprise |
| Teammates | 2, 5 or 50 | 1 or 3, or unlimited on Enterprise |
| Upgrading | By email for now, no checkout yet | Self-serve, with yearly pricing |
| Where Shortimize does more | ||
| YouTube Shorts, Facebook, Snapchat and X | No | Yes |
| Payouts in 180+ countries, with tax forms handled | No | Yes |
| Slack and Discord alerts | No | Yes |
The main differences.
Each one says what trackagoat does and what Shortimize does. Shortimize’s side comes from its public website, checked October 10, 2026. The “API, MCP and agents” section was checked again on October 11, 2026.
API, MCP and agents.
trackagoatEvery plan gets the same REST API and hosted MCP server, with 125 tools and no add-on. Free allows 200 requests a day, Starter 1,000 and Ultra 50,000.
Claude Code, Codex and other MCP clients can sign in with OAuth, so you don’t have to paste a key into each one.
More:Connect over MCP
ShortimizeBasic API access and the MCP server come with every paid Shortimize plan, and you connect with an API key.
A Premium API add-on at $150 a month adds access to all your data, higher rate limits and webhooks.
Source:shortimize.featurebase.app/changelog/mcp-and-api-add-on-now-available-on-all-plans
Photo posts, carousels and platforms.
trackagoattrackagoat tracks TikTok videos and photo posts, and Instagram Reels and posts, including carousels.
Carousels count toward goals and payouts like any other post.
ShortimizeShortimize focuses on short-form video and doesn’t track images, carousels or stories.
It covers more platforms: YouTube Shorts, Facebook, Snapchat, Sora and X as well as TikTok and Instagram.
Payout types.
trackagoatRecurring, CPM, View Thresholds, Goals-based and Conversions. Edits save a new version of a structure, so earnings already worked out keep their terms.
If a video shows up after a period closes, unpaid amounts are recalculated and payments you’ve recorded stay the same.
More:How payouts work
ShortimizeWeekly base pay, milestone bonuses and CPM, and Shortimize says there are no other bonus types.
Base pay can be weekly, per video or on a custom schedule. trackagoat’s flat payouts are per period.
Source:shortimize.featurebase.app/help/articles/8047979-what-types-of-bonus-configurations-are-available
Both send money. Neither adds its own fee.
trackagoattrackagoat pays through your connected payout account, and the provider charges its usual fees.
trackagoat doesn’t produce tax forms; your payout provider handles tax reporting for payouts sent through it.
ShortimizeShortimize pays creators through Contra, which charges 2% plus $5 per payout batch and handles tax forms in 180+ countries.
Grouping and goals.
trackagoatCampaigns can hold creators, single videos and other campaigns, and a video that’s in there twice counts once.
Creator Goals show who’s On Track, Behind Pace or At Risk for posts, views, engagement or followers gained.
More:Creator Goals
ShortimizeShortimize groups accounts into collections, which can be nested and shared by link. Its site doesn’t list posting goals per creator.
Where Shortimize is better.
trackagoat doesn’t do everything. These are the things Shortimize does that trackagoat doesn’t, or does more of.
- More platforms. Shortimize also tracks YouTube Shorts, Facebook videos, Snapchat, Sora and X videos. trackagoat tracks TikTok and Instagram.
- More videos for the money. Launch keeps 1,000 videos updating for $99 a month, with unlimited accounts. trackagoat keeps 100 on Starter ($29) and 3,000 on Ultra ($399).
- Paying creators worldwide. Contra pays creators in 180+ countries by bank, PayPal or crypto and handles their tax forms. trackagoat pays in US dollars through your connected payout account and doesn’t produce tax forms.
- A flat amount per video. Shortimize’s base pay can be weekly, per video or on a custom schedule. trackagoat’s flat payouts are per period.
- Faster refresh. 1-hour and 4-hour data refresh are available as paid add-ons. trackagoat checks for new posts every 12 hours on paid plans (up to every 4 hours on Ultra).
- Alerts and integrations. Slack and Discord milestone alerts, plus Mixpanel, Amplitude, PostHog and Superwall. trackagoat’s notifications are in the app.
- Sharing and billing. Collections can be shared by link, and yearly billing is cheaper. trackagoat’s paid plans are monthly and set up by email for now.
Prices, side by side.
trackagoatprices
Free$0
5 accounts, 10 tracked videos, 2 teammates
Starter$29 a month
50 accounts, 100 tracked videos, 5 teammates
Ultra$399 a month
300 accounts, 3,000 tracked videos, 50 teammates
No card needed for Free. There’s no checkout yet: start on Free, then email us the plan you want and we’ll switch your org over. Monthly only.
Shortimizeprices
Launch$99 a month ($79 billed yearly)
Unlimited accounts, 1,000 videos, updated every 24 hours, 1 seat
Scale$249 a month ($199 billed yearly)
Unlimited accounts, 5,000 videos, every 12 hours, 3 seats
EnterpriseCustom
Unlimited videos and seats, API, webhooks and MCP included
7-day free trial.
Basic API access and MCP come with paid plans. Its changelog lists a Premium API add-on at $150 a month for full data, higher rate limits and webhooks, and Enterprise includes them. 1-hour and 4-hour refresh are paid add-ons too.
Creator payments go through Contra, which charges its own fees.
As listed on Shortimize’s site on October 10, 2026.
Moving from Shortimize.
- Step 1:
Get started on Free. Free covers 5 accounts and 10 tracked videos, with no card. When you need more, email us the plan you want and we’ll switch your org over.
- Step 2:
Add your creators. Type each creator’s TikTok or Instagram handle, or paste their profile link. Their videos show up and start collecting views, likes and comments.
- Step 3:
Or hand the list to your coding agent. Paste the agent setup prompt into Claude Code, Codex or Cursor and it connects the MCP server. Then give it your list: its add_creators tool adds up to 50 creators at a time.
- Step 4:
Set up campaigns and payouts. Put creators into campaigns, then make a payout structure and assign it. When a period closes, you see what each creator earned.
Questions
For anything else, email support@trackagoat.com
Sources
Checked on October 10, 2026 from Shortimize’s public website. The “API and MCP server”, “How an agent connects”, “Agents can send payouts”, “Docs an agent can read” and “Webhooks” rows were checked again on October 11, 2026. Prices and features change, so check their site before you decide. If something here is out of date, email support@trackagoat.com and we’ll fix it.
The website screenshots at the top of the page were taken on October 10, 2026 from trackagoat.com and shortimize.com, signed out, and aren’t edited.
MightyScout, viral.app, Shortimize, SideShift, Grade, ViewTrack, TikTok and Instagram are trademarks of their respective owners. trackagoat isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by them.
- Shortimize: shortimize.featurebase.app/help/articles/2674205-what-platforms-accounts-and-content-types-does-shortimize-support
- Shortimize: docs.shortimize.com/docs/account-management
- Shortimize: shortimize.com/pricing
- Shortimize: shortimize.com/ugc-campaign-tracking
- Shortimize: shortimize.com/creator-payments
- Shortimize: shortimize.featurebase.app/help/articles/8047979-what-types-of-bonus-configurations-are-available
- Shortimize: shortimize.featurebase.app/help
- Shortimize: shortimize.featurebase.app/changelog/mcp-and-api-add-on-now-available-on-all-plans
- Shortimize: shortimize.featurebase.app/help/articles/1025858-setting-up-notifications-with-slack-and-discord
- Shortimize integrations
- Shortimize changelog
- Shortimize API docs
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Start tracking your creators for free.
Free covers 5 accounts and 10 tracked videos, with the API and MCP server included. Add a handle or profile link and their posts start coming in. No card needed.