Engineering Metrics Comparison

Projcity vs Swarmia

Swarmia charges $25 to $45 per seat every month. Projcity costs $10 per active user, tells you what archetype each developer is, and tracks whether anyone is heading toward burnout.

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Why Teams Move from Swarmia to Projcity

Swarmia gives you solid team metrics. The bill is what surprises people, and there is no way to understand who your Builders or Reviewers are.

Up to 7x cheaper on active teams

Swarmia charges per seat whether someone shipped code that month or not. Projcity bills $10 only for developers who actually contributed. On a 20-person team, you often pay for 12 to 14 active users rather than 20.

Dynamic Archetypes that Swarmia does not have

Projcity looks at each developer's commit patterns, review behavior, and task types and classifies them as a Builder, Reviewer, Architect, Bug Fixer, or Collaborator. The classification updates as the work changes. Swarmia shows you numbers. Projcity tells you what the numbers mean.

Burnout tracking alongside throughput

Projcity watches for after-hours commits, weekend activity, and sustained workload spikes. These are early warning signals that someone is heading toward burnout. Swarmia tracks what your team ships, not whether they are sustainable.

Native Shortcut integration

Swarmia supports GitHub, GitLab, Jira, and Linear but not Shortcut. If your team tracks work in Shortcut, Projcity is the only engineering metrics tool with a native connection. You get story points, cycle times, and velocity alongside your GitHub data.

Feature-by-Feature Comparison

Projcity vs Swarmia, side by side. What each platform actually ships today.

Feature
Projcity
Swarmia
Pricing
Price per user/month
$10 / active user
From $25/user
Billed only for active users
Free trial (no credit card)
Self-serve signup
Core Engineering Metrics
PR analytics (cycle time, size, reviews)
DORA metrics
Ticket / story tracking
Velocity & throughput
50+ individual metrics
Sprint commitment reliability
Knowledge sharing index
Developer Intelligence
Dynamic Archetypes
Burnout risk metrics
After-hours & weekend tracking
AI feedback memos per developer
Individual developer profiles
Limited
Team health metrics
Team DNA visualization
Integrations
GitHub
Shortcut
GitLab
Roadmap
Alpha
Jira
Roadmap
Linear
1 year historical import
Limited
MCP server for AI assistants

Which Tool Is Right for You?

Straightforward take. We are not the right fit for every team.

Choose Projcity if...
Teams using Shortcut for issue tracking
Engineering managers who want to understand what each developer is actually doing, not just how much
Startups and growth-stage companies that find Swarmia pricing hard to justify
Teams where individual developer growth matters as much as team output
Leaders who want early warning on burnout before it becomes attrition
Choose Swarmia if...
Teams already deeply integrated with Jira or GitLab
Engineering orgs that need enterprise support and SLA guarantees
Teams that only need high-level DORA metrics without individual insights

See What Swarmia Is Missing

Connect GitHub and Shortcut in minutes. You get 50+ metrics, Dynamic Archetypes, and burnout tracking at $10 per active user.

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