Linear is a purpose-built issue tracking and project management system designed for software engineering teams. It prioritizes high-performance synchronization and keyboard-driven workflows to streamline the product development lifecycle from initial triage to feature release.
$12
per month per user
Pricing
Linear
Editions & Modules
Basic
$12
per month per user
Business
$18
per month per user
Enterprise
Custom
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Pricing Offerings
Linear
Free Trial
No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
Discount available for annual billing.
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Verified User
Chose Linear
Linear stands out for its clean interface, speed, and ease of use. It provides the core project and task management features I need without feeling overly complex, making it quick to adopt and efficient for day-to-day work. While some alternatives offer more advanced …
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Verified User
Chose Linear
Compared to Jira, it's super easy to use. Compared to Smartsheet and Asana, it's much better for engineering planning, but worse at full team planning.
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Product Manager in Product Management at Revel.xyz (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees)
Chose Linear
I like these other projects as also, but I've gravitated more toward Jira in recent years since I now work at smaller organizations with simpler needs and Linear is more simple and easy to use. These other tools are also fine but Linear feels the most modern and accessible for …
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
Verified User
Chose Linear
When we are using jira it felt light the application itself is very heavy usage and the UI feel like boring and features were not good as compared to Linear. As QA when shifted to Linear i felt huge difference in process of ticket creation and tracking compared to jira and …
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Verified User
Chose Linear
A lot simpler then Jira and a lot more options compared to Trello, it was exactly where we needed it to be for our purposes.
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Verified User
Chose Linear
The function is similar, and we originally switched for price. Now that we've used Linear for a few years, I don't see us switching back. The integrations have worked well, and Linear Agent is now our first line of triage for all engineering requests. Additionally, our team …
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Verified User
Chose Linear
Linear is better in many ways because it's a simple and easy-to-use interface that involves AI to speed up workflows. Jira was complicated, hard to navigate, and difficult to integrate with other technologies. With Linear, I can easily connect it to Slack and see updates as …
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Verified User
Chose Linear
Much better design, much more intuitive, feels fun to work in instead of a slog
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Verified User
Chose Linear
Simpler, smoother. I wasn't in chargge of setting up either, but I do know that Linear was set up faster and with all the features we needed than Jira was.
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COO in Engineering at Therasee Ltd (Computer Software, 1-10 employees)
Chose Linear
Even though platforms like ClickUp are pretty flexible, Linear is fast, simple, has a lot of keyboard shortcuts, better UI/UX, modern product development concepts built into it, listens to user feedback
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Linear is particularly well suited for teams that need a fast, intuitive way to organize and prioritize work across multiple projects. In my experience, it's been especially useful for tracking client work by priority, assignee, and project, while providing clear visibility into ownership and progress. Its clean interface makes it easy.
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Linear is missing documentation features like Jira Confluence. We can use Notion but it would have been great if Linear offered more comprehensive solution
Eventhough we can manage releases with projects, it is hard to manage them when there are multiple projects being released at the same time. The initiatives feature kind of handles this but if we can assign tasks to a release that would be awesome
Being able to invite guests without costing extra money. Platforms like Clickup allow you to invite a limited no of guests without costing extra money.
Linear is not good if you are software services company and want to manage multiple client projects. Linear is built for product teams.
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I already spoke to this in a previous question but, if you've ever used Jira, Linear should feel quite natural. It is a project management tool rooted in issues/tickets to which you can also add sub-tasks and various details. There is some customization but Linear has attempted to shape its offering as the most essential features necessary for this type of work.
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When we are using jira it felt light the application itself is very heavy usage and the UI feel like boring and features were not good as compared to Linear. As QA when shifted to Linear i felt huge difference in process of ticket creation and tracking compared to jira and sometimes Jira would get stuck, but Linear didn't.
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
