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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Linear

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/ALinear 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

    monday dev

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/Amonday dev is a product to plan, track, and ship software while staying connected to the business, featuring AI capabilities that allow it to analyze bugs as they are submitted, summarize product documents, and automatically assign tasks.

    $36

    per month 3 seats (minimum)

    Pricing
    Linearmonday dev
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $12
    per month per user
    Business
    $18
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Basic
    $12
    per month per seat
    Standard
    $14.5
    per month per seat
    Pro
    $25
    per month per seat
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    Pricing Offerings
    Linearmonday dev
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing.Plans start at 3 seats. Yearly save 18%
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    Features
    Linearmonday dev
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Linear and monday dev
    Feature
    Linear
    -
    Ratings
    monday dev
    7.8
    11 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings8.411 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings8.411 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings7.710 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings7.311 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings7.210 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings7.310 Ratings
    Document Management00 Ratings7.610 Ratings
    Email integration00 Ratings8.59 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings8.19 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings7.99 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management00 Ratings7.99 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings8.16 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings7.411 Ratings
    Agile Development
    Comparison of Agile Development features of Linear and monday dev
    Feature
    Linear
    -
    Ratings
    monday dev
    7.4
    11 Ratings
    3% below category average
    DevOps Tool Integrations00 Ratings7.910 Ratings
    Code Review00 Ratings8.56 Ratings
    Code Collaboration00 Ratings6.77 Ratings
    Velocity Calculation00 Ratings7.18 Ratings
    Dependencies and Blockers00 Ratings7.010 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Linearmonday dev
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (13 ratings)
    8.7
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (13 ratings)
    7.9
    (13 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Linearmonday dev
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Linear
    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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    monday.com
    I find Monday helpful for lead management. It's great because details like phone, email, and addresses are specific columns from which we can grab data and pull it into other areas. It's great to see who is assigned what and to know what the next steps are for your leads. We use a different scheduling tool with our team, as that calendar view isn't as robust.
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    Pros
    Linear
    • Linear agent.
    • Quick glance at current status of tickets.
    • Allow customization to view only the relevant tickets and information for each user.
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    monday.com
    • Managing specific objectives
    • Automation
    • Integration and interaction with GitHub
    • Scheduling and feedback effectively
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    Cons
    Linear
    • 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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    monday.com
    • Sometimes, it's a little technical to set up. Someone who isn't particularly savvy will have a hard time setting it up.
    • Sometimes there are glitches in the automations.
    • The comments areas can be confusing- how they nest. Things can get lost in there.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Linear
    No answers on this topic
    monday.com
    We are very likely to renew, because it has been really useful
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    Usability
    Linear
    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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    monday.com
    I give a ten for monday dev's usability because it was a really smooth transition coming from Jira to monday dev. All team members also felt that way. When managing projects, the quality and various options I am able to customize views and columns for each task is really a dealbreaker. Approved.
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    Support Rating
    Linear
    No answers on this topic
    monday.com
    Good engagement from account manager
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    Implementation Rating
    Linear
    No answers on this topic
    monday.com
    No I wasn't involved
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    Alternatives Considered
    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 sometimes Jira would get stuck, but Linear didn't.
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    monday.com
    It is at least as good as these tools, in many ways, it is better because it is easier to use and setup. It doesn't require a full-time admin like these tools do. It does lack some of the detailed reporting and such that these offer, but the product is still young and growing. These are much more well-developed tools
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    Return on Investment
    Linear
    • Improved visibility into work across clients by providing a centralized view of tasks, priorities, and ownership.
    • Increased team efficiency by replacing scattered personal task lists with a shared workflow.
    • Helped prioritize high-impact work by organizing tasks by clients, priority and assignee.
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    monday.com
    • Although the initial operational cost is usually somewhat high, it is really worth considering in an environment with more than 10 employees working together.
    • In project costing (web development) it is quite acceptable and falls within the scope of the final product quote.
    • I don't have exact numbers or percentages (because I'm not in charge of that section) but I can say that it falls within a good to acceptable ROI range.
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