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Fast, keyboard-first issue tracking for product teams
Linear ranks #12 of 24 in Project management, with an Alt Score of 68. It is proprietary, freemium from $10 per user/month and available on Web, macOS, Windows, iOS and Android. 13 of 14 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Software development teams and product managers who need to plan, track, and ship product work, from small startups to large engineering organizations.
Issues, projects, and cycles for organizing and prioritizing work, plus roadmaps and initiatives for tracking longer-term product direction. Built-in workflows (triage, statuses, sprints) keep engineering execution visible. Integrates with tools like GitHub, GitLab, and Slack to connect issues to code and communication. Includes analytics and dashboards for tracking team progress.
Work is captured as issues, which are assigned, prioritized, and moved through custom workflow states. Issues are grouped into projects and time-boxed cycles, and projects roll up into broader initiatives and roadmaps for planning across teams.
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Feature comparison
Rows come from the Project management checklist (18 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.
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Every fact and feature listed for Linear is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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Pricing model Freemium verified 2026-07-12
Free for everyone
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Starts at $10 per user/month verified 2026-07-12
$10 per user/month
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License Proprietary verified 2026-07-12
Linear owns the Service, Software, Linear Content, Documentation, and anything else provided by Linear to Customer
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Platforms Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android verified 2026-07-12
Available for web, macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android.
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Status active verified 2026-07-12
Initiatives define your company's high-level goals and organize the projects that contribute to them.
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Kanban boards Yes verified 2026-07-12
Board views default to grouping by Status, but you can change grouping to Project, Priority, Cycle, Label, Label group, SLA status (if applicable), and more.
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Gantt / timeline Partial verified 2026-07-12
Display projects chronologically to track their progress, deadlines, and dependencies over time.
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Custom fields No verified 2026-07-12
Labels allow you to organize issues.
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Dependencies Yes verified 2026-07-12
Mark issues as blocked by other issues with M then B.
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Time tracking built in Partial verified 2026-07-12
Once integrated, time-tracking controls will naturally appear right inside the Linear interface, making it easy to track time and improving time-tracking accuracy.
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Automations / rules Yes verified 2026-07-12
apply predefined actions when specific conditions are met
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Forms intake Partial verified 2026-07-12
People in your identity provider can submit Asks through web forms after signing in to your Asks site.
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Workload view Partial verified 2026-07-12
cycles that have not yet started will display a capacity dial that shows an estimate on whether your team will be likely to complete all the issues added to the cycle.
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Guest access Partial verified 2026-07-12
Guest accounts are only available on Business and Enterprise plans, and are billed as regular members.
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Free tier user limit Yes verified 2026-07-12
Unlimited members
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Agile features (sprints, story points) Yes verified 2026-07-12
similar to commonly used agile flavored sprints
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Docs / wiki built in Partial verified 2026-07-12
Create documents in projects to keep relevant information and updates in one central place.
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Reporting dashboards Yes verified 2026-07-12
Available to workspaces on the Business and Enterprise plans.
https://linear.app/docs/insights
FAQ
Yes. ClickUp, Monday.com and YouTrack have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.
Plane, OpenProject and Leantime — every license claim links its source.