BugHerd vs Linear
We give BugHerd a 2.2 GPA and Linear a 3.0, out of 4.0. Linear grades higher on features, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money and the free plan.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
BugHerd
Visual feedback and bug reports pinned to live web pages
Linear
Issue tracking and product planning for software teams
How we grade them
| 2.2GPABugHerdFair | 3.0GPALinearVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CGraded against its own alternatives. Standard is $42 a month billed yearly ($50 monthly) for up to 5 members; split five ways that's about what Jira or Linear charge a seat, with clients commenting free. One person pays the full $42, and Jira and Asana links need Premium at $125. | CBasic is $10 a person a month on yearly billing, the dear edge of this category rather than the middle, and it buys 5 teams and unlimited issues. The parts a growing company wants, private teams, guests, Insights and Asks, are on Business at $16, double what most tools here charge. |
| Free plan and trial | CA 7-day free trial with no credit card needed, enough to run one round of client feedback on a real site. There's no free plan after that. | CUnlimited members is genuinely rare, but 250 issues and 2 teams is a wall a busy team hits in weeks, and there is no trial of the paid plans on top. Treat free as a long look round rather than somewhere to settle. |
| Features | CIt does visual feedback fully: click-to-comment on live pages with screenshots and browser details, plus Figma designs, PDFs, text edits and video, all landing on a kanban board. That's a much smaller job than running projects, though. | BIssues, cycles, projects, initiatives, triage, list and board layouts, and Linear Agent on every plan including free. For a software team nothing is missing. For the rest of this category plenty is: no time tracking, no budgets, no resource planning, and Insights waits for Business. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. Clients just click and type, but first you add a script to each site or have reviewers install the extension, then set up projects and members. | A4.83 on the App Store from 2,179 ratings, which is about as high as this category gets. It is built around the shape engineering teams already work in, so there is little to learn, though the phone app is the thin part. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari, sending tasks to Trello, Slack, GitHub and Zapier on every plan and Jira, Asana, Linear and ClickUp on Premium. No phone apps. | AWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, with GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Figma, Sentry, Zendesk, Intercom and Notion on the integrations page and an API behind them. The gap is Linux: the download page has no app for it. |
| Best for | collecting client feedback on websites | software teams tracking issues |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: BugHerd and Linear. How we grade
Price against what you get
BugHerd starts at $42 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Linear starts at $10 a month for each person and scores 3.7.
Linear scores higher and starts $32 a month lower. Of the other project management tools on the chart, 51 score higher than BugHerd for less, and none scores higher than Linear for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- BugHerd starts at $42 per month for up to 5 members, billed yearly ($50 billed monthly). Linear starts at $10 per user / month, billed yearly.
- Linear has a free plan. BugHerd does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only BugHerd lists a browser extension.
- Only Linear lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps.
- BugHerd also covers screenshots.
- Linear also covers tasks.
At a glance
| BugHerd | Linear | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $42 per month for up to 5 members, billed yearly ($50 billed monthly) | $10 per user / month, billed yearly |
| Free plan | None | Unlimited members, 2 teams and 250 issues, with the agent platform and Linear Agent included. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial, no credit card required | None listed |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | BugHerd | Linear |
| Price read from | bugherd.com | linear.app |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026 |
Who each one suits
BugHerd
- Web agencies collecting client feedback on sites before launch
- QA and acceptance testing where reports need browser and device details
- Teams whose clients and stakeholders comment as unlimited free guests
Linear
- Software teams planning work in issues, cycles and projects
- Small teams: the free plan has no member limit
- Teams that hand issues to coding agents
Worth knowing
BugHerd
- There is no free plan: a 7-day trial, then Standard for 5 members. Extra members cost $8 a month each, or $80 a year on yearly plans.
- Jira, Asana, Linear, ClickUp, Monday.com and Teamwork links need Premium, at $125 a month billed yearly.
- Custom branding and the client task board start on Premium; single sign-on needs the sales-priced Custom plan.
- Feedback is collected through a script on your site or a browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, Edge or Safari; there are no phone apps.
Linear
- The Free plan stops at 250 issues and 2 teams.
- Private teams, guests, Linear Insights and Linear Asks need the Business plan at $16 per user / month.
- SAML and SCIM are limited to Enterprise, which is billed annually only.
- The download page lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps but no Linux app.
Key features
BugHerd
- Click-to-comment website feedback
- Clients click an element on a live page and leave a comment; BugHerd attaches a screenshot plus the browser, operating system and screen size.
- Designs, PDFs and text edits
- Feedback can also go on Figma designs, PDFs and images, and reviewers can highlight text on a page to suggest new wording.
- Video feedback
- Record a video of an issue and share it as feedback, from Standard up. A public widget can also gather feedback from site visitors.
- Kanban task board
- Each comment becomes a task on a built-in kanban board. Premium adds a client-facing board and comments only team members see.
- Integrations
- Sends tasks to Trello, Slack, GitHub, Zapier and others on every plan, and to Jira, Asana, Linear, ClickUp and Monday.com on Premium.
- AI features and MCP
- Beta AI writes task titles and connects BugHerd to AI tools through MCP; Premium adds auto-tagging and similar-task detection.
Linear
- Issues and cycles
- Every piece of work is tracked as an issue. Cycles are recurring, fixed-length periods that a team plans a set of issues into.
- Projects and initiatives
- Projects collect the issues behind one deliverable, and initiatives group several projects under a larger company objective.
- List and board layouts
- Nearly every issue view can switch between a list and a kanban-style board, with optional swimlanes for an extra grouping.
- Triage and Asks
- Triage is a review step for new work before a team takes it on. Linear Asks, on the Business plan, turns workplace requests into issues.
- Insights
- Built-in analytics for whichever set of work a team wants to examine. Linear Insights is part of the Business plan.
- Linear Agent and coding agents
- Linear Agent is included on every plan, and the integration directory lists coding agents such as Codex, Cursor and GitHub Copilot.
Plans
BugHerd
Standard$42
per month for up to 5 members, billed yearly ($50 billed monthly)
$500 a year. Unlimited clients and projects, 10 GB, feedback on sites, Figma, PDFs and images, video feedback and Trello, Slack and GitHub links.
Studio$67
per month for up to 10 members, billed yearly ($80 billed monthly)
$800 a year. Everything in Standard with 10 members and 25 GB of storage.
Premium$125
per month for up to 25 members, billed yearly ($150 billed monthly)
$1,500 a year. Adds custom branding, a client task board, member-only comments, 50 GB and Jira, Asana, Linear, ClickUp and Monday.com links.
CustomCustom
Sold through sales: a custom member limit, unlimited storage, single sign-on, a 99.9% uptime SLA and a dedicated success manager.
Linear
Free$0
Unlimited members, 2 teams and 250 issues, with the agent platform and Linear Agent.
Basic$10
per user / month, billed yearly
5 teams, unlimited issues, unlimited file uploads and admin roles.
Business$16
per user / month, billed yearly
Unlimited teams, private teams and guests, Linear Insights, Linear Asks, Triage Intelligence, and Zendesk and Intercom integrations.
EnterpriseCustom
SAML and SCIM, granular admin controls, invoice or PO billing, and migration and onboarding support. Annual billing only.
Ways to pay less
BugHerd
- Annual discount
Two months free with yearly billing
BugHerd's pricing FAQ says yearly plans get two months free: Standard is $500 a year against $50 a month, and Premium $1,500 against $150.
Linear
- Nonprofit
75% off for eligible charities
Linear's billing docs offer eligible charities 75% off the Basic and Business plans on request by email. Enterprise is excluded.
- Education
Free year for students, 75% off for staff
The Education Program gives full-time students free access for one year and university staff a 75% discount, requested from a .edu address.
- Startups
Up to 6 months of Business free for startups
Startups with fewer than 50 employees that are not yet paying and belong to a Linear partner program can get up to 6 months of the Business plan free.
