# Linear

> Issue tracking and product planning for software teams

Linear is an issue tracking and product planning tool built for software teams. Work is organized into issues, time-boxed cycles, projects and higher-level initiatives, and most views can switch between a list and a board. An agent platform and the Linear Agent assistant are included on every plan, including the free one.

- **Category:** Project Management
- **Made by:** Linear (since 2019)
- **Website:** https://linear.app
- **Runs on:** Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 4, 2026

## Pricing

Linear has a free plan. Paid plans start at $10 per user / month, billed yearly.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Unlimited members, 2 teams and 250 issues, with the agent platform and Linear Agent included.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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. |
| Enterprise | Custom | SAML and SCIM, granular admin controls, invoice or PO billing, and migration and onboarding support. Annual billing only. |

Read from https://linear.app/pricing on Oct 4, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Linear before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **75% off for eligible charities** (Nonprofit): Linear's billing docs offer eligible charities 75% off the Basic and Business plans on request by email. Enterprise is excluded. Source: https://linear.app/docs/billing-and-plans
- **Free year for students, 75% off for staff** (Education): The Education Program gives full-time students free access for one year and university staff a 75% discount, requested from a .edu address. Source: https://linear.app/docs/billing-and-plans
- **Up to 6 months of Business free for startups** (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. Source: https://linear.app/startups

## Key features

- **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.

## Good for

- 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

- 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.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.8 out of 5 from 2,179 ratings in the United States, read Oct 5, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1645587184

## Works with

GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Figma, Sentry, Zendesk, Intercom, Notion

**Tags:** Issue tracking, Tasks, Kanban boards, AI features, Public API

## Alternatives

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## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 4, 2026:

- https://linear.app/pricing
- https://linear.app
- https://linear.app/features
- https://linear.app/download
- https://linear.app/integrations
- https://linear.app/docs/billing-and-plans
- https://linear.app/docs/conceptual-model
- https://linear.app/docs/board-layout
- https://linear.app/startups
- https://linear.app/about

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/linear
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