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ToolGPAOctober 2026

Linear

The Insider’s Guide

Issue tracking and product planning for software teams

Linear, as pictured on linear.app

Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among project management tools, read from Linear’s own pages.

Made by Linear · checked Oct 4, 2026 · toolgpa.com

3.0GPA

Contents

  1. 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
  2. 02Insider tipsWhat most people miss: ways to pay less, settings worth changing and the catches
  3. 03What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
  4. 04What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
  5. 05Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
  6. 06After you payGetting your money back, getting out, and getting help
  7. 07The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
  8. 08Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
  9. 09About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from Linear’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Linear’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 4, 2026.

Part 01 · Overview

Welcome

What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first

3.0

GPA, above 64 of the 79 other project management tools we grade

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.

To get you started, here are 10 things to know about Linear, taken from its own pages and our grades.

It's made for software and not much else, the phone app is thin and there's no Linux app, so other kinds of teams should look elsewhere.
From our review of Linear
  1. 1

    Best for software teams tracking issues

    Linear is an issue tracker for software teams, built around issues, cycles and projects, and the free plan lets your whole team in.

  2. 2

    Paid plans start at $10 a month for each person

    As its pricing page puts it: $10 per user / month, billed yearly.

  3. 3

    There is a free plan

    Unlimited members, 2 teams and 250 issues, with the agent platform and Linear Agent included.

  4. 4

    It runs on 5 platforms

    Web, macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.

  5. 5

    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.

  6. 6

    Projects and initiatives

    Projects collect the issues behind one deliverable, and initiatives group several projects under a larger company objective.

  7. 7

    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.

  8. 8

    Refunds: no set window

    No refunds, and Linear says so plainly: cancel a yearly plan in month two and you've still paid for twelve. That's how most subscription software works, so it's a C.

  9. 9

    A 3.0 GPA, above 64 of 79

    That is against the other project management tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.

  10. 10

    Keep it

    The plain part of Linear you could make: issue tracking, tasks and kanban boards. What surrounds it you could not. The 5 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.

Linear at a glance

Pricing
Free plan, from $10 per user / month, billed yearly
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
None stated
Runs on
Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android
Made by
Linear, since 2019
Category
Project Management
Our grade
3.0 GPA, very good
Store rating
4.8 on the App Store, 2,179 ratings

The report card

Best for software teams tracking issues

Linear is an issue tracker for software teams, built around issues, cycles and projects, and the free plan lets your whole team in. But that free plan stops at 250 issues and 2 teams, there's no trial of the paid plans, and private teams, guests and Insights need Business at $16 a person. It's made for software and not much else, the phone app is thin and there's no Linux app, so other kinds of teams should look elsewhere.

ToolGPA report cardLinearGraded Oct 10, 2026
SubjectGradeComment
Value for moneyCBasic 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 trialCUnlimited members, 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.
FeaturesBIssues, cycles, projects, initiatives, triage, list and board layouts, and Linear Agent on every plan including free. That covers a software team's tracking. For the rest of this category plenty is missing: no time tracking, no budgets, no resource planning, and Insights waits for Business.
Ease of useA4.83 on the App Store from 2,179 ratings, the top band. It follows the issues-and-sprints setup engineering teams already use, though anyone outside software has that to learn, and the phone app is the thin part.
Platforms and integrationsAWeb, 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.
Grade point averageVery good, out of 4.03.0

An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.

Who Linear is for

  • Fits if your team ships software and plans in issues, sprints and roadmaps
  • Works for teams handing work to coding agents like Cursor, Codex or Copilot

Who it is not for

  • Skip it if your team isn't building software, since it's all issues and cycles, with no time tracking or budgets
  • Tight if you'll pass 250 issues or 2 teams on the free plan, and there's no trial of the paid plans
  • Pricey if you need private teams, guests or Insights, which start on Business at $16 a person
  • Not for you if you want to do real work from your phone, as reviewers report lost edits and fewer features
  • Watch out: there's no Linux app, and SAML and SCIM are Enterprise only, priced on request and billed yearly

Good to know

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.

Part 02 · Tips

Insider tips

What most people miss: ways to pay less, settings worth changing and the catches

7

Things most people miss, each from its own help pages

The things about Linear that are easy to miss until they cost you: ways to pay less, settings worth changing and the catches at renewal or when you leave. Each one is from Linear’s own pages, linked beside it.

Read on Oct 17, 2026. Read from Linear's docs (creating issues, deleting and archiving issues, workspaces, billing and plans, Triage Intelligence) on 17 October 2026. Not tried out: these tips are what its own pages say.

  1. 1

    Shortcut

    Press C for a new issue, or type linear.new in the address bar

    C opens a new issue from anywhere in Linear, and Option+C (Alt+C on Windows) starts one from a template. In a browser, linear.new opens a new issue while you're signed in, and the link can pre-fill the title, team, priority, assignee and labels. Handy for a bookmark or a "report a bug" button.

    linear.app
  2. 2

    Easy to miss

    Let people file issues by email, no Linear account needed

    Turn on Team settings, General, Create issues by email and the team gets an intake address. A template can have its own address too, so its properties are applied. Senders get no confirmation and no updates, and attachments are capped at 25 MB.

    linear.app
  3. 3

    Easy to miss

    Deleted an issue by mistake? You have 30 days to get it back

    Press Cmd+Z (Ctrl+Z) straight away, or open the team's archives with G then X and go to the Recently deleted issues tab. Select the issue and press # to restore it. After 30 days deleted issues are removed for good and can't be brought back.

    linear.app
  4. 4

    Setting

    Choose the workspace's data location at the start: it can't change

    Linear's workspace docs say you can't change a workspace's data residency once it has been created. If your company has rules about where its data is kept, settle that when you set the workspace up, not after a year of issues have piled up in it.

    linear.app
  5. 5

    Renewal

    Suspend people who've left before the next bill

    Linear bills for every unsuspended member. On monthly billing, people added are charged from the next month, and anyone removed mid-month earns no credit for the rest of it. On yearly billing, each person added is charged pro rata for the rest of the year on a true-up invoice, which is charged automatically.

    linear.app
  6. 6

    Privacy

    Linear says it doesn't train AI models on your workspace

    Its Triage Intelligence docs say Linear does not use your data to train its own models, and the AI providers it shares data with may use it only to run the features, without permission to train on it. Admins switch Triage Intelligence on in Settings, AI, and a team can turn it off.

    linear.app
  7. 7

    Leaving

    Deleting a workspace gives admins 48 hours to change their minds

    Deletion starts with a code emailed to the admin who asks for it, and then every admin is told. Any admin can cancel from the same settings page within 48 hours. After that the workspace and all its data are permanently deleted, so export your issues first.

    linear.app

Part 03 · Pricing

What it costs

Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved

$10

A month to start, for each person. There is a free plan too

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

Treat free as a long look round rather than somewhere to settle.
From our grade for free plan and trial

  • 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.

The free plan

Unlimited members, 2 teams and 250 issues, with the agent platform and Linear Agent included.

Read from linear.app on Oct 4, 2026.

Ways to pay less

  • 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.

    Stated on linear.app

  • 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.

    Stated on linear.app

  • 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.

    Stated on linear.app

How its prices have moved

  • Nov 12, 2025Basic: $8 per user / month, billed yearly → $10 per user / month, billed yearlyThe archived copy of 12 November 2025 shows $10 billed yearly; the copy before it, of 7 October 2025, shows $8. The price changed between the two.
  • Nov 12, 2025Business: $14 per user / month, billed yearly → $16 per user / month, billed yearlyThe archived copy of 12 November 2025 shows $16 billed yearly; the copy before it, of 7 October 2025, shows $14. The price changed between the two.
  • Dec 6, 2024Business: $12 per user / month, billed yearly → $14 per user / month, billed yearlyThe archived copy of 6 December 2024 shows $14 billed yearly; the copy before it, of 8 November 2024, shows $12. The price changed between the two.
  • May 16, 2024Basic: new, $8 per user / month, billed yearlyThe archived copy of 16 May 2024 lists Free, Basic, Business and Enterprise; the copy of 19 April 2024 lists Free, Standard and Plus. Basic appeared between the two, at the price Standard had.
  • May 16, 2024Business: new, $12 per user / month, billed yearlyThe archived copy of 16 May 2024 lists Business between Basic and Enterprise; the copy of 19 April 2024 has no plan of that name. It appeared between the two.
  • May 16, 2024Standard: withdrawn (was $8 per user / month, billed yearly)The archived copy of 19 April 2024 lists Standard; the copy of 16 May 2024 no longer does, and has Basic at the same price in its place.

Part 04 · Features

What it does

Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it

5

Places it runs: Web, macOS, Windows, iOS and Android

Issue tracking and product planning for software teams. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, AI features, tasks, kanban boards, issue tracking.

Issues, cycles, projects, initiatives, triage, list and board layouts, and Linear Agent on every plan including free.
From our grade for 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.
Linear's home page, with an issue open in the desktop app.
Linear's home page, with an issue open in the desktop app. Captured by ToolGPA from linear.app on Oct 8, 2026.

Where it runs

  • Web
  • macOS
  • Windows
  • iOS
  • Android

What it works with

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

Who makes Linear

Linear is made by Linear, a privately held company whose team works remotely across North America and Europe. It sells its issue tracking and project planning product on paid plans, and said in August 2026 that it had passed $100 million in annual recurring revenue with more than 40,000 paying companies.

Founded
2019linear.app
Based
Fully remote, with the team distributed across North America and Europelinear.app
Ownership
Privately held. Privately held. Its own funding posts name Sequoia Capital, Accel and 01Advisors as investors, and in August 2026 it said it was cashflow positive with more cash in the bank than it has raised.linear.app
Funding
Announced $13 million in a Series A led by Sequoia Capital in December 2020 and $35 million in a Series B led by Accel in September 2023, both on its own blog. TechCrunch reported an $82 million Series C led by Accel in June 2025. In August 2026 Linear said it ran a $99 million tender offer for staff instead of raising more capital.linear.applinear.apptechcrunch.comlinear.app
Founders and leaders
Hiring
23 open roles listed: 7 in sales, 4 in engineering, 3 in design, 2 each in operations, product management and customer experience, and 1 each in marketing, creative studio and securitylinear.app
Lately
Follow

Read on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports. What is not stated there is left out.

Part 05 · Standing

Where it stands

Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own

64/79

Other project management tools it is graded above

Linear's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 64 of the 79 other project management tools we grade, and level with 8.

It stands best on ease of use (A, above 75 of 79) and worst on free plan and trial (C, above 4).

Its paid plans start at $10 a month for each person, against a middle price of $8 for the category: 49 of the 74 others that charge start lower.

On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.

Each grade against the category

Every bar is all 80 project management tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Linear’s own letter is outlined.

  • CValue for moneyAbove 16 of 79
  • CFree plan and trialAbove 4 of 79
  • BFeaturesAbove 27 of 79
  • AEase of useAbove 75 of 79
  • APlatforms and integrationsAbove 54 of 79

Price against what you get

Each dot is one of 78 project management tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Linear is the marked dot.

D1.0C2.0B3.0A4.0Free$1$2$5$10$20$50More for lessCosts more, scores moreCosts less, scores lessCosts more, scores lessLinearAirtableClickUpFreedcampRedmineFizzy

What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →

Keep it, or make your own?

Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.

Keep it

The plain part of Linear you could make: issue tracking, tasks and kanban boards. What surrounds it you could not. The 5 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.

It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.0 is higher than 64 of the 79 other project management tools we grade. It costs $120 a year.

What you could make

  • Issue tracking, tasks and kanban boards: an app builder makes these well.

What you could not

  • Apps for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
  • It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
  • It plugs into other products, GitHub, GitLab and Slack among them, and has an API.
  • AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
  • The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

What this rests on. Linear’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.

Part 06 · Refunds

After you pay

Getting your money back, getting out, and getting help

CRefunds
CSupport

What happens once you have paid: whether you can get your money back, how to leave, and how to reach a person when something goes wrong. Each is graded from Linear’s own terms and help pages.

Refunds and cancelling

CGrade

Ordinary · checked Oct 12, 2026

No refunds, and Linear says so plainly: cancel a yearly plan in month two and you've still paid for twelve. That's how most subscription software works, so it's a C. The door itself is easy. An admin cancels in the billing settings, the plan runs to the end of the period, and nothing gets deleted.

Refund window
No set window
How you cancel
Yourself, in settings
Getting your money back

The billing docs say there are no refunds for cancelling mid-subscription, and suggest starting on a monthly plan if you are unsure about a full year. On a yearly plan, suspending a user creates a pro-rated credit that goes toward future invoices and is not refunded. The terms call payments non-refundable, except that unused prepaid fees are returned if you end the agreement over a breach Linear has not fixed.

Stated on linear.app
How to cancel Linear

Workspace admins cancel a subscription from Settings, then Administration, then Billing. The change takes effect at the end of the subscription period: the billing month on a monthly plan, the billing year on a yearly one. The terms also allow giving notice by email to its billing address, which Linear has to confirm in writing.

Stated on linear.app
What you keep afterwards

The terms say a cancelled subscription is downgraded to the free version, and the billing docs that nothing is deleted: a workspace with over 250 issues can no longer create new ones, and all members become admins. The terms add that the data of a free account left unused for a year or more may be deleted. A separate docs page says admins can export a workspace's issue data as CSV.

Stated on linear.app
Renewals

The terms say recurring charges are taken without further authorisation until the customer ends the agreement, and that a customer may choose not to renew by changing the subscription in the account or by email. The billing docs describe a yearly plan as renewing the following year. Neither mentions a reminder before a renewal or a refund after one.

Stated on linear.app

In your favour

  • An admin cancels in the billing settings, with nobody to email.
  • Nothing is deleted when you cancel. The workspace carries on as a free one.
  • On a yearly plan, suspending a user earns a pro-rated credit against later invoices.
  • Admins can export the workspace's issues as a CSV file.

Watch out for

  • No refund for cancelling mid-subscription, on monthly or yearly billing.
  • It renews by itself, and neither the terms nor the docs promise a reminder first.
  • Over 250 issues? Once the paid plan ends you can't create any more.
  • The terms let Linear delete a free account's data if it sits unused for a year or more.

Customer support

CGrade

Ordinary · checked Oct 12, 2026

You can write to Linear through a form or by email, and there's a Slack community and proper docs. But no page says when the team works or how quickly it replies. Priority support and an account manager are ticked for Enterprise only. That's the usual arrangement, so it's a C.

Ways to get help

  • Email

    The support page gives an email address as an alternative to its form.

    Stated on linear.app

  • Contact form or ticket

    A contact form for product questions, problem reports and feedback, with room to attach images or videos. It suggests logging in first so the team can help faster.

    Stated on linear.app

  • Account manager

    The pricing page's comparison table ticks an account manager for the Enterprise plan only.

    Stated on linear.app

  • Help centre

    Linear Docs, which cover each feature along with billing, exporting data and workspace administration, with separate docs for developers.

    Stated on linear.app

  • Community or forum

    A Slack community for connecting with other Linear users, linked from the contact page.

    Stated on linear.app

Not listed on Linear’s pages: live chat, phone.

When people answer

Its pages do not say.

How fast it says it replies

Its pages do not say.

What depends on your plan

The pricing page's comparison table ticks Priority support, an account manager and an uptime SLA for Enterprise only. Free, Basic and Business are ticked for none of the three.

Stated on linear.app

In your favour

  • There's a form and an email address, so you can pick how you write in.
  • The contact form takes screenshots and videos, which saves a round of back and forth.
  • The docs spell out billing, cancelling and exporting in plain terms.

Watch out for

  • No page says when support works or how fast it aims to reply.
  • Priority support is ticked for Enterprise only, so Basic and Business pay and still get the ordinary queue.
  • An account manager and an uptime SLA are Enterprise-only too.

What these two grades rest on. Read on 12 October 2026: Linear's terms of service, its docs on billing and plans, exporting data and workspaces, its pricing page, and its contact and support pages. Nobody here cancelled a plan or contacted its support. They are graded apart from the five that make the GPA. How we grade refunds and support.

Part 07 · Alternatives

The alternatives

The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side

Jira, ClickUp, Asana, Trello and monday.com

The 5 tools Linear is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.

  • 3.2GPA

    Jira

    Free plan · from $9.70/mo

    Issue and project tracking for software and business teams.

    • Only Linear lists macOS and Windows apps.
    • Jira also covers Gantt & timelines and workflow automation.
    Linear and Jira compared in full
  • 3.0GPA

    ClickUp

    Free plan · from $7/mo

    Work platform combining tasks, docs, chat and dashboards.

    • Only ClickUp lists a Linux app.
    • Only ClickUp lists a browser extension.
    • Linear also covers issue tracking.
    Linear and ClickUp compared in full
  • 3.0GPA

    Asana

    Free plan · from $10.99/mo

    Work management for projects, goals and cross-team workflows.

    • Linear also covers issue tracking.
    • Asana also covers Gantt & timelines, workflow automation and goals.
    Linear and Asana compared in full
  • 2.8GPA

    Trello

    Free plan · from $5/mo

    Kanban boards with an inbox, planner and built-in automation.

    • Linear also covers issue tracking.
    • Trello also covers calendar, Gantt & timelines and workflow automation.
    Linear and Trello compared in full
  • 2.8GPA

    monday.com

    Free plan · from $9/mo

    Board-based work management with automations and dashboards.

    • Linear also covers issue tracking.
    • monday.com also covers Gantt & timelines, workflow automation and time tracking.
    Linear and monday.com compared in full

Part 08 · Questions

Quick answers

The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two

19

Questions, each answered in a line or two

The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.

Is Linear free?

Linear has a free plan. Unlimited members, 2 teams and 250 issues, with the agent platform and Linear Agent included.

How much does Linear cost?

Linear lists 4 plans. Free: $0.

What platforms does Linear work on?

Linear is available on Web, macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.

Does Linear offer any discounts?

Linear publicly lists the following: 75% off for eligible charities; Free year for students, 75% off for staff; Up to 6 months of Business free for startups.

How is Linear rated?

Linear's iPhone and iPad app averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2,179 ratings on the App Store in the United States, as read on Oct 5, 2026.

Does Linear have a Linux app?

No Linux app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 4, 2026. Linear is listed for Web, macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.

Is Linear open source?

Linear is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 4, 2026.

Does Linear have an API?

Yes. Linear offers a public API, according to its own site.

What does Linear integrate with?

Linear's listing names GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Figma, Sentry, Zendesk, Intercom and Notion.

Does Linear have a student discount?

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.

Who makes Linear?

Linear is made by a company of the same name. Privately held.

What are the alternatives to Linear?

The closest alternatives to Linear in our directory are Jira, ClickUp, Asana, Trello and monday.com.

Does Linear give refunds?

The billing docs say there are no refunds for cancelling mid-subscription, and suggest starting on a monthly plan if you are unsure about a full year.

How do I cancel Linear?

Workspace admins cancel a subscription from Settings, then Administration, then Billing.

What happens to my data if I cancel Linear?

The terms say a cancelled subscription is downgraded to the free version, and the billing docs that nothing is deleted: a workspace with over 250 issues can no longer create new ones, and all members become admins.

How do I contact Linear support?

Linear's pages list these ways to get help: email, contact form or ticket, account manager, help centre and community or forum.

How does Linear compare with other project management tools?

Linear's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 64 of the 79 other project management tools we grade, and level with 8.

Is Linear good value for money?

ToolGPA grades Linear C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $10 a month for each person, against a middle price of $8 for the category: 49 of the 74 others that charge start lower.

Could I make my own version of Linear?

The plain part of Linear you could make: issue tracking, tasks and kanban boards.

Where this guide comes from

The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Linear’s own pages on Oct 4, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Based on Linear's home, pricing, features, download and docs pages as of 8 October 2026, its App Store reviews and Hacker News threads about it. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-02-27.

Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Linear. Prices change, so check linear.app before you buy.

Part 09 · About

About ToolGPA

Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

3,189

Tools graded, in 94 categories

ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.

Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.

  • 3,189

    tools graded

  • 94

    categories

  • 426

    price changes on record

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