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Linear pricing
Linear publishes 4 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- Free, then $10/month
- Model
- Not recorded
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Yes
Linear plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 5 | Entry tier |
| Basic | $10/month | 4 | +$10/month, 4 more features |
| Business | $16/month | 6 | +$6/month, 6 more features |
| Enterprise | On request | 5 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers unlimited members, 2 teams, 250 issues, agent platform, linear agent.
Basic
$10/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- 5 teams
- Unlimited issues
- Unlimited file uploads
- Admin roles
Business
$16/monthOver Basic, this tier adds:
- Unlimited teams
- Private teams/guests
- Triage Intelligence
- Code Intelligence (beta)
- Insights
- Asks
Enterprise
On requestOver Business, this tier adds:
- SAML/SCIM
- Granular admin controls
- Invoice/PO billing
- Migration support
- Account manager
Where Linear stops being free
Free, Free
- Unlimited members
- 2 teams
- 250 issues
- Agent platform
- Linear Agent
Basic, $10/month
The first thing you pay for:
- 5 teams
- Unlimited issues
- Unlimited file uploads
- Admin roles
What the product covers
The full Linear feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Fast, real-time sync
- Keyboard-first design
- Automatic issue tracking
- Cycles (sprints)
- Projects & milestones
- Custom workflows
- API & webhooks
- Built-in roadmaps
Integrations
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Slack
- Discord
- Figma
- Sentry
- PagerDuty
- Zapier
Security
- SOC2
- GDPR
- 2FA
- SSO
Deployment
- Cloud deployment
Platform
- Web support
- Macos support
- Ios support
- Api support
Localization
- English language support
People bring Linear in for issue management and triage, converting customer feedback into prioritized issues, strategic planning via initiatives, roadmaps, and prds from idea to launch, agent-assisted development, with agents drafting docs and submitting pull requests, code review with structural diffs for human and agent output, progress monitoring via dashboards tracking cycle times and project health. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Linear are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Technology
Across the 5 technology tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $35/month. Linear starts at $10/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linear (this page) | Free, then $10/month | - | - | |
| Checkmk | On request | subscription | - | vs Linear |
| Asana | Free, then $10.99/month | - | - | vs Linear |
| Amplitude | Free, then $49/month | - | - | vs Linear |
| Apache Spark | Free | open-source | - | vs Linear |
| Attio | $29/month | subscription | - | vs Linear |
| Aha! | $59/month | - | - | vs Linear |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Linear badges page.
Before you pay for Linear
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 4 tiers between Free and On request, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Linear runs on web, ios, android, macos, windows, and is published by Linear Orbit Inc of San Francisco, CA. The full record is on the Linear review, and the rest of the category is under best technology tools.
Linear pricing questions
- How much does Linear cost?
- Linear publishes 4 tiers, from Free for Free up to On request for Enterprise. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Linear have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers unlimited members, 2 teams, 250 issues. Paying starts at $10/month for Basic.
- What is the difference between Free and Basic on Linear?
- Basic costs $10/month against Free, and adds 5 teams, unlimited issues, unlimited file uploads, admin roles.
- Is the Enterprise plan on Linear worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is saml/scim, granular admin controls, invoice/po billing, migration support. It costs On request against $10/month for Basic. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Linear expensive for a technology tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 5 technology tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $35/month; Linear starts at $10/month.
- Which technology tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 technology tools listed alongside Linear have a free tier: Asana, Amplitude, Apache Spark, Apache Hadoop, Auth0.
- What am I actually paying for with Linear?
- The record lists 26 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for issue management and triage, converting customer feedback into prioritized issues, strategic planning via initiatives, roadmaps, and prds from idea to launch, agent-assisted development, with agents drafting docs and submitting pull requests.
- Does Linear charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Linear prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Linear against before paying?
- The closest technology tools in this directory are Checkmk, Asana, Amplitude, Apache Spark. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Linear covering price, platforms and features.