#2 in Project & Work ManagementUpdated 2026-08

Linear

by Linear · Issue tracking, planning and agent workflows for product teams

81.6 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Linear is an issue tracker and product planning tool covering triage, projects, initiatives, cycles and documents. Conversations and customer feedback are turned into issues that are routed, labelled and prioritised, then tracked through to code review using structural diffs inside Linear. AI agents can be assigned issues alongside people, and dashboards report progress.

Best for: Product and engineering teams planning and building software with AI agents in the loop.
Pricing: Free plan at $0, then $10 per user/month for Basic and $16 per user/month for Business, both billed yearly; Enterprise is custom-priced with annual billing only.
Runs on: WebiOSAndroidmacOS

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Free plan includes the agent platform and Linear Agent
Unlimited members on every plan, including the free one
Code review with structural diffs happens inside Linear
Issues, projects, cycles and initiatives in one tool

Trade-offs

Free plan capped at 250 issues, 2 teams and 10MB uploads
Coding sessions and Loops require AI credits on top of the plan
SAML, SCIM, audit log and HIPAA compliance are Enterprise-only
Only yearly-billed rates are published; no monthly rate shown

Pricing

Published plans from Linear’s own pricing page, in USD. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

Linear pricing tiers, monthly and annual rates in USD
Plan	Monthly	Annual (per month)	Includes
Free	—per user	—	Unlimited members, 2 teams, 250 issues 10MB file upload limit Agent platform and Linear Agent
Basic	—per user/month	$10	All Free features 5 teams, unlimited issues Unlimited file uploads Admin roles
Business	—per user/month	$16	All Basic features, unlimited teams Private teams and guests, Triage Intelligence, Loops Linear Insights, Linear Asks, Code Intelligence (beta) Zendesk and Intercom integrations
Enterprise	Contact sales	—	All Business features, annual billing only SAML and SCIM, granular admin controls Invoice/PO billing, advanced org modelling Migration and onboarding support, priority support

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 80 out of 100
API quality: 75 out of 100
Documentation: 80 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 82 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 100 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 65 out of 100
Operational trust: 70 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 60 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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