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    Linear reviews

    Issue tracking and project planning for product and engineering teams, with cycles, AI workflows and a free plan capped at 250 issues.

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    ToolTrim verdict3.6/ 5Average

    At $10/seat/month billed annually (about $120/seat/year), Basic is worth it once a team's issue count regularly exceeds the Free plan's 250-issue limit.

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    In practice. What you can do with Linear.

    Linear tracks issues in cycles and projects for product and engineering teams, with AI-powered workflows and agents, built-in analytics, and Linear Asks, a customer or workplace request intake that converts into actionable issues.

    The Free plan covers unlimited members but caps out at 2 teams and 250 total issues. Basic removes that cap at $10/seat/month (annual billing only), and Business at $16/seat/month adds Triage Intelligence, Loops, Code Intelligence and Insights, plus unlimited teams and guests. Both paid tiers publish annual-only pricing, with no monthly-billing option listed. It suits a small engineering or product team ready to move past a basic ticket tracker.

    Practical uses

    • Track engineering work in cycles and projects, moving beyond the Free plan's 250-issue cap once a team grows.
    • Let customers or teammates submit requests through Linear Asks and have them converted directly into actionable issues.

    Features & use cases

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    Pros and cons. What Linear does well, and what to expect.

    Pros

    • Basic plan removes the Free plan's 250-issue cap for a modest $10/seat/month (annual).
    • Business tier adds AI-assisted triage, code intelligence and analytics beyond core issue tracking.

    Cons

    • Free plan is capped at 250 total issues and 2 teams, tight for an active team.
    • Discounted per-seat pricing is only available with annual billing; no monthly rate is published.

    When it makes sense. Keep Linear, or challenge it?

    Keep if

    • Your team has outgrown the Free plan's 250-issue cap and wants cycles, planning and AI-assisted triage in one tool.
    Linear becomes worthwhile when
    • You use it at least once a week
    • The monthly cost ($10) is small next to the time it saves you

    Challenge if

    • You need monthly billing flexibility; both paid tiers publish annual-only rates.
    Linear becomes too expensive when
    • You use it less than once a month
    • A simple free version or a tool already in your stack would do

    Our verdict. What to know about Linear.

    Why this verdict

    Average

    Added value

    Basic runs $10/seat/month billed annually for unlimited issues and file uploads across 5 teams, reasonable for a small team outgrowing the Free plan's 250-issue cap.

    Simplicity

    Neutral score: time and skill needed to get a first useful result are not covered by the collected sources.

    Fit for purpose

    Delivers issue tracking with cycles, project/initiative planning, built-in analytics, and customer/workplace request intake (Linear Asks) that converts into actionable issues, as advertised.

    Performance

    Business tier adds Triage Intelligence, Loops, Code Intelligence and Insights on top of core issue tracking, extending well past a basic ticket tracker.

    Reversibility

    Neutral score: export or portability of issues and history if leaving Linear is not covered by the collected sources.

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