Linear Pricing 2026: Plans, Pros & Cons

Overview

Linear is an issue tracking and project planning tool for software product teams, founded in 2019 by Karri Saarinen, Jori Lallo and Tuomas Artman. Its team is distributed across North America and Europe, it is backed by investors including Accel and Sequoia, and it describes itself as the tool of choice for more than 50,000 companies, naming OpenAI, Coinbase and Ramp among them^[21].

Linear organises work into teams and issues, with triage for incoming requests and releases for shipping. Its plans include an agent platform with the Linear Agent, MCP access and an API and webhooks even on Free. Business adds private teams and guests, Triage Intelligence, Code Intelligence, Linear Insights analytics, Linear Asks request intake, Zendesk and Intercom integrations, issue SLAs and release pipelines^[20].

Linear’s workflow is deliberately opinionated, which reduces configuration but suits non-engineering teams less well than general work management tools. The Free plan is limited to 250 issues and two teams, and SAML, SCIM and audit logs require Enterprise, which is billed annually only^[20].

Linear features

Unlimited members on every plan
Triage with Triage Intelligence (Business)
Linear Agent and MCP access on all plans
API and webhooks on Free
Issue SLAs and release pipelines
SAML, SCIM and audit log on Enterprise

Linear pricing

Free: 250 issues, 2 teams, unlimited members. Basic: US$10/user/month billed yearly, 5 teams. Business: US$16/user/month billed yearly, unlimited teams. Enterprise: quote-based, annual only.