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Competitive comparison

PlanMagnet vs Linear

Fast, minimal engineering PM — by design.

Linear is the modern, opinionated issue tracker for high-performing software teams. It prioritises speed, keyboard-driven workflows, and clean design, but deliberately leaves out product-management depth.

About Linear

High-level profile and where it fits.

Founded
2019
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Market
18,000+ customers; $100M ARR; profitable

Strengths

  • Fastest, most polished issue-tracking UX
  • Strong developer brand and social proof
  • Modern GraphQL API and MCP server
  • Linear Plan for lightweight roadmapping

Weaknesses

  • No feedback inbox, spec editor, or versioned releases
  • No capacity or workforce planning
  • OKRs are lightweight objectives, not a full framework
  • Limited compliance depth (SOC 2 only, US-hosted)

Ideal for

  • SSoftware startups and scale-ups that value speed over breadth
  • EEngineering teams with minimal product-management needs
  • TTeams that pair Linear with Notion/Confluence for docs

Feature comparison

PlanMagnet capabilities marked Planned are spec-defined and on our committed roadmap — they do not ship today.

CapabilityPlanMagnetLinear
Unified issues → sprints → roadmaps → releases One workspaceOne workspace Engineering-scoped; PM depth outsourcedEngineering-scoped; PM depth outsourced
Agile execution StrongNative Scrum/Kanban StrongStrong cycles/boards
Roadmap live-link to tasks StrongNative — partial live-link Linear Plan (status-driven)Linear Plan (status-driven)
Feedback inbox Built-inBuilt-in MissingNot offered
Specs & docs Planned — in-platformPlanned — in-platform MissingNot offered
Capacity planning Available — CrewFoundry integration (sprint-level)Available — CrewFoundry integration (sprint-level) WIP limits onlyWIP limits only
AI assistance Planned — scopedPlanned — scoped Linear Agent + Triage IntelligenceLinear Agent + Triage Intelligence
Compliance Inherited RBAC/SSO; cert pendingInherited RBAC/SSO; cert pending SOC 2; US-onlySOC 2; US-only

Pricing comparison

Public list prices as of 2026-07. Re-verify before publishing externally.

PlanMagnet

Viewers & commenters are always free.

Free$0
  • 10 editors
  • 3 projects
  • 2 boards
  • 1 sprint
  • 1 roadmap
Pro$9/editor/mo
  • Unlimited projects/boards/sprints
  • Custom fields & workflows
  • Automation (limited)
Business$16/editor/mo
  • Portfolios & programs
  • Dependencies & risk/quality
  • Budgets & dashboards
EnterpriseCustom
  • SSO/SCIM
  • Audit & data residency
  • Dedicated tenant / self-host

Linear

Paid plans are per user; viewers and guests require Business or Enterprise.

Free$0
  • Unlimited members
  • 2 teams
  • 250 issues
  • Linear Agent
Basic$10/user/mo
  • 5 teams
  • Unlimited issues
  • Admin roles
Business$16/user/mo
  • Unlimited teams
  • Guests
  • Triage Intelligence
  • Linear Insights
  • Zendesk/Intercom
EnterpriseCustom
  • SAML/SCIM
  • Advanced org modeling
  • Priority support
Why teams choose PlanMagnet

How PlanMagnet wins vs Linear

  • Adds the product-management surface Linear skips: a feedback inbox with voting and priority scoring, plus versioned releases (both shipped). A spec editor and OKRs are on the roadmap
  • Portfolio, program, risk, quality-gate, budget, and time-tracking layers for multi-team delivery — all shipped
  • One-click import from Linear — also Jira, Asana, GitHub, and Trello — makes switching low-risk (shipped)
  • Free viewers on every tier and regional pricing including native INR
  • Sprint-level capacity planning via CrewFoundry is now live
Where we are still catching up

Honest concessions

  • Linear is already shipped, profitable, and loved for speed
  • Native mobile apps are ahead of PlanMagnet’s web-first launch
  • PlanMagnet must match Linear’s performance to compete

Get Linear’s speed plus the product-management depth it leaves out.

Plan, build, and ship in one connected workspace — start on the free plan today.