Our take
Pick Basecamp if small teams who will stay on Personal (1 project, up to 3 people) at $0 while they open a first Kiln board, then Freelancer at $29/month when they need 3 projects / 5 users — not Pro $79 first unless they need 8 projects / templates, and not Pro Unlimited $199 unless they need unlimited users. Pick Linear if product / eng teams who will stay on Free at $0 (unlimited members, 2 teams, 250 issues)
Best for
Basecamp One project board you start at a public $
Linear PRs you review beside issues at $0
Free plan
Basecamp $0 · $29/month. 3 projects, 10 GB, up to 5 users. No multiple tools per project / templates / time tracking
Linear $0 · free for everyone. Unlimited members. 2 teams. 250 issues. Agent platform / Linear Agent on the Free card
Lowest paid
Basecamp Pro $79/mo
Linear Basic $10
Next step up
Basecamp Pro Plus $99/mo
Linear Business $16
Coding agent
Basecamp
Linear Codex
Runs where
Basecamp
Linear Hosted
Watch out
Basecamp Personal is one live project
Linear Free caps at 250 issues and 2 teams
Last checked
Basecamp 2026-10-23 · basecamp.com/pricing
Linear 2026-10-23 · linear.app/pricing
small teams who will stay on Personal (1 project, up to 3 people) at $0 while they open a first Kiln board, then Freelancer at $29/month when they need 3 projects / 5 users — not Pro $79 first unless they need 8 projects / templates, and not Pro Unlimited $199 unless they need unlimited users.
Read the Basecamp pageproduct / eng teams who will stay on Free at $0 (unlimited members, 2 teams, 250 issues) while they open a first review, then buy Basic at $10 / user / month or Business at $16 / user / month.
Read the Linear page
