Pick GitLab if
teams who will stay on Free at $0 (5 users, 400 minutes) while they open a first pipeline graph, then Premium at $29/user/month billed yearly when they need unlimited licensed users and 10,000 compute minutes.
Read the GitLab pageGitLab vs Linear
Our take
Pick GitLab if teams who will stay on Free at $0 (5 users, 400 minutes) while they open a first pipeline graph, then Premium at $29/user/month billed yearly when they need unlimited licensed users and 10,000 compute minutes. Pick Linear if product / 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 /
Best for
GitLab A DevSecOps pipeline you start at $0
Linear PRs you review beside issues at $0
Free plan
GitLab $0 · per user/month. No credit card. 5 users per top-level group. 400 compute minutes / month. 10 GiB storage. SCM + CI/CD. SAST. GitLab Credits are an add-on for Duo
Linear $0 · free for everyone. Unlimited members. 2 teams. 250 issues. Agent platform / Linear Agent on the Free card
Lowest paid
GitLab GitLab Credits $1
Linear Basic $10
Next step up
GitLab Premium $29/user/mo yearly
Linear Business $16
Coding agent
GitLab
Linear Codex
Runs where
GitLab Hosted
Linear Hosted
Watch out
GitLab Free is 5 users and 400 minutes
Linear Free caps at 250 issues and 2 teams
Last checked
GitLab 2026-10-23 · about.gitlab.com/pricing
Linear 2026-10-23 · linear.app/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Linear if
product / 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