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.
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Our take
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. Pick Plane if eng teams who will stay on Free $0 (12 users, work items / cycles / modules / pages / intake, no card) while they file a first issue, then buy Pro at $8/user/month ($6 annual) when they need types,
Best for
Linear PRs you review beside issues at $0
Plane Issues you start at $0
Free plan
Linear $0 · free for everyone. Unlimited members. 2 teams. 250 issues. Agent platform / Linear Agent on the Free card
Plane $0 · 12 users. Projects, work items, cycles, modules, layouts, intake, estimates, project pages. Basic views. Jira / Linear / Asana / ClickUp / CSV importers
Lowest paid
Linear Basic $10
Plane Pro $8/user/mo
Next step up
Linear Business $16
Plane Business $15/user/mo
Coding agent
Linear Codex
Plane
Runs where
Linear Hosted
Plane Local; you host it
Watch out
Linear Free caps at 250 issues and 2 teams
Plane Free is 12 users
Last checked
Linear 2026-10-23 · linear.app/pricing
Plane 2026-10-22 · plane.so/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Plane if
eng teams who will stay on Free $0 (12 users, work items / cycles / modules / pages / intake, no card) while they file a first issue, then buy Pro at $8/user/month ($6 annual) when they need types, wiki, time tracking, and 500 AI credits.
Read the Plane page