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Linear vs Productboard

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 Productboard if pMs who will stay on Free at $0 (50 Spark credits / month) while they open a first Features grid, then Plus at $19/maker/month yearly ($25 monthly) when they need 250 credits / maker — not

Linear

Linear

hosted issue-review desk

Best for

Linear PRs you review beside issues at $0

Productboard A features grid you start at a public $

Free plan

Linear $0 · free for everyone. Unlimited members. 2 teams. 250 issues. Agent platform / Linear Agent on the Free card

Productboard $0 · monthly and $0 annual. 50 credits / month, pooled across the workspace

Lowest paid

Linear Basic $10

Productboard Credit top-ups $5/mo

Next step up

Linear Business $16

Productboard Plus $25/mo

Coding agent

Linear Codex

Productboard

Runs where

Linear Hosted

Productboard Hosted

Watch out

Linear Free caps at 250 issues and 2 teams

Productboard The $19 / $59 annual cells are per maker / month

Last checked

Linear 2026-10-23 · linear.app/pricing

Productboard 2026-10-23 · support.productboard.com/hc/en-us/articles

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

Pick Productboard if

pMs who will stay on Free at $0 (50 Spark credits / month) while they open a first Features grid, then Plus at $19/maker/month yearly ($25 monthly) when they need 250 credits / maker — not Business $59 yearly unless they need 500 credits / maker.

Read the Productboard page

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