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 Shortcut if small teams who will use the 14-day trial, then stay on Free at $0 (10 users, 1 workflow) while they open a first Daily Standup board, then Team at $8.50/user/month when they need WIP limits /
Best for
Linear PRs you review beside issues at $0
Shortcut A stories board 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
Shortcut $0 · / user / month. 10 users, 1 team, 1 workflow, 1 workspace, 5G storage. Kanban, roadmap, reports, iterations, docs, GitHub / Slack / Figma
Lowest paid
Linear Basic $10
Shortcut Team $8.50
Next step up
Linear Business $16
Shortcut Business $12
Coding agent
Linear Codex
Shortcut
Runs where
Linear Hosted
Shortcut Hosted
Watch out
Linear Free caps at 250 issues and 2 teams
Shortcut WIP MAX is a Team feature
Last checked
Linear 2026-10-23 · linear.app/pricing
Shortcut 2026-10-23 · shortcut.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Shortcut if
small teams who will use the 14-day trial, then stay on Free at $0 (10 users, 1 workflow) while they open a first Daily Standup board, then Team at $8.50/user/month when they need WIP limits / automations — not Business $12 first unless they need unlimited workflows / OKRs, and not Enterprise unless they need SSO / SCIM.
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