Jira vs Linear

Pick Jira if your team runs sprints and tickets and wants the tracker most engineering teams already know, free while small. Pick Linear if you are a product and engineering team that wants a fast tracker with cycles, roadmaps and one good default way of working. Jira is free for up to 10 users and Standard is $8.48 per user a month; Linear is free for unlimited members, 2 teams and 250 issues, and Basic is $10 per user a month.

Jira

Atlassian

Atlassian's project and issue tracker for software and business teams.

Pick it when

A team that wants the common tool, free while small

For

A team that runs sprints and tickets and wants the tracker most engineering teams already know.

What it costs

Free for up to 10 users; Standard $8.48 per user a month; Premium $15.56 per user a month; Enterprise on request

Read from atlassian.com on 10 November 2026

Free forever for up to 10 users

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Linear

A project and issue tracker for software teams, with cycles, roadmaps and agents.

Pick it when

A small team that wants a free plan

For

A product and engineering team that wants a fast tracker with one good default way of working.

What it costs

Free $0; Basic $10 per user a month; Business $16 per user a month, billed yearly; Enterprise on request

Read from linear.app on 10 November 2026

Free for everyone: unlimited members, 2 teams and 250 issues

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Every pick in product management

Write the roadmap as Now, Next and Later, each item a customer problem, and re-decide it every cycle; keep a PRD to a few pages.

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