--- description: Review of Linear Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Linear | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice AU --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Product Roadmap Software](/directory/4554/product-roadmap/software) > [Linear](/software/524860/Linear) # Linear Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/524860/Linear > Linear is a product development platform designed for teams focused on efficient workflows. It supports teams in managing tasks from planning to deployment. The platform includes AI-powered tools that assist with tasks such as converting customer feedback into actionable issues and prioritizing work items. Features include strategic roadmaps, product initiative management, and visual timelines for tracking progress from concept to launch. Linear also offers integrated code review capabilities, enabling teams to review both human and AI-generated code changes in one environment. Progress tracking is supported through project updates, summaries, and analytics dashboards that monitor metrics such as cycle time and issue counts. The system provides an issue management framework with customizable statuses, labels, and priorities, organized through cycles for iteration management. It supports mobile access for teams working across various devices and locations. > > Verdict: Rated **4.3/5** by 4 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.3/5** | 4 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Linear - **Founded**: 2019 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: USD 12.00 - **Pricing model**: Per User (Free version available) - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200 - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Collaboration Tools - Gantt/Timeline View - Ideation - Issue Tracking - Lifecycle Management - Planning Tools - Prioritization - Product Data Management - Product Lifecycle Management - Product Roadmapping - Project Management - Project Templates - Requirements Management ## Integrations (8 total) - Fillout - Fivetran - GitHub - GitLab - Jira - Raycast - Slack - Zapier ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk ## Category - [Product Roadmap Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4554/product-roadmap/software) ## Related Categories - [Product Roadmap Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4554/product-roadmap/software) - [Product Lifecycle Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/444/product-lifecycle-management/software) - [Product Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/3493/product-management/software) - [Bug Tracking Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4721/bug-tracking/software) ## Reviews ### "Left Jira for Linear - Faster, Sharper, With One Real Tradeoff" — 4.0/5 > **Digvijay S** | *28 June 2026* | Insurance | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: \*UI/UX and product opinion: Linear has a clear point of view about how teams should work, and it shows. Pages load instantly, keyboard shortcuts are consistent, and the tool gets out of the way of the work instead of demanding ceremony. \* Built for immediate, shippable focus: Cycles are deliberately minimal -set a length, a goal, add issues, ship. For a tightly-scoped four-week push, that lack of overhead is exactly right. \* Roadmap view: Create projects, set target dates, and you get a clean timeline in about ten minutes - no consultant required, unlike Jira's Advanced Roadmaps. > > **Cons**: \* Design to Engg. handoff or cross-discipline epics can be a limitation. Linear shines for a single team on a tight horizon, but for EPICs spanning multiple quarters and several pods/disciplines, the product thins out. It handles a single product team or 5–10 teams well, but cross-team dependencies and resource allocation across quarters are things Linear doesn't try to do. Its roadmaps start to struggle once you have complex cross-team dependencies that need Gantt-style visualization. \* Linear's user roles/permissions is deliberately minimal so that there's no fine-grained action-level permission control. For e.g., you can't scope "who's allowed to mark a task done" to a specific role the way you might want for a multi-pod epic with formal sign-off > > For our context - ship something real, fast, with a small focused team - Linear is clearly the right move. The speed and product opinion alone justified leaving Jira's configuration sprawl behind. The honest caveat is scope: the moment work stretched into multi-quarter, multi-pod epics with heavy design-engineering handoff, we felt Linear's deliberate simplicity as a constraint rather than a feature. If your work is project-shaped and near-term, it's excellent. If it's portfolio-shaped and long-horizon, you'll want to pair it with something heavier - or accept that handoff context lives outside the tool like we did. ----- ### "Linear keeps project moving forward" — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *21 July 2025* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Linear helps our team stay aligned on assignments, prioritize tasks effectively, and maintain visibility across projects — reducing bottlenecks and helping us navigate inevitable delays. It enables more focused, productive use of everyone’s time. > > **Cons**: I sometimes wish I could order by different criteria, like latest added, due date, etc. But overall, it doesn't impact productivity. > > We first started using Linear after using Jira for a few years. We switched to Confluence as Linear offered a simpler experience, as it wasn't trying to do everything and just seemed more focused. ----- ### "Intuitiveness & Simplicity makes linear a great value for startups" — 4.0/5 > **NAYAN** | *8 March 2025* | Banking | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: I like the great user interface \& all the available integrations with linear > > **Cons**: The simplicity or lack of features is a downside > > Overall, I love it as it's easy to use \& faster way of tracking compared to others in the market ----- ### "A solid project management tool" — 5.0/5 > **Vik** | *22 February 2025* | Financial Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Very simple product to use with powerful project management functionality \& great integrations. > > **Cons**: Would be nice if they launched more AI functionality to help clean up messy tickets \& projects. > > Overall linear has become an integral part of our team's workflow. The integration with slack makes it easy for even our non-technical people to use. ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/524860/Linear) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data