How much does Linear actually cost?

Linear Basic costs $10 per user per month billed annually, which is $1,200 a year for a team of 10. There is a free plan, limited by usage rather than headcount: unlimited members, but capped at 250 issues, 2 teams and 10 mb uploads.

List prices read from Linear on August 2, 2026.

Linear plans and prices

PlanBilled annuallyBilled monthly
Free

250 issues, 2 teams.

FreeFree
Basic

Unlimited issues, 5 teams.

$10.00/seat/moNot published
Business

Unlimited teams, insights.

$16.00/seat/moNot published
Enterprise

Custom, annual only.

Not publishedNot published
Magnifi

Free up to 5 seats. No minimums, no seat blocks.

$2.50/seat/mo$3.00/seat/mo

What it costs for your team

Annual totals at the prices above, including seat minimums and seat blocks where the vendor uses them.

10

Annual billing where the vendor publishes it. Drag to match your team.

Linear Basic$1,200/yr

Unlimited issues, 5 teams.

Linear Business$1,920/yr

Unlimited teams, insights.

Linear EnterpriseNot published

Custom pricing — not published

Magnifi$300/yr

$30 per seat per year, no minimums, no seat blocks

At 10 seats, moving from Linear Basic to Magnifi saves $900 a year75% of the bill.

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What the sticker price leaves out

The gap between a quoted per-seat price and an actual invoice, itemised.

01

The free plan runs out of issues, not people

250 issues sounds generous until you notice it counts everything you have ever created, archived items included. Active teams hit it in a couple of months and the whole workspace goes read-only for new work.

02

Monthly rates are not published

Linear's pricing page lists annual per-seat figures only. If you need month-to-month flexibility you will not know the premium until you are in the billing flow.

03

AI features draw down separately billed credits

Coding sessions and Loops consume AI credits on top of the seat price, so the per-seat number is a floor rather than a total for teams that use them.

When Linear is worth the money

You are a software team that values speed and opinionated defaults over configurability, and everyone touching the tool is an engineer. Linear is excellent at what it does. It is a poor fit the moment non-engineers need to live in it.

And when it is not: a team of 10 pays $1,200 a year for Linear Basic against $300 for Magnifi. Same tasks, boards, timelines and docs — $900 a year of difference.

Linear pricing questions

How much does Linear cost per user?

Basic is $10 per user per month billed annually and Business is $16. Linear does not publish month-to-month per-seat rates on its pricing page.

Is Linear free?

There is a free tier with unlimited members, but it is capped at 250 issues total and 2 teams. The cap is on issues rather than seats, so it is the amount of work you track that ends the free plan, not the size of your team.

How much does Linear cost for a team of 10?

Ten seats on Basic is $100 per month, or $1,200 a year, billed annually.