How much does Linear cost in 2026?
Quick Answer: Linear pricing 2026: Free up to 250 issues and 10 users; Standard $8/user/month; Business $14/user/month; Enterprise custom. All paid plans include unlimited issues, projects, cycles, and the GraphQL API.
Linear pricing is per-user across three published tiers plus a custom enterprise tier. Pricing has held steady through 2024-2026 despite the Series C and customer growth.
Plans and pricing (verified 2026-05-05)
| Plan | Price | Issues | Users | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 250 | 10 | Yes |
| Standard | $8/user/month (annual, $10 monthly) | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes |
| Business | $14/user/month (annual, $16 monthly) | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes + advanced |
| Enterprise | Custom | Unlimited | Unlimited | Yes + SAML, audit log |
What each tier adds
- Free: Core issue tracking, projects, cycles, GitHub integration, GraphQL API, 250 issues and 10 users limit. No retention limit on existing issues.
- Standard: Removes issue and user limits, adds private teams, custom views, Slack integration, asks, sub-issues, file uploads.
- Business: Adds Linear Insights (advanced reporting), Linear Asks Pro (custom forms with conditional logic), priority support, and unlimited project history.
- Enterprise: Adds SAML SSO, audit logs, advanced security policies, dedicated support, and contractual SLAs. Pricing is custom and typically begins around $40/user/month for organisations with 200+ seats.
Free trial
A 14-day free trial of Standard or Business is available for any new workspace. No credit card is required.
Discounts
Annual billing saves 20% versus monthly billing. There are no published volume discounts for Standard or Business. Linear offers a free Standard plan to qualifying nonprofits and to early-stage startups that participate in YC, Techstars, or similar accelerators.
Self-hosting
Linear is cloud-only. There is no self-hosted offering as of 2026. Customers requiring on-prem deployment typically choose Jira Data Center, GitLab Issues, or self-hosted alternatives like Plane.
What's not included
Linear does not bundle time tracking, invoicing, or resource forecasting. Common add-ons include Toggl Track, Harvest, or Float for those workflows, integrated via the API.
Comparison to alternatives
For a 50-engineer team:
- Linear Standard: $400/month
- Linear Business: $700/month
- Jira Standard: $375/month
- Jira Premium: $750/month
- Shortcut Standard: $425/month
- ClickUp Business: $600/month
Linear is competitive on price with these alternatives at engineering scale. The product differentiation is performance and opinionated design rather than price.