Alternatives to Linear

The best Linear alternatives in 2026

Linear is built for software teams, and the people around them — design, marketing, clients — have little to do there. Some teams leave for a tracker they can shape, some for one the whole company can work in. Here are the tools they move to, what each costs ten people and what each is good at.

We make Tuff, so it comes first. The others are here on their merits, and some do things Tuff does not.

At a glance.

ToolFor 10 peopleGood for
Tuff$25 a month on Team, for the whole workspaceTeams where engineers work beside design, marketing and clients, and want chat and docs in the same project as the tasks.
Jira$97 a month on Standard, or free on the Free plan for up to 10 people — read on atlassian.com on 5 November 2026Large engineering organisations with set processes, and teams already on Atlassian.
GitHub Projects$40 a month on GitHub Team, though Issues and Projects are on the free plan too — read on github.com/pricing on 5 November 2026Engineering teams that already live in GitHub and want the plan beside the code.
Shortcut$100 a month on Team, or $85 billed yearly, and free for up to 10 people — read on shortcut.com/pricing on 5 November 2026Product and engineering teams that want something lighter than Jira.
Asana$134.90 a month on Starter — $222.40 with Slack Pro for chatTeams running many projects that depend on each other.
ClickUp$120 a month on Core, billed yearly, at its regular priceTeams that want to shape the tool to their own process.

Prices for ten people a month, from each tool’s own pricing page, read on 26 October 2026 unless it says otherwise. Tuff’s are per workspace, in US dollars, plus tax where it applies. All of Tuff’s plans

Each one.

  1. 1.Tuff

    Projects that hold their tasks, chat, docs and announcements together, with AI agents that work in them through MCP, and GitHub pull requests and issues kept on the tasks.

    Good for
    Teams where engineers work beside design, marketing and clients, and want chat and docs in the same project as the tasks.
    Falls short
    No calls, timelines or automations yet, and AI agents only on the paid plans.
    For 10 people
    $25 a month on Team, for the whole workspace
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  2. 2.Jira

    Issue tracking with Scrum and Kanban boards, workflows you define and a large marketplace of apps.

    Good for
    Large engineering organisations with set processes, and teams already on Atlassian.
    Falls short
    Heavy to set up and to use, with no chat of its own, and priced per person.
    For 10 people
    $97 a month on Standard, or free on the Free plan for up to 10 people — read on atlassian.com on 5 November 2026

  3. 3.GitHub Projects

    Issues and project boards in the same place as the code.

    Good for
    Engineering teams that already live in GitHub and want the plan beside the code.
    Falls short
    Made for code: designers, marketing and clients have little to do there, and there is no chat.
    For 10 people
    $40 a month on GitHub Team, though Issues and Projects are on the free plan too — read on github.com/pricing on 5 November 2026

  4. 4.Shortcut

    Stories, epics and iterations for software teams, with docs beside them.

    Good for
    Product and engineering teams that want something lighter than Jira.
    Falls short
    No chat, and priced per person.
    For 10 people
    $100 a month on Team, or $85 billed yearly, and free for up to 10 people — read on shortcut.com/pricing on 5 November 2026

  5. 5.Asana

    Tasks as lists, boards and timelines, with goals and portfolios above them.

    Good for
    Teams running many projects that depend on each other.
    Falls short
    No chat rooms, so most teams pay for Slack beside it, and it is priced per person.
    For 10 people
    $134.90 a month on Starter — $222.40 with Slack Pro for chat
    Tuff vs Asana

  6. 6.ClickUp

    Tasks, docs, chat and dashboards, nearly all of it configurable.

    Good for
    Teams that want to shape the tool to their own process.
    Falls short
    A lot to set up before the work starts, and priced per person.
    For 10 people
    $120 a month on Core, billed yearly, at its regular price
    Tuff vs ClickUp

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