Choosing a Linear plan comes down to a few practical constraints: how many teams and issues you need, whether you need private collaboration or reporting, and what administrative controls your organization requires.
Start by checking your team count, issue volume, and upload needs against the plan limits below. Then look at the features that match your workflow. The listed prices for Basic and Business are per user per month with yearly billing; Enterprise pricing is custom and billed annually.
Start with plan limits and listed prices
| Plan | Listed price | Teams and issues | File uploads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 2 teams; 250 issues | 10MB |
| Basic | $10 per user per month, billed yearly | 5 teams; unlimited issues | Unlimited |
| Business | $16 per user per month, billed yearly | Unlimited teams and issues | Unlimited |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing; annual billing only | Unlimited teams and issues | Unlimited |
All four plans list unlimited members. Basic and Business prices are per-user rates billed yearly, so account for the number of users when estimating the plan cost.
Match your workflow to the features
Free: work within the caps
Free costs $0 and supports up to 2 teams and 250 issues, with a 10MB file-upload limit. It includes core issues, projects, cycles, initiatives, API and webhook access, import and export, admin roles, and the agent platform.
Free may fit a small team whose work stays within those limits. It does not include guided reviews, private teams, or Insights.
Basic: remove the issue cap and add teams
Basic costs $10 per user per month when billed yearly. It raises the team limit to 5, removes the issue limit, and includes unlimited file uploads, guided reviews, and third-party app management.
Basic is the step up when Free’s team or issue limits no longer fit. It does not include Business features such as issue SLAs, private teams, or Insights.
Business: add private collaboration and triage
Business costs $16 per user per month when billed yearly and includes unlimited teams and issues. Its features include private teams, guest accounts, Insights, issue SLAs, triage responsibility, triage rules, and Linear Asks intake through Slack and email.
Business also lists support integrations and up to 15 release pipelines. Dashboards, sub-initiatives, and advanced organization controls are listed at the Enterprise tier.
Enterprise: check administration, security, and support requirements
Enterprise uses custom pricing and annual billing only. It includes Business features plus invoice and purchase-order billing, SAML and SCIM, granular administration, advanced organization modeling, migration and onboarding support, priority support, and account management.
Other features listed at this tier include dashboards, web-form intake, multiple Slack workspaces, private Slack channels, audit logs, IP restrictions, domain claiming, HIPAA compliance, custom terms, and an uptime SLA. Enterprise pricing and terms are organization-specific.
Check feature availability across plans
Core project functions and several agent-related features appear across all plans. Private collaboration, reporting, and advanced administration are tiered.
| Feature | Free | Basic | Business | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Members | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Agent platform, MCP access, and Linear Agent | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Guided reviews | Not included | Included | Included | Included |
| Private teams and guest accounts | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
| Insights | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
| Dashboards | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
| SCIM provisioning and audit log | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
Linear lists its MCP access, Agent platform, Linear Agent, and progress reports across all plans. Cloud coding agent and Loops require AI credits; their availability in a plan does not mean usage is included without credits.
Use a short plan-selection check
- Count teams and issues. Free is limited to 2 teams and 250 issues; Basic allows 5 teams and unlimited issues; Business and Enterprise allow unlimited teams and issues.
- Check upload needs. Free has a 10MB file-upload limit. Paid plans list unlimited uploads.
- Identify workflow requirements. Guided reviews start with Basic. Private teams, guest accounts, Insights, and advanced triage features start with Business.
- Review organization requirements. Enterprise is the tier to examine for dashboards, advanced administration, expanded security features, and enterprise support.
- Account for billing. Basic and Business list per-user monthly rates billed yearly. Enterprise has custom pricing and annual billing only.
Choose Free if its caps are sufficient, Basic if you need more than 2 teams or unlimited issues and uploads, Business if you need private collaboration or its reporting and triage features, and Enterprise if your organization requires its controls, security options, or support.
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