Linear Pricing Plans 2026: History & Recent Changes

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Late 2025 price increase: Between October 7 and November 12, 2025, Linear raised Basic from $8 to $10 per user/month (+25%) and Business from $14 to $16 (+14.3%), billed annually. The free plan and plan names did not change. Verified against archived pricing pages.

Current Linear Pricing (October 2026)

Linear offers four plans. Prices shown are per member/month, billed annually, from linear.app/pricing.

Plan Price (annual) Members Key features
Free $0 Unlimited (2 teams, 250 issues) Core issue tracking, agent platform, Linear Agent
Basic $10/member Unlimited (5 teams) Unlimited issues and file uploads, admin roles
Business $16/member Unlimited (unlimited teams) Private teams, Triage Intelligence, Loops, Code Intelligence, Insights, Zendesk/Intercom integrations
Enterprise Custom Unlimited SAML/SCIM, invoice/PO billing, granular admin controls (annual billing only)

Prices verified October 8, 2026 against linear.app/pricing. Linear marks coding sessions and Loops as requiring AI credits, which are metered separately from the seat price. Get automatic alerts when Linear updates its pricing.

Linear Pricing History (2024 to 2026)

Per-seat price increase on both paid tiers Oct 7 to Nov 12, 2025
Linear's pricing page moved from the old rates to the new rates within this window. The archived page from October 7, 2025 still shows $8 and $14; the archived page from November 12, 2025 shows $10 and $16. No announcement banner or effective date was published on the page itself.
Basic (annual):$8/member→$10/member (+25%)
Business (annual):$14/member→$16/member (+14.3%)
Free plan:Unchanged (unlimited members, 2 teams, 250 issues)
Business tier price increase Between Jun 2024 and Jan 2025
The archived pricing page from June 3, 2024 shows Business at $12/member/month. By the January 7, 2025 archive it was $14. Basic stayed at $8 the whole time.
Business (annual):$12/member→$14/member (+16.7%)
AI features bundled into Business (packaging, not price) February to October 2026
Between the February 2026 and October 2026 archived pages, Business gained Linear Agent automations, Code Intelligence, and Loops. These features are footnoted as requiring AI credits (metered usage). Seat prices stayed at $10 and $16 the entire time.
Business additions:Loops, Code Intelligence (AI credits required)
Seat prices:No change in 2026

The 2025 Increase: What It Means for Buyers and Competitors

A flat $2 per seat increase looks small, but on Basic it is a 25% jump, the tier startups graduate to first. A 10-seat team on Basic now pays $1,200 per year instead of $960; a 50-seat team on Business pays $9,600 instead of $8,400.

For competing project management tools, a silent per-seat increase with no feature-gated drama is a renewal-season opening: teams reviewing invoices at 25% higher cost are receptive to comparisons, especially where Linear is one tool among several in the stack.

For buyers, the check is simple: confirm your invoice matches the published $10 or $16 per seat rate, right-size dormant seats, and watch the AI credits line if your team uses coding sessions or Loops.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does Linear have a free plan in 2026?

Yes. The free plan is $0 with unlimited members across up to 2 teams and 250 issues, and it has listed those same limits on every archived pricing page from June 2024 through October 1, 2026. Claims that the free plan was capped at 10 members are not supported by Linear's published pricing page. Paid plans start at Basic ($10/member/month annual).

Did Linear add a Scale tier?

No. Linear has published four plans continuously through this period: Free, Basic, Business, and Enterprise. There is no Scale, Starter, Pro, or Business+ tier on Linear's current pricing page.

How does Linear pricing compare to Jira?

Linear Basic is $10/member/month and Business is $16/member/month (annual billing). Jira sells Free, Standard, Premium, and Enterprise tiers with a free tier for small teams. See our Linear vs Jira vs Asana pricing comparison for the current side-by-side numbers.

Does Linear offer monthly billing?

The pricing page quotes annual-billing rates ($10 Basic, $16 Business). Earlier archived pages displayed a discount label next to the annual rate, implying a higher month-to-month price. Check the pricing page toggle for your region before assuming a monthly rate.

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