PLANE VS LINEAR
Switch from Linear
Keep your shortcuts and instant UI. And then add custom fields to work items, Pages, Intake, Analytics, and sovereignty in one workspace.
Keep your shortcuts and instant UI. And then add custom fields to work items, Pages, Intake, Analytics, and sovereignty in one workspace.
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Speed | Sub-second actions on large boards and complex filters | Fast, keyboard‑first UX for EPD teams. |
Setup | One workspace across Product, Design, Marketing, Ops, and CS. | Quick for Product and Engineering; other teams use parallel tools. |
Usability | Cross-functional. Pages and Issues stay within the same context window. | Minimal, heavily opinionated for software. |
Structure | Intuitive with Workspaces → Projects → Work items | Teams → Projects/Initiatives → Issues; Cycles. Issue to over-configure. |
Visibility | Cross-team views and reports stay aligned because schemas are shared. | Good team views. Portfolio views vary by setup. |
Docs | Full-function Pages and Wiki. Turn notes into work items inline. Keep knowledge next to work. | Lightweight Docs for specs. Customers have a separate tool for Wiki. |
AI and Automation | Rules and AI across work items, pages, and Intake, all native. | Basic rules and AI assists available. |
Cost to scale | TCO is much lower and reduces further as you go over 500 seats, no unpredictable costs for add-ons | TCO is much higher and add-ons add up quickly at scale |
Deployment options | Cloud, self-hosted, and air-gapped, open-source | Cloud only |
Move off Linear with a controlled import that brings teams, projects, issues, cycles,
comments, and files into Plane while Linear stays reference-only during cutover.
Most teams finish a first dry run in under three hours; larger workspaces pilot a few projects, then migrate the rest over 3-7 days
Connect. Map. Import. Go live.
Authenticate, select teams or projects, choose scope.
Pages, Wiki, Intake and Approvals bring non-engineering teams into one system so specs, requests and delivery stay together and not in Notion, Docs or forms.
Run the same product on cloud, self-host or fully air-gapped so security and residency approvals pass.
Docs, roadmaps, Analytics and Automations are included at the same price on cloud or self-host so finance isn’t penalized for scale.
Analytics tracks aging WIP, carry-over, and dependencies, so flow health is clear without spreadsheets.
Pages and Wiki sit beside work items with embeddings, backlinks and permissions so knowledge stays tied to work.
Built-in Intake and Approvals capture requests with owners and SLAs, so work starts structured.
Get white-glove migration and onboarding for teams with 100+ seats,
from importer setup and field mapping to rollout playbooks.
Issues, cycles, roadmaps, and Wiki in one place.
per user, per month
per user, per month
*Have fewer than 12 users? Take advantage of our Free Plan. All our
plans provide access to Plane’s core features
Run Plane your way. Choose between fully managed cloud, self-hosted or completely offline airgapped.
Plane Cloud is the fully managed edition that gives you the fastest, lowest-friction path from rollout to real operational value.
Plane’s GitHub integration syncs issues and PRs, mapping states both ways and auto-linking branches, commits, and pull requests.
Create work items from Slack messages, sync thread replies both ways, and keep updates in the channel.
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Layouts | List, Board, Calendar, Gantt, Kanban — all included | Boards, Lists, Timeline, Calendar available |
Core model | Workspace → Projects → Epics → Work Items → Sub-work items. Shared schemas keep views aligned. | Teams → Projects/Initiatives → Issues/Subtasks; team-scoped Cycles. |
Project management | Unified workspace with projects, work items, cycles, modules, and pages in a single platform — no add-ons | Dev-centric issues, projects, and cycles; Docs are light; intake/approvals and deeper analytics require workarounds or integrations. |
Docs and Wiki | Pages and Wiki available out-of-the-box | Docs for specs; long-form knowledge typically lives in a separate wiki tool. |
Issue tracking | Streamlined, intuitive tracking in all plans | Fast, minimal issue tracking; breadth beyond dev teams handled via adjacent tools. |
Cloud option | Modern cloud platform with quick setup | Modern cloud onboarding; single deployment model. |
Templates | Project and Pages templates available out-of-the-box | Issue and project templates; schema templating by team. |
Storage limits | Free (5GB), Pro (1TB), Business (5TB), Enterprise (Custom) with transparent file size limits | Free plan limits to 10MB per file; heavy assets commonly live in Drive/Figma. |
Custom fields | Available in Pro+ plans with no limits — supports text, number, date, dropdown, user, boolean fields, and more | No custom fields |
Time tracking | Native time-tracking | No native time logging; connect third-party time tools. |
Admin overhead | Minimal by design | Lightweight per team; alignment across teams relies on conventions. |
Custom dashboards and widgets | Modern, ready-to-use dashboards with customizable widgets. Point-and-click customization | Built-in charts; deeper dashboards done in external BI. |
Intake and Approvals | Built-in intake and Approvals | Requests via forms/integrations; approval routing modeled with rules or external tools. |
Integrations | Growing marketplace with native integrations, available both on cloud and self-hosted | Directory includes GitHub, Slack, Jira, Figma. |
Self-hosting | Complete self-hosted option | Cloud only |
Security features | RBAC, LDAP, audit logs included in Enterprise | SAML SSO, SCIM, and Audit Logs on enterprise plans. |
AI and Automations | Native automations and AI assistance | Rules and AI assists available |
Support | Community, email (Pro+), priority (Business+) | Email support; elevated SLAs at enterprise. |
Pricing transparency | Simple plans with more features included | Tiered, per-seat pricing with capabilities scaling by plan. |
Import a live project, keep Linear read-only for a week, and see how
work feels when boards, docs, and analytics live in one place.
