Issue tracking and project management · Comparison
Asana vs Linear
2 products compared side by side: what you pay for with each one first, then the five access facts, entry prices, recorded plan limits and the bottom line of each review. The evidence note under the table says how each product was checked.
Side by side
| Metric | Asana | Linear |
|---|---|---|
| What you're paying for | Worth the priceUnlimited automation rules, free guests and timelines on the entry paid plan, at $274.75 a month for 25 people billed annually. | Worth the priceAn issue tracker built for software teams, free for any number of members up to 250 issues, with SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and EU hosting. |
| Overall score | 7.4Best | 6.8 |
| Free option | Free plan | Free plan |
| Card to start | –Not measured | –Not measured |
| Getting access | Self-serve | Self-serve |
| Starter priceCheapest paid plan | $10.99/user/mo | $10/user/mo |
| Pricing model | Per seat | Per seat |
| Pricing page | Public prices | Public prices |
| Free plan | 2 users, unlimited tasks and projects | Unlimited members, 2 teams, 250 issues |
| 25 people, billed annually | $274.75/mo (Starter, 25 × $10.99) | $250/mo (Basic, 25 × $10) |
| 25 people, billed monthly | $337.25/mo (25 × $13.49) | Not listed on the pricing page |
| Automation on the entry paid plan | Unlimited rules | Triage rules from Business |
| Guests on the entry paid plan | Unlimited, free | From Business ($16) |
| SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 | Both | Both |
| HIPAA BAA | Enterprise+ (opt-in) | On request; HIPAA listed on Enterprise |
| Data residency | Enterprise add-on or Enterprise+ (Europe, Australia, Japan) | EU or US, chosen at workspace creation |
| SAML SSO | Enterprise | Enterprise |
| Audit log | Enterprise add-on or Enterprise+ | Enterprise (last 3 months of events) |
| Data export | CSV and PDF; full JSON export on Enterprise+ | CSV (no attachment files) and API |
| Bottom line | From its public pages, Asana’s Starter plan includes the most for day-to-day work: unlimited rules, free guests and timelines. Security controls, data residency and HIPAA start on Enterprise or Enterprise+. | From its public pages, Linear has the most open free plan here and the simplest seat billing. Its lower score reflects guests, automation rules and team controls that start on Business or Enterprise. |
Evidence: Asana: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Linear: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run. Prices in USD as listed, excluding tax. "–" means not recorded.
When to pick each
In the words of each review, with the date its facts were checked.
From our Asana review
Checked Oct 15, 2026- Pick Asana when
- You want free guests and unlimited rules on the cheapest paid plan.
- Pick Linear when
- You want a free plan with unlimited members and billing per person.
From our Linear review
Checked Oct 15, 2026- Pick Linear when
- Your team is mostly engineers and you want issue, cycle and triage workflows with per-person billing.
- Pick Asana when
- You want unlimited automation rules and free guests on the entry paid plan.
Entry price
Baseline: each product's cheapest paid plan, per month. Included usage differs, so read the line under each price.
- AsanaStarter$10.99/user/moBilled annually ($13.49 billed monthly); seats added in steps
- Timeline and Gantt views
- Unlimited automation rules, forms, custom fields
- Unlimited free guests
- Google and Microsoft SSO
- LinearBasic$10/user/moBilled yearly
- 5 teams, unlimited issues
- Unlimited file uploads
- Admin roles
- Third-party app management
Prices as listed on each pricing page, in USD per month, excluding tax. Observed: Asana 2026-10-15, Linear 2026-10-15.
Which one fits
- If you need to start today without a sales call
- AsanaSelf-serve sign-up; the highest score of the 2 self-serve products here (7.4/10).
- Lowest starter price
- Linear$10/user/mo for the Basic (billed yearly) plan.
- Highest overall score
- Asana7.4/10 (Good). The review shows the score breakdown and the run behind it.
Picked by fixed rules from the table above, not by hand. How we score
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