Issue tracking and project management · Comparison
Asana vs ClickUp vs Linear
3 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 | ClickUp | 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 priceTasks, docs, chat and sprints in one workspace, free for unlimited members and $175 a month for 25 people on Unlimited, billed yearly. | 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 | 7.4 | 8.2Best | 6.8 |
| Free option | Free plan | Free plan | Free plan |
| Card to start | –Not measured | –Not measured | –Not measured |
| Getting access | Self-serve | Self-serve | Self-serve |
| Starter priceCheapest paid plan | $10.99/user/mo | $7/user/mo | $10/user/mo |
| Pricing model | Per seat | Per seat | Per seat |
| Pricing page | Public prices | Public prices | Public prices |
| Free plan | 2 users, unlimited tasks and projects | Unlimited members and tasks, 60 MB storage | Unlimited members, 2 teams, 250 issues |
| 25 people, billed annually | $274.75/mo (Starter, 25 × $10.99) | $175/mo (Unlimited, 25 × $7) | $250/mo (Basic, 25 × $10) |
| 25 people, billed monthly | $337.25/mo (25 × $13.49) | $250/mo (25 × $10) | Not listed on the pricing page |
| Automation on the entry paid plan | Unlimited rules | 500 active rules, 1,000 automation executions | Triage rules from Business |
| Guests on the entry paid plan | Unlimited, free | Guest seats included (5, plus 2 per paid user); read-only guests unlimited | From Business ($16) |
| SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 | Both | Both | Both |
| HIPAA BAA | Enterprise+ (opt-in) | Enterprise (contact sales) | On request; HIPAA listed on Enterprise |
| Data residency | Enterprise add-on or Enterprise+ (Europe, Australia, Japan) | Enterprise (US, EU, Singapore or Australia), no extra charge | EU or US, chosen at workspace creation |
| SAML SSO | Enterprise | Enterprise | Enterprise |
| Audit log | Enterprise add-on or Enterprise+ | Enterprise (60 days of history) | Enterprise (last 3 months of events) |
| Data export | CSV and PDF; full JSON export on Enterprise+ | Task data as CSV with attachment links | 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, ClickUp lists the lowest price for 25 people here and the most open free plan, with guests on Unlimited. Security and admin controls sit on Enterprise, which keeps its team-control score lower. | 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; ClickUp: 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 ClickUp review
Checked Oct 15, 2026- Pick ClickUp when
- You want guests and automation on a plan that costs $7 per user billed yearly, billed per user without seat steps.
- Pick Asana when
- You want unlimited automation rules on the entry paid plan.
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
- ClickUpUnlimited$7/user/moBilled yearly ($10 billed monthly)
- Unlimited storage, Spaces and integrations
- Guests with permission control
- 500 active rules, 1,000 automation executions
- Gantt charts, time tracking, goals
- 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, ClickUp 2026-10-15, Linear 2026-10-15.
Which one fits
- If you need to start today without a sales call
- ClickUpSelf-serve sign-up; the highest score of the 3 self-serve products here (8.2/10).
- Lowest starter price
- ClickUp$7/user/mo for the Unlimited (billed yearly) plan.
- Highest overall score
- ClickUp8.2/10 (Excellent). 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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