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Linear vs Plane
Pricing, founders, indie status and curated alternatives compared from our directory — all data points sourced from each tool's public site or press materials.
At a glanceLinearPlane
- Pricing
- $8/seat/mo
- $8/seat/mo
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Freemium
- Founded
- 2019
- —
- Location
- San Francisco, USA
- Bangalore, India
- Bootstrapped
- —
- —
- Open source
- —
- Yes
- Category
- Project Management
- —
- Indie alternatives
- 5
- 0
- Founders
- Karri Saarinen, Tuomas Artman, Jori Lallo
- Vamsi Kurama, Vihar Kurama
Key differences
Pricing
Both start at the same headline price ($8/seat/mo).
Funding
Plane is bootstrapped / open source; Linear is venture-backed.
Open source
Plane is open source; Linear is closed source.
Indie alternatives
Linear has 5 curated indie alternatives in our directory; Plane has 0.
Differences are derived directly from the data on each tool's page. Empty fields mean we haven't verified a value yet — never that one tool lacks the capability.
Founders of Linear
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