Linear vs Plane vs Trello

Compared on	Linear Free plan · from $10/user/mo VisitRemove	Plane Free plan · from $6/seat/mo VisitRemove	Trello Free plan · from $5/user/mo VisitRemove
What it is	Issue tracking and product planning for software teams, with a built-in agent that can write code	Open-source project management and wiki with AI agents, on Plane's cloud or self-hosted, including air-gapped	Kanban boards with built-in automation and an Inbox for to-dos from email and chat, free for 10 collaborators
Free plan	Unlimited members, 2 teams, 250 issues, 10MB file uploads; includes the agent platform, Linear Agent and MCP access	Up to 12 users; projects and work items, cycles and modules, five layouts, intake, estimates and project pages; available on cloud or self-hosted	Up to 10 collaborators per Workspace, up to 10 boards per Workspace, unlimited cards, unlimited Power-Ups per board, unlimited storage (10MB per file), 250 Workspace command runs per month, Inbox, iOS and Android apps
Cheapest paid plan	$10/user/mo billed annually (Basic)Linear pricing	$6/seat/mo billed annually (Pro)Plane pricing	$5/user/mo billed annually (Standard)Trello pricing
What it covers	$10 per user a month billed yearly; 5 teams, unlimited issues and file uploads, admin roles, Loops. Billed for unsuspended users. Coding sessions and Loops use prepaid AI credits on top.	$6 per seat a month billed yearly or $8 billed monthly, on cloud or self-hosted. Includes 500 AI credits per seat a month (reset monthly, no rollover) and 5 guests per paid member.	$5 per user a month billed annually, $6 billed monthly. Unlimited boards, AI features, 1,000 Workspace command runs a month, 250MB per file. Every Workspace member is billable, and multi-board guests are billed at the member rate.
Free trial	None stated	Two-week free trial of Pro or Business	Free trial of Trello Premium for any Workspace (length not stated on the pricing page)
Platforms	Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, API	Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android	Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Not stated	50+ tools, including Slack, GitHub and Figma	200+ apps through Power-Ups, including Slack, Google Drive and Salesforce
Open source	No	Yes, self-hostable	No
Good for	Software product teams planning cycles and roadmaps Engineering teams that assign issues to coding agents Startups that want an issue tracker with a usable free tier	Teams moving off Jira that want an open-source or self-hosted option Software teams running sprints with docs next to the work Regulated organisations that need on-premises or air-gapped deployment	Individuals and small teams organising work on simple Kanban boards Capturing to-dos from email and chat and scheduling them on a calendar Teams that want light automation without a complex setup
Watch out for	The free plan is capped at 250 issues and 2 teams The pricing page shows only yearly-billed prices, although the docs say monthly billing is available Coding sessions and Loops draw on a prepaid AI credit balance on top of seat fees	The free plan is limited to 12 users Paid features on a self-hosted instance need a licence key bought from Plane's Prime portal AI credits are per seat, reset monthly and do not roll over	Free plan: 10 collaborators and 10 boards per Workspace, 250 command runs a month and 10MB per file, with no AI features listed Timeline, Table, Calendar, Dashboard and Map views need Premium SAML SSO needs Atlassian Guard, a separate subscription from $4 per user a month, unless on Enterprise
Made by	Linear Orbit, Inc.	Plane Software, Inc.	Atlassian

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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