Gemini vs Linear
Gemini
countersoft.comLinear
linear.appSide by side
| Figure | Gemini | Linear |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $10/mo | $10/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 4 |
| Spec score · Game Bug Tracking Software | 8.3 (#10) | 9.1 (#3) |
| Company history | Countersoft says it has provided project, issue, and ticketing solutions since 2003 to customers in over 75 countries. | Linear says it was founded in 2019 and serves more than 40,000 companies. |
| Integrations | The documentation lists integrations and connectors for Visual Studio, Outlook, Slack, source control systems, GitHub, Bitbucket, Team Foundation Server, Subversion, Git, and Mercurial. | Official integrations include GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Figma, Intercom, Zendesk, Notion, Sentry, Jira, Zapier, Salesforce, and Google Sheets. |
| Issue tracking | Gemini provides reusable bug filters, cross-project search, dependency management, work scheduling, and customizable workflows. | The product provides issue tracking with customizable workflows, filters, batch actions, and keyboard-driven navigation. |
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In their own words
Gemini
Gemini is an enterprise task and issue-tracking product for help desk and IT support, project management, software development, and integrated testing. It combines reusable bug filters, cross-project search, dependency management, scheduling, and customizable workflows with agile planning for Scrum and Kanban. Teams can manage test plans and produce road maps, change logs, and Scrum burndown charts. Gemini connects with tools including Visual Studio, Outlook, Slack, GitHub, Bitbucket, Team Foundation Server, Subversion, Git, and Mercurial. It also offers a REST API, webhooks, an apps framework, and the Breeze app for turning inbound email into tickets. Gemini runs on the web, Windows, API, and self-hosted deployments. Cloud costs $10 a month per user, billed monthly, and includes unlimited projects and content and product support. Self-host costs 850.00 USD once for 10 users. Cloud hosting supports Forms authentication, but not Windows Authentication or Active Directory. Self-hosted Gemini 7.6.0 and later requires Windows Server 2019 or later, SQL Server 2019 or later, and TLS 1.2 or later.