| Price from | $7.91/mo | $10/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 11 | 4 |
| Spec score · Project management tools | 9.5 (#1) | 9.4 (#5) |
| Spec score · Agile Project Management Software | 9.3 (#2) | 9.2 (#3) |
| Spec score · IT Release Management Software | 9.1 (#2) | 9.1 (#3) |
| Spec score · Project Management Software | 9.2 (#11) | 9.1 (#13) |
| Spec score · AI Project Management Software | 9.3 (#2) | 9.3 (#3) |
| Spec score · Issue Tracking Software | 9.1 (#3) | 9.1 (#4) |
| Spec score · Game Bug Tracking Software | 9.2 (#2) | 9.1 (#3) |
| Spec score · Agile Tools | 9.2 (#2) | 9.1 (#3) |
| Spec score · Bug Tracking Software | 9.1 (#3) | 9.0 (#4) |
| Spec score · IT Project Management Software | 9.2 (#4) | 9.2 (#5) |
| Spec score · Game Project Management Software | 9.2 (#5) | 9.2 (#6) |
| Spec score · Browser Based | 9.1 (#8) | 9.0 (#11) |
| Automation rules | Yes | Yes |
| Compliance | Atlassian lists SOC 2, SOC 3, PCI DSS, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27018, and GDPR in Jira's compliance program. | Linear says it is committed to GDPR compliance and provides measures to safeguard protected health information for HIPAA compliance. |
| Founded | 2002 | 2019 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Guest access | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | Jira has more than 3,000 Marketplace apps and integrations including GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Figma, and Miro. | Official integrations include GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Figma, Intercom, Zendesk, Notion, Sentry, Jira, Zapier, Salesforce, and Google Sheets. |
| Planning | Jira helps teams prioritize work, break big ideas into tasks, assign work, and use customizable templates. | Projects, initiatives, roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, and product documents support planning from idea to launch. |
| Security controls | Enterprise includes advanced encryption, Shadow IT controls, identity providers, SCIM, and enforced SSO. | Security features include SAML, SCIM, domain claiming, IP restrictions, audit logs, private teams, guest accounts, and third-party app approvals. |
| Paid from | 7.91 | 10 |
| What it does | Jira is a project management tool for teams that need to plan, organize, and track work. | Linear is a product-development system for planning, building, and shipping software with teams and agents. |
