Linear vs Plane Community

Fit:

Migration notes

Issues and cycles overlap; verify importer field fidelity and note native time tracking/work-item types require Commercial Edition.

Sources: github.com, plane.so · checked 2026-10-21

LinearPaid incumbent

Entry priceUSD 10 / seat / month

Pricing modelper-seat, billed annual

OwnerLinear

Basic USD10 per user/month billed yearly; free tier also exists. Source

Linear plans reviewed
Basic	entry	USD 120 / user / yr
Business	business	USD 192 / user / yr
Enterprise	enterprise	Quote only

Plane CommunityOpen-source alternative

Fit for Linear

License

GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 Permissions of this strongest copyleft license are conditioned on making available complete source code of licensed works and modifications, which include larger works using a licensed work, under the same license. Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. When a modified version is used to provide a service over a network, the complete source code of the modified version must be made available. May Commercial useModificationDistributionPatent usePrivate use Must License and copyright noticeState changesDisclose sourceNetwork use is distributionSame license No LiabilityWarranty Summary from GitHub's choosealicense.com

Paid-feature tier C

Self-host

Paid-feature limits5 noted

Plane Community plans reviewed
Community	free self-hosted core	Free
Business	vendor commercial cloud	Not established
Enterprise Grid	vendor commercial cloud	Quote only

What you may give up

Work item types
Native time tracking
Advanced workflows
Project templates
Commercial SSO

Tier C: AGPL Community is distinct from closed-source Commercial Edition. Official edition documentation states Free-tier parity; commercial edition adds ordinary work-management features. Community has unlimited users/projects/work items. License source

What running it takes

RabbitMQ
API, frontend, live, worker, beat-worker and proxy services

Hover or focus an icon for its name. Dashed means not established; struck through means no; grouped icons are alternatives.

Community Edition manual setup.sh/Compose path verified separately from default commercial installer. Commercial Coolify guide is manual Compose import, not one-click. RabbitMQ and Valkey are part of CE stack. Infrastructure and staff time are not priced here; this page does not compare total cost.