Linear Startup Deals & Discounts

What our listing shows. An application-based discount of 6 months free on the Basic or Business plan, described in one row as 100% off the first six months of any paid plan for companies under 50 employees and new paying customers only. Other rows show a 12-months-free line and a saving of up to $384. Linear's own startup page names no amount or length. The terms below therefore come from our listing, and Linear decides who qualifies.

What the numbers equal. At list prices, 6 months of Business is $96 per seat and 6 months of Basic is $60. The $384 row equals 4 Business seats for 6 months, and the $300 row equals 5 Basic seats for 6 months. The 12-months-free line has no price-list basis that we can find.

Next to the catalog. Notion lists 6 months free of Business with Notion AI included. ClickUp lists $3k credits and 20% off Unlimited and Business plans for 1 year. Jira lists savings of up to $980. ClickUp and Jira list credits and savings rather than free months, so Notion is the only one with a comparable 6-month window, and Linear is the narrower, engineering-first tool of the group.

An engineering-led team of two to ten people that has outgrown a spreadsheet or a board. Issues and projects are what the tool is built around.

A team passing 250 issues. That is the Free plan's cap, and Basic is the first plan that removes it, so the free months start paying off at that point.

A product team that wants customer feedback in the tracker. Linear Asks and the Zendesk and Intercom integrations are on Business.

A team using coding agents. Delegating issues to agents and reviewing their output next to the issue is part of the product.

Skip paid plans while you are under 250 issues and 2 teams. The Free plan costs nothing and allows unlimited members.

Skip it if your work is not software. Marketing, ops and design teams will find broader tools in the catalog fit better.

Skip it if your company has 50 or more employees. Our listing sets that limit.

Linear's pricing page lists Free at $0, Basic at $10 per user a month and Business at $16, both billed yearly, and Enterprise on request with annual billing only. Free allows unlimited members, 2 teams, 250 issues and 10MB uploads. Basic allows 5 teams, unlimited issues and uploads, and admin roles. Business adds unlimited teams, private teams and guests, Triage Intelligence, Insights, Asks and the Zendesk and Intercom integrations. Enterprise adds SAML and SCIM.

What 6 months free saves a team of 6. On Business the year costs $1,152, and the free half saves $576. On Basic the year costs $720 and the saving is $360. After the free months the plan bills at list, and across two years the effective saving is 25%.

Timing. The listing does not say when the free months start. Activate the offer when you pass the Free plan's limits, not before.