Linear Implements Significant Price Hike for Basic Plan, Now $10/User/Month, Marking a 25% Increase
What happened
Between the Oct 3, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026 captures of Linear's pricing page, Pulse recorded 4 changes: Business plan increased from $14/user/month to $16/user/month (14.3% increase); Product Intelligence renamed to Triage Intelligence in Business plan; Basic plan increased from $8/user/month to $10/user/month (25% increase); Issue SLAs moved from Enterprise to Business plan (feature democratization). Pulse files it as a pricing change (price increase, feature change) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 15, 2026) lists Basic at $10 and Business at $16.
Linear's previous recorded change was "Linear Introduces AI-Powered Product Intelligence to Business Plan, Enhancing Analytics Capabilities" (Q3 2025). Before that Pulse recorded "Linear Introduces Sub-Teams Feature for All Paid Plans, Enhancing Team Management Options" (Q1 2025), "Linear Increases Business Plan Price by 16.7% and Removes 20% Annual Billing Discount from Basic and Business Plans" (Q4 2024) and "Linear Enhances Enterprise Plan with HIPAA Compliance for Improved Security" (Q3 2024). Linear has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window monday.com, ClickUp, Asana and Notion also changed their Project Management pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Business · Price+14%$14/user/month$16/user/month
- Business · FeatureRenamedProduct IntelligenceTriage Intelligence
- Basic · Price+25%$8/user/month$10/user/month
- Enterprise, Business · FeatureChangedEnterpriseBusiness plan
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business | Price | $14/user/month | $16/user/month | +14% |
| Business | Feature | Product Intelligence | Triage Intelligence | Renamed |
| Basic | Price | $8/user/month | $10/user/month | +25% |
| Enterprise, Business | Feature | Enterprise | Business plan | Changed |
Values as written on Linear's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Linear's pricing page (linear.app) from Oct 3, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where business price reads $14/user/month and then $16/user/month.
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Linear, pricing history
Full history- Apr 2, 2026packagingLinear launches Agent automations in beta, overhauls Enterprise tier
- Mar 26, 2026packagingLinear replaces Contact us with Custom on Enterprise pricing
- Week 5, 2026packagingLinear rebrands Triage routing as Triage rules across all plan tiers
- Jan 12, 2026improvedLinear Implements Significant Price Hike for Basic Plan, Now $10/User/Month, Marking a 25% Increase · this change
- Q3 2025improvedLinear Introduces AI-Powered Product Intelligence to Business Plan, Enhancing Analytics Capabilities
- Q1 2025improvedLinear Introduces Sub-Teams Feature for All Paid Plans, Enhancing Team Management Options
- Q4 2024increaseLinear Increases Business Plan Price by 16.7% and Removes 20% Annual Billing Discount from Basic and Business Plans
- Q3 2024improvedLinear Enhances Enterprise Plan with HIPAA Compliance for Improved Security
- Q2 2024packagingLinear Business Plan Price Decreases by 14% to $12/User/Month
Across Project Management in the same window
All Project Management changes- monday.comJan 12monday.com Introduces 500 AI Credits to All Plans While Removing Tailored Onboarding from Enterprise Plan
- ClickUpJan 11ClickUp Removes Personal and Workspace Connected Search, Moves Advanced Public Sharing to Enterprise, Adds Unlimited Whiteboards and SMS 2FA to Business Plan
- AsanaJan 11Asana Removes User Seat Limits on Starter and Advanced Plans, Introduces Unlimited Automations and AI Studio Features
- NotionJan 10Notion Bundles AI Features into Paid Plans, Removing Standalone AI Add-On for Enhanced User Experience
Questions about this change
Did Linear raise prices in January 2026?
Yes. Pulse captured Linear's pricing page on Oct 3, 2025 and again on Jan 1, 2026 and recorded 2 price increases: Business: $14/user/month → $16/user/month (+14%); Basic: $8/user/month → $10/user/month (+25%).
What changed on Linear's pricing page between Oct 3, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026?
Business price: $14/user/month → $16/user/month (+14%); Business feature: Product Intelligence → Triage Intelligence, renamed; Basic price: $8/user/month → $10/user/month (+25%); Enterprise, Business feature: Enterprise → Business plan, changed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 3, 2025 and Jan 1, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Linear change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Linear in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Linear Introduces AI-Powered Product Intelligence to Business Plan, Enhancing Analytics Capabilities" in Q3 2025; Linear has been tracked since 2023-11-14.