TaskDeck vs Linear: two ways to track software work.
Linear is an issue tracker for software teams, with cycles, deep Git automation and native apps. TaskDeck is a board priced per account, with sprints, Git links and AI agents whose changes can wait for your approval. Here is how they compare.
Which one fits
Choose Linear if you want
- Pull requests that move issues to In Progress when opened and Done when merged
- Native iOS and Android apps
- Projects and initiatives for planning above the team
- SOC 2 Type II audits and ISO/IEC 27001 certification
Choose TaskDeck if you want
- One price for the account instead of one per user
- Burndown, velocity and scope-change reports on the Free plan
- A free plan with no card limit, in one project
- AI agents whose batches of changes can wait for a person's approval
TaskDeck and Linear side by side
Checked on 24 September 2026 against each product's own pricing and documentation pages, listed at the end of this page. Prices are in US dollars. Plans change, so check the vendor's page before you decide.
- Pricing
- TaskDeck: Per account, not per person: Free, Pro at $9 a month or Max at $19 a month ($90 or $190 a year), with unlimited teammates on every plan
- Linear: Per user: Basic $10 and Business $16 a month billed yearly ($12 and $18 billed monthly); Enterprise custom, billed yearly
- Free plan
- TaskDeck: 1 project with unlimited boards, cards and teammates, 1 GB of storage, 10 MB per file and 30 days of card history; no AI connection
- Linear: Unlimited members, 2 teams, 250 issues and 10 MB per upload
- Views
- TaskDeck: Boards with a swimlane per person and a compact view, a Timeline, the sprint Planning view, Proposals and Insights, on every plan
- Linear: Board layout for nearly every view and a project Timeline; dashboards on Enterprise
- Sprints and cycles
- TaskDeck: Optional per board, by hand or on a schedule, with capacity, carry-over (automatic on a schedule), burndown, velocity and scope change, on every plan
- Linear: Cycles on every plan, with a cycle graph of scope, started and completed work, upcoming cycles created automatically and capacity from the last three cycles' velocity; open issues roll over on their own; Insights on Business and Enterprise
- GitHub
- TaskDeck: Built in on every plan: a card key in a commit or pull request links it, merging a pull request that names the card moves it to done, and each commit shows whether it is live in production
- Linear: Official: an issue ID in a branch or pull request title, or magic words, links it; by default an opened pull request moves the issue to In Progress and a merged one to Done; GitHub Enterprise needs the Enterprise plan
- GitLab
- TaskDeck: Built in on every plan, for gitlab.com and self-managed GitLab 15.5 or later at a public HTTPS address
- Linear: Official, for GitLab.com and publicly reachable self-hosted GitLab 15.6 or later
- AI assistants (MCP)
- TaskDeck: Official MCP server with 94 tools and setup for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI and Codex, on Pro and Max
- Linear: Official MCP server on every plan, the Free plan included, with a read-only endpoint
- AI agents
- TaskDeck: Agents join projects as members under their own name; a card can be handed to a Claude Code or Codex routine from its button, an @mention or an automation, with the session shown on the card; an agent can stop to ask a named person a required question, and a batch of changes can wait as a plan for a person to approve
- Linear: Issues can be delegated to agents, and agents are not billable seats
- Mobile apps
- TaskDeck: Works in a phone's browser, with a compact board view that fits more columns on a small screen; no native mobile apps
- Linear: iOS and Android apps
- Integrations
- TaskDeck: GitHub, GitLab, Slack, signed webhooks in and out, importers for Trello, Linear, Jira and GitHub Issues, and any MCP client; no app marketplace
- Linear: A directory of integrations, including Slack, Figma, Sentry, Zendesk, Intercom and Salesforce
Where Linear is stronger
- Git automation: a pull request moves its issue to In Progress when opened and to Done when merged, set per team
- Native iOS and Android apps
- More import sources, with Asana and Shortcut as well as Jira and GitHub Issues
- SOC 2 Type II audits, ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, and HIPAA compliance under a business associate agreement
- MCP access on every plan, the Free plan included; TaskDeck connects AI on Pro and Max
- Projects and initiatives for planning above the team
Where TaskDeck is different
- Priced per account: Pro is $9 a month for any number of teammates
- Burndown, velocity and scope-change reports on the Free plan; Linear's Insights start on Business
- Unlimited cards on the Free plan, in one project
- A batch of an agent's changes can wait as a plan for your approval
- Each commit shows whether it is live in production, on every plan; Linear's Releases start on Business
- Automation rules on every plan: when a card moves, assign it, tag it, comment, set its deadline, move it on, hand it to an AI routine or send it to a webhook
- A Linear team comes over with its workflow states, issues, labels, comments and sub-issues
TaskDeck vs Linear
Questions about TaskDeck and Linear
How do the prices compare?
Linear bills each user: Basic is $10 per user a month billed yearly ($12 monthly), so a team of five pays $50 a month. TaskDeck bills the account: Pro is $9 a month, or $90 a year, for any number of teammates. Linear's Free plan has unlimited members with 2 teams and 250 issues; TaskDeck's has unlimited teammates and cards in one project.
Do both link pull requests to their work?
Yes. Linear links an issue ID in a branch or pull request title and by default moves the issue to In Progress when the pull request opens and to Done when it merges; its Releases, on Business and Enterprise, track which issues ship to each environment. TaskDeck links a card key in a commit or pull request, moves the card to done when a pull request that names it merges, and shows whether each commit is live in production, on every plan.
Can AI agents work in both?
Yes. Linear lets you delegate an issue to an agent, and its MCP server works on every plan. In TaskDeck agents join projects as members, a card can be handed to a Claude Code or Codex routine, a batch of their changes can wait as a plan for approval, and the MCP server works on Pro and Max.
Can I move my Linear issues to TaskDeck?
Yes. A project admin can import a Linear team into a new TaskDeck board with a personal API key, on every plan. Workflow states become columns, and issues come over with their descriptions, due dates, labels and comments, with sub-issues as child cards; completed and canceled issues come only if you ask.
Sources
What this page says about Linear comes from these pages, checked on 24 September 2026.
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