Linear vs Devplan vs Help Scout

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Linear
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Competitor 1
Devplan
Competitor 2
Help Scout
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Linear: Plane84% Jira74% ClickUp72% Motion62% Allex60% ClickUp Brain59% Smartsheet59% Microsoft Loop59%
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Linear
linear.app
Issue tracking that developers actually enjoy using
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Competitor Devplan
devplan.com
Product development often stalls between the initial spark of an idea and the structured execution needed to build it
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Competitor Help Scout
helpscout.com
A customer support manager at a 40-person SaaS company watches her team drown in repetitive password reset questions while complex billing issues sit unanswered for hours
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
9.4Mvisits/mo
5Kvisits/mo
276Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 9.3%
▼ 20.2%
▲ 22.2%
6-month growth
+59.0%
+131.4%
+6.7%
Global rank web
#5,797
#3,650,414
#201,658
Avg. last 3 months
8.6M
5.1K
239.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
32%
43%
55%
Pages / visit
6.5
1.8
1.7
Visit duration
7m 26s
12s
53s
Traffic sources
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
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● Direct 89% · ● Referral 8%
LinearDevplanHelp Scout
02.3M4.7M7M9.4MLinear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4MDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KHelp Scout · 293.3KHelp Scout · 295.8KHelp Scout · 258.7KHelp Scout · 231.1KHelp Scout · 211.2KHelp Scout · 215.7KHelp Scout · 225.9KHelp Scout · 276K1K10K100K1M10MLinear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4MDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KHelp Scout · 293.3KHelp Scout · 295.8KHelp Scout · 258.7KHelp Scout · 231.1KHelp Scout · 211.2KHelp Scout · 215.7KHelp Scout · 225.9KHelp Scout · 276KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$10per month · free tier available
$100per month · free tier available
$25per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeBasic $10/moBusiness $16/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreeTeam $100/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreeStandard $25/moPlus $45/moPro $75/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
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Text
Output
CodeText
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Text
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Business & MarketingDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Coding Assistant+2 more
Business & MarketingAI Customer Service
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Project management
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Project planning
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Customer support
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Product management
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Product management assistant
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Chatbots
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Customer support automation
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Customer support chatbot
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FAQ chatbot
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Help desk
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Product roadmaps
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Task management
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Agile product management
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Customer service emails
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Jira tickets
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Knowledge bases
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Product development
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Productivity
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WhatsApp customer engagement
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