Linear vs Smartsheet vs Plane vs Jira

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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Smartsheet
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Plane
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Jira
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Linear
linear.app
Issue tracking that developers actually enjoy using
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Competitor Smartsheet
smartsheet.com
Smartsheet is a work management platform that layers AI over spreadsheet-style sheets, forms, reports and project plans.
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Competitor Plane
plane.so
Plane is a project management and knowledge management workspace for teams and AI agents.
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Competitor Jira
atlassian.com
Jira is Atlassian's project management platform, built around planning work, tracking progress and moving tasks through a team's workflow.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
9.4Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 9.3%
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6-month growth
+59.0%
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Global rank web
#5,797
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Avg. last 3 months
8.6M
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Bounce rate lower is better
32%
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Pages / visit
6.5
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Visit duration
7m 26s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
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LinearSmartsheetPlaneJira
02.3M4.7M7M9.4MLinear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4M1M10MLinear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
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Starting price
$10per month · free tier available
$12per month
$6per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreeBasic $10/moBusiness $16/moEnterprise Custom
Pro $12/moBusiness $24/moEnterprise CustomAdvanced Work Management Custom
Free FreePro $6/moBusiness $13/moEnterprise Grid Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DataText
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Text
Output
CodeText
DataText
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DataText
Skill level
Intermediate
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Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project ManagementAI SpreadsheetAI Workflow
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Knowledge Management+1 more
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Project management
Project planning
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Work management
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AI search
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Jira issues tracking
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Jira tickets
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Productivity
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Project risk assessment
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Project scheduling
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Sentiment analysis
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.