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Linear is the fast, keyboard-first issue tracker that product engineering teams love. CrowdStack's Issues is a simple tracker that lives beside the support inbox and the CRM. Here is how they line up, including where Linear still wins.
CrowdStack
£28 £14 per user a month
Billed monthly. 50% off for your first 12 months, then £28.
Linear
From $12 per user a month
Basic, billed monthly. Business, the first tier with private teams, guests, SLAs and the Zendesk and Intercom integrations, is $18 a user a month. Free for up to 250 issues and 2 teams.
Linear list prices in USD, billed monthly, as shown on linear.app in August 2026. Yearly billing is $2 a user a month less. Linear bills UK customers in dollars. Check linear.app for the current figure.
Turn a support ticket into an issue in one click, link it to the contact, and see it on their record beside their tickets and deals. Linear needs a Zendesk or Intercom integration on Business to get halfway there.
Statuses, projects, list and kanban, comments and mentions. Support, product and sales log and follow issues in the same tool they already work in, with no second login.
Linear plus a help desk plus a CRM is three bills. CrowdStack is £28 a user a month for issues, the help desk, the CRM, Stripe revenue, feedback and docs together.
A public feedback board feeds the issue list, and the wiki links to issues, tickets and contacts with @mentions. Linear leaves both to other tools.
| Feature | CrowdStack | Linear |
|---|---|---|
| Issues | ||
| Issues with configurable statuses | Included | Included |
| List and kanban views | Included | Included |
| Projects to group issues | Included | Included |
| Comments with @mentions | Included | Included |
| Private, team and workspace visibility per issueLinear: private teams need Business | Included | Partly |
| Create an issue from a support ticketLinear: Zendesk or Intercom integration on Business | Included | Partly |
| Link an issue to a CRM contact | Included | Not available |
| Cycles, estimates and velocity | Not available | Included |
| Initiatives and roadmaps | Not available | Included |
| Issue SLAs and triageLinear: Business and above | Not available | Partly |
| GitHub, GitLab and Figma integrations | Not available | Included |
| Support | ||
| Shared inbox with saved views | Included | Not available |
| Knowledge base and help centre | Included | Not available |
| AI replies grounded in your docs | Included | Not available |
| SLA tracking and CSAT for customers | Included | Not available |
| CRM and revenue | ||
| Contacts, companies and deals | Included | Not available |
| Stripe MRR, ARR, churn and ARPA | Included | Not available |
| Public feedback board and roadmapLinear: customer requests on Business, not public | Included | Partly |
| Team wiki with @mentions across recordsLinear: project documents only | Included | Partly |
| Platform | ||
| Every product on every seatLinear: features unlock by tier | Included | Not available |
| API access on the base price | Included | Included |
| Slack integration | Not available | Included |
| Free tierCrowdStack: 14-day free trial | Not available | Included |
Based on Linear's published feature lists in August 2026. “Partly” means the feature exists but is limited to a higher tier, an add-on, or a metered credit. Spotted a mistake? Email support@crowdstack.org and we will correct it.
We would rather you pick the right tool than pick us. Stay on Linear if your engineering team plans in cycles with estimates and velocity, wants initiatives and roadmaps, lives in GitHub and Slack, or values a tracker built for speed above everything else. Linear is superb at that and cheaper per seat as a pure tracker. CrowdStack Issues is for teams who want a simple tracker that support, product and sales will actually use, linked to the ticket and the customer it came from.
For a simple issue tracker, yes. CrowdStack Issues has statuses, projects, list and kanban views, comments, visibility controls and links to tickets and contacts, and comes with the help desk, CRM, Stripe revenue, feedback board and wiki. It does not have cycles, estimates, initiatives, triage or Git integrations.
Five users on CrowdStack cost £140 a month at the full rate, with every product and 2500 pooled AI credits included. Five users on Linear are free until 250 issues, then $60 a month on Basic or $90 on Business; a help desk and a CRM are two more bills. As a pure tracker Linear is cheaper; as a stack it is not.
Issues export from Linear as CSV and import with title, description, status, assignee and project mapped across. Email us at support@crowdstack.org before you switch and we will walk through the mapping with you.
Cycles, estimates and velocity, initiatives and roadmaps, triage and issue SLAs, GitHub, GitLab and Figma integrations, a Slack integration and a free plan. If your engineering team runs on a fast, opinionated tracker, Linear is the better fit today.
Every product, 500 AI credits per user, one price. Free for 14 days, no card required.