Linear
The rare SaaS outlier. Churned by users who outgrew it, not users who disliked it. Expanded free tier to unlimited team members in 2026.
“Linear is amazing for 10 engineers, brutal for 80 because it's per seat.”
Public Signals
- ·Expanded free tier to unlimited team members in 2026 (counter-signal to industry trend)
- ·Concern in G2 reviews that enterprise direction could compromise product philosophy
- ·Per-seat pricing at 50+ teams creates procurement friction vs Atlassian bundles
- ·Strong loyalty signal across Hacker News and developer communities
- ·April 30, 2026: launched Releases feature for CI/CD-integrated release planning; MCP agent connections added; customer base includes OpenAI, Ramp, and Vercel (Linear changelog)
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