Eddyline vs Linear for agencies

For 15 staff and 20 clients, Linear Business costs $2,880 a year and Eddyline Team costs $490 a year, because Linear prices each of the 15 staff while Eddyline Team is one flat yearly price for up to 15 team members. See who counts as a team member.

The figures use Linear Business at $16 per user per month, billed yearly, for 15 staff. Linear's pricing page does not state whether a guest takes a paid seat, so the total counts your staff only. See their pricing page.

The facts side by side

Eddyline and Linear compared for an agency
Fact	Eddyline	Linear, Business plan
Pricing model	Priced per edition, not per client. Team covers 15 team members.	Priced per user. A free plan is listed with unlimited members, 2 teams and 250 issues.
Client or guest access	Clients are free and unlimited on every edition and never count as team members.	Private teams and guests are listed on Business. Whether a guest takes a paid seat: varies, see source.
Hosting	Self-hosted on your own Linux server with one install line.	Hosted by Linear. The pricing page lists no self-hosted option.
Where your data lives	On your server. The only call Eddyline makes on its own is the daily update check, which you can turn off.	Varies, see source
Single sign-on	Google and any OpenID Connect provider, on every edition.	Google sign-in on every plan. SAML on Enterprise.
Export	Time reports as CSV, and nightly database backups.	Import and export are listed as a core feature.
Yearly price, 15 staff and 20 clients	$490 a year	$2,880 a year

Source: https://linear.app/pricing, checked on 2026-10-23. Where the page did not state a fact clearly, the table says so. Prices are in US dollars.

Where Linear is the better choice

Speed and polish. Linear is built around fast issue handling, cycles, projects and initiatives for product teams.
No server to run. Linear hosts the product, so there is nothing for you to install or back up.
Agent and AI workflows. The pricing page lists an agent platform, MCP access and triage tools.
A free plan with unlimited members, for small teams that fit within its team and issue limits.

Try Eddyline on your own server

One line on a fresh server, and your team is working in 15 minutes. Read the install guide.

curl -fsSL https://get.eddyline.app | sh

The trial covers 25 team members for 30 days.

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