Tickhatch vs Linear
A Linear alternative for solo devs and tiny teams
Pick Tickhatchover Linear if you’re one to five people, you want work to arrive by chat and ship itself when the PR merges, and per-seat pricing feels wrong for a team where half the “members” are a cofounder who reports bugs by text. Pick Linear if you run a real product team with cycles, triage rotations, and roadmaps — it’s the best tool ever made for that.
| Feature | Tickhatch | Linear |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | $10/mo (or $96/yr) flat per workspace | $10/user/mo (Basic, annual) |
| Invited members | Always free — flat price covers the team | Each seat billed on paid plans |
| Free tier | 1 project, full board, Telegram intake — forever | Unlimited members, capped at 250 issues |
| Method | Four fixed stages, zero configuration | Cycles, triage, projects, initiatives |
| Chat intake (Telegram → triaged ticket) | — | |
| GitHub: PR moves the ticket | Built in — open → In Progress, merge → shipped | Built in |
| AI agents | Built-in MCP endpoint, per-board scoped tokens, agents can't mark work shipped | MCP available |
| Human ticket IDs (KEY-142) | ||
| Sprints, story points, velocity | — |
Pricing and free-tier limits as of mid-2026, from public pricing pages; both products may change them.
When Linear is the better choice
Linear earned its reputation. Tickhatch deliberately doesn't compete with it for product teams — choose Linear when:
- You run cycles or sprints with a team bigger than about five people.
- You need roadmaps, initiatives, and triage workflows — process is the point.
- Your whole team lives in a dev tool all day and per-seat pricing maps to real usage.
- You want the deepest keyboard-driven issue editor on the market.
FAQ
Is Tickhatch a Linear replacement for larger teams?
No. Tickhatch is built for one to five people and stays deliberately small: four fixed stages, no sprints, no configuration. If your team has outgrown that, Linear is the right tool.
How is Tickhatch's pricing different from Linear's?
Tickhatch is a flat $10/month (or $96/year) per workspace, and everyone you invite uses it free. Linear bills per seat on paid plans — about $10 per user per month on Basic as of mid-2026 — so a three-person team pays roughly three times more.
Can I import my Linear issues into Tickhatch?
There's no importer yet. Most tiny-team boards move over in an afternoon: recreate the open tickets by hand, or text them to the Telegram bot and let triage type and prioritize them for you.
Does Tickhatch work with AI coding agents like Linear does?
Yes — it's a core feature, not an add-on. Tickhatch ships a built-in MCP endpoint with per-board scoped tokens, so Claude, Cursor, and other agents can find, claim, and move tickets. One deliberate guardrail: an agent can never mark work shipped — only a merged PR or a human can.
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Free for solo devs — one project, the full board, and Telegram intake. No credit card.