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Market Segments
Small-Business (81.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (61.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 1 Per Seat Per Month
$12.00 3 Seats Per Month
Linear
Star Rating
(63)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (81.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 1 Per Seat Per Month
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Star Rating
(14,889)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (61.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$12.00 3 Seats Per Month
Free Trial is available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that monday Work Management excels in overall user satisfaction, boasting a significantly higher G2 Score compared to Linear. Users appreciate its versatility and ease of use, with one reviewer highlighting how the platform can create forms simply by describing needs, showcasing its intuitive design.
- Users say that monday Work Management's customer support is a standout feature, with many praising the responsiveness and helpfulness of the support team. In contrast, while Linear offers a clean interface, some users feel that its support could be more robust, especially for those needing assistance with complex setups.
- Reviewers mention that monday Work Management is particularly strong in customization options, allowing teams to adapt workflows as they evolve. This flexibility is contrasted with Linear, which, while user-friendly, may not offer the same level of adaptability for changing project needs.
- According to verified reviews, monday Work Management shines in its ease of implementation, with users noting a straightforward onboarding process. Linear, while praised for its fast and minimal interface, can present challenges for teams unfamiliar with its keyboard-driven approach, potentially leading to a steeper learning curve.
- Users highlight that monday Work Management provides a comprehensive set of features that address various project management needs, such as task prioritization and dependency management. Linear, on the other hand, is noted for its strong issue tracking capabilities, making it a favorite among developers, but it may lack some of the broader project management tools that monday offers.
- Reviewers appreciate the collaborative features of monday Work Management, which help eliminate communication silos and create a single source of truth for teams. While Linear is recognized for its organization and sprint planning, some users feel it could enhance its collaboration tools to better support team dynamics.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Linear
Free
Free
1 Per Seat Per Month
- Unlimited members
- 2 teams
- 250 issues (+unlimited archived)
monday Work Management
Standard
$12.00
3 Seats Per Month
Collaborate and optimize your team processes
- Timeline & Gantt views
- Calendar view
- Guest access
Free Trial
Linear
Free Trial is available
monday Work Management
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
41
9.0
12,323
Ease of Use
8.8
44
9.1
12,592
Ease of Setup
9.1
30
8.8
7,195
Ease of Admin
8.2
13
9.1
5,435
Quality of Support
8.5
29
8.9
9,793
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
13
9.1
5,248
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
39
9.5
11,961
Features by Category
Tasks
9.4
6
9.3
7300
|
Verified
9.7
6
9.3
7307
|
Verified
9.8
7
9.2
7330
|
Verified
8.6
6
9.2
7097
|
Verified
8.6
6
8.3
6456
8.3
6
8.3
6262
8.6
6
8.9
7066
|
Verified
8.1
6
8.6
6550
Projects
9.4
6
9.1
6500
|
Verified
8.6
6
8.7
5944
|
Verified
6.7
6
8.2
5534
|
Verified
6.7
6
8.4
6131
|
Verified
8.3
6
8.7
6358
|
Verified
5.3
6
8.0
5455
|
Verified
9.0
7
8.4
5641
8.3
6
8.5
6008
|
Verified
8.1
6
Feature Not Available
7.2
6
8.1
5408
|
Verified
8.1
6
8.2
5111
|
Verified
Resource Management
7.3
5
8.2
5617
|
Verified
6.7
5
8.5
5764
|
Verified
8.0
5
8.7
6112
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
7.0
5
8.2
5081
|
Verified
7.0
5
8.3
5359
|
Verified
8.0
5
8.8
6265
|
Verified
Generative AI
5.0
6
7.2
2743
5.3
6
7.2
2724
Agentic AI - Project Management
4.7
5
6.6
584
5.0
5
6.8
583
5.0
5
6.7
582
4.7
5
6.6
580
5.0
5
6.7
578
4.7
5
6.6
576
Not enough data
6.7
579
Portfolio Management
Not enough data
8.4
807
Not enough data
8.8
810
Not enough data
8.3
784
Not enough data
8.0
779
Project Management
Not enough data
8.4
787
Not enough data
8.8
782
Not enough data
8.1
764
Resource Management
Not enough data
8.2
794
Not enough data
8.2
770
Not enough data
8.3
782
Data & Analytics
Not enough data
8.2
820
Not enough data
8.4
768
Not enough data
8.3
756
Not enough data
7.6
732
Strategy - Project and Portfolio Management
Not enough data
7.4
700
Not enough data
8.3
692
Not enough data
8.4
717
Not enough data
8.4
733
Not enough data
8.4
688
Not enough data
8.3
731
Not enough data
7.8
673
Not enough data
8.3
675
Not enough data
8.2
710
Not enough data
8.6
712
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
9.1
1215
Not enough data
9.1
1302
Not enough data
8.8
1239
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.4
845
Not enough data
7.2
845
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
8.3
1148
Not enough data
9.2
1236
Not enough data
8.6
1094
Generative AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.0
153
AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
6.9
153
Not enough data
7.4
152
Not enough data
7.0
156
Not enough data
7.2
153
Agentic AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
6.8
39
Not enough data
7.1
41
Setup
Not enough data
8.9
4475
Not enough data
8.9
4607
Not enough data
8.4
4249
Not enough data
8.9
4787
Management
Not enough data
8.8
4455
Not enough data
8.4
3809
Not enough data
8.2
3942
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.3
1870
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
Not enough data
6.5
312
Not enough data
6.6
312
Not enough data
6.5
308
Not enough data
6.5
306
Not enough data
6.6
308
Not enough data
6.5
310
Not enough data
6.5
311
Bug Reporting
8.5
23
Not enough data
7.9
24
Not enough data
9.0
27
Not enough data
Bug Monitoring
7.5
24
Not enough data
8.3
28
Not enough data
7.6
24
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Bug Tracking
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Communication
Not enough data
8.6
966
Not enough data
8.7
958
Not enough data
8.2
1005
Not enough data
8.5
955
Goal Creation
Not enough data
8.5
979
Not enough data
8.5
932
Not enough data
7.8
887
Not enough data
8.9
972
Agentic AI - Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
Not enough data
6.8
92
Not enough data
7.0
92
Tasks
Not enough data
9.3
1270
Not enough data
9.0
1227
Not enough data
9.1
1248
Agentic AI - Kanban Project Management
Not enough data
7.0
50
Not enough data
7.2
51
Not enough data
7.3
50
Not enough data
6.7
50
Not enough data
6.8
50
Not enough data
6.7
50
Not enough data
6.7
50
Kanban Boards
Not enough data
8.8
1229
Not enough data
9.0
1259
Not enough data
9.0
1229
Planning
Not enough data
9.0
1268
Not enough data
8.6
1221
Not enough data
8.7
1201
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.8
755
Not enough data
9.2
824
Not enough data
8.8
756
Not enough data
8.2
581
Not enough data
9.1
786
Not enough data
9.0
792
Content Planning
Not enough data
9.1
819
Not enough data
9.4
843
Not enough data
9.1
763
Marketing Campaign Performance
Not enough data
8.2
503
Not enough data
8.6
591
Agentic AI - Marketing Calendar
Not enough data
6.4
84
Not enough data
6.6
84
Not enough data
6.6
84
Not enough data
6.6
85
Other Features
Not enough data
8.4
641
Not enough data
8.3
534
Task Creation
9.0
5
9.3
6633
9.0
5
9.2
6691
8.3
5
9.0
6513
9.3
5
8.5
5742
Task Management
9.3
5
9.1
6442
9.0
5
9.2
6581
8.3
5
8.5
5793
8.3
5
8.7
5850
Generative AI
6.1
6
7.2
2659
6.1
6
7.2
2660
Automation
8.3
5
9.0
5144
8.3
6
8.9
5285
Not enough data
8.5
4592
Administration
Not enough data
8.6
4887
Not enough data
8.7
4616
Not enough data
9.3
4936
Project management
Not enough data
9.3
5275
Not enough data
8.6
4711
Not enough data
9.1
5032
Not enough data
8.9
4881
Not enough data
8.9
4815
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
8.3
5
8.9
5135
Workload
Not enough data
8.6
4568
Not enough data
9.0
5040
Not enough data
8.8
4638
Not enough data
8.6
4489
Communication & Collaboration
Not enough data
8.6
4621
Not enough data
8.6
4686
Not enough data
9.2
5088
Cost Management
Not enough data
8.2
3942
Not enough data
8.3
4038
Not enough data
8.0
3779
Integration
6.7
5
8.2
3833
7.0
5
8.0
3964
Not enough data
8.0
3762
Generative AI
5.3
5
7.3
2092
Not enough data
7.4
2101
Agentic AI - Work Management
Not enough data
6.5
441
Not enough data
6.7
441
Not enough data
6.7
442
Not enough data
6.5
443
Communication
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
4267
Not enough data
8.1
3738
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
3774
Content & Documents
Not enough data
8.8
4414
Not enough data
9.0
4553
Not enough data
8.6
4422
Not enough data
8.1
3731
Controls
Not enough data
8.7
4173
Not enough data
8.1
3614
Not enough data
8.8
4228
Not enough data
8.4
4136
Not enough data
8.1
3722
Project Management
Not enough data
9.4
4681
Not enough data
9.2
4597
Not enough data
9.2
4504
Not enough data
8.5
4136
Remote Collaboration
Not enough data
8.9
4209
Not enough data
9.0
4409
Not enough data
8.9
4323
Not enough data
7.6
3387
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.1
1875
Not enough data
7.2
1856
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
Not enough data
6.5
321
Not enough data
6.5
317
Design
Not enough data
8.8
1215
Not enough data
8.7
1253
Not enough data
8.5
1230
Collaboration
Not enough data
9.2
1293
Not enough data
9.0
1288
File Types
Not enough data
8.8
1286
Not enough data
8.6
1232
Not enough data
8.0
1079
Edit & Revise
Not enough data
8.7
1211
Not enough data
8.3
1124
Not enough data
8.4
1189
Integrate & Embed
Not enough data
8.6
1249
Not enough data
8.6
1168
Not enough data
8.6
1231
Operating System
Not enough data
8.9
1170
Not enough data
8.7
1140
Not enough data
7.4
926
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.9
636
Not enough data
7.9
635
Not enough data
7.5
619
Not enough data
7.4
613
Not enough data
7.3
622
Agentic AI - Document Creation
Not enough data
7.4
79
Annotation Tools - Markup Software
Not enough data
8.0
51
Not enough data
7.2
50
Not enough data
8.0
54
Not enough data
7.5
52
Collaboration - Markup Software
Not enough data
8.7
53
Not enough data
8.8
55
Not enough data
9.1
52
Not enough data
9.3
52
Security - Markup Software
Not enough data
8.6
50
Not enough data
8.4
52
Agentic AI - Marketing Resource Management
Not enough data
6.9
55
Not enough data
6.9
55
Not enough data
7.2
54
Agentic AI - Event Planning
Not enough data
6.7
125
Not enough data
6.8
127
Not enough data
6.7
127
Not enough data
6.8
127
Communication
6.7
7
Not enough data
5.5
7
Not enough data
6.4
7
Not enough data
Planning
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
6.9
9
Not enough data
7.1
7
Not enough data
Workflow Management
6.9
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
5.7
7
Not enough data
5.7
7
Not enough data
Time Tracking
Not enough data
8.5
2540
Not enough data
9.1
2924
Not enough data
8.2
2268
Client Invoicing
Not enough data
7.4
2010
Not enough data
7.0
1894
Not enough data
7.7
2009
Mobile Time Tracking
Not enough data
8.6
2508
Administration
Not enough data
8.4
2393
Not enough data
9.1
2715
Not enough data
9.0
2783
Not enough data
8.3
2309
Not enough data
9.0
2661
Platform
Not enough data
8.7
2503
Not enough data
8.2
2242
Not enough data
8.2
2185
Not enough data
9.0
2662
Not enough data
8.3
2378
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Linear and monday Work Management are categorized as Project Management, Work Management, and Task Management
Unique Categories
Linear is categorized as Bug Tracking and Product Management
monday Work Management is categorized as Markup Software, Project Collaboration, Business Instant Messaging, Kanban Project Management, Objectives and Key Results (OKR), Workflow Management, Project and Portfolio Management, Event Planning, Time Tracking, Document Creation, Marketing Calendar, and Marketing Resource Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Linear
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
monday Work Management
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
42.6%
Information Technology and Services
16.7%
Human Resources
5.6%
Real Estate
3.7%
Marketing and Advertising
3.7%
Other
27.8%
Marketing and Advertising
14.0%
Information Technology and Services
6.0%
Computer Software
5.0%
Construction
3.8%
Non-Profit Organization Management
3.5%
Other
67.7%
Discussions
Linear has no discussions with answers
Is it possible for you to have your own CRM on Monday?
5 Comments
JK
Monday is a task and project management tool which is very agile and technically you can make a CRM out of it. At our company we didn't as we have...Read more
More than one owner of a task - can they share the one task item?
2 Comments
LR
Hi Jon - yes you can assign a task to more than one person. How I have done it in the past was to create additional "People" columns. Read more
How best to use Monday to manage social media campaigns and publications across multiple clients (for planning purposes in particular)?
2 Comments
KM
I want to increase the size of my Google Drive storage but it's free, because the 15 GB video and photo files currently have a large resolution, so in my...Read more
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