For teams who want Linear's AI-first spirit — plus chat and a public roadmap
Linear made boards fast. DevvyBoard makes them social.
Respect where it's due: Linear is the closest thing we have to a rival philosophy — fast, dev-first, and genuinely agent-ready with a full MCP server. The difference is scope. Linear assumes your chat lives in Slack, your users never see the roadmap, and your team pays per seat. DevvyBoard builds the conversation, the public roadmap, and flat pricing into the same simple board.
25 people on Linear Basic costs 17× DevvyBoard Pro
Linear Basic
$250/mo
for a 25-person team
$10 per user/mo — Business with Insights/Asks/Triage is $16 per user/mo
DevvyBoard Pro
$14.99/mo
flat — for the whole community
$14.99/mo flat per community — 25 members, 50 GiB, Blueprint, higher MCP limits
Linear Business for 25 people is $400/mo. DevvyBoard Pro is $14.99 flat per community — and the free tier has no issue cap (Linear Free stops at 250 issues).
Feature by feature
| Feature | Linear | DevvyBoard |
|---|---|---|
| Kanban board | Yes — famously fast | Yes, with card groups & categories |
| MCP for AI coding tools | Yes — full MCP server | Yes — 19 tools incl. Blueprint drawing |
| Built-in team chat | No — comments + Slack integration | Project rooms + DMs, wired to the board |
| AI teammate in your chat | Agents work issues, not a chat room | @devvy answers, files & moves cards in chat |
| Ideas backlog | Customer Requests is customer-facing | Internal team backlog, promote to board |
| Public roadmap | No — roadmaps are internal | Shareable read-only URL, embeddable |
| Architecture canvas | No | Blueprint canvas your AI can draw on (Pro) |
| Free tier | Unlimited members, capped at 250 issues | 3 members, no card cap, all core features |
| Pricing model | Per seat ($10–16/u/mo) | Flat per community |
Competitor pricing and feature details checked June 2026 against public pricing and documentation pages. Spotted something out of date? Email us and we'll fix it.
Why teams pick DevvyBoard
- Team chat built in — the conversation and the board are one product, not a Slack integration
- Public roadmaps your users can follow at a URL; Linear's roadmaps are internal-only
- An internal ideas backlog (Linear's Customer Requests faces outward, not inward)
- Blueprint: an architecture canvas both you and your AI agents can draw on
- $14.99 flat vs $250–400/mo at 25 seats, and no 250-issue cap on Free
Where Linear is genuinely strong
- Raw speed and keyboard-driven UX that's still the industry benchmark
- Built-in code review (Diffs) and git automations — genuinely dev-pipeline-native
- Bigger agent ecosystem today: Codex, Copilot, Cursor, Devin run as teammates
- Cycles, triage, and insights tooling for larger product orgs
- Enterprise polish: SAML, SCIM, HIPAA, audit logs
We’d rather you pick the right tool than the loudest page. If these matter to your team, Linear may be the better fit — and that’s fine.
Common questions
How is DevvyBoard different from Linear?
Both are dev-first boards with real MCP support for AI tools. DevvyBoard adds built-in team chat with the @devvy AI teammate, an internal ideas backlog, public roadmaps your users can open, and a Blueprint architecture canvas — at $14.99/mo flat instead of $10–16 per seat. Linear counters with speed, built-in code review, and a larger agent ecosystem.
Does Linear have built-in team chat?
No. Linear has issue comments and a strong Slack integration, but no chat rooms or DMs of its own. DevvyBoard ships project chat and DMs as a core feature, wired to the board — mention a card, set a deadline from a message, or ask @devvy to file the work.
Both have MCP — what's the difference?
Linear's MCP server covers issues, projects, and triage. DevvyBoard's 19 tools cover the board plus chat (your agent can post updates where the team reads), the ideas backlog, public roadmap publishing, and the Blueprint canvas — your agent can literally draw the architecture diagram and link nodes to cards.
Is DevvyBoard cheaper than Linear?
At 25 people: Linear Basic is $250/mo and Business is $400/mo (per-seat). DevvyBoard Pro is $14.99/mo flat for the whole community. And DevvyBoard's free tier has no card limit, while Linear Free caps at 250 issues.
See it before you commit to anything
The live demo is a real board with sample data — no account, no email, nothing to cancel. Or read the full tutorial to see every feature explained.