Hugogen Projects vs Linear

Two modern task trackers for software teams. Hugogen Projects matches Linear on speed and adds AI agents on every task, Gantt and Calendar views, and multi-assignee out of the box. Free for unlimited members.

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Pricing and feature data last verified 2026-06-24.

Pick Hugogen Projects if

  • You want Gantt and Calendar views in the same workspace as your task list, not as a separate roadmap product.
  • You want AI agents that read a task and draft a reply, summary, or follow-up without opening a separate tab.
  • Your team needs multi-assignee, more than one terminal status, or your tasks routinely live in the same project as the deck or designs they're tracking.

Stick with Linear if

  • Your team runs entirely on Linear keyboard shortcuts and command palette muscle memory.
  • You need Linear's mature Slack two-way sync today and can't wait for parity.
  • Your engineering org standardised on Linear's GraphQL API and tooling around it.

Side-by-side, feature by feature

Every row links to a live capability in Hugogen Projects.Linear values pulled from their product pages and pricing tiers.

Views

  • List view with inline editing

    Hugogen
    Yes

    Sprint-grouped by default

    Linear
    Yes

  • Board view (Kanban)

    Hugogen
    Yes

    Drag between status columns

    Linear
    Yes

  • Calendar view

    Hugogen
    Yes

    Drag tasks to reschedule

    Linear
    No

  • Gantt view

    Hugogen
    Yes

    Day-to-year zoom, dependency arrows

    Linear
    Roadmaps only

    Project-level timeline, no per-task Gantt

Workflow

  • Sprints / Cycles

    Hugogen
    Yes

    Dedicated planning page

    Linear
    Yes

    Linear Cycles

  • Subtasks

    Hugogen
    Yes
    Linear
    Sub-issues

  • Task relations

    Hugogen
    4 types

    Blocks, related, duplicates, clones

    Linear
    Yes

    Blocking + related

  • Custom statuses per project

    Hugogen
    Yes

    Names, colors, order, multiple terminal states

    Linear
    Per workspace

    Workflow states shared across teams

  • Multi-assignee per task

    Hugogen
    Yes
    Linear
    No

    Single assignee per issue

  • Activity timeline per task

    Hugogen
    Yes

    Status, priority, dates, comments, mentions

    Linear
    Yes

AI

  • AI agents on every task

    Hugogen
    Yes

    Triage, draft, summarise, route

    Linear
    Triage Intelligence

    Business plan only

  • AI bundled with paid plans

    Hugogen
    Yes

    9k credits / seat / mo on Pro

    Linear
    Add-on

    Premium AI features on Business

  • Workspace AI chat that knows your projects

    Hugogen
    Yes

    Shares the same context as Docs + Design

    Linear
    No

Workspace

  • Tasks live next to docs, designs, video

    Hugogen
    Yes

    Same project, every artifact

    Linear
    No

    Linear is issue-tracker only

  • Deep-linkable task URLs

    Hugogen
    Yes

    Every task is its own page

    Linear
    Yes

  • Threaded comments + @mentions

    Hugogen
    Yes
    Linear
    Yes

Pricing model

  • Free for unlimited members

    Hugogen
    Up to 10 seats

    Free Forever plan caps at 10

    Linear
    Unlimited members

    Free up to 250 issues, then paid

  • Lowest paid tier

    Hugogen
    $8 / month flat

    Pro plan, up to 500 seats

    Linear
    $10 / user / month

    Annual billing only

  • Monthly billing option

    Hugogen
    Yes
    Linear
    No

    Annual billing only on Basic and Business

Pricing, side by side

List prices from the vendor pricing pages. Verified on the dates cited below each column.

Hugogen Projects

  • Free Forever

    Free

    For solopreneurs and new teams.

    • 10 seats max
    • 1,500 credits / month
    • 10 GB cloud storage
    • All four task views: List, Board, Calendar, Gantt
    • Per-project custom statuses
    • Multi-assignee, sprints, subtasks, relations

  • Pro

    $8 per month, billed monthly

    For growing teams moving fast.

    • Up to 500 seats
    • 9,000 credits / seat / month
    • 100 GB cloud storage
    • Everything in Free
    • Sales call analysis + meeting AI
    • Agentic Designer

  • Business

    $17 per seat / month

    For teams operating at scale.

    • Up to 500 seats
    • 25,000 credits / seat / month
    • 2 TB cloud storage
    • Everything in Pro
    • 300 brand kits
    • Priority support

  • Enterprise

    Custom

    For organizations with custom needs.

    • Custom seats with SCIM provisioning
    • Custom credit pool
    • Custom cloud storage
    • Unlimited brand kits
    • Full-length video generation

Source: hugogen.com/pricing. Verified 2026-06-24.

Linear

  • Free

    Free

    Free for everyone, capped to 2 teams and 250 issues.

    • Unlimited members
    • 2 teams
    • 250 issues
    • Agent platform
    • Linear Agent

  • Basic

    $10 per user / month, billed yearly

    All Free features plus unlimited issues.

    • 5 teams
    • Unlimited issues
    • Unlimited file uploads
    • Admin roles
    • Everything in Free

  • Business

    $16 per user / month, billed yearly

    All Basic features plus Triage and Asks.

    • Unlimited teams
    • Private teams and guests
    • Triage Intelligence
    • Linear Agent automations (beta)
    • Linear Insights
    • Linear Asks

  • Enterprise

    Custom

    All Business features plus enterprise security.

    • Invoice / PO billing
    • SAML and SCIM
    • Granular admin controls
    • Migration & onboarding support
    • Priority support

Source: linear.app/pricing. Verified 2026-06-24.

What Linear does better

Hugogen Projects is the right call for most teams, not every team. These are the places Linear is still ahead.

  • Keyboard navigation

    On the roadmap

    Linear's keyboard shortcut coverage and command palette are best-in-class. Hugogen has a command palette and the common shortcuts; full Linear-parity shortcut coverage is shipping in Q3 2026.

  • Slack two-way sync

    On the roadmap

    Linear's Slack integration syncs status changes and threads bidirectionally. Hugogen sends one-way notifications today; full two-way sync is on the roadmap behind the Inbox v2 rewrite.

  • GraphQL API maturity

    Linear's GraphQL API has years of versioning and tooling around it (linear-cli, official SDKs in five languages). Hugogen's REST API is stable but young; the GraphQL surface and SDK suite are slated for after the Q4 platform launch.

  • Native Git provider integrations

    Linear's GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket integrations auto-link PRs to issues and flip status on merge out of the box. Hugogen's PR-linking is a Webhook today; native integrations are tracking for the integrations launch.

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