Mehashi vs Linear
Mehashi is a lightweight Linear alternative for teams that aren't only shipping software. Five seats are free forever, then £1, $1 or €1 per seat per month. Linear is a superb, opinionated issue tracker for engineers; Mehashi is a general project workspace — boards, timelines, calendar, notes and files — for the whole company.
Linear is one of the best-built tools in this category. It is keyboard-first, extremely fast, and opinionated about how software teams work: cycles, triage, projects, tight Git integrations. Engineers who live in it rarely want to leave, and we don't blame them.
The question is whether everyone else in your company works that way. Marketing, ops and founders usually want a calendar, a timeline and a place to keep notes and files — not a cycle. Mehashi is the generalist option at a price that lets you give the whole team a seat.
Mehashi vs Linear,
line by line.
Everything below is either a published price we looked up or behaviour that ships today. Where Linear wins, the row says so.
| Feature | Mehashi | Linear |
|---|---|---|
| £1 / $1 / €1 per seat, same number | Yes | From ~$10 |
| Free for first 5 people, forever | Yes | Unlimited, 250 issues |
| Monthly bill for a team of 12 | £7 / $7 / €7 | ~$120 |
| Setup in under 15 minutes | Yes | Yes |
| Board, list, and timeline views | Yes | Board, list, cycles |
| Calendar view included on the free plan | Yes | No |
| Per-project notes, links and files | Yes | Documents |
| Custom workflows and custom fields | No | Yes |
| Live multiplayer updates without a refresh | No | Yes |
| App marketplace / third-party integrations | Slack shortcut only | Extensive |
| Native mobile apps | Mobile web | Yes |
| Self-serve cancel, no annual commit | Yes | Best rate needs annual |
| Free plan limit | 5 people, unlimited tasks | Unlimited members, 250 issues |
| Cycles, triage and Git-linked issues | No | Yes |
| Calendar view | Yes | No |
| Built for non-engineering teams too | Yes | Engineering-first |
Competitor prices are approximate published per-user monthly rates as of August 2026 — check their sites for current numbers.
Where Linear is the better choice.
We would rather lose the signup than win a team that churns in a month. If any of these describe you, stay where you are.
Engineering velocity
Cycles, triage queues, GitHub and GitLab links, and a keyboard-first interface that is genuinely faster than anything Mehashi does. For a dedicated product engineering team, Linear is excellent.
Speed and craft
Linear's sync engine gives instant, offline-tolerant, real-time updates. Mehashi refreshes on action or navigation — teammates' edits are not pushed live.
Insights and integrations
Project updates, initiatives, analytics and a broad integration surface. Mehashi's only third-party integration today is a Slack message shortcut that files a ticket.
Switch to Mehashi if…
Free for your first five people, then £1, $1 or €1 per seat per month — the same number in every currency, not an exchange rate.
- The people who need to see the plan aren't engineers.
- You keep hitting Linear's 250-issue free ceiling but don't need a full issue tracker.
- You want a calendar and a per-project notes and files tab in the same tool.
- You'd rather spend £1 a seat than $10 to give ops and marketing access.
Is Linear free?
Linear's Free plan allows unlimited members but caps at 250 issues; Basic is about $10 per user per month billed yearly and Business about $16. Mehashi is free for 5 people with unlimited tasks and projects, then £1 / $1 / €1 per seat. Approximate published rates as of August 2026.
Is Mehashi as fast as Linear?
No. Linear's sync engine is a genuine engineering achievement and Mehashi does not match it — we have no real-time layer, so the board updates when you act or navigate rather than streaming teammates' changes. If keyboard-speed issue tracking is the product for you, stay on Linear.
Can non-engineers use Mehashi instead of Linear?
That is the main reason teams pick it. Every project gets board, list, timeline, calendar and dashboard views plus notes, links and files, with four plain statuses instead of cycles — so marketing, ops and founders can use the same workspace as the product team.
Does Mehashi integrate with GitHub or GitLab?
Not yet. Mehashi has one integration today: a Slack message shortcut that turns a message into a ticket. If Git-linked issues are core to your workflow, Linear is the better tool.