Best Linear alternatives
Ranked by Share of Answer — how often each vendor is the AI's single first pick for Project management software, pooled across GPT-5.5, Claude, and Gemini. Updated weekly (2026-06-28).
When buyers ask AI for the best project management software, Linear is the first pick 9% of the time — strongest with Google (16%). The alternative the models recommend most instead is Trello at 15%. Here are the 12 alternatives ranked by what the models actually recommend.
Linear alternatives, ranked by AI
| # | Alternative | Share of Answer | Considered | Anthropic | OpenAI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trello | | 19% | 19% | 25% | · |
| 2 | Asana | | 51% | 14% | 23% | · |
| 3 | Clickup | | 25% | 13% | 14% | · |
| 4 | Monday.com | | 44% | 15% | 6% | · |
| 5 | Jira | | 11% | 9% | 9% | · |
| 6 | Microsoft Project | | 2% | 6% | · | · |
| 7 | Kantata | | 2% | 4% | · | · |
| 8 | Productive | | 1% | · | 4% | · |
| 9 | Wrike | | 8% | · | 2% | · |
| 10 | Todoist | | 2% | 2% | · | · |
| 11 | Smartsheet | | 6% | · | 1% | · |
| 12 | Plane | | 5% | 1% | · | · |
Per-model cells = that model's Share of Answer for the vendor. · = never first-picked by that model. How this is measured →
See where Linear and every alternative rank head-to-head, with confidence intervals and weekly movement, on the full Project management software leaderboard →