Linear alternative: Aiola

Picture a bug report arriving while you are building another feature. In Aiola, keep the report beside its project and turn it into a task for an agent. Use App Logs for the error, Feedback for the report, or Analytics for the number. The task has an agent responsible for the coding work. That work ends in a pull request you can review.

In Aiola, an agent can read App Logs, Feedback, Analytics, GitHub context, and Tasks in the same app. App Logs groups production errors, while Feedback collects reports through forms and an inbox. Your agent still uses your own subscription in Aiola. Agents run on your desktop against your projects. There is no token markup, and provider limits still apply.

Linear also connects planning to agent work. Its documented Linear Agent, cloud coding sessions, and Loops deserve consideration in this comparison. Loops can run on schedules or supported events and start coding sessions. Its hosted MCP server gives compatible AI clients access to Linear. GitHub synchronization links issues and pull requests, including automatic status updates. Customer Requests connect feedback to issues and projects.

Choose Linear when people need to coordinate work across teams, projects, cycles, initiatives, milestones, and dependencies. Those structures help a team decide what to build and when. Linear is also a better fit when dedicated delivery reporting is central to weekly decisions. Enterprise administration is another reason to prefer Linear. Linear's official docs list SAML, SCIM, and granular access controls among its strengths.

Linear's Free offer includes unlimited members, two teams, and 250 issues. Basic costs $10 per user monthly with yearly billing; Business costs $16 on the same basis. Enterprise uses custom annual pricing. Monthly-billed rates were Not verified. Cloud coding sessions and Loops require additional AI credits beyond seat charges. Workspace reporting and spend limits help track those credits.

If your existing tools already cover the work well, keep them during your evaluation. Recreate one small task in Aiola instead of assuming an automatic import. Write a small task with a visible result and a simple way to check it. Use your normal review process for the resulting code. Expand to another project after that first task makes sense.

Aiola supports macOS 12+ and Windows 10+, with no Linux desktop app. The phone and tablet app on iPhone, iPad, and Android is a full remote for the desktop. Aiola is a free download, with Pro starting at $24 a month. GUI Lifetime starts at $49 as a one-time payment. Pro adds hosted Analytics, App Logs, Feedback, and MCP.

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Grok CLI, OpenCode, Antigravity are the six supported CLIs. Bring your own Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, xAI, Google, or configured OpenCode access. Aiola never resells models or adds token markup. Provider limits and permissions still apply. Review generated code before using it.

Per-thread Local or Worktree choice; worktrees isolate working files, not merge conflicts. Agent instructions and memory are scoped to each workspace. Automations run locally while Aiola is running and the desktop is on and awake. Start with a manual run, check the result, and schedule only work you know how to review. Parallel agents still need clear task boundaries and an integration check.

Your repositories, threads, tasks, notes, and automation definitions stay local. Prompts and file context go to the provider you choose. Account, billing, diagnostics, optional telemetry and push delivery use services. Optional hosted product data also goes to Aiola’s infrastructure. Local-first describes the coding workspace, rather than every data flow in the product.

Hosted Analytics, App Logs, Feedback, hosted MCP, and Setup Health are part of Pro. Free download. Pro from $24/month or $240/year (100k events). GUI Lifetime $49 / $89 / $129 one-time; checkout confirms the current price. Pro Monthly has a 7-day trial. Compare Pro and GUI Lifetime before choosing a plan.

Aiola desktop supports macOS 12+ on Apple Silicon and Intel, and Windows 10+ (64-bit). The phone and tablet app is a full remote for your desktop on iPhone, iPad and Android. Start threads, run several agents and use terminals. Get the iPhone and iPad app or get the Android app. Local jobs still need an awake desktop.

For setup details, read about thread execution and project context, workspace agent memory, local automations, and plans and hosted access.

This comparison is published by Aiola. The tables preserve the original comparison topics. Prices, platforms and availability were checked against the linked official sources. “Not verified” cells are open questions for your setup. They do not establish that a competitor lacks a feature. No hands-on performance ranking is implied.

We checked the official sources on 2026-11-12. “Not verified” means those sources did not establish the answer; the feature may still exist. A documented download or source build establishes availability. We did not install every product or assess future maintenance.

• Linear: Pricing
• Linear: Planning and reporting
• Linear: Board layout
• Linear: GitHub integration
• Linear: Customer Requests
• Linear: MCP server
• Linear: Loops
• Linear: AI credits
• Linear: Downloads
• Linear: Changelog

Linear's analytics concern product development; they should not be equated with Aiola's website analytics. Free includes unlimited members, two teams, and 250 issues; AI-credit charges are additional to seat subscriptions.

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