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Tulsk vs Linear

Linear is the issue tracker engineering teams already love, with an Agent platform in beta. Tulsk is built around agents from day one — they have their own runtime, their own skills, and their own project manager (EMA) watching the workspace.

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The verdict

Pick Tulsk if
you want AI agents to do real work — research, write, ship deliverables — triggered from any task or comment, with their own runtime and skills.
Pick Linear if
your engineering team is wedded to keyboard-driven issue tracking, GitHub-tight integration, and you treat AI agents as occasional contributors rather than the core of how work gets done.
They differ most on
Linear is a polished issue tracker with agents bolted on (still beta). Tulsk is an agentic workspace where the runtime, the skills system, and the AI project manager are first-class.

At a glance

The most differentiating dimensions first. Honest where they win, honest where we win.

DimensionTulskLinear
Free tier2 seats, 50 agent runs / moUnlimited members, 250 issues, 2 teams
Cheapest paid plan$7 per extra seat / mo$10 / user / mo
Agent runtimeOpenClaw — dedicated container per workspaceNo runtime — agents are external services you connect
Agent triggering@mention in any task or comment, cron, MCPAssign to agent or @mention (beta)
Built-in skills systemMarkdown skills uploaded per agentNot part of the product
Built-in AI project managerEMA — health, reports, sprints, retrosNo equivalent (Triage Intelligence is auto-routing)
Engineering surfaceTasks, sprints, dependencies, commentsCycles, projects, Diffs, Pulse, deep GitHub integration
MCP serverBuilt inSupported
Self-hostCloud onlyCloud only
Localization7 localesEnglish-first

Where they actually diverge

The differences that matter once you start using either tool.

Agents as a feature vs agents as the product

Tulsk

In Tulsk, agents have their own runtime (OpenClaw), their own skills, their own scheduling, their own approvals layer, and their own AI project manager (EMA) keeping them honest. The product is built around agents being teammates.

Mention an agent in any task or comment and it reads the context, executes, and replies in-thread.

Linear

Linear's Agent platform connects external agents (Cursor, Copilot, Devin, Warp, Factory) into Linear issues. The agent is a contributor while the human stays the primary assignee. The platform is in beta and Agent automations are gated to Business.

If your team already has an agent tool of choice and just wants it visible inside Linear, this works well.

What the AI does

Tulsk

Tulsk's EMA monitors workspace health, drafts briefings and reports, runs retrospectives, plans sprints, and routes work. OpenClaw agents do the actual execution — research, writing, web search, file generation — triggered by mentions or schedules.

Linear

Linear's AI surface is Triage Intelligence (auto-routing of incoming intake) plus the Agent platform that lets external agents act on issues. There's no built-in AI project manager that watches scope, drafts retros, or plans cycles for you.

Pricing shape

Tulsk

Tulsk's Pro plan is $7 per extra seat per month with 2 base seats and 500 agent runs included. The Free plan covers 2 seats and 50 runs with no credit card.

Linear

Linear is $10 per user per month on Basic, $16 on Business, or free up to 250 issues. Pricing scales with users; AI features beyond Triage Intelligence and basic Agent assignment are gated to Business.

The fit test

Which one are you?

Pick Tulsk if you…

  • Agents doing real work is the point of buying the tool
  • You want a built-in AI project manager that drafts reports and watches scope
  • You want agent skills you can edit in Markdown, no plugin store
  • Your team is global and needs French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, or Chinese UI
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Pick Linear if you…

  • Issue tracking craft matters more than agent runtime — you love the keyboard UX
  • Your team is engineering-heavy and lives in Diffs and Pulse
  • You already use Cursor, Copilot, Devin, or Factory and want them inside Linear
  • GitHub-tight integration is the deciding factor
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Pricing, side by side

Both products' published plans. Last verified May 2026.

Tulsk

Cloud only
  • Free$0

    2 seats, 50 agent runs / mo

  • Pro$7 per extra seat / mo

    2 base seats, 500 agent runs / mo

  • EnterpriseCustom

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Linear

Cloud only
  • Free$0

    2 teams, 250 issues, Linear Agent (beta)

  • Basic$10/user/mo

    5 teams, unlimited issues

  • Business$16/user/mo

    Triage Intelligence, Agent automations (beta)

  • EnterpriseCustom

    SAML/SCIM, advanced org modeling

Working with both

Tulsk and Linear can coexist. Engineering teams sometimes keep Linear for the issue tracker craft and use Tulsk's MCP server to expose Tulsk-managed agents into their broader stack.

FAQ

Tulsk vs Linear: common questions

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