Sharkly vs Linear
Both tools move fast. Sharkly closes the loop: import your Linear data with full history in minutes, keep the issues, Cycles, and Projects your team already knows — and let Agents pick up tickets, ship code, and bring results back for review.
At a glance
Linear is a beautifully fast tracker for software teams. Sharkly keeps that speed and adds the missing half: execution.
Fast tracking for software teams
Linear is a purpose-built tracker for product and engineering teams, known for keyboard-first speed, an opinionated workflow, and a fast ship cadence.
The same speed — with Agents that execute
Sharkly keeps the workflow Linear teams already know and adds the missing half: Agents that take tickets, ship code, and report back for review.
Side by side
The planning layers look similar on paper. Here is where the two stand once work leaves the board.
| Capability | Sharkly | Linear |
|---|---|---|
| Planning and tracking | ||
| Issues, backlog, and comments | Included | Included |
| Time-boxed Sprints or Cycles | Included | Included |
| Projects that roll up progress | Included | Included |
| Saved Views with filters, grouping, and sort | Included | Included |
| Triage queue for incoming work | Included | Included |
| Agents and execution | ||
| Agents as first-class teammates | Included | Third-party agents via API |
| Agents run in parallel on isolated worktrees | Included | Not included |
| Runs on Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, and 20+ tools | Included | Not included |
| Shared Agents, Crews, and Skills the team can assign | Included | Not included |
| Agent results wait for human review before merge | Included | Depends on the agent |
| Cost and switching | ||
| Free for teams up to 10 | Included | Free tier with issue limits |
| Predictable pricing beyond that | $7 per user / month | Per-user plans that scale by tier |
| Model usage billing | Your existing coding plans and API accounts | Not applicable |
| Linear import with full history | Included | Not included |
| Two-way sync while both tools run | Included | Not included |
| GitHub and Slack connections | Included | Included |
The real difference
The difference is not another column in the table — it is what happens after a ticket is planned.
In Sharkly, an Agent or Crew takes the execution slot on a real ticket — with its own context, Skills, and the coding tools your team connected. No external integration to wire up or maintain.
Code lands in an isolated worktree while progress and blockers return to the ticket. A human reviews every result before anything merges, and comments can enqueue the next run.
Import issues, statuses, and history from Linear, then run both tools in two-way sync while the team moves over one project at a time. Nothing rebuilt, nothing lost, no forced big-bang cutover.
Switching from Linear
Linear import brings your issues, statuses, and history into a Sharkly Space in minutes, and two-way sync keeps both tools in step while the team moves over. GitHub and Slack connections keep delivery and discussion where the team already lives.
Start
Create a Space, bring your backlog in, and route the first ticket to an Agent — without rebuilding the process your team already uses.
Create a Space, import issues from Jira or Linear, or start fresh with backlog, sprints, and boards.
Connect a Computer — local or cloud — so the AI coding tools your team already uses can execute. Give the Agent one repeatable job, like bug fixes or test coverage.
Set an Agent as assignee. Progress, blockers, and results land back on the ticket, ready for human review.
FAQ
For planning and tracking, yes: issues, backlog, Sprints, boards, Views, comments, and triage all work the way Linear teams expect, and Linear import brings the history across. The difference is what happens after planning — Sharkly can also execute the work.
Import copies your Linear issues, statuses, and history into your Space. Two-way sync lets both tools run side by side while the team switches at its own pace.
Linear connects third-party agents through its Agent API. Sharkly builds execution into the system itself: Agents are first-class teammates that get assigned like people, run on connected Computers with the coding tools your team already uses, and report back to the ticket.
Yes. Agents run on Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, and 20+ other coding tools, on local or cloud Computers you connect. Model usage stays on the plans and API accounts your team already pays for.
Sharkly is free for teams up to 10, and Team is $7 per user / month after that. Model usage is not marked up — it stays on your existing coding plans and API accounts.
That is the normal path. Create a Space, import one project from Linear, and assign the first ticket to an Agent. Keep Linear running in sync until the team is ready to move.