One board, every kind of workShaped around software issues
Issues, cycles, triage, and releases suit engineering. Operations, marketing, and client teams often find the model narrower than their work.
A Linear alternative for broader teams
Built for every team, not just software issues.
Kanera gives technical and non-technical teams a shared home for projects, requests, delivery, and recurring work.
Why teams look for a Linear alternative.
Little room for custom structure
Linear uses opinionated issue properties and labels rather than general-purpose custom fields.
No calendar and no Gantt
Linear does not present a general card calendar, or a Gantt chart with schedule dependencies.
What changes when you move from Linear.
Comes with you
- Board views and filtered, grouped tables
- Assignees, labels, blocking relations, and bulk updates
- An API, webhooks, and an MCP server for AI clients
- Issue rows, through a CSV import
Kanera adds
- Typed custom fields, shared across a workspace
- Calendar, plus Gantt Timeline with critical paths across boards
- Checklists with item assignees and due dates
- Nested notes, and self-hosting with the full feature set
Stays with Linear
- Cycles, triage, releases, and product insights
- Deep code and Git integrations
- Native desktop and mobile apps, SAML, and SCIM
Linear vs Kanera, feature by feature.
All 28 rows of the full comparison, reduced to marks. The comparison explains every one, with sources checked August 11, 2026.
- Included
- Partial or plan-gated
- Not available
Views & Planning
| Feature | Linear | Kanera |
|---|---|---|
| Timeline, Gantt, and dependencies | Partial or plan-gated | Included |
| Board view | Included | Included |
| Table view | Included | Included |
| Calendar view | Not available | Included |
| Overview, health, and cross-project visibility | Included | Included |
| Personal and team priority queues | Partial or plan-gated | Included |
Cards & Work
| Feature | Linear | Kanera |
|---|---|---|
| Work item detail | Included | Included |
| Custom fields | Partial or plan-gated | Included |
| Checklists | Partial or plan-gated | Included |
| Bulk editing | Included | Included |
Structure & Workflow
| Feature | Linear | Kanera |
|---|---|---|
| Independent projects | Included | Included |
| Shared structure | Partial or plan-gated | Included |
| Automation | Included | Included |
| Reporting | Included | Included |
| One-way board syncing | Not available | Included |
Collaboration & Access
| Feature | Linear | Kanera |
|---|---|---|
| Collaboration | Included | Included |
| External access | Partial or plan-gated | Partial or plan-gated |
| Notes and context | Partial or plan-gated | Included |
| Notifications | Included | Included |
Data & Migration
| Feature | Linear | Kanera |
|---|---|---|
| API and webhooks | Included | Included |
| AI integration | Included | Partial or plan-gated |
| Deployment | Not available | Included |
| Import and export | Included | Partial or plan-gated |
Where each tool draws the line
| Feature | Linear | Kanera |
|---|---|---|
| Time tracking and workload | Partial or plan-gated | Partial or plan-gated |
| Request forms | Partial or plan-gated | Not available |
| Sign-in and provisioning | Included | Partial or plan-gated |
| Apps and offline use | Included | Partial or plan-gated |
| Interface languages | Not available | Included |
Moving from Linear.
Start with CSV when issue rows are enough. Cycles, releases, project structure, history, and attachments need an explicit migration plan because they do not map directly.
- Upload and analyzeKanera reads the export and previews every column before anything is created.
- Map the structureCreate, reuse, or skip each list, label, and custom field.
- Match the peopleMap each source assignee to someone with access, or leave them unmapped.
- Review, then confirmA summary shows every mapping and skipped card. Only confirming creates data.
Choose Kanera when the whole company works in one system.
Competitor details are dated and sourced. Review the official sources in the direct comparison.
- Work extends beyond product and engineering
- You prefer boards over issue-first workflows
- Shared reporting and project context should span every function
See if Kanera fits your team.
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