Atono vs Linear

The clean, lean, and unstressed alternative.

Atono is best for
Cross-functional development teams
Planning, building and running software projects
Focusing on the task at hand with a clean, intuitive UI
Keeping work in context, free from distractions
Transparent, modular pricing with a money-back satisfaction guarantee

Linear is good for
Small to medium-sized startups
Planning and building software projects
Fast user interface experience

Atono is best for	Linear is good for
Cross-functional development teams	Small to medium-sized startups
Planning, building and running software projects	Planning and building software projects
Focusing on the task at hand with a clean, intuitive UI	Fast user interface experience
Keeping work in context, free from distractions
Transparent, modular pricing with a money-back satisfaction guarantee

Plan Features	Atono	Linear
Timelines Communicate plans with stakeholders
Timeboxes Group backlog items into fixed periods
Staleness Indicator Identify stalled items in workflow steps
Cycle Time Report Visualize cycle time trends of stories and bugs
Projected completion dates Estimation completion based on past performance
Build Features	Atono	Linear
Guided user story writing Use prompts and automatically suggested personas
Persistent acceptance criteria references Copy URLs to specific acceptance criteria
Customizable workflows Build processes that reflect how your team works
Run Features	Atono	Linear
Feature flags Toggle features from your stories or your browser
Feature flag slicing Segment users for tailored feature rollouts
Product usage Track usage by story or acceptance criteria
Improve Features	Atono	Linear
Attach context to bug reports Add media for bug context
Chrome extension for bug reporting Auto-capture contextual data for each bug as you test
Risk-based bug triage Evaluate probability and impact of new defects
Smart templates Guide bug reporters to include all crucial information

Timelines

Communicate plans with stakeholders

Atono

Linear

Timeboxes

Group backlog items into fixed periods

Atono

Linear

Staleness Indicator

Identify stalled items in workflow steps

Atono

Linear

Cycle Time Report

Visualize cycle time trends of stories and bugs

Atono

Linear

Projected completion dates

Estimation completion based on past performance

Atono

Linear

Guided user story writing

Use prompts and automatically suggested personas

Atono

Linear

Persistent acceptance criteria references

Copy URLs to specific acceptance criteria

Atono

Linear

Customizable workflows

Build processes that reflect how your team works

Atono

Linear

Feature flags

Toggle features from your stories or your browser

Atono

Linear

Feature flag slicing

Segment users for tailored feature rollouts

Atono

Linear

Product usage

Track usage by story or acceptance criteria

Atono

Linear

Attach context to bug reports

Add media for bug context

Atono

Linear

Chrome extension for bug reporting

Auto-capture contextual data for each bug as you test

Atono

Linear

Risk-based bug triage

Evaluate probability and impact of new defects

Atono

Linear

Smart templates

Guide bug reporters to include all crucial information

Atono

Linear

Trying new software can usually be a nightmare. It’s always tough to figure out where everything is. But with Atono, I actually found it pretty intuitive. Even when something didn’t make sense at first, it only took a minute of clicking around to get the hang of it.

Micaela Simpson

Software Engineer

One thing I definitely see Atono leading in is the feature flags.There are a lot of reasons why it’s useful—like, once you create a feature flag, you can just send it off to the product manager, and they can turn it on or off as needed without me having to get involved.

Bibiana Souza

Software Engineer

The timeline feature was really cool for visualizing what needs to be done. I also liked the UI—being able to shrink, expand, and rename things made it really intuitive.

James Leung

Director of Software Engineering