Choose Linear when…
- A fast, refined issue and project experience is the main priority.
- Your process already fits a project-and-issue operating model.
- You want a broad, established integration ecosystem for product development.
POLKU VS LINEAR
A shared method.
Ready to use.
Linear provides a focused issue and project experience. Polku brings a defined way of working to your whole software company from account creation, with distinct journeys for product changes, incidents, and internal changes.
SIDE BY SIDE
A process ready for your team.
Polku makes the broader working method explicit from day one. The comparison below shows how that connects everyday work to discovery, validation, and delivery.
| What matters | Polku | Linear |
|---|---|---|
| Ready from day one |
Create an account and use defined journeys, responsibilities, and clear next steps immediately. Every team starts with the same working standards. |
An opinionated issue and project workflow; teams define their broader discovery and acceptance practices. |
| Primary structure |
Product Changes, Internal Changes, and Incidents with lifecycle phases. |
Issues and projects organized for product development. |
| Discovery and decisions |
Explicit phase content, evidence, risks, decisions, and ownership. |
Project documents and product workflows can hold planning context. |
| Validation |
Product Changes have parallel QA and business acceptance lanes. |
Teams model review and completion through their workflow. |
| Release and outcome |
Release and Observation remain phases of the same change. |
GitHub and CI/CD integrations connect issues to releases and delivery state. |
| MCP |
Tools designed around journey context and controlled domain actions. |
A hosted MCP server can find, create, and update Linear objects. |
Choose Polku when…
- You want everyone to start with a clear, shared process as soon as the account is created.
- You need discovery and post-release learning to be first-class phases.
- Business acceptance must be separate from technical QA.
- Multiple team workflows should remain connected beneath one change.
Competitor capabilities change. Review Linear's current documentation for product workflows and its MCP server .
YOUR TEAM. A SHARED WAY FORWARD.