# Atono vs. Linear

##### The clean, lean, and unstressed alternative.

##### Linear is good for

Small to medium-sized startups  
 Planning and building software projects  
 Fast user interface experience

##### 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

## Competitor Comparison

#### Atono

#### Linear

| Features                                                | Atono | Linear |
|---------------------------------------------------------|-------|--------|
| Plan                                                   |  |  |
| 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                                                 |  |  |
| 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      |  |  |
| Deploy                                                |  |  |
| 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            |  |  |
| Measure                                                |  |  |
| 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 |  |  |

“It’s refreshing to see a product built with **true cross-functional collaboration** in mind. The ability to toggle features directly from stories and generate bug reports with full diagnostic context is brilliant – huge time-saver for devs and QA alike.”

**Ryden Sun**  
Head of Product

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