# Asana vs Linear MCP (slim)

> Asana scores 70.1 (BB) to Linear MCP's 53.8 (D) for issues and tasks. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Asana scores 70.1 (BB) on agent readiness against Linear MCP's 53.8 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Linear MCP leads on security & auth. Both do issues and tasks.

- Asana: BB 70.1, rank #161 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/asana.min.md
- Linear MCP: D 53.8, rank #698 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linear-mcp.min.md
- Asana, good for Teams already on Asana that want an agent to create and update tasks, comment, post status updates and read project and portfolio summaries. Ahead on Reliability, 72 against 60; Schema & documentation, 91 against 51; Agent ergonomics, 71 against 38; Maintenance & community, 80 against 57; Transparency & trust, 83 against 71. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- Linear MCP, good for Teams on Linear who want an agent to triage, file and update issues under the user's permissions, with a hard read-only option. Ahead on Security & auth, 71 against 65.

| Category | Asana | Linear MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 72 | 60 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 91 | 51 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 71 | 38 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 65 | 71 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 80 | 57 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 83 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Asana | Linear MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Asana, Inc. | Linear |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.asana.com/api/1.0` | `https://mcp.linear.app/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) |
| Pricing | Freemium | Your plan |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Asana's terms and API terms. The JavaScript and Python client libraries on GitHub are MIT | proprietary |
| Tools exposed | 27 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `app.linear/linear` |
| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-08-13 |
| Terms last updated | 2024-01-01 | 2026-06-09 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-01 | 2025-03-17 |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 344k npm/wk, 805k PyPI/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |