# ClickUp vs Linear MCP (slim)

> ClickUp scores 60.9 (C) 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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ClickUp scores 60.9 (C) on agent readiness against Linear MCP's 53.8 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Linear MCP leads on security & auth. Both do issues and tasks.

- ClickUp: C 60.9, rank #489 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clickup.min.md
- Linear MCP: D 53.8, rank #698 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linear-mcp.min.md
- ClickUp, good for Teams already working in ClickUp that want an assistant to create and update tasks, comment, log time and read Docs through one OAuth connection. Ahead on Reliability, 74 against 60; Schema & documentation, 74 against 51; Agent ergonomics, 48 against 38.
- 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 64.

| Category | ClickUp | Linear MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 74 | 60 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 74 | 51 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 48 | 38 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 64 | 71 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 54 | 57 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 75 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | ClickUp | Linear MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Mango Technologies, Inc. DBA ClickUp | Linear |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.clickup.com` | `https://mcp.linear.app/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) |
| Pricing | Freemium | Your plan |
| Licence | Proprietary service under ClickUp's Terms of Service and Developer Terms. The clickup-plugin repository on GitHub is MIT | proprietary |
| Tools exposed | 48 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `app.linear/linear` |
| Last release | 2026-09-18 | 2026-08-13 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-06-27 | 2026-06-09 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-06-02 | 2025-03-17 |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |