# Linear MCP vs YouTrack (slim)

> Linear MCP scores 53.8 (D) to YouTrack's 49.9 (D) for issues and tasks. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Linear MCP scores 53.8 (D) on agent readiness against YouTrack's 49.9 (D), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. YouTrack leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do issues and tasks.

- Linear MCP: D 53.8, rank #698 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/linear-mcp.min.md
- YouTrack: D 49.9, rank #785 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/youtrack.min.md
- 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 Reliability, 60 against 30. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; No incidents deducted, where YouTrack loses 5 points for them.
- YouTrack, good for Software teams that already run YouTrack and want an agent to search, file and update issues, comment, log time and maintain knowledge base articles under each user's permissions. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 72 against 51; Agent ergonomics, 55 against 38; Maintenance & community, 64 against 57; Transparency & trust, 82 against 71.

| Category | Linear MCP | YouTrack |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 60 | 30 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 51 | 72 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 38 | 55 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 71 | 67 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 57 | 64 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 71 | 82 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Linear MCP | YouTrack |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Linear | JetBrains s.r.o. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.linear.app/mcp` | no (local only) |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Pricing | Your plan | Freemium |
| Licence | proprietary | Proprietary service under the JetBrains YouTrack Cloud Terms of Service. YouTrack Server is licensed separately for self-hosting |
| Tools exposed | none | 23 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| MCP registry | `app.linear/linear` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-08-13 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-06-09 | 2024-08-14 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-03-17 | 2026-06-12 |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |