Best Scrum Software for Product Teams Compared

Linear is built for product and engineering teams that want speed over configuration. Issues, projects, cycles, and roadmaps are the core objects, and cycles are Linear's version of sprints, with start dates, end dates, and progress views. The interface is keyboard-first, updates sync instantly, and GitHub integration links pull requests to issues. The free plan covers unlimited members with 2 teams and 250 issues. Basic costs $10 per user per month billed annually, raising the limit to 5 teams with unlimited issues and uploads. Business costs $16 per user per month billed annually, adding unlimited teams, private teams, guest accounts, and Linear Insights.

We compared Linear against heavier tools and found its strength is focus. A product manager can triage, prioritize, and plan a cycle without wading through admin screens. The limits are real, though. The 250-issue cap on the free plan arrives fast for an active team, and teams that bill by the hour will miss native time tracking. Guest access and private teams need Business, so companies working with contractors should budget for the $16 tier.

Price: $10 per user/month (billed annually)

Free plan: Yes

Website: linear.app

ClickUp packs sprint management, docs, goals, chat, and time tracking into one workspace, which suits product teams that want fewer tools rather than more. Sprints run on list and board views with custom statuses, and the free plan already includes sprint management, unlimited tasks, Kanban boards, and time tracking. Core costs $9 per user per month billed annually, adding unlimited storage, custom fields, Gantt charts, and 1,000 automations a month. Business costs $17 per user per month billed annually, adding advanced dashboards, resource management, timesheets, and 10,000 automations a month.

We reviewed the vendor pricing page and found ClickUp's value is breadth at a low entry price. A 10-person product team pays $90 a month on Core billed annually, and gets docs, goals, and time tracking that would need separate tools elsewhere. The risk is sprawl. ClickUp has so many views, fields, and settings that a team can spend weeks tuning the workspace instead of shipping, and the free plan's 60 MB storage cap bites once a team attaches designs and specs.

Price: $9 per user/month (billed annually)

Free plan: Yes

Website: clickup.com

Asana is a work management tool that product teams often adopt for planning across teams, then adapt for scrum. It offers boards, lists, timeline and Gantt views, custom fields, forms, and reporting dashboards. The Personal plan is free for up to 2 users with unlimited tasks and projects. Starter costs $10.99 per user per month billed annually, adding timeline and Gantt views, reporting dashboards, unlimited automations, and unlimited free guests. Advanced costs $24.99 per user per month billed annually, adding portfolios, goals, resource management, approvals, and native time tracking.

We compared Asana's feature set with dedicated scrum tools and found the gap is in sprint mechanics. Asana has no native sprint object with burndown charts, so teams build sprints from sections, custom fields, and saved searches, which works but needs discipline. Where Asana wins is visibility across teams: portfolios and goals connect a squad's sprint work to company objectives, and the 100+ free integrations cover Slack, Google Drive, and Zoom.

Price: $10.99 per user/month (billed annually)

Free plan: Yes

Website: asana.com

Monday.com is a visual work platform, and its board-first design makes sprint work easy to read for designers, marketers, and stakeholders who never open a developer tool. Monday work management offers a free plan for up to 2 seats with 3 boards and 3 docs. Basic costs $9 per seat per month billed annually, adding unlimited items and unlimited free viewers. Standard costs $12 per seat per month billed annually, adding Timeline, Gantt, calendar views, guest access, and 250 automation and integration actions a month. Pro costs $19 per seat per month billed annually, adding time tracking, private boards, and 25,000 automation actions a month.

We reviewed the vendor pricing page and noted two costs that catch buyers out. First, every priced plan needs at least 3 seats, so a 2-person team still pays for 3. Second, the Basic tier has no Timeline or Gantt view, so most product teams need Standard at $12 a seat. Monday dev, a separate product, adds sprint planning and retrospectives for software teams. For a product team that values visual clarity over deep scrum mechanics, monday.com works well.

Price: $9 per user/month (billed annually)

Free plan: Yes

Website: monday.com

Azure DevOps bundles five services, and for scrum teams the one that matters is Azure Boards, with backlogs, sprint planning, Kanban boards, dashboards, and a wiki. Azure Repos adds unlimited private Git repositories, and Azure Pipelines adds CI/CD, so a product team can plan and ship from one login. Pricing is simple: the first 5 Basic users are free, then Basic costs $6 per user per month. Stakeholder access is free for unlimited users, covering people who only view and comment on work items. Basic plus Test Plans costs $52 per user per month for teams that need structured manual and exploratory testing.

We compared the vendor pricing page with the rest of this list and found Azure DevOps is the cheapest full suite here for a team of 6 to 20 people. A 10-person team pays $30 a month, since 5 seats are free and 5 cost $6 each. The trade-off is the Microsoft orbit: identity, billing, and support all run through Microsoft accounts, and the interface feels more utilitarian than Linear or monday.com. Visual Studio subscribers get access without using the 5 free seats.

Price: $6 per user/month (first 5 free)

Free plan: Yes

Website: azure.microsoft.com

Shortcut, formerly Clubhouse, is project management built for software teams, with stories, epics, iterations, and roadmaps as first-class objects. Iterations are Shortcut's sprints, with start and end dates, velocity views, and the option to roll unfinished stories into the next iteration automatically. The free plan covers up to 10 users with Kanban views, roadmaps, reports, and iterations. Team costs $8.50 per user per month, adding work in progress limits, multiple workflows, automations, and all integrations. Business costs $12 per user per month, adding unlimited teams, objectives with key results, advanced custom fields, and reports beyond 100 days.

We reviewed the vendor pricing page and found Shortcut's appeal is focus. It does software planning and little else, so a product team can set it up in a day and start the next sprint without a long onboarding project. The GitHub, Slack, and Figma integrations cover the daily workflow of most software teams. The limits are scope: there is no native time tracking, the free plan stops at 10 users and 1 team, and reports beyond 100 days need Business.

Price: $8.50 per user/month (billed annually)

Free plan: Yes

Website: shortcut.com

Taiga is open-source agile software with scrum backlogs, Kanban boards, epics, issues, and a wiki, and it is the only tool in this guide that charges a flat monthly rate instead of a per-seat price. The hosted free plan covers 1 public and 1 private project with 10 MB of storage and unlimited users. Enthusiast costs €5 per month, or €50 billed annually, for 5 public and 5 private projects with 100 MB of storage. Basic costs €20 per month, or €200 billed annually, for unlimited projects with 500 MB of storage. Premium costs €60 per month, or €600 billed annually, for unlimited projects with 3 GB of storage and premium support.

We compared Taiga's pricing with per-seat tools and found the maths favors larger teams. A 20-person team on Basic pays €20 a month total, while the same team on Jira Standard pays $194 a month on monthly billing. The self-hosted Community edition is free under an open-source license with no user limit, which suits teams that run their own servers. The limits are storage, which caps at 3 GB even on Premium, and a smaller integration catalog than Jira or ClickUp.

Price: €5 per month (flat rate, unlimited users)

Free plan: Yes

Website: taiga.io