Can Flexprice Handle Linear's Pricing?

Linear’s Basic plan displays $10 per user/month when billed yearly. The billable quantity is the number of unsuspended users in a workspace, not the number of issues created or teams configured. This guide models the base annual subscription for a workspace whose user count stays unchanged during the year.

Sources: Linear pricing and billing and plans.

This example uses USD and covers only Basic’s full-year base charge at signup or renewal with a stable user count. It excludes the monthly plan option, Free, Business, Enterprise, optional AI credits, taxes, special-program discounts, cancellations, and midyear additions or suspensions. Linear supports prorated annual-seat changes with monthly true-up invoices or credits. The configuration below does not implement that adjustment workflow and is not a complete reproduction of Linear’s billing lifecycle.

Pricing profile

These labels describe the self-serve Basic annual subscription modeled here, not every Linear plan or purchasing path.

Dimension	Offering profile
Pricing model	Per-seat; Subscription
Industry	Product development software
Buyer	Product teams
Sales motion	Self-serve
Billing mechanics	Unsuspended-user quantity; Annual advance charge; Workspace-specific billing cycle

Basic annual pricing

Linear’s pricing page and billing documentation establish the following facts:

Item	Published rule	Treatment in this example
Displayed Basic rate	$10 per user/month with yearly billing selected	Convert to $120 per user per year
Billable population	Unsuspended users within one workspace	Use one fixed-price line item’s user quantity
Initial annual charge	Charge for the workspace’s unsuspended users when the yearly plan starts	Annual price invoiced in advance
Seat changes during an annual term	Prorated charges or credits for the remaining term, reconciled on the monthly cycle tied to the annual start date	Excluded; requires a separate adjustment workflow
Included Basic capabilities	Five teams, unlimited issues, unlimited file uploads and admin roles	Application access rules, not additional usage charges
Optional AI credits	Separate optional purchase described in the billing documentation	Excluded; no agent-work allowance inferred from a seat

The five-team limit is not a five-user limit. Likewise, unlimited issues do not make the paid subscription free for additional users.

Design takeaways

Convert the display period before configuring the charge. Basic’s card expresses a monthly equivalent while selecting annual billing. A $10 annual price would undercharge; a $120 monthly price would overcharge. Keep the amount and billing period together: $120 per user, once per year. The premise is visible on the Basic card.
Keep membership pricing separate from product limits. Users determine the charge, while Basic’s team cap and included capabilities describe access. Store the billable user count as a fixed-price quantity; enforce the team limit in the application rather than adding a second priced meter. These are distinct dimensions in the pricing comparison and billing rules.
An annual base fee does not imply annual-only adjustments. Linear reconciles annual-seat changes on a monthly anniversary cycle. Reproducing that behavior requires timing, proration and credit handling in addition to the base price. The billing documentation makes that boundary explicit; changing a quantity alone should not be presented as the complete workflow.

How Linear pricing maps to Flexprice

Linear concept	Flexprice configuration
Basic annual offering	One plan named `Linear Basic Annual Example`
$10 monthly equivalent per user	A $120 annual `FIXED` price using `FLAT_FEE`
Number of unsuspended workspace users	`quantity` on the subscription’s fixed-price line item
Full-year payment at signup	`invoice_cadence: "ADVANCE"` and `billing_period: "ANNUAL"`
Workspace subscription year	Anniversary subscription cycle starting on the chosen signup date
Five-team cap and other included features	Application-side access rules; no usage price in this example
Annual-seat true-ups and optional AI credits	Not configured in this scoped example

FIXED identifies the charge type. FLAT_FEE identifies its pricing model: one constant annual unit amount multiplied by the line-item quantity. No usage meter or usage events are needed for the base subscription.

Set up the annual base charge

The following are illustrative API request bodies. Use your Flexprice environment’s API base URL and authentication, and replace example IDs with returned IDs. No requests were executed for this guide.

1. Create the plan

Create a plan with POST /plans:

{
  "name": "Linear Basic Annual Example",
  "lookup_key": "linear_basic_annual_example",
  "description": "Basic annual base charge for a workspace with a stable user count"
}

You can also create the plan in the dashboard.

2. Add one fixed annual price

Multiply the advertised monthly equivalent by twelve before creating the price:

$10 per user/month × 12 months = $120 per user/year

Use POST /prices, replacing plan_linear_basic_example with the plan ID:

{
  "entity_type": "PLAN",
  "entity_id": "plan_linear_basic_example",
  "type": "FIXED",
  "billing_model": "FLAT_FEE",
  "billing_period": "ANNUAL",
  "billing_period_count": 1,
  "invoice_cadence": "ADVANCE",
  "currency": "usd",
  "price_unit_type": "FIAT",
  "amount": "120",
  "display_name": "Basic annual user"
}

The amount is in dollars, not cents. It is the per-user annual amount, not the total workspace fee. This fixed price has no meter_id, package transformation or included usage allowance. See plan pricing.

3. Set the workspace’s user quantity

Create or select a Flexprice customer representing the workspace. Count its unsuspended users before starting the subscription. For a workspace with 12 users, create the subscription with POST /subscriptions:

{
  "customer_id": "cust_workspace_example",
  "plan_id": "plan_linear_basic_example",
  "currency": "usd",
  "billing_period": "ANNUAL",
  "billing_period_count": 1,
  "billing_cycle": "anniversary",
  "start_date": "2026-11-06T00:00:00Z",
  "override_line_items": [
    {
      "price_id": "price_basic_annual_user",
      "quantity": "12"
    }
  ]
}

Replace the customer, plan and price IDs with actual IDs, and choose the intended start date. price_basic_annual_user must reference the fixed annual price created in the previous step. Keep this plan limited to that one price so no unrelated charges attach. The quantity override applies to fixed prices, not metered usage prices. Each workspace can use the same catalogue price with its own quantity. Do not emit daily user-count snapshots into a SUM meter: that would count the same users repeatedly instead of setting the subscription quantity.

4. Verify the annual invoice

Before collecting payment, inspect the subscription line item and invoice through your normal invoice workflow:

Check	Expected result
Annual unit amount	$120
Quantity	12 unsuspended users
Billing period	One year, starting on the selected anniversary date
Invoice timing	In advance
Base charge before tax or discounts	$1,440
Usage charges or AI credits	None in this example

Keep the user count unchanged for this scoped example. If users are added or suspended during the year, implementing Linear’s monthly reconciliation requires a separate verified workflow for effective dates, remaining-term prorations and credits. Do not assume a live line-item quantity update alone reproduces those rules.

Worked bill

Assume 12 unsuspended workspace users at signup, with no changes during the year, discounts, taxes or optional AI-credit purchases:

Annual amount per user = $10 × 12 = $120
Annual base charge = 12 users × $120 = $1,440

Monthly equivalent for comparison = $1,440 / 12 = $120
Actual initial base invoice in this example = $1,440, not $120

The monthly equivalent is a comparison figure, not twelve monthly invoices. At renewal, the example remains $1,440 only if the rate and billable user count are still unchanged.

Pricing sources

Linear pricing: Basic’s yearly-selected rate and included capabilities.
Linear billing and plans: unsuspended workspace users, annual base charges, prorated seat changes, monthly reconciliation and optional AI credits.
Linear product overview: product-development positioning and product-team audience.

Pricing checked on 2026-11-06.

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Can Flexprice Handle Linear's Pricing?

Pricing profile

Basic annual pricing

Design takeaways

How Linear pricing maps to Flexprice

Set up the annual base charge

1. Create the plan

2. Add one fixed annual price

3. Set the workspace’s user quantity

4. Verify the annual invoice

Worked bill

Pricing sources

​Pricing profile

​Basic annual pricing

​Design takeaways

​How Linear pricing maps to Flexprice

​Set up the annual base charge

​1. Create the plan

​2. Add one fixed annual price

​3. Set the workspace’s user quantity

​4. Verify the annual invoice

​Worked bill

​Pricing sources

​Related guides

Pricing profile

Basic annual pricing

Design takeaways

How Linear pricing maps to Flexprice

Set up the annual base charge

1. Create the plan

2. Add one fixed annual price

3. Set the workspace’s user quantity

4. Verify the annual invoice

Worked bill

Pricing sources

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