Linear vs Productboard: who uses which
Customers, public proof and the companies that use both.
On usedby, 30 companies use Linear and 40 use Productboard. 1 company uses both, including Salesforce. Linear leads among the Artificial Intelligence companies on usedby that use either tool.Latest check Nov 13, 2026: 70 of 70 public lines checked. Counts include every proof level, job-post signals included. A company on both tools counts at any proof level, and a job post on one side is marked as such.
Who uses Linear, Productboard, or both
Every company with a public proof for at least one of the two tools.
29
listed for Linear only
1
company uses both
39
listed for Productboard only
On usedby, 29 companies are listed for Linear only, 39 are listed for Productboard only and 1 uses both, out of the 69 companies listed for at least one. An absent listing does not prove non-use.
Who uses both
Companies with a public line on both tools, at any proof level: the strongest proofs come first, and a job post is marked.
| Company |
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 Salesforce |
By industry
Which tool the companies on usedby use, by industry. Shares of the companies on usedby that use Linear, Productboard or both: a share of the companies on usedby, not of the market.
Listed for Linear onlyBothListed for Productboard only
More common with Linear
- Artificial Intelligence5 of the 7 Artificial Intelligence companies on usedby that use either tool use Linear.
Source: every usedby line, from confirmed proofs to job-post signals (the weakest proof level).
Side by side
Facts from our data and from each vendor's public pages. Each line says where it comes from.
Vendor facts checked: Linear, 0 of 4; Productboard, 1 of 4. Missing facts remain unverified, not absent features.
Linear
ProductboardWhat customers report
Results as the vendor or the customer published them, with the source and the date.
Linear
Clay has already accepted nearly 300 suggestions from Triage Intelligence
Clay
Vendor case study, linear.app, captured Nov 13, 2026
one of the teams improved bug resolution time by 52%
Scale AI
Vendor case study, linear.app, captured Nov 13, 2026
Productboard
The team is now 2–3x more efficient in delivering high-quality features.
Arena (PTC)
Vendor case study, productboard.com, captured Nov 13, 2026
We get our weekly emails saying we’ve saved 30 minutes by auto-linking
AroFlo
Vendor case study, productboard.com, captured Nov 13, 2026
Questions about Linear and Productboard
Which is used more, Linear or Productboard?
Productboard has more customers on usedby: 40 against 30 for Linear.
Do companies use both Linear and Productboard?
Yes. 1 company uses both on usedby, including Salesforce.
Who uses Linear?
30 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Linear.
Who uses Productboard?
40 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Productboard.
How does usedby count customers?
A company counts when a public page shows it: a vendor's customer page, a case study, a press release or a job post, most saved with a dated capture. Every line is a customer, at one of four proof levels: confirmed, declared by the company itself, observed or signal (a job post, the weakest). A company counts as using both tools when it has a line on each, at any level; the list shows the strongest proofs first and marks job posts.