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Linear's speed with Jira's governance. And your AI agents inside.
Boards that answer in under 50 ms, workflows with transition rules and a native MCP server. Move from Jira or Linear in 15 minutes.
- < 50 ms
- per interaction
- 78
- MCP tools
- 0
- records lost in migration
Why teams move to Ciclal
The end of the Linear-or-Jira trade-off
You no longer choose between a board that flies and an organization you can audit.
Obsessively fast, keyboard first
⌘K for everything, instant shortcuts and triage in seconds. A clean interface that stays light with 2,000 cards in a column.
Real governance for 200+ people
Initiative → Project/Epic → Issue/Incident → Sub-issue. Components with a lead, Affects/Fix Version, security levels and cascading fields.
Flow analytics without paid plugins
Cycle time, lead time p50/p85, time in status, CFD and executive dashboards with a 2D matrix, built in.
Agent-native by design
Your agents follow the same rules as your team
Any agent connects to /api/mcp in one click, through OAuth or a scoped token. Everything it does is logged under its name.
- Runs KQL and saved views
- Creates and transitions issues through the workflow
- Updates sprints and logs work
- Audits roadmaps with full traceability
- Claude Code
- Cursor
- Codex
- Your own agents
/api/mcp· OAuth 2.1 · scoped tokens
1-Click migration, zero gaps
Bring everything from Jira Cloud, Data Center or Linear
The dry run shows the diff before anything is written. Historical keys stay: ALU-123 is still ALU-123.
- 1ConnectJira or Linear token, read-only
- 2Dry runPreflight diff, nothing written
- 3ImportIdempotent: safe to resume
- 4CutoverZero-gap cutover with key redirects
Preflight · dry run
Jira Cloud · ALU, MEDdry-run| Capability | Jira | Ciclal | ✓ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Issues and keys | 18.402 | 18.402 | |
| ADF comments → Markdown | 96.115 | 96.115 | |
| Attachments | 7.380 | 7.380 | |
| Blocking relations | 2.941 | 2.941 | |
| Sprints | 212 | 212 | |
| Saved JQL filters | 64 | 64 | |
| Story points and worklogs | 31.077 | 31.077 |
Compare
Ciclal next to Linear and Jira Cloud
| Capability | Ciclal | Linear | Jira Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interface speed | Included | Included | PartialNo published latency |
| 4-level hierarchy + cascading fields | Included | PartialNo cascading | PartialPremium plan |
| Transition rules with a modal screen | Included | Not included | Included |
| Native KQL + JQL queries | Included | Not included | PartialJQL only |
| Gantt with dependencies + CFD and velocity | Included | PartialTimeline | PartialPremium plan |
| Configurable 2D dashboards | Included | PartialInsights | Included |
| Native MCP server with 78 tools | Included | PartialOfficial MCP | PartialThrough Rovo |
| 1-Click migration with dry run | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Cloud or dedicated self-hosted | Included | Not included | PartialData Center, closed to new customers |
| Predictable cost, no hidden plugins | Included | Included | PartialMarketplace apps |
CiclalBased on each product's public documentation, October 2026.
Pricing
Clear prices. No hidden plugins.
Start for free and pay only for your team's seats. Guests, the MCP server and the importer cost nothing extra.
Free
Forever · Small teams
$0/ user / month
Free forever
Includes:
- Unlimited members and up to 2 teams
- 250 active issues (unlimited archived)
- Kanban, cycles/sprints and full KQL / JQL search
- Native MCP server (78 tools)
- 1-Click importer from Jira or Linear with dry run
Basic
20% less than Linear Basic, both billed yearly
$8/ user / month
billed yearly · $10 monthly
Everything in Free, plus:
- Unlimited active issues and attachments, up to 5 teams
- Sprints with burndown, velocity and auto-rollover
- Native time tracking and worklogs, no Tempo
- 3 free guests for every paid seat
- GitHub, GitLab, Slack and webhooks
Business
Next to Linear Business $16 yearly and tiered Jira Premium
$14/ user / month
billed yearly · $16 monthly
Everything in Basic, plus:
- Unlimited public and private teams, 5 free guests per seat
- 4-level hierarchy: Initiative → Project → Issue → Sub-issue
- Workflows with transition rules and a modal screen
- Cascading custom fields, components with a lead, security levels
- Cycle time, lead time p50/p85, CFD and a Gantt with blockers
- Configurable dashboards with a 2D filter statistics matrix
- AI agents with no token toll: Claude Code, Cursor or Codex on all 78 tools
Enterprise & Self-Hosted
Dedicated cloud or your own infrastructure
Custom
from $22 / user / month, yearly
Everything in Business, plus:
- Dedicated VPC or self-hosted / on-premise (Docker / Kubernetes)
- Corporate SSO (SAML / OIDC) and email OTP
- Complete, exportable audit logs
- 99.9% SLA
- Zero-gap assisted migration from Jira Data Center / Cloud or Linear
Prices in USD per user per month. Competitors per their public price lists, October 2026, billed yearly.
Total cost calculator
See how much you save by moving to Ciclal
Yearly cost from each tool's public price list, billed yearly.
Team size
You save $2,700/yr
14% less than Jira Premium
Ciclal Business
$14/user/mo · all included
$16,800/yr
500 free guests · time tracking, workflows, Gantt and MCP included
Jira Cloud Premium
Atlassian's yearly list price for the user tier
$19,500/yr
Tempo and other Marketplace apps are billed separately
Linear Business
$16/user/mo, billed yearly
$19,200/yr
Dashboards and sub-initiatives on Enterprise only (price on request)
$2,400/yr less than Linear Business, both billed yearly
Frequently asked questions
Yes. The dry run reads Jira or Linear and shows the full diff without writing anything to Ciclal. You import only when the diff is zero.