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Linear vs monday.com: which is more reliable? (2026)
Linear is more reliable than monday.com, scoring 89.1 vs 86.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Linear reported 9 incidents and monday.com reported 7, with effective uptime of 99.92% and 99.86% respectively. Linear resolves incidents faster on average (45m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Linear | monday.com |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 89.1 | 86.1 |
| Rank (project management tools) | #3 | #6 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.92% | 99.86% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 9 | 7 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 3 |
| Avg time to resolve | 45m | 54m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Linear and monday.com differ
- Linear reported 29% more incidents than monday.com over the last 90 days (9 vs 7).
- monday.com had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 2 for Linear.
- Linear's longest outage on record lasted 2h 48m (Jun 22, 2026); monday.com's lasted 2h 57m (Jul 13, 2026).
90-day uptime
Linear
monday.com
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Linear incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 30, 2026 · resolved in 4m
Affected: US Region – Linear application, EU Region – Linear application, US Region – Linear API, EU Region – Linear API
- InformationalOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 57m
- Partial outageOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 15m
Affected: EU Region – Linear API, US Region – Linear API, US Region – Integrations, EU Region – Integrations, US Region – Linear application, EU Region – Linear application
- Major outageSep 27, 2026 · resolved in 1h 6m
EU sync failureofficial update ↗
Affected: EU Region – Linear application
- Degraded performanceSep 5, 2026 · resolved in 56m
Degraded performance in US region workspaces
Affected: US Region – Linear application, US Region – Linear API, US Region – Integrations
- Degraded performanceSep 1, 2026 · resolved in 1h 56m
Increased failures and latency for Android push notifications
Affected: US Region – Linear application
Recent monday.com incidents
- Partial outageOct 19, 2026 · resolved in 26m
Affected: Automations
- Degraded performanceOct 19, 2026 · resolved in 28m
Investigating issues with slow loading of the monday platform
Affected: Platform
- Degraded performanceOct 14, 2026 · resolved in 47m
Identified issues with AI operations in the monday platform (Service Degradation for some models)
Affected: Ai Functionality
- Partial outageSep 17, 2026 · resolved in 32m
Issues with automations and integrations
Affected: Automations, Integrations
- Degraded performanceSep 17, 2026 · resolved in 1h 55m
Partial UI functionality degradation
Affected: Search, Search, Search, Search
- Major outageSep 5, 2026 · resolved in 2h 8m
Planned Mainatance - August 5official update ↗
Affected: Platform, Platform, Platform
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- Teamwork.com · #1 · 100% uptime
- Hive · #2 · 99.96% uptime
- Basecamp · #4 · 99.95% uptime
- Wrike · #5 · 100% uptime
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