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Asana vs Linear: which is more reliable? (2026)
Linear is more reliable than Asana, scoring 89.1 vs 81.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Asana reported 9 incidents and Linear reported 9, with effective uptime of 99.80% and 99.92% respectively. Linear resolves incidents faster on average (45m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Asana | Linear |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 81.4 | 89.1 |
| Rank (project management tools) | #5 | #3 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.80% | 99.92% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 9 | 9 |
| Partial / major outages | 5 | 2 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 19m | 45m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Asana and Linear differ
- Asana had 5 partial or major outages, compared with 2 for Linear.
- Linear fixes problems faster: 45m on average, against 1h 19m for Asana.
- Asana's longest outage on record lasted 2h 38m (Oct 23, 2026); Linear's lasted 2h 48m (Jun 22, 2026).
90-day uptime
Asana
Linear
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Asana incidents
- Partial outageOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 2h 38m
Background jobs partial outage
Affected: Automations and Background Actions, Webhooks and Event Streams, Notifications
- Partial outageOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 37m
Affected: App, App, App, App, API, API +10 more
- Partial outageSep 30, 2026 · resolved in 50m
Affected: API, Mobile
- Degraded performanceSep 29, 2026 · resolved in 3h 12m
Affected: API
- Degraded performanceSep 21, 2026 · resolved in 1h 10m
Automations not running for EU users
Affected: Automations and Background Actions
- Degraded performanceSep 17, 2026 · resolved in 36m
Slow performance for a subset of Asana users
Affected: App, App, API, API, Mobile, Mobile +6 more
Recent Linear incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 30, 2026 · resolved in 4m
Affected: EU Region – Linear API, US Region – Linear application, EU Region – Linear application, US Region – Linear API
- InformationalOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 57m
- Partial outageOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 15m
Affected: US Region – Integrations, US Region – Linear application, EU Region – Linear application, EU Region – Integrations, EU Region – Linear API, US Region – Linear API
- Major outageSep 27, 2026 · resolved in 1h 6m
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
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