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LinearB Reviews (80)

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Users consistently praise LinearB for its insightful metrics and user-friendly interface, which help teams identify bottlenecks and improve productivity. The tool's ability to integrate with GitHub and Jira allows for seamless tracking of engineering performance, making it easier for teams to focus on continuous improvement. However, some users note that certain integrations could be enhanced for better functionality.

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Verified User in E-Learning
AE
Verified User in E-Learning
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"1 year experience"
3/5
What do you like best about LinearB?

Dora metrics

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What do you dislike about LinearB?

No automation coverage or alerts about pr without tests

Customer support is oweful. No idea how to solve, no urgency for P0/1, there were times that i just understood things won't be fixed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Conor Bronsdon of LinearB

Thanks for highlighting some areas for improvement - have you implemented our gitStream automation? LinearB's workflow automation tooling will let you label PRs without tests and create alerts. I've linked the initial labeling automation here for your use.

See how LinearB improved
Richard C.
RC
Richard C.
Software Development Manager
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Interesting software service to boost team productivity"
3.5/5
What do you like best about LinearB?

The customer support has been good, answering queries I've raised. The user interface is very slick and engaging and, if I can get all of the Jira data to pull through in just the right way, I'm sure it can be a useful daily tool. I already appreciate some of the slack commands that allow you to see all outstanding reviews. Very nice! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LinearB?

It can be a bit tricky trying to work out how to properly integrate Jira with it. Technically, the integration is easy but actually seeing the work apportioned to the appropriate users and working over time is a bit harder to quite setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jakub O.
JO
Jakub O.
Software Development Manager
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Superb platform for measuring the Engineering oraganisation"
5/5
What do you like best about LinearB?

One-stop shop for all Engineering metrics.

Working as a plug-and-play platform rather than just software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LinearB?

Costs are a bit higher, but it is worth it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Patrik L.
PL
Patrik L.
Senior Team Lead
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Putting our Engineering Health Metrics front and centre"
4.5/5
What do you like best about LinearB?

It helped us hit the ground running when adapting health metrics into our process. We connected our Gitlab and Jira accounts, set up our squads and projects, and the tool delivered value to us straight away. It's easy for any team member or leader to understand how our time is used, what's currently going on, and how we can measure improvement through process changes.

On top of that, the great team at LinearB has provided us with consistent and helpful support and guidance to ensure we keep getting value from the tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LinearB?

There are several metrics highly related to the metrics LinearB contains, but we need to source from other tools or that we can't configure in a good way. For example, things like CFR aren't quite working the way we want it (they're currently looking into this for us), and the way our SRE solution works means we can't track incidents in the way we wanted. In addition, there are other external metrics that we have to keep track of manually. Some customization options for these peripheral metrics would have significantly increased the value we get from the tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Food Production
EF
Verified User in Food Production
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great product for helping teams improve their processes and performance"
4.5/5
What do you like best about LinearB?

I love the easy to undersand and digest metrics that are provided out of the box. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LinearB?

The administraion aspects of the tool are a little challenging or non intuitive initially. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Andres H.
AH
Andres H.
Development Team Lead
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"It has some metrics but also annoying notifications"
2.5/5
What do you like best about LinearB?

You will be provided with some metrics from your Git repositories that can help you to understand the performance of your team in terms of lines of code and code review, but not necessarily performance in terms of developed user features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LinearB?

It had a lot of annoying notifications on Slack and emails. For example, if someone approved a Merge Request, you will receive the default GitLab notification, but also the LinearB (WorkerB) notification. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

David J.
DJ
David J.
Founder
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Building products the right way"
5/5
What do you like best about LinearB?

LinearB's products give us the tools to help us deploy and integrate quickly while keeping us honest. Great account execs, great product team, great support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LinearB?

There's nothing to dislike about LinearB! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Paulo A.
PA
Paulo A.
CTO
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best Tool in the market to measure performance on software development."
5/5
What do you like best about LinearB?

With LinearB you have a granular view of the cycle time on software development, it also provides with all sort of reports for Product, stakeholders, developers evaluation, the integration with github and jira makes LinearB a unique solution in the market Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LinearB?

There is no downside when using LinearB. The software does what it says it does, customer suport it's world-class, and the investment is positive ROI in the first 30 days. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Arnav D.
AD
Arnav D.
Software Development Engineer - II
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Path to an elite engineering team"
4.5/5
What do you like best about LinearB?

LinearB tracks GitHub commits and Pull requests and divides the cycle time into 4 of its main constituents. This helps easily identify where we lack in as a team and which is our biggest pain point. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LinearB?

LinearB looks pretty new and is currently only integrated with JIRA. It would have been helpful it could have also integrated it with Linear, because having Issue tickets along with PR helps identify the time spent on an issue and not just on GitHub. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Joseph S.
JS
Joseph S.
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Best product in the market"
4.5/5
What do you like best about LinearB?

The best things about LinearB are the variety of metrics and data available within the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LinearB?

The main thing missing at the moment is an option to display data in business days instead of calendar days time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.