Linear tracks. Cursor edits. Fredrin ships.
Three good tools, built for different jobs. Here’s the honest comparison — and where a desktop board of parallel agents pulls ahead.
Linear
Issue trackerBest-in-class planning — cycles, triage, roadmaps. The board is one view, not the point, and agents meter on top of the seat.
Cursor
AI code editorThe sharpest inline AI coding and cloud agents. But there's no native board to run many on, and usage meters past your plan.
Fredrin
Desktop agent boardA kanban built to run, review and ship many agents at once — each ticket its own branch, worktree and PR — on a flat subscription.
Feature by feature.
Every tool gets credit where it covers a row — partial where it’s possible but manual. Fredrin’s column is highlighted, not weighted.
- a view (partial)Kanban board is the primary surface
- possible (partial)Many agents in parallel, by design
- across tools (partial)One ticket = plan, agent, diff, PR
- PR view (partial)Review = glance + ship across the board
- Yes — built inRuns AI agents that open PRs
- Not supportedFirst-class AI code editor
- Not supportedRuns locally, your own worktrees
- Not supportedAgent runtime in a flat price
- Not supportedPredictable cost at heavy use
- keys (partial)Bring your own subscription
- Yes — built inIssue tracking, cycles, roadmaps
- Not supportedKanban board is the primary surface
- as tasks (partial)Many agents in parallel, by design
- no board (partial)One ticket = plan, agent, diff, PR
- per branch (partial)Review = glance + ship across the board
- Yes — built inRuns AI agents that open PRs
- Yes — built inFirst-class AI code editor
- cloud agents (partial)Runs locally, your own worktrees
- Not supportedAgent runtime in a flat price
- Not supportedPredictable cost at heavy use
- BYO key (partial)Bring your own subscription
- Not supportedIssue tracking, cycles, roadmaps
- Yes — built inKanban board is the primary surface
- Yes — built inMany agents in parallel, by design
- Yes — built inOne ticket = plan, agent, diff, PR
- Yes — built inReview = glance + ship across the board
- Yes — built inRuns AI agents that open PRs
- orchestrates (partial)First-class AI code editor
- Yes — built inRuns locally, your own worktrees
- Yes — built inAgent runtime in a flat price
- Yes — built inPredictable cost at heavy use
- Yes — built inBring your own subscription
- board (partial)Issue tracking, cycles, roadmaps
✓ built in · partial= possible, but manual or split across tools · ✕ not supported
Metered agents add up fast. Flat doesn’t.
Heavy parallel-agent use on token billing runs $500–$2,000 per engineer each month. Fredrin runs on a coding-agent subscription you already pay for — so the bill is capped, not metered.
An illustration, not a quote. Linear seats are $10–$16/user/mo with agent “Coding Sessions” metered against prepaid AI credits ($10 minimum, expire in 12 months). Cursor is $20–$200/mo with on-demand usage billed in arrears. The $500–$2,000 range reflects public reporting on heavy token-billed coding-agent use. Fredrin runs on a ~$200/mo subscription you already pay for (Claude Pro/Max, ChatGPT, Cursor, Copilot). Figures as of June 2026.
Where each tool wins.
Choose Linear
You're running a product org on issues, cycles, triage and roadmaps. Its planning depth is the best in the category.
Choose Cursor
You live in the editor and want the sharpest inline AI coding on your own machine.
Choose Fredrin
You want to run many coding agents in parallel on a board, glance at each diff, and ship — on a flat subscription you already pay for.
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