Top 10 Best Issue Tracking Tools
Ranked by rating, features, and user satisfaction. Last updated: May 2026.
| # | Tool | Rating | Free Plan | Starting Price | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linear | ★ 4.8 | ✓ | Free / $10+ | developers, engineering teams |
| 2 | Linear | ★ 4.7 | ✓ | Free / $8+ | software teams, startups |
| 3 | Shortcut | ★ 4.4 | ✓ | Free / $8.5+ | software teams, startups |
| 4 | Jira | ★ 4.3 | ✓ | Free / $7.91+ | engineering teams, developers |
| 5 | YouTrack | ★ 4.3 | ✓ | Free / $3.67+ | software developers, agile teams |
| 6 | Teamwork | ★ 4.3 | ✓ | Free / $13.99+ | agencies, professional services |
| 7 | Height | ★ 4.3 | ✓ | Free / $8.5+ | engineering teams, product teams |
| 8 | Plane | ★ 4.2 | ✓ | Free / $7+ | developers, open source advocates |
| 9 | Taiga | ★ 4.2 | ✓ | Free / $5+ | agile teams, open source advocates |
| 10 | Zoho Sprints | ★ 4.2 | ✓ | Free / $5+ | zoho users, scrum teams |
Streamlined issue tracking built for modern software teams.
- ✓ Blazing fast
- ✓ Beautiful UI
- ✓ Keyboard shortcuts
- ✗ Dev-focused only
- ✗ Limited customization
Fast and streamlined issue tracking tool built for modern software teams.
- ✓ Incredibly fast
- ✓ Beautiful design
- ✓ Keyboard shortcuts
- ✗ Limited customization
- ✗ Opinionated workflow
Project management built for software teams with stories, epics, and iterations.
- ✓ Intuitive UI for engineering teams
- ✓ Great API and integrations
- ✓ Flexible iteration planning
- ✗ Limited reporting on free plan
- ✗ No time tracking built-in
Industry-standard issue and project tracking for software development teams.
- ✓ Powerful Agile/Scrum support
- ✓ Detailed reporting (burndown, velocity)
- ✓ Deep dev tool integrations
- ✗ Steep learning curve
- ✗ Overwhelming for non-technical users
Issue tracking and project management tool by JetBrains with agile boards, time tracking, and deep IDE integration for software development teams.
- ✓ Free for up to 10 users
- ✓ Powerful query language for filtering
- ✓ Seamless JetBrains IDE integration
- ✗ Steep learning curve
- ✗ UI can feel dated compared to Linear
Project management and client work platform designed for agencies and professional services, with built-in time tracking, billing, and resource management.
- ✓ Excellent for client-facing work
- ✓ Built-in time tracking and billing
- ✓ Unlimited free client users
- ✗ Interface can feel cluttered
- ✗ Learning curve for full feature set
AI-powered project management tool that automates routine work like bug triage, task labeling, and status updates using built-in AI agents for engineering teams.
- ✓ AI automates repetitive PM tasks
- ✓ Cross-project task management
- ✓ Beautiful modern interface
- ✗ Newer tool with smaller community
- ✗ AI features can over-categorize
Open-source project tracking that serves as a modern alternative to Jira.
- ✓ Open source and self-hostable
- ✓ Modern clean interface
- ✓ Jira-like power without complexity
- ✗ Relatively new
- ✗ Smaller integration ecosystem
Open-source agile project management platform for cross-functional teams, with Scrum and Kanban boards, epics, user stories, and sprint planning built in.
- ✓ Fully open-source and self-hostable
- ✓ Beautiful modern interface
- ✓ Both Scrum and Kanban support
- ✗ Smaller community than Jira
- ✗ Fewer integrations
Agile project management tool from Zoho designed for Scrum teams, with sprint planning, backlog management, velocity charts, and deep Zoho ecosystem integration.
- ✓ Free for up to 5 users
- ✓ Deep Zoho suite integration
- ✓ Built-in timesheet tracking
- ✗ Limited outside Zoho ecosystem
- ✗ Fewer integrations than standalone tools