Genchi vs LinearB
LinearB is a software delivery management platform: it measures how work flows from code to release, with DORA metrics and cycle-time analysis, automates developer workflow, and on its Enterprise plan forecasts project delivery from that engineering data. Genchi takes a different approach. It builds the picture from the team's own insight: an anonymous, 1-click confidence vote from everyone working on the project, combined into a project delivery prediction and tracked over time. LinearB analyzes what your tools recorded. Genchi asks the people who know what hasn't been recorded yet.
What LinearB does well
- Delivery metrics. DORA metrics, cycle time and bottleneck analysis, from Git and your project tools.
- Workflow automation. Automated pull request handling, including AI code reviews and policy-based routing.
- Investment alignment. Mapping engineering work to business priorities.
- Project tracking and forecasting, from engineering data, on the Enterprise plan.
- Developer satisfaction surveys and an MCP server, on every plan.
Where it differs
- Analytics from engineering data vs the team's insight. LinearB's metrics and forecasts are calculated from what flows through Git and your tracker. Genchi builds its project delivery prediction from the people doing the work, asking each of them, independently and anonymously, whether the project will achieve its goal by the deadline. People usually know about a slipping dependency or a hidden problem before it shows up in the data. LinearB's surveys ask developers about their satisfaction, not whether a project will land on time. Does asking the team actually work? →
- How fast work flows vs whether the goal will be met. Fast cycle times and healthy DORA metrics don't tell you whether the whole project will land by its date. A team can ship pull requests quickly on a project that's heading for a miss.
- Improving the pipeline vs one delivery signal. LinearB helps developers and teams work more efficiently. Genchi has no Git, CI or ticket telemetry and does one job.
- Setup. LinearB connects across your code and project tools. Genchi is self-serve: set up a project, invite the team, and the first confidence vote goes out tomorrow.
What it costs
LinearB's Essentials plan is $29 per user per month, and its Enterprise plan, which adds project tracking and forecasting, is $59. Both are billed annually and aimed at teams of 50 and 100 developers or more, which comes to about $2,900 or $5,900 a month for 100 people. Genchi is free for teams of up to 10, then $2.50 per user per month, billed in blocks of 10: about $250 a month for 100 people.
Side by side
| LinearB | Genchi | |
|---|---|---|
| Question it answers | How efficiently is work flowing, and when will it ship, based on the data? | Will we achieve the goal by the deadline, in the team's judgment? |
| Source of the signal | Git, project tools and CI data | Everyone working on the project |
| Effort per person | None for metrics; automation runs on pull requests | One click, about two seconds |
| Output | DORA and cycle-time dashboards, forecasts, PR automation | Score, trend and individual votes, across a color-coded portfolio |
| Setup | Connected across your code and project tools | Self-serve; first vote goes out tomorrow |
| Price | $29–$59 per user per month, billed annually | Free up to 10; $2.50 per user per month |
Use both
LinearB analyzes how the work is moving, and Genchi asks whether the people doing it believe it will land on time. When healthy metrics sit alongside falling team confidence, that's the conversation worth having.
Genchi is our product. LinearB is a well-established software delivery platform, and the two do different jobs.
Ask the people who know what the data can't see
Set up a project, invite the team, and your first confidence vote goes out tomorrow.
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