DX vs LinearB

In the past 6 months, 82% of companies chose DX over LinearB after a direct evaluation.

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Why companies choose DX

LinearB tracks project delivery and automates PR workflows, but improving developer productivity takes more. DX provides system metrics, industry-leading developer sentiment data, proprietary benchmarks, and research-backed frameworks—a complete system that helps engineering teams actually improve.

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Actionable alerting, not just automation: LinearB promotes workflow automation, but adoption is low because automating PRs with preset rules creates risk. DX takes a different approach with real-time manager alerts in MS Teams and Slack, keeping teams focused without the pitfalls of fragile automation.
Quantitative & qualitative metrics: LinearB provides quantitative data but lacks developer input, leaving insights incomplete. Its survey module is new and unproven, with little adoption or benchmarking. DX delivers both system metrics and developer sentiment, providing a complete view of productivity. Backed by a decade of research, DX powers DevEx measurement for industry leaders like Netflix, Uber, and Pinterest.
Fully custom reporting: LinearB’s pre-built dashboards restrict teams needing deeper analysis or custom metrics. DX offers SQL-powered reporting, AI-assisted queries, and fully customizable dashboards in addition to pre-built reports, giving teams complete control over their data.

LinearB tracks developer work. DX helps you understand and improve it.

Capabilities	DX	LinearB
Foundational capabilities
DORA metrics
Activity-based tracking
Integration with Jira & GitHub
Comparable features
Resource allocation
R&D capitalization reporting
Capacity & scenario planning
Predictable delivery metrics
Metrics and alerts for frontline managers
Unique to DX
90%+ developer participation rates
DX Core 4: the leading developer productivity framework
Benchmarks built from the largest collection of engineering data
Fully customizable metrics and reports created faster with AI
Measure the impact of GenAI code assistants
Real-time insights for platform tooling
In-app knowledge base with expert recommendations & guides
Developer onboarding insights

Find out why companies are choosing DX over LinearB

“ DX doesn’t just stop at ‘here are the metrics.’ It’s set up to continue a conversation. That’s something we didn’t have before and couldn’t find anywhere else.”

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“ With the old tool, we lacked context to understand what was good or bad. We were at 17% last month and now we’re at 18%. What does that mean—is that good?”

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“ We found that the other vendors looked at qualitative data as an afterthought, whereas DX puts qualitative data at the forefront and uses quantitative data to give you more context.”

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