NEW 2026.10 RELEASE 45 Commercial SaaS Tools mapped to 71 Self-Hosted & Local AI Alternatives with instant Caddy Auto-SSL Docker configs.
OPEN-SOURCE MIGRATION BENCHMARK License: AGPL-3.0 ★ 32.9k GitHub Stars

Replace Jira / Linear with Self-Hosted Plane

Modern open-source issue tracking, sprints, roadmaps, and knowledge pages with Linear-speed keyboard UX Stop paying Standard/Business ($10/seat/mo) ($100/mo for a 10-person team) and run Plane on a $4.50/mo Linux VPS with full data sovereignty.

10-Seat Annual Savings
+$1,146 / yr
vs Jira / Linear standard plan
Container RAM & vCPU
1536 MB RAM
2.0 vCPU • Migration: Easy (1-click Jira, Linear & GitHub Issues importer)
Recommended Cloud Box
$4.50/mo VPS
Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU)

1-to-100 Seat Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Table

Comparing Jira / Linear (Standard/Business ($10/seat/mo)) vs Plane on Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU).

Team Size Jira / Linear Cost Plane VPS Net Annual Savings
1 Seat (Solo) $10.00/mo ($120/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$66 / year
5 Seats $50.00/mo ($600/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$546 / year
10 Seats $100.00/mo ($1,200/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$1,146 / year
25 Seats $250.00/mo ($3,000/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$2,946 / year
50 Seats $500.00/mo ($6,000/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$5,946 / year
100 Seats $1,000.00/mo ($12,000/yr) $4.50/mo (CX22) +$11,946 / year

Production Docker Compose + Caddy Auto-SSL

Copy and run docker compose up -d on any Ubuntu 24.04 server.

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# Production Docker Compose: Plane (Replaces Jira / Linear)
services:
  caddy:
    image: caddy:2-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
    volumes:
      - ./Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile:ro
      - caddy_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  plane:
    image: makeplane/plane-frontend:latest
    container_name: stack-plane
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "WEB_URL=https://issues.${DOMAIN:-yourdomain.com}"
      - "DATABASE_URL=postgresql://postgres:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-strongpassword}@postgres:5432/plane"
      - "REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379/"
    volumes:
      - plane_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  postgres:
    image: pgvector/pgvector:pg16
    container_name: stack-postgres
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "POSTGRES_USER=postgres"
      - "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-strongpassword}"
    volumes:
      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  redis:
    image: redis:7-alpine
    container_name: stack-redis
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - redis_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

networks:
  stack_net:
    driver: bridge

volumes:
  caddy_data:
  plane_data:
  postgres_data:
  redis_data:
Caddyfile (Automatic HTTPS Reverse Proxy):
# Automatic Let's Encrypt HTTPS for Plane
plane.{$DOMAIN:yourdomain.com} {
  encode zstd gzip
  reverse_proxy plane:3000
}

Why Teams Switch to Plane

  • ✓Cycles, Modules, Gantt Roadmaps & Wiki Pages
  • ✓2-way GitHub & GitLab PR sync
  • ✓Built-in Jira & Linear migration wizard
GitHub Repository makeplane/plane
Official Website plane.so
Docker Image makeplane/plane-frontend:latest
Database Needed PostgreSQL 16 + Redis
PRODUCTION BOILERPLATE ZIP

Get All 16 Pre-Built Production Stacks + Encrypted S3 Backups

Includes pre-tuned docker-compose.yml, Caddy Auto-SSL, AES-256 encrypted nightly S3/R2 Postgres backups, and Ubuntu 24.04 UFW/Fail2ban hardening scripts.

Other Open-Source Alternatives to Jira / Linear: