Every software team runs on tickets. You write what needs to be built, assign it to a developer, and wait days or weeks for a PR.
What if the ticket was all you needed?
Jira, Monday, and Linear are the world's most popular tools for organizing development work. They're great at tracking who's doing what. But at the end of the day, they still need a human developer to pick up the ticket and write the code.
Rosvelt uses the same ticket-based workflow — but instead of assigning tickets to developers, you assign them to AI agents that plan, code, test, and deploy autonomously. Same input. No developers needed. The complete dream.
Here's how they compare.
1. Rosvelt
Official site: rosvelt.com
Rosvelt is the new category: the platform where tickets get done by AI, not developers. You describe what you want built — the same way you'd write a Jira ticket — and autonomous agents handle the rest: planning, architecture, code, tests, and deployment to production. No standups. No sprint ceremonies. No waiting for a developer to be available.
It's not a project management tool that helps you track work. It's the tool that does the work.
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Best for
Technical founders without a dev team, agencies that want to multiply output without hiring, and anyone who's tired of writing perfect tickets only to wait weeks for a developer to ship them.
2. Jira
Official site: atlassian.com/software/jira
Jira is the industry standard for issue tracking and project management. It's been around for over 20 years, powers millions of teams, and is deeply integrated into enterprise workflows. In 2026, Atlassian added Rovo AI agents that can help with tasks inside Jira — but the core model hasn't changed: you still need developers to do the actual work.
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Best for
Large engineering organizations that already have developers and need enterprise-grade tracking, compliance, and cross-team coordination.
3. Monday Dev
Official site: monday.com/dev
Monday.com started as a visual work management platform and expanded into software development with Monday Dev. It's colorful, intuitive, and friendly to non-technical stakeholders. Great for visibility — everyone can see what's happening. But like Jira, the tickets still need humans to execute them.
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Best for
Cross-functional teams that want beautiful dashboards and visibility for stakeholders, while developers handle execution in their own tools.
4. Linear
Official site: linear.app
Linear is the developer's favorite. Fast, minimal, keyboard-first. It was built as the anti-Jira: clean interface, opinionated workflows, zero bloat. In 2026, Linear launched Linear Agent (beta) for issue triage and automation. But at its core, Linear is still a tracker. Developers love using it — but they're still the ones doing the work.
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Best for
Startups and engineering teams that want the fastest, cleanest issue tracker on the market — and already have developers to do the actual building.
The Real Comparison
| Dimension | Rosvelt | Jira | Monday Dev | Linear |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it does | Executes tickets with AI agents | Tracks tickets for humans | Tracks tickets for humans | Tracks tickets for humans |
| Writes code? | Yes — autonomously | No | No | No |
| Deploys? | Yes, end-to-end | No | No | No |
| Needs developers? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AI capability | Full autonomous agents | Rovo (task automation) | Categorization & summaries | Agent (triage, beta) |
| Workflow | Ticket → AI → Production | Ticket → Developer → PR | Ticket → Developer → PR | Ticket → Developer → PR |
| Project management | Ticket-driven execution | Full PM suite | Full PM suite | Cycles & roadmaps |
| Speed to ship | Hours | Days to weeks | Days to weeks | Days to weeks |
| Real cost | Studio $299/mo · Agency $499/mo · unlimited seats | $9-18/user + dev salaries | $9-23/user + dev salaries | $10-16/user + dev salaries |
The Real Cost No One Talks About
Jira, Monday, and Linear charge $10-20 per seat per month. That sounds cheap.
But the tool is just the organizer. The real cost is the developer who reads the ticket and writes the code: $80K-$200K/year in salary, plus benefits, management overhead, hiring time, and sprint velocity that rarely exceeds 60%.
With Rosvelt, the ticket is the input and shipped code is the output. No salaries. No sprints. No bottleneck. The cost is the usage — and the feature ships in hours, not weeks.
Conclusion
Jira, Monday, and Linear are excellent at what they do: organizing development work for human teams. If you have developers and need to coordinate their work, these tools are proven and reliable.
But if you've ever stared at a backlog full of well-written tickets waiting for a developer to be available… that's the bottleneck Rosvelt eliminates.
📋 Jira if you need enterprise-grade tracking for a large dev org.
🟣 Monday Dev if you want beautiful dashboards and cross-functional visibility.
💜 Linear if you want the fastest, cleanest tracker for your engineering team.
🚀 Rosvelt if you want to skip the middleman and let AI agents ship your tickets to production.
Same tickets. Same workflow. No developers required. That's the dream — and it's live. 🔥