# Linearity Curve — Design

Linearity Curve by Linearity GmbH holds a panel rating of 2/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 2/5), as of 2026-10-21. Provenance: provenance unknown; sovereignty: not determined.

- Vendor: Linearity GmbH (https://linearity.io)
- Category: [Design](https://whats-best.ai/software/design.md)
- Provenance (editorial classification): provenance unknown
- Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/design/linearity-curve
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/design/linearity-curve/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/design/linearity-curve/alternatives.md))
- Data as of: 2026-10-21 · evaluated 2026-10-21 · oldest source captured 2026-10-20

**AI-generated.** Every score, rationale and verdict here is written by a panel of AI judges from public evidence — an analysis, not a hands-on test. Every fact quotes the vendor page it was read from. No score can be bought. How scores are made: https://whats-best.ai/methodology

## At a glance

- Vendor: Linearity GmbH
- Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 20 Oct 2026
- Data hosting: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 20 Oct 2026
- Free plan: Yes, per the vendor’s own page [S4]

## The panel's verdict

Linearity Curve, from Linearity GmbH in Germany, pairs a vector design app with the Move animation app. It scores strongest on AI and content rights at 4–5: privacy policy and AI terms state that prompts, customer content and generated outputs train vendor models only with separate explicit consent, and that the user owns input and output with no vendor copyright claim. Brand asset governance follows at 4–5 on a central searchable library of logos, imagery, templates and design systems feeding on-brand AI campaign generation. Design and prototyping spans 3–4 — pen tool, shape builder, brush tool, PDF editing and 3000+ templates, with no public information on reusable components or shared team libraries — and file ownership and portability spans 3–4 on local export plus Sketch, Illustrator and PDF import, with no documented whole-file format. Collaboration and handoff is the low point at a flat 2; pricing transparency is 1 across the range: Business and Enterprise tiers, 'Contact sales', 'Get started for free', no seat prices. Sovereignty spans 3–4: German entity, Berlin data protection officer, but no subprocessor list or file-hosting disclosure.

**Speaks for it:**
- Prompts, customer content and generated outputs are excluded from model training unless separate explicit consent is given
- Users own AI input and output with no copyright claim from Linearity
- A central searchable library holds logos, imagery, templates and design systems and feeds them to AI campaign generation
- Curve documents pen tool, shape builder, brush tool and PDF editing plus 3000+ free templates
- Files import from Sketch, Adobe Illustrator and PDF and can be saved or exported locally

**Held against it:**
- No public information on comments, review flows, guest access without a paid seat, or a developer mode with measurements and asset export
- No public information on reusable components, shared styles, tokens or team libraries that update across files
- Documented export settings cover resolution, frame rate and MP4, MOV or GIF, with no public information on whole-file export
- No public information on where design files and AI prompts are stored or processed, and no subprocessor list
- Business and Enterprise pages state no prices and every call to action reads 'Contact sales'

**Best for:**
- You need written AI rights — no training on your content without separate explicit consent, and ownership of input and output
- You run brand marketing and want one searchable library of logos, imagery, templates and design systems driving on-brand AI campaign generation
- Your designers work in vector and bring in Sketch, Adobe Illustrator, PDF or Figma files, keeping work on their own devices
- You buy from an EU vendor — Linearity GmbH in Solingen with a Berlin data protection officer and GDPR transfer mechanisms

**Avoid if:**
- You need to hand designs to engineering with measurements, styles and asset export — captured exports are MP4, MOV and GIF media files
- You maintain a design system of reusable components that update across files — the pages document a library that stores design systems, not that layer
- You must budget before a sales conversation — the business pages state no prices, only 'Contact sales'
- You need vendor indemnity for AI-generated work — the terms expressly accept no warranty or liability for output

## Scores by judge and criterion

Scores out of 5, each judge scoring independently against the published rubric (v1). "n/r" = not rated: the vendor publishes no price.

| Criterion | The Product Designer | The Frontend Engineer | The Brand Marketer | The Agency Owner | The Data Protection Officer | The Skeptic |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Design, prototyping & design systems | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 1.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Collaboration, review & developer handoff | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 |
| Brand assets & governance | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Files, formats & portability | 1.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 1.5/5 | 2/5 | 1.5/5 |
| AI features & rights to the work | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 |
| European sovereignty | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 |
| Pricing transparency | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r |
| **Weighted verdict** | **1.5/5** | **1.5/5** | **2/5** | **1.5/5** | **2/5** | **1.5/5** |

### The judges

- **The Product Designer** (v1.0): Owns the design system of a B2B software product. Wants components with variants, tokens with modes, prototypes that test a real flow, and library releases that are versioned and reviewable — a design system is a product, not a page of nicely arranged buttons.
- **The Frontend Engineer** (v1.0): Turns the designs into code and gets the ticket when they disagree. Wants an inspect mode without a paid seat, tokens exported in a documented format, components mapped to the code ones, and an API that reads the whole file rather than a screenshot of it.
- **The Brand Marketer** (v1.0): Keeps the brand consistent across twelve sales offices that make their own flyers. Wants locked templates non-designers can use, guidelines inside the tool, licence and expiry dates on every stock image, and a clear answer on whether a generated image may go on a trade-fair stand.
- **The Agency Owner** (v1.0): Runs a design agency of fifteen and hands every project over to the client at the end. Wants files that export with layers and components intact, guests who are not billed as editors, and terms that say the client owns the work — and what happens to it after a cancellation.
- **The Data Protection Officer** (v1.0): Reviews every tool where unreleased products, customer screenshots and employee photos end up. Wants the contracting entity and hosting region named, the AI providers on the subprocessor list, and training on customer files excluded for the whole organisation in the terms — not behind a toggle each user has to find.
- **The Skeptic** (v1.0): Has read "free for viewers", "commercially safe AI" and "export anytime" on every page in this category. Reads instead for the click that turns a reviewer into a billed editor, the plan the IP indemnity actually covers, and whether the export keeps a single component.

## European sovereignty — proven facts

Built only from facts on the vendor's own pages; a dimension we could not prove is left open, never scored as zero. Headline: not determined.

| Dimension | Finding | Points | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | Not determined | — | — |
| Ownership | Not determined | — | — |
| Data residency | Not determined | — | — |
| Subprocessors | Not determined | — | — |

## Key facts

Each fact is the vendor's own statement, cited to the source page it was read from ([S*n*] → Sources).

**Compliance**
- AI training: separate explicit consent · no [S3]
- Data subject rights: access · correction · deletion · restriction · objection · portability · consent revocation [S3]
- International transfers: EU Commission adequacy decisions · standard contractual clauses [S3]
- No automated decision making: no [S3]

**Data**
- Account deletion: permanent deletion or irreversible anonymization · 30 [S3]
- AI training consent: yes · no [S10]
- Application retention: 6 [S3]
- Log retention: 14 [S3]

**Hosting**
- Website: EU · Cloudflare [S3]

**Integrations**
- Figma account connection: Figma account can be connected to open Figma files directly [S5]
- Figma auto animate: Multiple frames imported as individual scenes enabling transitions with Auto Animate [S5]
- Figma copy paste: Copied Figma elements paste as new layers in Curve or Move [S5]
- Figma frames scenes: each Figma frame becomes an individual scene in Move or artboard in Curve [S5]
- Figma plugin: Figma plugin exports files to Move or Curve [S5]
- File open from device: File → Open on Mac opens files from device storage [S5]
- Imported formats: Linearity Curve files · Sketch · Adobe Illustrator · PDF [S5]
- Payment card handling: no [S3]
- SSO: yes [S3]

**Legal**
- Address: Solingen · Prinzenstraße 2a · Germany · 42697 [S2]
- AI account termination: yes [S10]
- AI law enforcement disclosure: yes [S10]
- AI output disclaimer: no · no [S10]
- AI output ownership: yes · no [S10]
- AI prohibited uses: Prohibited: passing AI content off as human-generated, medical/legal/financial advice, contracts, political/electoral content, source code, malware/spam, nudity/shocking content, legal administration purposes, fully-automated decision maki… [S10]
- AI publication conditions: attribution · clear AI disclosure · compliance with terms · no offensive content · yes [S10]
- AI sensitive data prohibition: yes [S10]
- AI term update rights: yes [S10]
- Authorized representative: Vladimir Danila [S2]
- Copyright: Copyright © 2026 Linearity GmbH. All rights reserved [S2]
- Entity: Linearity GmbH [S4]
- Entity: Prinzenstraße 2a, 42697 Solingen, Germany · Linearity GmbH · Germany · privacy@linearity.io [S3]
- Entity: Linearity GmbH · 2026 [S10]
- Entity name: Linearity GmbH [S2]
- Policy update: January 2026 [S3]
- Register court: Amtsgericht Düsseldorf · HRB 79971 [S2]
- VAT number: DE815681189 [S2]

**Pricing**
- Free tier: Get started for free [S4]

**Product**
- Account: yes [S3]
- AI brand generation: Linearity AI generates editable campaign designs from brand guidelines, assets, and creative direction [S7]
- AI features: AI Social Media Post Generator · AI App Store Asset Generator · AI Design Resize · AI Design Translate [S2]
- AI features: background removal · auto trace · super resolution · images · vectors · text [S3]
- AI features: Background Removal · Auto Trace · AI Grab · Magic Eraser · AI backgrounds · Linearity Curve · Linearity Move [S10]
- AI vector generation: AI vector generation feature (Arrow 2) mentioned [S4]
- Asset library: Central searchable library of brand assets with AI search and AI generation context [S6]
- Design apps: Linearity Curve · Linearity Move [S2]
- Designs created: over 6 million [S4]
- Export access: Export button at top right of project interface opens Export window with animation preview and document settings [S5]
- Export settings: resolution · frame rate · GIF export [S5]
- Features: Pen Tool · Shape Builder · Brush Tool · PDF Editing [S2]
- Figma plugin: Figma plugin to export Figma designs into Linearity Curve or Move [S4]
- Figma to curve features: Auto Trace · Background Removal · Brush Tool [S4]
- Figma to move export: export and paste into Move · Open in Move direct send [S4]
- Import home screen: Import tab on Home screen used to import files from other programs [S5]
- Local export: yes [S3]
- Move export formats: MP4 · Mov · GIF [S4]
- Move modes: design · animate [S4]
- Shared workspaces: yes [S3]
- Source of brand truth: source of brand truth · 100% on-brand by default · 40+ markets and languages · 10x faster campaign production [S7]
- Templates library: 3000+ [S4]
- Tiers: Business · Enterprise [S2]
- Video animation capabilities: Videos can be animated by adjusting properties, given presets, grouped, and masked [S5]
- Video customization: Video clips can be positioned, scaled, rotated, opacity-changed, cropped, and trimmed [S5]
- Video import formats: .mp4 · .mov [S5]
- Video import methods: Import > Import from file on timeline · drag and drop .mp4/.mov onto Scene · Insert > Video menu [S5]

**Support**
- Channels: Contact Support · Help Center · Status Page [S2]
- Help center: Contact Support · Help Center · Status Page [S4]

## Questions

### Is Linearity Curve European?

Not determined: the vendor’s pages as captured do not say where Linearity Curve is based.

### Where does Linearity Curve store data?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 20 Oct 2026.

### Does Linearity Curve have a free plan?

Yes. Linearity Curve has a free plan, per [the vendor’s page captured 20 Oct 2026](https://whats-best.ai/evidence/9336).

### What are the best alternatives to Linearity Curve?

As of 21 Oct 2026, the panel rates [Penpot (2.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/design/penpot), [Sketch (2.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/design/sketch) and [Frontify (2.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/design/frontify) highest among the other 17 Design products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is [Penpot](https://whats-best.ai/software/design/penpot) (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: [how scores are made](https://whats-best.ai/methodology#ordering). The full list, with European products first: [Linearity Curve alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/design/linearity-curve/alternatives).

## What this page leaves out

- 41 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 10 subprocessors facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 7 legal facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 4 support facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 2 sovereignty dimensions could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and are shown as unknown.

## Sources

- [S1] Vendor page: https://linearity.io (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S2] Imprint — found from the homepage: https://www.linearity.io/policies/imprint/ (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S3] Privacy policy — found from the homepage: https://www.linearity.io/policies/privacy-policy/ (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S4] Collaboration, review & developer handoff — found from sitemap: https://www.linearity.io/features/figma-plugin/ (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S5] Collaboration, review & developer handoff — found from sitemap: https://www.linearity.io/academy/move/mac/user-guide/workspace/importing-sharing/ (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S6] Brand assets & governance — found from sitemap: https://www.linearity.io/business/linearity-for-business/asset-management/ (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S7] Brand assets & governance — found from sitemap: https://www.linearity.io/business/linearity-for-business/brand-management/ (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S8] Files, formats & portability — found from sitemap: https://support.linearity.io/docs/billing-subscriptions/what-happens-to-my-files-and-access-when-i-cancel (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S9] Files, formats & portability — found from sitemap: https://www.linearity.io/academy/curve/mac/user-guide/share-and-export/ (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S10] AI features & rights to the work — found from sitemap: https://www.linearity.io/policies/ai-principles-and-terms/ (checked 2026-10-20)

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Cite as: whats-best.ai, "Linearity Curve — Design", AI panel analysis, as of 2026-10-21. https://whats-best.ai/software/design/linearity-curve

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