Allex vs Merlin Project vs ProjectNext vs Linear

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Allex
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Competitor 1
Merlin Project
Competitor 2
ProjectNext
Competitor 3
Linear
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Allex
allex.ai
AI project management for complex environments
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Competitor Merlin Project
projectwizards.net
Professional project management software built exclusively for Mac and iPad users, Merlin Project delivers tools for planning and controlling projects through multiple visualization methods
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Competitor ProjectNext
projectnext.ai
A construction project manager needs to deploy field crews across five sites while keeping documentation current
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Competitor Linear
linear.app
Issue tracking that developers actually enjoy using
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
12.5Kvisits/mo
54.4Kvisits/mo
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9.4Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 2.9%
▲ 5.2%
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▲ 9.3%
6-month growth
+27.0%
-8.8%
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+59.0%
Global rank web
#1,567,616
#649,508
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#5,797
Avg. last 3 months
11.8K
53.2K
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8.6M
Bounce rate lower is better
32%
41%
0%
32%
Pages / visit
3.6
1.9
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6.5
Visit duration
1m 30s
25s
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7m 26s
Traffic sources
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 8%
● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
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● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
AllexMerlin ProjectProjectNextLinear
02.3M4.7M7M9.4MAllex · 8.1KAllex · 9.3KAllex · 10.2KAllex · 9.8KAllex · 11.3KAllex · 12.4KAllex · 10.1KAllex · 12.9KAllex · 12.5KMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4KProjectNext · 711Linear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4M1001K10K100K1M10MAllex · 8.1KAllex · 9.3KAllex · 10.2KAllex · 9.8KAllex · 11.3KAllex · 12.4KAllex · 10.1KAllex · 12.9KAllex · 12.5KMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4KProjectNext · 711Linear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free Trial
Free Trial
Freemium
Starting price
$32per month · free tier available
$6.99per month
$3.99per month
$10per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
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Merlin Project Express $6.99/moMerlin Project for iPad $9.99/moMerlin Project for Mac $22.99/mo
Early Bird - Standard $3.99/moEarly Bird - Professional $19.99/moEarly Bird - Business $29.00/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreeBasic $10/moBusiness $16/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DataText
Text
Text
Output
Data
DataDocuments
DataDocuments
CodeText
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
2
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5
Project management
Project planning
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Construction management
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Kanban management
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Product roadmaps
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Project visualization
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Task management
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Productivity
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Team management
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