Allex vs Microsoft Loop vs ProjectNext vs Merlin Project

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
Microsoft Loop
Competitor 2
ProjectNext
Competitor 3
Merlin Project
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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 Microsoft Loop
microsoft.com
Microsoft Loop is a collaborative app from Microsoft 365 where teams think, plan and create together on shared pages.
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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 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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
12.5Kvisits/mo
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54.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 2.9%
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▲ 5.2%
6-month growth
+27.0%
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-8.8%
Global rank web
#1,567,616
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#649,508
Avg. last 3 months
11.8K
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53.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
32%
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41%
Pages / visit
3.6
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1.9
Visit duration
1m 30s
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25s
Traffic sources
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 8%
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● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
AllexMicrosoft LoopProjectNextMerlin Project
016.8K33.6K50.4K67.2KAllex · 8.1KAllex · 9.3KAllex · 10.2KAllex · 9.8KAllex · 11.3KAllex · 12.4KAllex · 10.1KAllex · 12.9KAllex · 12.5KProjectNext · 711Merlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4K1001K10K100KAllex · 8.1KAllex · 9.3KAllex · 10.2KAllex · 9.8KAllex · 11.3KAllex · 12.4KAllex · 10.1KAllex · 12.9KAllex · 12.5KProjectNext · 711Merlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Free Trial
Free Trial
Starting price
$32per month · free tier available
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$3.99per month
$6.99per month
Free tier
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Early Bird - Standard $3.99/moEarly Bird - Professional $19.99/moEarly Bird - Business $29.00/moEnterprise Custom
Merlin Project Express $6.99/moMerlin Project for iPad $9.99/moMerlin Project for Mac $22.99/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
Text
DataText
Output
Data
DocumentsText
DataDocuments
DataDocuments
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeAI Knowledge ManagementAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Project management
Project planning
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Project scheduling
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Task management
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Gantt charts
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Team collaboration
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Collaborative documents
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Construction management
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Construction planning
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Kanban management
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Team management
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Agile project management
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Brainstorming
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Meeting notes
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Note taking
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Project optimization
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Project risk assessment
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Team productivity
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Workforce management
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.