Devplan vs Linear vs Merlin Project vs Aha!

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

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Devplan
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Competitor 1
Linear
Competitor 2
Merlin Project
Competitor 3
Aha!
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Devplan
devplan.com
Product development often stalls between the initial spark of an idea and the structured execution needed to build it
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Competitor Linear
linear.app
Issue tracking that developers actually enjoy using
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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 Aha!
aha.io
is product management software that links strategy to delivery in one system.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5Kvisits/mo
9.4Mvisits/mo
54.4Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 20.2%
▲ 9.3%
▲ 5.2%
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6-month growth
+131.4%
+59.0%
-8.8%
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Global rank web
#3,650,414
#5,797
#649,508
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Avg. last 3 months
5.1K
8.6M
53.2K
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Bounce rate lower is better
43%
32%
41%
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Pages / visit
1.8
6.5
1.9
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Visit duration
12s
7m 26s
25s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
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DevplanLinearMerlin ProjectAha!
02.3M4.7M7M9.4MDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KLinear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4MMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4K1K10K100K1M10MDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KLinear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4MMerlin 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
Freemium
Free Trial
Free Trial
Starting price
$100per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
$6.99per month
$9per month
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeTeam $100/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreeBasic $10/moBusiness $16/moEnterprise Custom
Merlin Project Express $6.99/moMerlin Project for iPad $9.99/moMerlin Project for Mac $22.99/mo
Aha! Roadmaps $59/moAha! Discovery $39/moAha! Ideas $39/moAha! Whiteboards $9/mo+4 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
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Text
DataText
Text
Output
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CodeText
DataDocuments
AppsDocuments
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Business & MarketingDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Coding Assistant+2 more
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Business & MarketingProductivity & OfficeAI Product ManagerAI Project Management
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
8
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10
Project management
Project planning
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Product management
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Product management assistant
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Product roadmaps
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Agile product management
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Brainstorming
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Gantt charts
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Project specifications
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Kanban management
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Product discovery
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Project scheduling
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Strategy planning
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Task management
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Jira tickets
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Product development
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Product management insights
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Productivity
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Prototype guidance
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Prompts
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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.