Devplan vs Merlin Project vs Linear vs Motion

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
Merlin Project
Competitor 2
Linear
Competitor 3
Motion
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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 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 Linear
linear.app
Issue tracking that developers actually enjoy using
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Competitor Motion
usemotion.com
AI that schedules your day so you don't have to
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5Kvisits/mo
54.4Kvisits/mo
9.4Mvisits/mo
642.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 20.2%
▲ 5.2%
▲ 9.3%
▼ 3.8%
6-month growth
+131.4%
-8.8%
+59.0%
-35.2%
Global rank web
#3,650,414
#649,508
#5,797
#75,058
Avg. last 3 months
5.1K
53.2K
8.6M
676.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
41%
32%
43%
Pages / visit
1.8
1.9
6.5
3.9
Visit duration
12s
25s
7m 26s
3m 00s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
DevplanMerlin ProjectLinearMotion
02.3M4.7M7M9.4MDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4KLinear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4MMotion · 1.4MMotion · 1.2MMotion · 1.2MMotion · 992.6KMotion · 817.6KMotion · 689.5KMotion · 719.8KMotion · 668.2KMotion · 642.9K1K10K100K1M10MDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4KLinear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4MMotion · 1.4MMotion · 1.2MMotion · 1.2MMotion · 992.6KMotion · 817.6KMotion · 689.5KMotion · 719.8KMotion · 668.2KMotion · 642.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free Trial
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
$100per month · free tier available
$6.99per month
$10per month · free tier available
$19per month
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeTeam $100/moEnterprise Custom
Merlin Project Express $6.99/moMerlin Project for iPad $9.99/moMerlin Project for Mac $22.99/mo
Free FreeBasic $10/moBusiness $16/moEnterprise Custom
Pro AI $19/moBusiness AI $29/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
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DataText
Text
AudioText
Output
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DataDocuments
CodeText
DataText
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Business & MarketingDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Coding Assistant+2 more
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI AssistantAI Meeting AssistantAI Project Management+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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10
Project planning
Project management
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Task management
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Productivity
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Day scheduling
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Kanban management
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Meeting scheduling
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Product roadmaps
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Project scheduling
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Project visualization
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Schedule management
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Time management
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Meetings
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Reviews
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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.