Devplan vs Microsoft Loop vs Stacks vs Merlin Project

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

Your tool
Devplan
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Competitor 1
Microsoft Loop
Competitor 2
Stacks
Competitor 3
Merlin Project
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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 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 Stacks
betterstacks.com
Stacks is a personal AI workspace that gathers what you find online into one searchable place.
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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
5Kvisits/mo
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6.3Kvisits/mo
54.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 20.2%
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▼ 8.4%
▲ 5.2%
6-month growth
+131.4%
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-50.8%
-8.8%
Global rank web
#3,650,414
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#3,182,249
#649,508
Avg. last 3 months
5.1K
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6.1K
53.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
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41%
41%
Pages / visit
1.8
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1.7
1.9
Visit duration
12s
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6s
25s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
DevplanMicrosoft LoopStacksMerlin Project
016.8K33.6K50.4K67.2KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KStacks · 7KStacks · 12.2KStacks · 12.8KStacks · 8.7KStacks · 5.7KStacks · 5.1KStacks · 6.8KStacks · 6.3KMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4K1K10K100KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KStacks · 7KStacks · 12.2KStacks · 12.8KStacks · 8.7KStacks · 5.7KStacks · 5.1KStacks · 6.8KStacks · 6.3KMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4KDec '25Jan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Paid
Free Trial
Starting price
$100per month · free tier available
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$9per month
$6.99per month
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreeTeam $100/moEnterprise Custom
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Be Productive $89/yrBe Collaborative $199/yrBe Creative $349/yr
Merlin Project Express $6.99/moMerlin Project for iPad $9.99/moMerlin Project for Mac $22.99/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
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Text
DocumentsTextWeb pages
DataText
Output
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DocumentsText
Text
DataDocuments
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Business & MarketingDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Coding Assistant+2 more
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeAI Knowledge ManagementAI Project Management
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeAI FilesAI Knowledge Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Project management
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Project planning
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Digital information management
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Gantt charts
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Knowledge bases
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Product management
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Product management assistant
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Kanban management
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Project scheduling
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Agile product management
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Brainstorming
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Jira tickets
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Knowledge exploration
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Note taking
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Product development
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Team productivity
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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.