Devplan vs ProjectNext vs Merlin Project vs Who Codes Best?

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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ProjectNext
Competitor 2
Merlin Project
Competitor 3
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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 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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Competitor Who Codes Best?
whocodesbest.com
Picking an AI coding assistant feels like guessing
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5Kvisits/mo
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54.4Kvisits/mo
2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 20.2%
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▲ 5.2%
▲ 90.7%
6-month growth
+131.4%
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-8.8%
+168.0%
Global rank web
#3,650,414
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#649,508
#8,718,640
Avg. last 3 months
5.1K
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53.2K
1.4K
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
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41%
41%
Pages / visit
1.8
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1.9
1.2
Visit duration
12s
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25s
1s
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● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
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DevplanProjectNextMerlin ProjectWho Codes Best?
016.8K33.6K50.4K67.2KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KProjectNext · 711Merlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4KWho Codes Best? · 747Who Codes Best? · 2.2KWho Codes Best? · 597Who Codes Best? · 1KWho Codes Best? · 1.1KWho Codes Best? · 2K1001K10K100KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KProjectNext · 711Merlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4KWho Codes Best? · 747Who Codes Best? · 2.2KWho Codes Best? · 597Who Codes Best? · 1KWho Codes Best? · 1.1KWho Codes Best? · 2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free Trial
Free Trial
Freemium
Starting price
$100per month · free tier available
$3.99per month
$6.99per month
$20per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreeTeam $100/moEnterprise Custom
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
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Capabilities input → output
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Text
DataText
Text
Output
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DataDocuments
DataDocuments
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Business & MarketingDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Coding Assistant+2 more
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Project planning
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Project management
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Construction management
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Kanban management
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Project visualization
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