Devplan vs ProjectNext vs Online Gantt vs Merlin Project

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
ProjectNext
Competitor 2
Online Gantt
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 ProjectNext
projectnext.ai
A construction project manager needs to deploy field crews across five sites while keeping documentation current
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Competitor Online Gantt
onlinegantt.com
This system processes natural language commands to manipulate Gantt chart data without requiring manual clicking or dragging
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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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118.6Kvisits/mo
54.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 20.2%
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▼ 27.8%
▲ 5.2%
6-month growth
+131.4%
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-45.9%
-8.8%
Global rank web
#3,650,414
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#347,339
#649,508
Avg. last 3 months
5.1K
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156.3K
53.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
0%
39%
41%
Pages / visit
1.8
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2.1
1.9
Visit duration
12s
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33s
25s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
DevplanProjectNextOnline GanttMerlin Project
061.6K123.1K184.7K246.2KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KProjectNext · 711Online Gantt · 246.2KOnline Gantt · 238.7KOnline Gantt · 219.2KOnline Gantt · 234.8KOnline Gantt · 227.7KOnline Gantt · 185.9KOnline Gantt · 164.3KOnline Gantt · 118.6KMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4K1001K10K100K1MDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KProjectNext · 711Online Gantt · 246.2KOnline Gantt · 238.7KOnline Gantt · 219.2KOnline Gantt · 234.8KOnline Gantt · 227.7KOnline Gantt · 185.9KOnline Gantt · 164.3KOnline Gantt · 118.6KMerlin 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
Free Trial
Free Trial
Free Trial
Starting price
$100per month · free tier available
$3.99per month
$8per month
$6.99per month
Free tier
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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
Online Gantt Cloud + AI Assistant $8/mo
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
Text
DataText
Output
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DataDocuments
DataText
DataDocuments
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Business & MarketingDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Coding Assistant+2 more
Productivity & OfficeAI 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 planning
Project management
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Gantt charts
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Construction management
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Kanban management
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Project visualization
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