Featurebase vs Devplan vs Merlin Project vs Linear

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

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Featurebase
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Devplan
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Merlin Project
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Linear
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Featurebase
featurebase.app
Featurebase is a customer support and feedback platform that brings an omnichannel inbox, an AI support agent, a help center, feedback boards, roadmaps and a changelog into one subscription.
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Competitor 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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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5Kvisits/mo
54.4Kvisits/mo
9.4Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 20.2%
▲ 5.2%
▲ 9.3%
6-month growth
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+131.4%
-8.8%
+59.0%
Global rank web
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#3,650,414
#649,508
#5,797
Avg. last 3 months
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5.1K
53.2K
8.6M
Bounce rate lower is better
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43%
41%
32%
Pages / visit
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1.8
1.9
6.5
Visit duration
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12s
25s
7m 26s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
FeaturebaseDevplanMerlin ProjectLinear
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 · 9.4M1K10K100K1M10MDevplan · 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 · 9.4MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free Trial
Freemium
Starting price
$29per month · free tier available
$100per month · free tier available
$6.99per month
$10per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreeGrowth $29/moProfessional $59/moEnterprise $99/mo
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
Capabilities input → output
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Text
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DataText
Text
Output
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DataDocuments
CodeText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Business & MarketingAI Customer Service
Business & MarketingDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Coding Assistant+2 more
Productivity & OfficeAI Project 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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Customer support
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Customer support automation
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Gantt charts
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Product management
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Product management assistant
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User feedback
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Customer feedback analysis
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Feedback widgets
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Kanban management
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Product roadmaps
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Project scheduling
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Task management
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User feedback analysis
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Agile product management
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Brainstorming
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Customer support on Slack
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Jira tickets
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Product development
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Productivity
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Support
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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.