Jira vs Merlin Project vs Allex vs ClickUp Brain

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

Your tool
Jira
vs
Competitor 1
Merlin Project
Competitor 2
Allex
Competitor 3
ClickUp Brain
Compare
4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Jira
atlassian.com
Jira is Atlassian's project management platform, built around planning work, tracking progress and moving tasks through a team's workflow.
Remove
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
Make main Remove
Competitor Allex
allex.ai
AI project management for complex environments
Make main Remove
Competitor ClickUp Brain
clickup.com
ClickUp Brain is the AI layer of the ClickUp work platform.
Make main Remove
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
—
54.4Kvisits/mo
12.5Kvisits/mo
—
MoM change
—
▲ 5.2%
▼ 2.9%
—
6-month growth
—
-8.8%
+27.0%
—
Global rank web
—
#649,508
#1,567,616
—
Avg. last 3 months
—
53.2K
11.8K
—
Bounce rate lower is better
—
41%
32%
—
Pages / visit
—
1.9
3.6
—
Visit duration
—
25s
1m 30s
—
Traffic sources
—
● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 8%
—
JiraMerlin ProjectAllexClickUp Brain
016.8K33.6K50.4K67.2KMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4KAllex · 8.1KAllex · 9.3KAllex · 10.2KAllex · 9.8KAllex · 11.3KAllex · 12.4KAllex · 10.1KAllex · 12.9KAllex · 12.5K1K10K100KMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4KAllex · 8.1KAllex · 9.3KAllex · 10.2KAllex · 9.8KAllex · 11.3KAllex · 12.4KAllex · 10.1KAllex · 12.9KAllex · 12.5KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
—
Free Trial
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
—
$6.99per month
$32per month · free tier available
$9per month · free tier available
Free tier
–
–
Free trial
–
–
–
API access
–
–
–
Plans
—
Merlin Project Express $6.99/moMerlin Project for iPad $9.99/moMerlin Project for Mac $22.99/mo
—
Free AI FreeBrain AI $9/moEverything AI $28/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DataText
Text
AudioDocumentsText
Output
DataText
DataDocuments
Data
ImagesText
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI AgentAI AssistantAI Note Taker+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
11
6
7
10
Project management
Project planning
Task management
–
Agents
–
–
Project scheduling
–
–
Agile project management
–
–
AI search
–
–
Gantt charts
–
–
–
Jira
–
–
–
Kanban management
–
–
–
Note taking
–
–
–
Team management
–
–
–
Brainstorming
–
–
–
Chatbots
–
–
–
Dictation
–
–
–
Jira issues tracking
–
–
–
Jira tickets
–
–
–
MCP
–
–
–
Meeting summaries
–
–
–
Productivity
–
–
–
Project optimization
–
–
–
Team collaboration
–
–
–
Community on aitoolstime
Rating
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
Upvotes
▲ 0
▲ 0
▲ 0
▲ 0
Saves
0
0
0
0
Reviews
0
0
0
0
Prompts
0
0
0
0
Verified listing
–
–
–
–

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.