Linear vs Smartsheet vs Devplan vs ProjectNext

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

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Linear
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Smartsheet
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Devplan
Competitor 3
ProjectNext
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Linear
linear.app
Issue tracking that developers actually enjoy using
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Competitor Smartsheet
smartsheet.com
Smartsheet is a work management platform that layers AI over spreadsheet-style sheets, forms, reports and project plans.
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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 ProjectNext
projectnext.ai
A construction project manager needs to deploy field crews across five sites while keeping documentation current
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
9.4Mvisits/mo
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5Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 9.3%
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▼ 20.2%
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6-month growth
+59.0%
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+131.4%
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Global rank web
#5,797
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#3,650,414
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Avg. last 3 months
8.6M
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5.1K
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Bounce rate lower is better
32%
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43%
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Pages / visit
6.5
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1.8
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Visit duration
7m 26s
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12s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
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LinearSmartsheetDevplanProjectNext
02.3M4.7M7M9.4MLinear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4MDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KProjectNext · 7111001K10K100K1M10MLinear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4MDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KProjectNext · 711Nov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Free Trial
Starting price
$10per month · free tier available
$12per month
$100per month · free tier available
$3.99per month
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreeBasic $10/moBusiness $16/moEnterprise Custom
Pro $12/moBusiness $24/moEnterprise CustomAdvanced Work Management Custom
Free FreeTeam $100/moEnterprise Custom
Early Bird - Standard $3.99/moEarly Bird - Professional $19.99/moEarly Bird - Business $29.00/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DataText
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Text
Output
CodeText
DataText
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DataDocuments
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project ManagementAI SpreadsheetAI Workflow
Business & MarketingDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Coding Assistant+2 more
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Project management
Project planning
Task management
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Project risk assessment
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Product management
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Product management assistant
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Work management
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MCP
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Product roadmaps
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Spreadsheets
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Workflows
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Agile product management
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Construction management
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IT project management
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Jira
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Product development
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Productivity
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Project scheduling
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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.