Merlin Project vs Devplan vs Linear vs Jira

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

Your tool
Merlin Project
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Competitor 1
Devplan
Competitor 2
Linear
Competitor 3
Jira
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool 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 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 Linear
linear.app
Issue tracking that developers actually enjoy using
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Competitor Jira
atlassian.com
Jira is Atlassian's project management platform, built around planning work, tracking progress and moving tasks through a team's workflow.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
54.4Kvisits/mo
5Kvisits/mo
9.4Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 5.2%
▼ 20.2%
▲ 9.3%
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6-month growth
-8.8%
+131.4%
+59.0%
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Global rank web
#649,508
#3,650,414
#5,797
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Avg. last 3 months
53.2K
5.1K
8.6M
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Bounce rate lower is better
41%
43%
32%
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Pages / visit
1.9
1.8
6.5
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Visit duration
25s
12s
7m 26s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
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● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
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Merlin ProjectDevplanLinearJira
02.3M4.7M7M9.4MMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KLinear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4M1K10K100K1M10MMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KLinear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Free Trial
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$6.99per month
$100per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
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Free tier
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Plans
Merlin Project Express $6.99/moMerlin Project for iPad $9.99/moMerlin Project for Mac $22.99/mo
Free FreeTeam $100/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreeBasic $10/moBusiness $16/moEnterprise Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DataText
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Text
Text
Output
DataDocuments
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CodeText
DataText
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
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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Kanban management
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Product roadmaps
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Project visualization
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Task management
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Productivity
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