Merlin Project vs Devplan vs ProjectNext vs Microsoft Loop

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
ProjectNext
Competitor 3
Microsoft Loop
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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 ProjectNext
projectnext.ai
A construction project manager needs to deploy field crews across five sites while keeping documentation current
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Competitor Microsoft Loop
microsoft.com
Microsoft Loop is a collaborative app from Microsoft 365 where teams think, plan and create together on shared pages.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
54.4Kvisits/mo
5Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 5.2%
▼ 20.2%
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6-month growth
-8.8%
+131.4%
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Global rank web
#649,508
#3,650,414
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Avg. last 3 months
53.2K
5.1K
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Bounce rate lower is better
41%
43%
0%
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Pages / visit
1.9
1.8
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Visit duration
25s
12s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
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Merlin ProjectDevplanProjectNextMicrosoft Loop
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 · 54.4KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KProjectNext · 7111001K10K100KMerlin 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 · 5KProjectNext · 711Dec '25Jan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Free Trial
Freemium
Free Trial
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Starting price
$6.99per month
$100per month · free tier available
$3.99per month
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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
Early Bird - Standard $3.99/moEarly Bird - Professional $19.99/moEarly Bird - Business $29.00/moEnterprise Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DataText
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Text
Text
Output
DataDocuments
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DataDocuments
DocumentsText
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Business & MarketingDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Coding Assistant+2 more
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeAI Knowledge ManagementAI Project Management
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Project management
Project planning
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Gantt charts
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Product management
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Product management assistant
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Project specifications
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Team collaboration
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Construction management
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Construction planning
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Kanban management
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Project scheduling
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Agile product management
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Brainstorming
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Jira tickets
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Meeting notes
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Note taking
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Product development
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Project risk assessment
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Task management
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Team productivity
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Workforce management
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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.