Merlin Project vs Devplan vs Smartsheet

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

Your tool
Merlin Project
vs
Competitor 1
Devplan
Competitor 2
Smartsheet
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Merlin Project: ProjectNext85% Linear84% Motion84% Online Gantt82% Allex81% Microsoft Loop80% Plane78% Jira78%
Compare
3 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
Remove
Competitor Devplan
devplan.com
Product development often stalls between the initial spark of an idea and the structured execution needed to build it
Make main Remove
Competitor Smartsheet
smartsheet.com
Smartsheet is a work management platform that layers AI over spreadsheet-style sheets, forms, reports and project plans.
Make main Remove
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
54.4Kvisits/mo
5Kvisits/mo
—
MoM change
▲ 5.2%
▼ 20.2%
—
6-month growth
-8.8%
+131.4%
—
Global rank web
#649,508
#3,650,414
—
Avg. last 3 months
53.2K
5.1K
—
Bounce rate lower is better
41%
43%
—
Pages / visit
1.9
1.8
—
Visit duration
25s
12s
—
Traffic sources
● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
—
—
Merlin ProjectDevplanSmartsheet
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 · 5K1K10K100KMerlin 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 · 5KDec '25Jan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Free Trial
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
$6.99per month
$100per month · free tier available
$12per month
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 FreeTeam $100/moEnterprise Custom
Pro $12/moBusiness $24/moEnterprise CustomAdvanced Work Management Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DataText
—
DataText
Output
DataDocuments
—
DataText
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Business & MarketingDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Coding Assistant+2 more
Productivity & OfficeAI Project ManagementAI SpreadsheetAI Workflow
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
4
1
4
Project planning
Project management
–
Kanban management
–
–
Project visualization
–
–
Spreadsheets
–
–
Workflows
–
–
Community on aitoolstime
Rating
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
Upvotes
▲ 0
▲ 1
▲ 0
Saves
0
0
0
Reviews
0
0
0
Prompts
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.