Merlin Project vs Linear vs Motion vs Smartsheet

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

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Merlin Project
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Linear
Competitor 2
Motion
Competitor 3
Smartsheet
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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 Linear
linear.app
Issue tracking that developers actually enjoy using
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Competitor Motion
usemotion.com
AI that schedules your day so you don't have to
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
54.4Kvisits/mo
9.4Mvisits/mo
642.9Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 5.2%
▲ 9.3%
▼ 3.8%
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6-month growth
-8.8%
+59.0%
-35.2%
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Global rank web
#649,508
#5,797
#75,058
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Avg. last 3 months
53.2K
8.6M
676.9K
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Bounce rate lower is better
41%
32%
43%
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Pages / visit
1.9
6.5
3.9
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Visit duration
25s
7m 26s
3m 00s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
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Merlin ProjectLinearMotionSmartsheet
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 · 54.4KLinear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4MMotion · 1.4MMotion · 1.2MMotion · 1.2MMotion · 992.6KMotion · 817.6KMotion · 689.5KMotion · 719.8KMotion · 668.2KMotion · 642.9K10K100K1M10MMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4KLinear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4MMotion · 1.4MMotion · 1.2MMotion · 1.2MMotion · 992.6KMotion · 817.6KMotion · 689.5KMotion · 719.8KMotion · 668.2KMotion · 642.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Free Trial
Freemium
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Starting price
$6.99per month
$10per month · free tier available
$19per month
$12per month
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
Merlin Project Express $6.99/moMerlin Project for iPad $9.99/moMerlin Project for Mac $22.99/mo
Free FreeBasic $10/moBusiness $16/moEnterprise Custom
Pro AI $19/moBusiness AI $29/mo
Pro $12/moBusiness $24/moEnterprise CustomAdvanced Work Management Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DataText
Text
AudioText
DataText
Output
DataDocuments
CodeText
DataText
DataText
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI AssistantAI Meeting AssistantAI Project Management+1 more
Productivity & OfficeAI Project ManagementAI SpreadsheetAI Workflow
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Project management
Project planning
Project scheduling
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Gantt charts
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Work management
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Kanban management
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MCP
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Meeting scheduling
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Product roadmaps
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Schedule management
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Spreadsheets
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Time management
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Workflows
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Meetings
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Project risk assessment
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