Merlin Project vs Smartsheet vs Devplan

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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Smartsheet
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Devplan
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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 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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
54.4Kvisits/mo
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5Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 5.2%
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▼ 20.2%
6-month growth
-8.8%
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+131.4%
Global rank web
#649,508
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#3,650,414
Avg. last 3 months
53.2K
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5.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
41%
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43%
Pages / visit
1.9
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1.8
Visit duration
25s
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12s
Traffic sources
● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
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Merlin ProjectSmartsheetDevplan
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
Paid
Freemium
Starting price
$6.99per month
$12per month
$100per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free trial
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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
Pro $12/moBusiness $24/moEnterprise CustomAdvanced Work Management Custom
Free FreeTeam $100/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DataText
DataText
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Output
DataDocuments
DataText
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Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project ManagementAI SpreadsheetAI Workflow
Business & MarketingDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Coding Assistant+2 more
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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Product management
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Product management assistant
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Work management
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Kanban management
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MCP
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Spreadsheets
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Workflows
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Agile product management
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Brainstorming
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Jira tickets
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Product development
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Project risk assessment
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Community on aitoolstime
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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