Microsoft Loop vs Devplan vs Canny vs Merlin Project

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

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Microsoft Loop
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Devplan
Competitor 2
Canny
Competitor 3
Merlin Project
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool 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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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 Canny
canny.io
A product manager at a SaaS company spends three hours every week sorting through Zendesk tickets, Intercom messages, and scattered email threads trying to figure out which feature requests keep co...
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Competitor 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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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5Kvisits/mo
468.4Kvisits/mo
54.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 20.2%
▼ 8.5%
▲ 5.2%
6-month growth
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+131.4%
-11.9%
-8.8%
Global rank web
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#3,650,414
#101,220
#649,508
Avg. last 3 months
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5.1K
495.2K
53.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
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43%
48%
41%
Pages / visit
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1.8
2.4
1.9
Visit duration
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12s
47s
25s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 79% · ● Referral 18%
● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
Microsoft LoopDevplanCannyMerlin Project
0157.7K315.4K473.1K630.8KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KCanny · 602.7KCanny · 630.8KCanny · 556.3KCanny · 531.7KCanny · 528.6KCanny · 511.6KCanny · 505.6KCanny · 511.7KCanny · 468.4KMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4K1K10K100K1MDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KCanny · 602.7KCanny · 630.8KCanny · 556.3KCanny · 531.7KCanny · 528.6KCanny · 511.6KCanny · 505.6KCanny · 511.7KCanny · 468.4KMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4KDec '25Jan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Freemium
Freemium
Free Trial
Starting price
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$100per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$6.99per month
Free tier
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Free FreeTeam $100/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreeCore $19/moPro $79/moBusiness Custom
Merlin Project Express $6.99/moMerlin Project for iPad $9.99/moMerlin Project for Mac $22.99/mo
Capabilities input → output
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Text
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Text
DataText
Output
DocumentsText
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DataText
DataDocuments
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeAI Knowledge ManagementAI Project Management
Business & MarketingDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Coding Assistant+2 more
Business & MarketingAI Product Manager
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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Product management assistant
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Project planning
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Customer feedback analysis
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Gantt charts
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Kanban management
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Product management insights
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Product roadmaps
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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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Product development
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Product discovery
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Team productivity
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