Microsoft Loop vs Merlin Project vs Devplan vs Linear

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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Merlin Project
Competitor 2
Devplan
Competitor 3
Linear
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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 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 Linear
linear.app
Issue tracking that developers actually enjoy using
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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54.4Kvisits/mo
5Kvisits/mo
9.4Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 5.2%
▼ 20.2%
▲ 9.3%
6-month growth
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-8.8%
+131.4%
+59.0%
Global rank web
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#649,508
#3,650,414
#5,797
Avg. last 3 months
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53.2K
5.1K
8.6M
Bounce rate lower is better
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41%
43%
32%
Pages / visit
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1.9
1.8
6.5
Visit duration
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25s
12s
7m 26s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
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● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
Microsoft LoopMerlin ProjectDevplanLinear
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 · 54.4KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KLinear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4M1K10K100K1M10MMerlin 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 · 5KLinear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
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Free Trial
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
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$6.99per month
$100per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
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Plans
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Merlin Project Express $6.99/moMerlin Project for iPad $9.99/moMerlin Project for Mac $22.99/mo
Free FreeTeam $100/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreeBasic $10/moBusiness $16/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DataText
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Text
Output
DocumentsText
DataDocuments
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CodeText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeAI Knowledge ManagementAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Business & MarketingDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Coding Assistant+2 more
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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6
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5
Project management
Project planning
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Product management
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Product management assistant
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Kanban management
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Product roadmaps
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Project scheduling
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Task management
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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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Productivity
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Team productivity
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Community on aitoolstime
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