Plane vs CodeRabbit vs Linear vs Merlin Project

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

Your tool
Plane
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Competitor 1
CodeRabbit
Competitor 2
Linear
Competitor 3
Merlin Project
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Plane
plane.so
Plane is a project management and knowledge management workspace for teams and AI agents.
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Competitor CodeRabbit
coderabbit.ai
Automated code review that matters
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Competitor Linear
linear.app
Issue tracking that developers actually enjoy using
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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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1Mvisits/mo
9.4Mvisits/mo
54.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 22.7%
▲ 9.3%
▲ 5.2%
6-month growth
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+50.4%
+59.0%
-8.8%
Global rank web
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#38,145
#5,797
#649,508
Avg. last 3 months
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1.2M
8.6M
53.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
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49%
32%
41%
Pages / visit
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3.5
6.5
1.9
Visit duration
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1m 55s
7m 26s
25s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 73% · ● Referral 24%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
PlaneCodeRabbitLinearMerlin Project
02.3M4.7M7M9.4MCodeRabbit · 442KCodeRabbit · 588.1KCodeRabbit · 711.7KCodeRabbit · 641.9KCodeRabbit · 681.8KCodeRabbit · 694.5KCodeRabbit · 869.9KCodeRabbit · 1.1MCodeRabbit · 1.3MCodeRabbit · 1MLinear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4MMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4K10K100K1M10MCodeRabbit · 442KCodeRabbit · 588.1KCodeRabbit · 711.7KCodeRabbit · 641.9KCodeRabbit · 681.8KCodeRabbit · 694.5KCodeRabbit · 869.9KCodeRabbit · 1.1MCodeRabbit · 1.3MCodeRabbit · 1MLinear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4MMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Free Trial
Starting price
$6per month · free tier available
$24per month
$10per month · free tier available
$6.99per month
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreePro $6/moBusiness $13/moEnterprise Grid Custom
Essentials $24/moTeam $48/moAdvanced $72/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreeBasic $10/moBusiness $16/moEnterprise Custom
Merlin Project Express $6.99/moMerlin Project for iPad $9.99/moMerlin Project for Mac $22.99/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Code
Text
DataText
Output
DataText
CodeText
CodeText
DataDocuments
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Knowledge Management+1 more
Development & CodeAI Code Review
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
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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Code reviews
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Agile project management
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Code analysis
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Code documentation
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Code quality
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Code security analysis
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Code testing
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Kanban management
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Project scheduling
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Task management
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Development
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Productivity
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