Plane vs Continue vs Devplan vs Merlin Project

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

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Plane
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Continue
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Devplan
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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 Continue
continue.dev
Continue is an open-source AI coding agent that was built by a community of developers and has since been acquired by Cursor.
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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 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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410.4Kvisits/mo
5Kvisits/mo
54.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 16.6%
▼ 20.2%
▲ 5.2%
6-month growth
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-24.4%
+131.4%
-8.8%
Global rank web
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#106,338
#3,650,414
#649,508
Avg. last 3 months
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539.2K
5.1K
53.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
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48%
43%
41%
Pages / visit
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2.4
1.8
1.9
Visit duration
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1m 44s
12s
25s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
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● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
PlaneContinueDevplanMerlin Project
0193.8K387.7K581.5K775.3KContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4K1K10K100K1MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KMerlin 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
Free
Freemium
Free Trial
Starting price
$6per month · free tier available
Free
$100per month · free tier available
$6.99per month
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Plans
Free FreePro $6/moBusiness $13/moEnterprise Grid Custom
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Free FreeTeam $100/moEnterprise 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
CodeText
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DataText
Output
DataText
Code
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DataDocuments
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Knowledge Management+1 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Business & MarketingDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Coding Assistant+2 more
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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Project planning
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Coding
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Product management
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Product management assistant
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Project specifications
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Agents
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Agile project management
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Code reviews
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Kanban management
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Knowledge bases
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Project scheduling
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Agile product management
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Brainstorming
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Development
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Product development
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.