Plane vs Devplan vs Kilo Code 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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Devplan
Competitor 2
Kilo Code
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 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 Kilo Code
kilocode.ai
Kilo Code is an open source AI agent Visual Studio (VS) Code extension that focuses on enhancing the efficiency of coding. The tool can generate code, automate tasks, and offer practical suggestions.
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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
1.9Kvisits/mo
54.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 20.2%
▼ 42.3%
▲ 5.2%
6-month growth
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+131.4%
-94.4%
-8.8%
Global rank web
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#3,650,414
#4,668,091
#649,508
Avg. last 3 months
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5.1K
10.5K
53.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
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43%
34%
41%
Pages / visit
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1.8
2.4
1.9
Visit duration
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12s
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25s
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● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
PlaneDevplanKilo CodeMerlin Project
0186.2K372.3K558.5K744.7KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KKilo Code · 744.7KKilo Code · 164KKilo Code · 48.6KKilo Code · 16KKilo Code · 33.5KKilo Code · 14.4KKilo Code · 10.5KKilo Code · 26.4KKilo Code · 3.2KKilo Code · 1.9KMerlin 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 · 5KKilo Code · 744.7KKilo Code · 164KKilo Code · 48.6KKilo Code · 16KKilo Code · 33.5KKilo Code · 14.4KKilo Code · 10.5KKilo Code · 26.4KKilo Code · 3.2KKilo Code · 1.9KMerlin 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
$100per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$6.99per month
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Plans
Free FreePro $6/moBusiness $13/moEnterprise Grid Custom
Free FreeTeam $100/moEnterprise Custom
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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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CodeText
DataText
Output
DataText
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Code
DataDocuments
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Knowledge Management+1 more
Business & MarketingDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Coding Assistant+2 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
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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Gantt charts
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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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Coding in VS Code
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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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Code analysis
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Development
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Product development
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Vs code
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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.