Plane vs Devplan vs Merlin Project vs Smartsheet

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
Merlin Project
Competitor 3
Smartsheet
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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 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 Smartsheet
smartsheet.com
Smartsheet is a work management platform that layers AI over spreadsheet-style sheets, forms, reports and project plans.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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5Kvisits/mo
54.4Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▼ 20.2%
▲ 5.2%
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6-month growth
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+131.4%
-8.8%
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Global rank web
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#3,650,414
#649,508
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Avg. last 3 months
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5.1K
53.2K
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Bounce rate lower is better
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43%
41%
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Pages / visit
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1.8
1.9
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Visit duration
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12s
25s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
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PlaneDevplanMerlin ProjectSmartsheet
016.8K33.6K50.4K67.2KDevplan · 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 · 54.4K1K10K100KDevplan · 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 · 54.4KDec '25Jan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free Trial
Paid
Starting price
$6per month · free tier available
$100per month · free tier available
$6.99per month
$12per month
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Plans
Free FreePro $6/moBusiness $13/moEnterprise Grid Custom
Free FreeTeam $100/moEnterprise Custom
Merlin Project Express $6.99/moMerlin Project for iPad $9.99/moMerlin Project for Mac $22.99/mo
Pro $12/moBusiness $24/moEnterprise CustomAdvanced Work Management Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
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DataText
DataText
Output
DataText
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DataDocuments
DataText
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Knowledge Management+1 more
Business & MarketingDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Coding Assistant+2 more
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project ManagementAI SpreadsheetAI Workflow
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Project management
Project planning
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Product management
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Project specifications
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Work management
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Agile project management
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Kanban management
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Knowledge bases
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MCP
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Spreadsheets
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Agile product management
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Brainstorming
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Product development
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Project risk assessment
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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.