Plane vs Linear vs Allex 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
Linear
Competitor 2
Allex
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 Linear
linear.app
Issue tracking that developers actually enjoy using
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Competitor Allex
allex.ai
AI project management for complex environments
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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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9.4Mvisits/mo
12.5Kvisits/mo
54.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 9.3%
▼ 2.9%
▲ 5.2%
6-month growth
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+59.0%
+27.0%
-8.8%
Global rank web
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#5,797
#1,567,616
#649,508
Avg. last 3 months
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8.6M
11.8K
53.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
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32%
32%
41%
Pages / visit
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6.5
3.6
1.9
Visit duration
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7m 26s
1m 30s
25s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 8%
● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
PlaneLinearAllexMerlin Project
02.3M4.7M7M9.4MLinear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4MAllex · 8.1KAllex · 9.3KAllex · 10.2KAllex · 9.8KAllex · 11.3KAllex · 12.4KAllex · 10.1KAllex · 12.9KAllex · 12.5KMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4K1K10K100K1M10MLinear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4MAllex · 8.1KAllex · 9.3KAllex · 10.2KAllex · 9.8KAllex · 11.3KAllex · 12.4KAllex · 10.1KAllex · 12.9KAllex · 12.5KMerlin 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 '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Free Trial
Starting price
$6per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
$32per month · free tier available
$6.99per month
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
Free FreePro $6/moBusiness $13/moEnterprise Grid Custom
Free FreeBasic $10/moBusiness $16/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
Input
Text
Text
Text
DataText
Output
DataText
CodeText
Data
DataDocuments
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Knowledge Management+1 more
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Project management
Project planning
Project scheduling
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Task management
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Agile project management
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Gantt charts
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Agents
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Kanban management
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Knowledge bases
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Product roadmaps
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Team management
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Brainstorming
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Productivity
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Project optimization
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