Plane vs Linear vs Merlin Project vs ClickUp Brain

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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Linear
Competitor 2
Merlin Project
Competitor 3
ClickUp Brain
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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 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 ClickUp Brain
clickup.com
ClickUp Brain is the AI layer of the ClickUp work platform.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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9.4Mvisits/mo
54.4Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▲ 9.3%
▲ 5.2%
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6-month growth
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+59.0%
-8.8%
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Global rank web
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#5,797
#649,508
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Avg. last 3 months
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8.6M
53.2K
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Bounce rate lower is better
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32%
41%
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Pages / visit
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6.5
1.9
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Visit duration
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7m 26s
25s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
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PlaneLinearMerlin ProjectClickUp Brain
02.3M4.7M7M9.4MLinear · 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 · 54.4K10K100K1M10MLinear · 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 '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free Trial
Freemium
Starting price
$6per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
$6.99per month
$9per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreePro $6/moBusiness $13/moEnterprise Grid 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
Free AI FreeBrain AI $9/moEverything AI $28/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
DataText
AudioDocumentsText
Output
DataText
CodeText
DataDocuments
ImagesText
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Knowledge Management+1 more
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI AgentAI AssistantAI Note Taker+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Project management
Project planning
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Kanban management
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Note taking
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Product roadmaps
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Project scheduling
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AI search
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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.