Plane vs Make vs ClickUp 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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Competitor 1
Make
Competitor 2
ClickUp
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 Make
make.com
Visual automation for complex workflows
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Competitor ClickUp
clickup.com
ClickUp calls itself the everything app for work, bringing tasks, docs, goals, chat, whiteboards, calendars, sprints, dashboards and time tracking into one workspace.
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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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69visits/mo
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54.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 100.0%
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▲ 5.2%
6-month growth
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-100.0%
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-8.8%
Global rank web
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#7,796
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#649,508
Avg. last 3 months
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3.7M
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53.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
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30%
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41%
Pages / visit
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8.4
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1.9
Visit duration
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7m 47s
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25s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 91% · ● Referral 6%
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● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
PlaneMakeClickUpMerlin Project
01.7M3.3M5M6.7MMake · 5.1MMake · 5.2MMake · 5.4MMake · 5MMake · 6.1MMake · 5.9MMake · 6.7MMake · 5.8MMake · 5.3MMake · 69Merlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4K101001K10K100K1M10MMake · 5.1MMake · 5.2MMake · 5.4MMake · 5MMake · 6.1MMake · 5.9MMake · 6.7MMake · 5.8MMake · 5.3MMake · 69Merlin 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
$6per month · free tier available
$7per month · free tier available
$6.99per month
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreePro $6/moBusiness $13/moEnterprise Grid Custom
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Free Forever FreeUnlimited $7/moBusiness $12/moEnterprise Custom
Merlin Project Express $6.99/moMerlin Project for iPad $9.99/moMerlin Project for Mac $22.99/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DataText
Text
DataText
Output
DataText
Apps
DataText
DataDocuments
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Knowledge Management+1 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Workflow+1 more
Productivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Meeting AssistantAI Project Management
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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Task management
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Agent creation
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Agile project management
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Kanban management
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Knowledge bases
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Productivity
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Project scheduling
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Agent management
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Brainstorming
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Calendar
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Dashboards
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Marketing automation
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Team productivity
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Time tracking
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Zapier assistance
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