Plane vs Microsoft Loop vs CodeRabbit 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
Microsoft Loop
Competitor 2
CodeRabbit
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 Microsoft Loop
microsoft.com
Microsoft Loop is a collaborative app from Microsoft 365 where teams think, plan and create together on shared pages.
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Competitor CodeRabbit
coderabbit.ai
Automated code review that matters
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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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1Mvisits/mo
54.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 22.7%
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6-month growth
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+50.4%
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Global rank web
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#38,145
#649,508
Avg. last 3 months
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1.2M
53.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
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49%
41%
Pages / visit
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3.5
1.9
Visit duration
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1m 55s
25s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 73% · ● Referral 24%
● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
PlaneMicrosoft LoopCodeRabbitMerlin Project
0331.5K663K994.5K1.3MCodeRabbit · 442KCodeRabbit · 588.1KCodeRabbit · 711.7KCodeRabbit · 641.9KCodeRabbit · 681.8KCodeRabbit · 694.5KCodeRabbit · 869.9KCodeRabbit · 1.1MCodeRabbit · 1.3MCodeRabbit · 1MMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4K10K100K1M10MCodeRabbit · 442KCodeRabbit · 588.1KCodeRabbit · 711.7KCodeRabbit · 641.9KCodeRabbit · 681.8KCodeRabbit · 694.5KCodeRabbit · 869.9KCodeRabbit · 1.1MCodeRabbit · 1.3MCodeRabbit · 1MMerlin 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
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Freemium
Free Trial
Starting price
$6per month · free tier available
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$24per month
$6.99per month
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Plans
Free FreePro $6/moBusiness $13/moEnterprise Grid Custom
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Essentials $24/moTeam $48/moAdvanced $72/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
Text
Code
DataText
Output
DataText
DocumentsText
CodeText
DataDocuments
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Knowledge Management+1 more
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeAI Knowledge ManagementAI Project Management
Development & CodeAI Code Review
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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Code reviews
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Gantt charts
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GitHub pull requests
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Agents
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Agile project management
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Code analysis
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Code documentation
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Code quality
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Code security analysis
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Code testing
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Collaborative documents
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Kanban management
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Knowledge bases
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Project scheduling
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Brainstorming
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Development
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