Plane vs Microsoft Loop vs Merlin Project vs Linear

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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Microsoft Loop
Competitor 2
Merlin Project
Competitor 3
Linear
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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 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 Linear
linear.app
Issue tracking that developers actually enjoy using
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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54.4Kvisits/mo
9.4Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 5.2%
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6-month growth
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-8.8%
+59.0%
Global rank web
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#649,508
#5,797
Avg. last 3 months
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53.2K
8.6M
Bounce rate lower is better
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41%
32%
Pages / visit
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1.9
6.5
Visit duration
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25s
7m 26s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
PlaneMicrosoft LoopMerlin ProjectLinear
02.3M4.7M7M9.4MMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4KLinear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4M10K100K1M10MMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4KLinear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Free Trial
Freemium
Starting price
$6per month · free tier available
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$6.99per month
$10per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreePro $6/moBusiness $13/moEnterprise Grid Custom
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Merlin Project Express $6.99/moMerlin Project for iPad $9.99/moMerlin Project for Mac $22.99/mo
Free FreeBasic $10/moBusiness $16/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
DataText
Text
Output
DataText
DocumentsText
DataDocuments
CodeText
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Knowledge Management+1 more
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeAI Knowledge ManagementAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Project management
Project planning
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Kanban management
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Product roadmaps
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Project scheduling
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Task management
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Brainstorming
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Productivity
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