ProjectNext vs Merlin Project vs Devplan vs Allex

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

Your tool
ProjectNext
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Competitor 1
Merlin Project
Competitor 2
Devplan
Competitor 3
Allex
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool ProjectNext
projectnext.ai
A construction project manager needs to deploy field crews across five sites while keeping documentation current
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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 Devplan
devplan.com
Product development often stalls between the initial spark of an idea and the structured execution needed to build it
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Competitor Allex
allex.ai
AI project management for complex environments
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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54.4Kvisits/mo
5Kvisits/mo
12.5Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 5.2%
▼ 20.2%
▼ 2.9%
6-month growth
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-8.8%
+131.4%
+27.0%
Global rank web
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#649,508
#3,650,414
#1,567,616
Avg. last 3 months
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53.2K
5.1K
11.8K
Bounce rate lower is better
0%
41%
43%
32%
Pages / visit
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1.9
1.8
3.6
Visit duration
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25s
12s
1m 30s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
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● Direct 92% · ● Referral 8%
ProjectNextMerlin ProjectDevplanAllex
016.8K33.6K50.4K67.2KProjectNext · 711Merlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KAllex · 8.1KAllex · 9.3KAllex · 10.2KAllex · 9.8KAllex · 11.3KAllex · 12.4KAllex · 10.1KAllex · 12.9KAllex · 12.5K1001K10K100KProjectNext · 711Merlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 12KDevplan · 2.2KDevplan · 3.8KDevplan · 6.3KDevplan · 5KAllex · 8.1KAllex · 9.3KAllex · 10.2KAllex · 9.8KAllex · 11.3KAllex · 12.4KAllex · 10.1KAllex · 12.9KAllex · 12.5KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Free Trial
Free Trial
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$3.99per month
$6.99per month
$100per month · free tier available
$32per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Early Bird - Standard $3.99/moEarly Bird - Professional $19.99/moEarly Bird - Business $29.00/moEnterprise Custom
Merlin Project Express $6.99/moMerlin Project for iPad $9.99/moMerlin Project for Mac $22.99/mo
Free FreeTeam $100/moEnterprise Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DataText
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Text
Output
DataDocuments
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Data
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Business & MarketingDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Coding Assistant+2 more
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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Gantt charts
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Product management
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Product management assistant
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Project specifications
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Construction management
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Construction planning
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Kanban management
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Team management
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Agile product management
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Agile project management
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Brainstorming
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Jira tickets
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Product development
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Project optimization
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Project risk assessment
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Workforce management
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Community on aitoolstime
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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.