Smartsheet vs Merlin Project vs Online Gantt

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

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Smartsheet
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Merlin Project
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Online Gantt
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Your tool Smartsheet
smartsheet.com
Smartsheet is a work management platform that layers AI over spreadsheet-style sheets, forms, reports and project plans.
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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 Online Gantt
onlinegantt.com
This system processes natural language commands to manipulate Gantt chart data without requiring manual clicking or dragging
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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54.4Kvisits/mo
118.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 5.2%
▼ 27.8%
6-month growth
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-8.8%
-45.9%
Global rank web
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#649,508
#347,339
Avg. last 3 months
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53.2K
156.3K
Bounce rate lower is better
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41%
39%
Pages / visit
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1.9
2.1
Visit duration
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25s
33s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
SmartsheetMerlin ProjectOnline Gantt
061.6K123.1K184.7K246.2KMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4KOnline Gantt · 246.2KOnline Gantt · 238.7KOnline Gantt · 219.2KOnline Gantt · 234.8KOnline Gantt · 227.7KOnline Gantt · 185.9KOnline Gantt · 164.3KOnline Gantt · 118.6K10K100K1MMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4KOnline Gantt · 246.2KOnline Gantt · 238.7KOnline Gantt · 219.2KOnline Gantt · 234.8KOnline Gantt · 227.7KOnline Gantt · 185.9KOnline Gantt · 164.3KOnline Gantt · 118.6KDec '25Jan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Paid
Free Trial
Free Trial
Starting price
$12per month
$6.99per month
$8per month
Free tier
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Free trial
API access
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Plans
Pro $12/moBusiness $24/moEnterprise CustomAdvanced Work Management Custom
Merlin Project Express $6.99/moMerlin Project for iPad $9.99/moMerlin Project for Mac $22.99/mo
Online Gantt Cloud + AI Assistant $8/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
DataText
DataText
Text
Output
DataText
DataDocuments
DataText
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeAI Project ManagementAI SpreadsheetAI Workflow
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Project management
Project planning
Project scheduling
Gantt charts
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Project risk assessment
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Work management
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Kanban management
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MCP
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Spreadsheets
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Task management
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Workflows
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Brainstorming
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Sentiment analysis
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Summarizing
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Team management
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Translations
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