Smartsheet vs Plane vs Merlin Project

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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Plane
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Merlin Project
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Suggested competitors for Smartsheet: ClickUp75% Asana AI Studio75% Jira74% Allex74% Online Gantt74% Motion72% Linear71% ProjectNext71%
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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 Plane
plane.so
Plane is a project management and knowledge management workspace for teams and AI agents.
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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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54.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 5.2%
6-month growth
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-8.8%
Global rank web
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#649,508
Avg. last 3 months
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53.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
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41%
Pages / visit
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1.9
Visit duration
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25s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 69% · ● Referral 31%
SmartsheetPlaneMerlin Project
016.8K33.6K50.4K67.2KMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4K10K100KMerlin Project · 57.6KMerlin Project · 67.2KMerlin Project · 59.6KMerlin Project · 59.4KMerlin Project · 49.8KMerlin Project · 53.7KMerlin Project · 51.7KMerlin Project · 54.4KDec '25Jan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Paid
Freemium
Free Trial
Starting price
$12per month
$6per month · free tier available
$6.99per 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
Free FreePro $6/moBusiness $13/moEnterprise Grid Custom
Merlin Project Express $6.99/moMerlin Project for iPad $9.99/moMerlin Project for Mac $22.99/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
DataText
Text
DataText
Output
DataText
DataText
DataDocuments
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeAI Project ManagementAI SpreadsheetAI Workflow
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Knowledge Management+1 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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Gantt charts
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Work management
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Agents
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Agile project management
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Kanban management
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Knowledge bases
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MCP
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Spreadsheets
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Workflows
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Brainstorming
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Project risk assessment
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Sentiment analysis
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