Smartsheet vs ProjectNext vs Linear vs Allex

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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ProjectNext
Competitor 2
Linear
Competitor 3
Allex
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
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 ProjectNext
projectnext.ai
A construction project manager needs to deploy field crews across five sites while keeping documentation current
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Competitor Linear
linear.app
Issue tracking that developers actually enjoy using
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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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9.4Mvisits/mo
12.5Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 9.3%
▼ 2.9%
6-month growth
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+59.0%
+27.0%
Global rank web
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#5,797
#1,567,616
Avg. last 3 months
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8.6M
11.8K
Bounce rate lower is better
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0%
32%
32%
Pages / visit
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6.5
3.6
Visit duration
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7m 26s
1m 30s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 8%
SmartsheetProjectNextLinearAllex
02.3M4.7M7M9.4MProjectNext · 711Linear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4MAllex · 8.1KAllex · 9.3KAllex · 10.2KAllex · 9.8KAllex · 11.3KAllex · 12.4KAllex · 10.1KAllex · 12.9KAllex · 12.5K1001K10K100K1M10MProjectNext · 711Linear · 4.7MLinear · 4.8MLinear · 5.8MLinear · 5.9MLinear · 7.2MLinear · 7.4MLinear · 7.7MLinear · 8.6MLinear · 9.4MAllex · 8.1KAllex · 9.3KAllex · 10.2KAllex · 9.8KAllex · 11.3KAllex · 12.4KAllex · 10.1KAllex · 12.9KAllex · 12.5KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Paid
Free Trial
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$12per month
$3.99per month
$10per month · free tier available
$32per month · free tier available
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
Pro $12/moBusiness $24/moEnterprise CustomAdvanced Work Management Custom
Early Bird - Standard $3.99/moEarly Bird - Professional $19.99/moEarly Bird - Business $29.00/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreeBasic $10/moBusiness $16/moEnterprise Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DataText
Text
Text
Text
Output
DataText
DataDocuments
CodeText
Data
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeAI Project ManagementAI SpreadsheetAI Workflow
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Productivity & OfficeAI Project Management
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Project management
Project planning
Task management
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Project scheduling
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Project risk assessment
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Work management
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Construction management
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Construction planning
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MCP
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Product roadmaps
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Spreadsheets
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Team management
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Workflows
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Agile project management
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Productivity
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Project optimization
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Sentiment analysis
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Summarizing
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Workforce management
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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.