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Project Management with a Bit of Magic

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Merlin Project overview

What is Merlin Project?

Merlin Project is the professional project management software for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. For over 19 years, customers in more than 160 countries have been using this flexible application to plan, manage, and control their small and large projects, whether in the office, at home, or on the road.

Merlin Project offers a comprehensive set of features to increase the quality and efficiency of project management. Users can easily create task flows, determine duration and dependencies, and define fixed milestones. The intuitive mind map feature allows for creative brainstorming, with the ability to automatically transfer input to the work breakdown view. The software also provides robust documentation and annotation capabilities, enabling the project team to comment and discuss every activity, resource, and attachment.

Merlin Project seamlessly integrates both agile and waterfall project management methodologies. The Kanban view allows users to manage tasks as cards, while the Gantt chart view automatically updates to reflect the project's progress. The assignments view helps identify critical workload imbalances and distribute tasks efficiently across multiple projects. Furthermore, Merlin Project's cloud-based synchronization with Dropbox and iCloud Drive ensures that teams always have access to the latest project data, even when working offline. With the ability to export high-quality Gantt chart diagrams and a compact iPhone version, Merlin Project is the comprehensive solution for professional project management on Mac, iPad, and iPhone.

Starting price

4.99flat rate /
per month

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Pros & Cons

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User Interface

Pricing

Merlin Project’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

Merlin Project pros, cons and reviews insights

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Overall rating

Reviews sentiment

 
 
3-4(6)
5(16)

What do users say about Merlin Project?

There's no need to go into long menus to use the functions, everything is managed from the graphical interface. When needed, support is perfect, fast and exhaustive.

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Who uses Merlin Project?

Based on 22 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Enterprises

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Construction
Architecture & Planning
Outsourcing/Offshoring
Individual & Family Services
Others

Use cases

Project Planning
Project Management
Scheduling
Risk Management
Professional Services Automation

Merlin Project's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Merlin Project users:

Gantt/Timeline view
Prioritization
Budget management
Kanban board
Resource management

All Merlin Project features

Features rating:

Access controls/permissions
Activity tracking
Agile methodologies
Brainstorming
Budget management
Calendar management
Categorization/Grouping
Collaboration tools
Commenting/Notes
Customizable fields
Customizable reports
Customizable templates
Data import/export
Document management
Document storage
Drag & drop
Due date tracking
File management
File sharing
Forecasting
Gantt/Timeline view
Group scheduling
Idea management
Ideation
Issue management
IT risk management
Kanban board
Lead management
Marketing automation
Milestone tracking
Mind maps
Mobile access
Mobile app
Multiple projects
Network diagram
Percent-Complete tracking
Planning Tools
Portfolio management
Prioritization
Progress tracking
Project management
Project planning
Project planning/scheduling
Project templates
Project time tracking
Project tracking
Real-time scheduling
Reporting/Project tracking
Reporting & statistics
Resource allocation & planning
Resource management
Resource scheduling
Risk analysis
Risk assessment
Risk management
Risk reporting
Risk scoring
Scheduling
Task management
Task Planning
Task progress tracking
Task scheduling
Template management
Templates
Third-Party integrations
Time & expense tracking
To-Do list
Traditional methodologies
User management
Visualization

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Merlin Project pricing

Value for money rating:

Pricing plans

Pricing details:

Free plan
Free trial
Subscription

Merlin project for MAC

19.99

Per month

Features included:

  • Attachments
  • Collaboration
  • Display
  • Export
  • Import
  • Multiple Languages
  • Project Planning
  • Views

Merlin Project for iPad

9.99

Per month

Features included:

  • Activity Notes
  • Advanced Planning Parameters
  • Attachments
  • Automatic Resource Leveling
  • Collaboration
  • Costs/Budgets
  • Create a New Resource Pool
  • Create New User-Defined Fields
  • Critical Path View
  • Dark Mode
  • Dependencies
  • Earned Value Analysis
  • Gantt Chart
  • Hide Non-Working Time
  • Import
  • Library
  • Microsoft Project
  • Milestones
  • Multiple Languages
  • Resource Management
  • Rules-Based Style System
  • Structure View
  • Time- and Effort-Based Planning
  • Use the Central Resource Pool
  • Using User-Defined Fields
  • WBS and Outline Codes
  • Working Time Calendar

Merlin Project Express

4.99

Per month

Features included:

  • Activity Notes
  • Costs/Budgets
  • Critical Path View
  • Dark Mode
  • Dependencies
  • Gantt Chart
  • Hide Non-Working Time
  • Import
  • Milestones
  • Multiple Languages
  • Resource Management
  • Rules-Based Style System
  • Structure View
  • Time- and Effort-Based Planning
  • Working Time Calendar

User opinions about Merlin Project price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of Merlin Project's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“There's no need to go into long menus to use the functions, everything is managed from the graphical interface. When needed, support is perfect, fast and exhaustive.”
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Olivier G.

Head of developpement

“Unfortunately it's only available on a subscription base”
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Martin M.

Founder

Merlin Project support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base

Training options

In Person
Documentation
Live Online
Webinars
Videos

Merlin Project FAQs

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