--- description: Review of Merlin Project Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Merlin Project | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice GB --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Project Planning Software](/directory/453/project-planning/software) > [Merlin Project](/software/29025/merlin) # Merlin Project Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/29025/merlin Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/29025/merlin?page=2) > Merlin Project is a project management (PM) solution natively written for macOS and iOS. It caters to businesses of all sizes across various industries. The key features include work breakdown (gantt chart, netplan and more), kanban board (agile), mind mapping, resource management, resource pool, employee assignment report generating, grouping, styling and export/import options (MS Project, MS Excel, Mindmanager, XML, OPML and many more). Merlin Project allows users to create procedural structures with dependencies between individual activities and groups, set the duration of individual activities and define fixed milestones. Users can enter budgets and costs, respond to time-plan changes and update projects' progress. The solution has the ability to generate a variety of reports and workflow charts, depending on the nature of the project. Merlin Project offers a subscription fee for macOS. It also offers an iOS app for mobile devices. In-person training sessions are available in select countries in Europe in addition to online training courses, email support and product documentation available on the website. > > Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 22 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 22 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: ProjectWizards - **Location**: Melle, Germany - **Founded**: 2001 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$19.99 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Free 30 Day trial, then subscription based with yearly and monthly plans. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 208 more ## Features - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Tracking - Agile Methodologies - Brainstorming - Budget Management - Calendar Management - Categorisation/Grouping - Collaboration Tools - Commenting/Notes - Customisable Reports - Customisable Templates - Customizable Fields - Data Import/Export - Document Management - Document Storage - Drag & Drop - Due Date Tracking - File Management - File Sharing - Forecasting ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base ## Category - [Project Planning Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/453/project-planning/software) ## Related Categories - [Project Planning Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/453/project-planning/software) - [Marketing Project Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/1815/marketing/software) - [Small Business Project Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/3618/small-business/software) - [Heavy Construction Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/58/heavy-highway-software/software) - [Construction Management Apps Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/1722/best-apps/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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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. > > **Cons**: The formatting functions are a little less easy to manage. The calculation functions are missing. These 2 points are minor. The main functions that should be implemented are: - The ability to create replicas of tasks within a schedule (which would then update themselves) - the ability to create ‘hammock’ tasks - the ability to create a repetitive task that only takes up one line - simpler filter functions (for example, filtering a task and all its sub-tasks directly with 1 click) > > Generally speaking, since I've been using this application for 6 years, I won't be changing applications because it meets 95% of my needs. The exported planning documents are easy to edit and easy to understand for everyone. ----- ### "Merling Project; Underrated Project Management Tool" — 5.0/5 > **Diaferia** | *25 November 2024* | Individual & Family Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: makes project management, project controlling as well task management efficient. > > **Cons**: multi project management requires a lot of time to set up > > It was perfect since i no longer struggle with the management of ongoing project as it makes it easy and much efficient. It also ensures task management works as expected ----- ### "A simple but very powerful alternative" — 4.0/5 > **John** | *29 January 2010* > > **Pros**: I believe that Merlin is the best project management software available today. It has a very clean and intuitive interface but it is also very feature rich. We have been so impressed with its performance that not only do we use it but we also offer Merlin training and consulting in North America. > > **Cons**: Merlin does not run on the Windows platform. Users in a Windows or mixed environment can, however, purchase the Merlin server edition which publishes project information in an html format. In this sense it is cross platform. > > Since Merlin reads and writes MS Project files, I think it is a viable alternative for almost any project manager for almost any project. For additional information see our website (http://www.am-info.biz/Project%20Management/Merlin/merlin.html or http://www.merlin2.net) ----- ### "From a very satisfied French-Canadian general contractor" — 4.0/5 > **Marc-André** | *15 September 2024* | Construction | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: We are a general contractor building mainly houses in the 2 M$ range. Our project plannings have on average 200 lines ; we include all of our tasks in order not to forget any of them. Since we have certified delivery dates, we keep a close eye on all of our plannings wich is easy with Merlin . Using Merlin help us sleep tight and relaxed because we know we have all planned. We appreciate the ease of operation and the numerous reporting facilities and the possibility of merging different projects giving us an overall view of all our running projects. I am gratefull that we have a full French version (because we are not yet fluent in Deutsch). > > **Cons**: It's not a "least like", but I would love to be able to add or remove any field directly in a report instead of selecting the fields in, let say, Échéancier (yes, I am running Merlin in French) and then generating a report out of it. It would be so easy to modify a report to any customer liking. We would also love the be able to generate spreadsheets from the programme data base. > > Been using Merlin for about five years and would not go without it anymore. It gives us en edge over our competitors. We give a copy of the planning to our customers once we sign a contract, so they can follow the progress of their project. We are probably the only general contrator in our region doing so. ----- ### "Perfect piece of software" — 5.0/5 > **Mahmoud** | *10 September 2024* | Pharmaceuticals | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: 1- Very intuitive 2- Simplicity 3- work as project manager do > > **Cons**: 1- availability of direct purchase. I bought my software out of pocket. I don't like subscription. 2- compatibility with more mind mapping software. 3- the integration with OSX Reminders and Calendar need some improvements (two direction sync, ability to sync the attached files as well) 4-Easier ability to modify Report template (to suit the company needs. > > There is a number of software that I bought and never regret buying...Merlin is definitely one of those. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/29025/merlin?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/29025/merlin) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data