Short answer: Teams leave Canny mostly over tracked-user pricing: the bill grows as more customers vote. If you want a cheap voting board, look at Upvoty, Nolt, Sleekplan or the open-source Fider. If you want feedback, roadmap and changelog in one place, look at Featurebase, Frill, ProductLift or FeatureOS. If Canny's free plan covers you, or you rely on its Autopilot feedback capture, staying on Canny is a fair choice.
We make FeatureOS, one of the tools below, so weigh that section accordingly. Every price here was checked on the vendor's pricing page on 2026-11-04. For a head-to-head, see FeatureOS vs Canny. For the wider category, see feature request software.
What Canny costs today
| Plan | Price | Limits |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 25 tracked users, 5 managers |
| Pro | From $79/mo billed yearly, $99/mo billed monthly | From 100 tracked users; price rises with tracked users |
| Business | Custom | From 5,000 tracked users |
Source: canny.io/pricing, checked 2026-11-04. A tracked user is anyone who posts, votes or comments. If you pass your limit without a spend cap, Canny moves you to the next tier. More in our Canny pricing breakdown.
Canny alternatives compared
| Tool | Best for | Starting price (checked 2026-11-04) | Billing basis | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FeatureOS | Feedback, roadmap, changelog and docs, with voters never billed | $60/mo for 5 seats | Seat bundles | No (14-day trial) |
| Featurebase | Feedback plus support tooling with few seats | $29 per seat/mo (Growth) | Per seat | Yes, 1 seat |
| Frill | A simple, good-looking loop for small teams | $25/mo (Startup, monthly billing) | Flat rate | No |
| Nolt | A clean voting board with little setup | $29/mo, $348 billed annually (Essential) | Flat rate | No |
| Upvoty | Budget voting boards | $15/mo (Power, monthly billing) | Flat rate | No |
| Sleekplan | Indie developers | $13/mo billed yearly (Starter) | Flat rate | Yes (Indie) |
| Fider | Open source and self-hosting | $25/mo (Pro) | Flat rate | Yes, fair use 250 feedback items |
| ProductLift | Small SaaS teams on a budget | $19/mo billed yearly, $29/mo billed monthly (Starter) | Flat rate + $15 per extra team member | No (14-day trial) |
| UserJot | Founders who want to start today | $29/mo (Starter, monthly) | Flat rate, unlimited users | Yes |
| Jira Product Discovery | Product teams that live in Jira | $10.50 per creator/mo (Standard) | Per creator; contributors free | Yes, up to 3 creators |
Prices change often. Check the linked pricing page before you buy. Spot an error? Tell us and we will fix it.
FeatureOS
FeatureOS covers feedback boards, roadmaps, a changelog, a knowledge base and forms and surveys. Pay only for team seats: voters and commenters are never billed, so a busy board does not raise the price.
Best for: teams leaving Canny because tracked-user pricing grew with their community.
Where Canny is ahead: Canny has a free plan and includes Autopilot, which captures feedback from support and sales conversations. FeatureOS has no free plan.
Moving from Canny: FeatureOS has a built-in Canny importer. Paste your Canny API key, map your statuses, and your boards, posts, votes and comments come across. See how the switch works.
Featurebase
Feedback boards, roadmap, changelog and a help center, with support tooling on top.
Best for: teams that want feedback and support in one product with few seats.
Watch for: per-seat pricing. Growth is $29 per seat a month, Professional $59, Enterprise $99, and the AI agent is billed per resolution (featurebase.app/pricing, checked 2026-11-04). See Featurebase alternatives.
Frill
Ideas, roadmap and announcements behind one widget.
Best for: small teams that want a tidy loop without much setup.
Watch for: it is deliberately light; surveys or a knowledge base mean another tool. See the Frill comparison.
Nolt
A clean, focused voting board with a roadmap.
Best for: teams that want a board running in minutes at a flat price.
Watch for: fewer extras than an all-in-one tool. Pro is $69 a month (nolt.io/pricing, checked 2026-11-04). See the Nolt comparison.
Upvoty
Voting boards and a roadmap view at a low flat price.
Best for: the cheapest move off Canny when you only need voting.
Watch for: no surveys or help center. See our Upvoty notes.
Sleekplan
Feedback, roadmap, changelog and simple satisfaction surveys behind one widget, with a free Indie plan.
Best for: indie developers and very small teams.
Watch for: breadth over depth. See the Sleekplan comparison.
Fider
An open-source feedback board you can host yourself, or use hosted.
Best for: developer-led teams that want open source or must self-host.
Watch for: a voting board, not a roadmap-and-changelog suite; self-hosting means you run the servers. See the Fider comparison.
ProductLift
Feedback voting, roadmap and changelog for small SaaS teams.
Best for: small teams that want the full loop at a low flat price.
Watch for: extra team members are $15 a month each (productlift.dev/pricing, checked 2026-11-04).
UserJot
A newer tool with boards, roadmap and changelog, quick to start, and a free plan.
Best for: early-stage founders.
Watch for: a younger product with fewer integrations. See our UserJot notes.
Jira Product Discovery
Atlassian's idea capture and prioritization tool, built to hand work off to Jira.
Best for: product teams that already deliver in Jira and want internal prioritization.
Watch for: it is not a public voting board; contributors need an Atlassian account. See feature voting in Jira.
Recommendations by team type
- Under 25 active voters and no budget: stay on Canny Free, or try Sleekplan Indie, Fider or UserJot Free.
- Only need voting, small budget: Upvoty or Nolt.
- Small team, want the full loop at a flat price: Frill or ProductLift.
- Feedback plus support, few seats: Featurebase.
- Delivery runs in Jira: Jira Product Discovery.
- Busy community, growing team, want boards, roadmap, changelog and docs together: FeatureOS.
- You depend on Autopilot pulling feedback from sales calls: stay on Canny.
Switching from Canny to FeatureOS
FeatureOS has a built-in Canny importer: paste your Canny API key in the import wizard, map Canny statuses to yours, and boards, posts, votes, comments, tags and owners come across. Start with a 14-day free trial, run the import, and compare with real data before you cancel Canny. See the Canny switch guide →
