Alternatives
6 Upvoty Alternatives Compared, With Real Pricing
Six feedback tools compared on pricing model, free tiers, and agent access, with every number verified against public pages in July 2026. Includes honest verdicts on who each tool is right for.
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Upvoty is a focused feedback board: requests, voting, a public roadmap, and a changelog. If you are evaluating alternatives, you probably want the same core loop with a different pricing model, a free tier, deeper product management features, or better agent access. This guide compares six options against that baseline.
Every price in this article was checked against the vendor's own public pricing page or help center. Where a claim comes from an older check, the date is stated. As of July 2026, Upvoty's own plans are Power at $15 per month, Super at $25, Hyper at $49, and a custom-priced Enterprise tier, with no free plan and a 10 percent annual discount. For the two-tool matchup, see FeatQ vs Upvoty.
What to look for when leaving Upvoty
One sourced fact worth knowing first: Upvoty's public prices have moved several times. Per archived copies of upvoty.com/pricing (Wayback Machine, October 2025 to July 2026), the three paid tiers went from $15, $25, and $49 up to $25, $49, and $99, then back to $15, $25, and $49. That is not a criticism of the product. It is a reason to weigh price predictability when you pick a replacement.
Beyond that, the reasons teams switch are usually not about Upvoty specifically. These are the common evaluation criteria, and they apply to every tool on this list:
- Pricing model: flat versus per userA flat price stays the same as your audience grows. Per tracked-user or per-seat pricing can start cheaper and grow with participation or headcount. Model both against your expected numbers, not the entry price.
- Free tier or trialUpvoty offers a 14-day trial but no free plan as of July 2026. If you want a permanent $0 option, that narrows the list quickly.
- Which tier your workflow actually needsEntry prices are marketing. Price the first tier that covers your whole workflow: changelog, integrations, branding removal, API, or agent access.
- Agent access through MCPMCP (Model Context Protocol) is the standard that lets a coding agent like Claude Code or Cursor read your board and act on it. If an agent ships your features, check which plan includes the MCP server, not just whether one exists.
- Scope: board or platformSome alternatives are focused boards like Upvoty. Others are product management platforms or enterprise research suites. Buying more scope than you need costs money and onboarding time.
Once requests are flowing into whichever tool you pick, you still have to decide what to build first. Our free priority calculator helps with that regardless of which board you use.
The comparison table
All prices verified in July 2026 against each vendor's public pricing page unless a different source is named.
| Tool | Starting price (July 2026) | Pricing model | Free tier | MCP / agent support |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upvoty (baseline) | $15 to $49/mo, Enterprise custom | Flat per project tier | No (14-day trial) | First-party MCP on Hyper at $49/mo |
| FeatQ | $29/mo, $19/mo billed yearly, or $199 once (Lifetime founding deal) | Flat per board, no per-user fees | No (14-day money-back) | First-party MCP on every plan |
| Canny | Pro from $79/mo billed yearly at 100 tracked users | Per tracked user, tiered | Yes, up to 25 tracked users | First-party MCP, requires Canny Ideas |
| Featurebase | Growth from $29/seat/mo billed yearly | Per seat | Yes, 1 seat | First-party MCP on Professional and above |
| Sleekplan | Starter from $13/mo billed yearly | Flat per workspace with seat counts | Yes, single-admin Indie plan | First-party MCP on paid plans |
| Productboard | Plus from $19/maker/mo billed annually | Per maker (team member) | Yes, with limits | Official MCP server via Productboard Spark, as of July 2026 |
| UserVoice | No public prices; $17,688 median annual contract (Vendr, March 2026) | Custom enterprise contracts | No | No public MCP server found as of July 2026 |
1. FeatQ
FeatQ is our product, so read this entry knowing that. It is a focused feature-voting board: requests, votes, a status-based roadmap, a changelog that emails voters when something ships, and an embeddable widget. Pricing is $29 per month, $19 per month billed yearly, or $199 once through the 50-seat Lifetime founding deal, with a 14-day money-back guarantee. There are no per-user fees, and the public participation allowance is up to 10,000 voters.
The distinctive part is the agent loop. Every plan includes a first-party MCP server at a standard streamable-HTTP endpoint. What that actually does: a coding agent such as Claude Code or Cursor connects with a board-scoped key, then lists requests ranked by votes plus half-weight comments, fading with age, inspects one request, generates a build specification, updates the status as it works, and reads board statistics. When the agent marks a request shipped, FeatQ publishes the changelog entry and emails the voters. Details are on the MCP page.
Honest limits: FeatQ launched in 2026, so it is newer than every other tool here and has a shorter track record. There is no free tier. There is no SSO, SAML, or native integration catalog, and no multilingual claim. If you need a permanent free plan, enterprise identity controls, or expect more than 10,000 participating voters, pick something else on this list.
Right for: small teams and solo founders who want a flat price, an optional one-time purchase, and an agent that ships from the board. See FeatQ pricing and the full FeatQ vs Upvoty comparison.
2. Canny
Canny is the best-known name in this category. As of July 2026, Canny Free costs $0 with unlimited feedback posts and up to 25 tracked users. Pro starts at $79 per month billed yearly, or $99 monthly, at 100 tracked users, and published pricing reaches about $1,349 per month at 5,000 tracked users. Business is custom-priced. A tracked user is anyone who posts, votes, or comments, and the count never resets.
That model is the key difference from Upvoty, which lists unlimited tracked users on every current plan. An engaged audience moves a Canny bill up through tiers. In exchange you get a mature product with segmentation, automation, and product management integrations. Canny also has a first-party MCP server; as of July 2026 its help center lists ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, and Cursor as approved clients, and MCP requires the Canny Ideas package.
Right for: teams with a small, defined audience that fits the free tier, or funded teams that want the most established tool and accept tracked-user pricing. See the full breakdown in Canny pricing explained and FeatQ vs Canny.
3. Featurebase
Featurebase bundles feedback boards with a wider support surface: help center, surveys, and an AI support agent. As of July 2026, the Free plan includes one seat with unlimited end users. Growth is $29 per seat per month billed yearly or $37 monthly, Professional is $59 or $75, and Enterprise is $99 or $129. AI usage is metered separately: the Fibi support agent costs $0.49 per resolution, and Copilot Unlimited is $19 per agent per month.
Because pricing is per seat, cost scales with your team rather than your audience. Five people on Professional is $295 per month. Featurebase announced its first-party MCP server on May 4, 2026; it is available on the Professional plan and above.
Right for: teams that want feedback plus support tooling in one product and have one or two admins, where per-seat math stays small. See Featurebase pricing explained and FeatQ vs Featurebase.
4. Sleekplan
Sleekplan is the closest thing on this list to Upvoty's scope at a lower price. As of July 2026, per sleekplan.com/pricing, the Indie plan is free forever with a single-admin workspace, unlimited feedback and subscribers, and a board, changelog, and roadmap. Starter is $13 per month billed yearly with 3 team seats, API access, and webhooks. Business is $38 per month billed yearly with 10 seats. Enterprise is custom-priced with SAML SSO. Paid plans include a 30-day trial without a card.
Sleekplan also documents a first-party MCP server (sleekplan.com/mcp, checked July 2026) for connecting Claude, Cursor, and other MCP clients to a workspace, included on paid plans. Pricing is flat per workspace, so like Upvoty and FeatQ it does not bill by audience size.
Right for: solo founders who want a genuinely free single-admin plan, or small teams that want the lowest paid entry price with API and agent access included. If a free tier is your hard requirement, Sleekplan is a stronger pick than FeatQ.
5. Productboard
Productboard is a product management platform rather than a voting board. Feedback collection and a customer portal are one part of a larger system for insights, prioritization, and roadmapping. As of July 2026, from productboard.com/pricing, Free is $0 with 500 feedback notes, 25 contributors, and one portal. Plus is $19 per maker per month billed annually or $25 monthly. Business is $59 or $75 with a 2-maker minimum, and Enterprise is custom-priced with a 5-maker minimum.
A maker is a team member who edits, so cost scales with headcount. Productboard has a REST API, webhooks, and Spark AI credits on every plan, and as of July 2026 it ships an official MCP server as part of Productboard Spark; community-built servers on the public API also exist.
Right for: dedicated product teams that want prioritization frameworks and roadmapping around the feedback, not just a public board. Overkill if voting is all you need. See Productboard pricing explained and FeatQ vs Productboard.
6. UserVoice
UserVoice is the enterprise option. It publishes no prices as of July 2026 and sells custom contracts based on feedback volume and integrations, never seats. Vendr reported in March 2026 that the median buyer paid $17,688 per year, with contracts ranging from roughly $10,000 to $56,000. Those are procurement figures, not a list price, but they set the realistic budget. Its developer documentation lists no MCP server or agent-facing integration as of July 2026.
One thing to factor into any evaluation: Curious (the holding company formerly known as Curious Holdings) announced acquiring UserVoice on November 13, 2025, and stated plans to reintroduce a self-service model. If that ships, the entry price could change; as of July 2026 it has not.
Right for: enterprises that need procurement-grade vendor processes, deep research workflows, and a five-figure budget. Not a realistic Upvoty replacement for a small team. See UserVoice pricing explained and FeatQ vs UserVoice.
Migration notes
Moving a feedback board is less painful than moving a database, but plan for three things:
- Export first. Upvoty supports CSV export of feedback. Pull requests, vote counts, and statuses before you cancel. Vote counts usually cannot be re-attributed to individual voters on the new tool, so treat historical votes as a snapshot for seeding priorities rather than live data.
- Recreate the top of the backlog, not all of it. Most boards follow a steep curve: a handful of requests hold most of the votes. Migrate the top 20 to 50 items and let the long tail resubmit itself. A scoring pass with the priority calculator helps decide what earns a slot.
- Redirect the old URLs. If your board lived on a custom domain, point it at the new board so shared links and search traffic survive the move. Announce the move in your changelog so voters know where to go.
If you are comparing against bigger suites beyond this list, the FeatQ vs enterprise tools page covers how a focused board differs from a platform, and the compare hub links every head-to-head page.