Canny.io alternative with a better pricing
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Summary: Small SaaS, mobile apps and games choose Productific over Canny.io because Productific's pricing structure is a better fit and it is made for easy setup and fast value.
Canny.io is a product feedback tool to run four main functions:
- Collect feedback
- Analyze feedback
- Plan roadmaps
- Share updates
Canny comes with a grown-up design, many of integration capabilities and a heavy set of features. Yet, with its pricing it addresses primarily mid-size and large products. Starting at $50/month for a set of 100 tracked users (as of 2021) and increasing at $20 per additional 100 users Canny.io is clearly targeted at large companies and enterprise level purchasing departments. Even with Canny running ad campaigns for discount pricing it is not a good fit for small SaaS, mobile apps, games, indie makers, non-profits or even hobby projects - where Productific is the better fit. The following compares the main qualities of Canny to the needs of small companies.
| Productific | Canny.io |
| A free plan is available to start testing. The typical needs of a mobile app are served by the Start-Up plan at $11/month (or $9 with annual billing). | Pricing starts at $50/months and increases with the number of feedback users. A mobile app or SaaS running for a few 100s users will cost >200$/months. |
| The typical needs of small companies are served by the Growth plan at $22/month (or $18 with annual billing). | Canny's growth plan runs at 200$/month plus additional users. |
| Minimalistic, lean design and straight forward. | Full-size web app. |
| All paid plans include running user feedback under your own visual identity and branding, starting at $11/month. | Removal of 'powered by Canny' is possible only in custom plans, w/o openly placed pricing tag. Custom pricing ranks above the growth plan, north of $200/months and comes with a dedicated account manager (which needs to be paid for). |
| Ideal for small SaaS and products. | Pricing targets enterprise use, competing with Aha and UserVoice. |
If you're running a small company, your own business, bootstrapped project or simply want to avoid a large price tag, Productific is a good choice to run your feature requests and roadmap voting. Productific is straight forward, comes with fair pricing and unbeatable bang-for-the-buck.
The main reasons product owners choose Productific over Canny are:
- better value for money, pricing does not scale up as much as with Canny
- affordable custom branding, removal of 'powered-by' on any paid plan
- lean and straight forward tool optimized for running a business instead of enterprise
If you're using Aha or UserVoice for collecting user feedback in a large/enterprise environment and looking for a replacement, Canny may be a good choice for you. This is exactly what Canny is made for, sales reps and account managers are there to help you.