Feedback boards, voting and roadmaps

Should you build your own Canny?

Build it. Posts, votes and a status column are basic database work, and Pro starts at $79 a month.

BUILD

Short answer

A feedback board is posts, upvotes, comments and a status field, shown as a roadmap. That’s a classic Supabase + Lovable app. Canny Pro starts at $79 a month and grows with tracked users, so the bill rises exactly when your product does.

Buy for 3 years
$2,844
Pro (starting tier), $79/mo
Build and run for 3 years
$865
10 h to build, 0.5 h/mo upkeep
Verdict
BUILD
Money and risk combined

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Cheaper options

FreeUserJotFree plan: 2 boards, 3 team members, unlimited posts and users; paid from $29/moA free board with voting and unlimited end users, but the free plan stops at 2 boards and 3 team members.Open sourceFiderFree to self-host (AGPL-3.0); hosted Pro $25/moA plain feedback portal with posts and votes, where you run the server yourself or pay for hosting.CheaperUpvotyPower $15/mo and Super $25/mo billed monthly; unlimited tracked usersUnlimited tracked users at a flat price, so the bill does not grow with your audience.

Canny pricing in 2026

PlanBilled yearlyBilled monthly
Pro (starting tier) Typical$79/mo$99/mo

Free plan: Up to 25 tracked users, with unlimited boards and feedback

Paying too much? If fewer than 25 people will post, vote or comment, the free plan is enough.

Starting price, billed annually, from Canny’s pricing page. It goes up with the number of users who post, vote or comment. The $99 monthly-billing price comes from an August 2026 review, not from Canny’s page. Checked October 26, 2026.

Run your own numbers

Defaults are a typical small team at $30/hour. Change anything.

If you buy Canny
If you build it
Buy
$2,844
Build
$865

Building saves about $1,979 over 3 years.

3-year totals. Building includes your time, upkeep, running costs and one month of an AI app builder ($25). Change any number to match your situation.

What you’d build

  • A board with posts, upvotes and comments
  • Magic-link login so each person votes once
  • Statuses (Planned, In progress, Done) and a public roadmap
  • Admin tools to merge or close posts, plus a simple changelog

Can live in a Supabase project you already run.

What you’d give up

  • Autopilot: AI that pulls feedback out of support chats and calls
  • Jira, Linear, HubSpot and Salesforce integrations
  • Ranking requests by customer revenue
  • SSO on the Business plan

Risks the price doesn’t show

SpamMedium

Public boards need rate limits and moderation.

PermissionsMedium

Row-level security so people can only edit their own posts.

When the verdict flips

Switch to BUY if you rely on Canny’s CRM integrations to tie feedback to revenue, or if the free tier (up to 25 tracked users) already covers you.

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Sources

Canny pricing · Canny pricing, Aug 2026 (Formbricks)

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