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Comparison Canny vs ProductLog

ProductLog vs Canny —
four modules vs one.

Canny is the best-known feedback board — and it's great at exactly that. But you still pay Mailchimp for release emails, Notion for the roadmap, and Typeform for NPS. ProductLog does all four, under one domain, on one bill.

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Canny Canny Feedback-only

A polished feedback board — but that's the whole product.

Canny does one thing very well: vote-based feedback collection. Roadmap and changelog exist, but the email digest, analytics depth, and survey capabilities stop short.

  • Mature feedback board with great UX
  • No built-in email digest or NPS surveys
  • Pricing from $79/mo; unlimited subscribers not on every tier
  • Canny branding on lower tiers
VS
ProductLog ProductLog All-in-one

Four modules, one login, one bill — priced for the rest of us.

Changelog + feedback + roadmap + surveys under one domain. Similar-post detection, per-column public visibility, first-party analytics, and an email digest all built in.

  • Changelog, feedback, roadmap, surveys — one login
  • Public pages auto-translated into every customer’s language — free on every plan
  • Write release notes with AI, plus two-way GitHub & Linear sync (Pro+)
  • Starter plan $15/mo · unlimited subscribers on every paid tier
  • Your branding on Starter+; white-label on Business
Feature by feature

A side-by-side look.

What's actually included in each product, not what's announced on a roadmap.

Feature
ProductLogProductLog
CannyCanny
Feedback & voting
Public feedback boards
Multiple boards per project
Similar-post detection (reduces duplicates)
Growth tier
Auto-notify voters on status change
Moderator-only comments / internal notes
Changelog
Rich editor with slash commands
Scheduled publishing
Built-in email digest to subscribers
Requires Mailchimp
RSS feed per project
Reactions & comments on entries
Roadmap
Kanban board with drag & drop
Per-column public visibility
Link one item to many feedback posts
ETAs with progress bars
Surveys & analytics
NPS & CSAT surveys
Email open & click tracking
Per-entry views & CTR
Growth tier
Vote-velocity trending
Public pages & languages
Public pages auto-translated into every language
English-only public pages
Multi-language included on the free plan
No translated public pages
AI & automation
Write release notes with AI (BYO Anthropic key, draft-only)
Pro+
Not built-in
AI triage — suggested tags & duplicate candidates on new posts
Pro+
Not built-in
Ship a roadmap item → changelog draft pre-filled for you
Integrations, API & developers
Notify Slack, Discord & Microsoft Teams
Pro+
Slack only
Two-way GitHub & Linear sync — close the issue, post moves to Shipped
Pro+
One-way links
Forward events to PostHog, Mixpanel or Segment
Pro+
Not built-in
REST API + org-scoped API keys
Pro+
MCP server — point Claude Desktop or your IDE agent at your data
Pro+
Not built-in
HMAC-signed outbound webhooks
Business
Not built-in
Embeddable widget + Identify SDK
Brand & pricing
Custom domain
Starter+
Growth+
Remove product branding
Starter+
Growth+
Unlimited subscribers on paid tier
MAU caps apply
Starting paid price
$15/mo
$79/mo
Pricing

Five-times cheaper. Four-times the surface area.

Compared on the starter paid tier, where most teams actually live.

CannyCanny Starter
$79/mo

Feedback board only. Roadmap + changelog available on higher tiers.

  • Feedback boards with voting
  • Basic roadmap + changelog
  • Canny branding on public pages
  • MAU-based tracked-users cap
  • No NPS / survey tooling
  • No built-in email digest
ProductLogProductLog Starter
$15/mo (annual)

All four modules. No branding. Unlimited subscribers.

  • Changelog + feedback + roadmap + surveys
  • Custom domain + remove branding
  • Unlimited subscribers
  • Built-in email digest
  • NPS, CSAT & custom surveys
  • 14-day Pro trial included
Save vs Canny Starter $768/yr

Already on Canny? Move in a click.

You can import your subscriber list from a CSV today, and export everything as CSV or JSON. A full feedback-board importer — posts, votes, and comments — is on our roadmap, so tell us about your Canny export and we'll help you move over.

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Why teams switch

Three reasons we hear most often.

01

The stack tax adds up

Canny + Mailchimp + Notion + Typeform averages $139/mo. ProductLog Starter is $15/mo — same surface area, one bill, one login.

02

MAU caps break at the worst time

Canny meters tracked users. A viral launch pushes you over the cap exactly when you least want to deal with it. ProductLog is flat: unlimited subscribers on every paid tier.

03

Customers never open “powered by” pages twice

Canny branding stays until the Growth tier ($359/mo). ProductLog removes it at Starter ($15/mo). Your domain, your brand, from day one.

04

Your customers don’t all read English

ProductLog auto-translates your changelog, roadmap, and feedback boards into every customer’s language — on every plan, including Free. With Canny your public pages stay English-only. It’s the one differentiator we never put behind a paywall.

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