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ProductLog vs Productlane —
customer-first vs Linear-first.
Productlane is "Linear for customer feedback" — a tight internal workflow wrapped around your engineering backlog. ProductLog is the opposite orientation: a customer-facing portal with a changelog, email digest, and surveys attached. Pick the one that matches where your team starts its day.
Productlane
Linear-first
Built around Linear. Best if every feedback post becomes a ticket.
Productlane's strength is the internal workflow: interviews, transcripts, tight Linear sync, and an admin-facing feedback inbox. The public portal exists, but it's the lighter half of the product.
- Linear-native admin workflow & feedback inbox
- AI interview & transcript tooling
- Lighter public portal & email digest
- Pricing from ~$50/mo, per-seat
ProductLog
Customer-first
Built around the public portal. Best if customers post and vote first.
Voting boards, status notifications, changelog with email digest, and a surveys module. Two-way Linear (and GitHub) sync is available on Pro+ — close the issue and the post moves to Shipped — but the product works without it, with no issue-tracker lock-in.
- Public feedback boards with voting + similar-post detection
- First-class changelog with email digest + AI drafting
- Two-way Linear & GitHub sync · auto-translated public pages
- Starter plan $15/mo · flat pricing, no per-seat tax
Where each product puts its energy.
Both tools cover the feedback-to-roadmap loop. They just optimize for different ends of it.
ProductLogProductlaneA third the price. Flat, not per-seat.
Productlane's per-seat model makes sense for engineering-heavy teams tightly wired to Linear. ProductLog's flat tiers match "one admin per public portal" reality.
ProductlaneLinear-integrated feedback inbox. Interviews & transcripts included.
- Linear two-way sync
- Public portal with voting
- AI interview & transcript tooling
- Priced per admin seat
- No email digest or scheduled broadcasts
- No NPS / CSAT / custom surveys
ProductLog StarterFour modules. Flat price for up to 3 admins.
- Changelog + feedback + roadmap + surveys
- Built-in email digest + open & click tracking
- NPS, CSAT & custom surveys included
- Custom domain + remove branding
- Up to 3 admins for a flat $15/mo
- Two-way Linear & GitHub sync, Slack/Jira + AI assist on Pro ($39/mo)
Moving from Productlane? Keep your Linear workflow.
You can import your subscriber list from a CSV today, with a full feedback-board importer on the way. Already on Linear? Reconnect it on ProductLog's Pro plan for two-way sync — new posts create Linear issues, and closing the issue moves the post to Shipped. Tell us about your migration and we'll help you move over.
Three signals Productlane is the wrong shape.
Your changelog is your marketing
If "what's new" emails drive retention and onboarding, ProductLog's first-class changelog with segmented broadcasts, open/click tracking, and RSS beats a lightweight release-notes page.
Not every team lives in Linear
Productlane shines when Linear is the source of truth. If your team uses GitHub Projects, Jira, Shortcut — or nothing — you pay full price for an integration you won't use. ProductLog is neutral by default.
Per-seat pricing scales badly
Productlane charges per admin; every new PM or CS teammate adds $50. ProductLog's flat tiers fit 3 admins on Starter and 10 on Pro — the cost stays predictable as the org grows.
Customer-first. Issue-tracker second.
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