The Canny alternative that doesn't penalize growth
Canny charges more as your community grows. Boarbs gives you unlimited voters on every plan — including free. Same features, simpler pricing, 2-minute setup.
Free forever for small teams · No credit card required · Import from Canny
What Canny users keep telling us
These are the reasons teams give when they move from Canny to Boarbs. Not marketing spin — real frustrations we hear every week.
Pricing that punishes success
Canny's tracked-user model means costs spike as your community grows. 100 users costs $99/mo on Pro — 1,000 users jumps to $661/mo. With Boarbs, every plan includes unlimited voters. Your bill stays the same whether 10 or 10,000 people use your board.
A free tier that's barely usable
Canny's free plan caps you at 25 tracked users — enough for a team standup, not for real feedback. Boarbs Free gives you 3 boards with unlimited team members, unlimited posts, and unlimited votes. No user cap, ever.
Login walls kill feedback
Canny requires users to create an account before they can vote or post. That means friction at the exact moment someone wants to share an idea. Boarbs lets anyone vote with just their email — one click, no signup flow.
Cancelling shouldn't be a fight
Canny removed their cancel button — you have to contact support and navigate an AI chatbot to leave. Boarbs has self-serve cancellation in your settings. One click, no calls, no retention tricks.
Boarbs vs Canny — side by side
An honest look at how both tools compare across the features that matter most for feedback management.
What you actually pay as you grow
Canny bills by tracked users — anyone who votes, posts, or comments. Here's what that costs at real-world scale compared to Boarbs.
Every Boarbs plan includes
- Unlimited voters on every plan
- 3 boards free, up to unlimited on Pro ($29/mo)
- Unlimited team members
- Embed, widget, and portal
- No tracked-user billing
- Self-serve cancellation
Canny's tracked-user model explained
Canny counts anyone who creates a post, votes, comments, or gets added by admins as a "tracked user." As your product grows and more people engage, your bill scales with it — even if you're on the same plan.
For B2C products or freemium models with thousands of users, this can make Canny prohibitively expensive. Boarbs charges by boards, not by users — so engagement never increases your cost.
Who should switch — and who shouldn't
Boarbs isn't for everyone. Here's an honest look at who we're the right fit for and when Canny might still make more sense.
Switch to Boarbs if…
Boarbs is the better choice when:
- Your community is growing and Canny's costs are scaling with it
- You want a genuinely usable free tier for early-stage products
- Frictionless voting matters — your users shouldn't need accounts
- You value keyboard-first, fast UX for managing feedback
- You need an API-first tool that fits into your workflow
- You want native two-way Linear status sync without a premium plan
- You want transparent pricing that doesn't change overnight
Canny might be better if…
Consider staying with Canny when:
- You rely heavily on Jira or Salesforce integrations today
- You need enterprise SSO and CRM connections right now
- Your tracked-user count is low and you're on a legacy plan
- You need AI-powered automatic feedback capture from support tools
Switching from Canny takes minutes
We've made migration straightforward. Import your existing data and go live without losing a single vote.
Export your data
Export your posts, votes, and comments from Canny. We support CSV and API-based imports.
Import into Boarbs
Use our import tool or API to bring everything into your new board. Posts, votes, and statuses all transfer.
Go live
Swap your embed snippet or update your portal URL. Your users won't skip a beat — everything they voted on is already there.
Need help migrating?
Reach out and we'll walk you through the import process step by step.
Switching from Canny — common questions
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