Stop hacking Notion into a feedback tool
Notion is great for docs and wikis — but it was never built for customer feedback. No public voting, no embeddable widgets, no customer portal. Boarbs gives you all of that in 2 minutes.
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Why Notion doesn't work for feedback
Notion is a brilliant workspace — but using it for customer feedback means fighting its limitations every day. Here's what teams tell us.
No public voting — just a number field
Notion has no native upvote or voting mechanism. Teams fake it with a number column that someone manually increments. Your customers can't browse and vote on existing requests — they can only submit blind forms. With Boarbs, anyone can vote with just their email. One click, no account needed.
No customer-facing feedback portal
Notion's 'Publish to web' creates a read-only snapshot — not a portal. Customers can't submit, vote, or track status. Boarbs gives you a branded portal, embeddable widget, and public roadmap out of the box. Your customers see what's planned and feel heard.
Hours of manual aggregation every week
In Notion, you merge duplicates by hand, manually count votes, and build your own prioritization framework with formulas. Product managers spend hours each week on housekeeping instead of shipping. Boarbs automates vote counting, deduplicates feedback, and surfaces trending requests automatically.
Too much friction for feedback givers
To interact with a Notion database, users need a Notion account or you share a one-way form where they can't see existing requests. This leads to constant duplicates and zero engagement. Boarbs lets anyone submit and vote without an account — just an email address.
Boarbs vs Notion — for feedback
Notion is a general-purpose workspace. Boarbs is purpose-built for feedback. Here's what that difference looks like in practice.
Pay for feedback tools, not a workspace
Notion charges per seat for an entire workspace — and still doesn't include feedback features. Boarbs gives you purpose-built feedback tools starting at $0.
Every Boarbs plan includes
- Unlimited voters on every plan
- 3 boards free, up to unlimited on Pro ($29/mo)
- Unlimited team members
- Public voting, portal, and embeddable widget
- No per-seat billing
- Purpose-built for feedback from day one
Why Notion costs add up fast
Notion charges $10/user/month on Plus — and that's for a general workspace, not feedback features. You still don't get public voting, embeddable widgets, or a customer-facing portal. You're paying for docs and wikis while hacking together a feedback workaround.
With Boarbs, feedback features are the product — not an afterthought. The free plan includes everything you need to collect, organize, and prioritize customer feedback. No per-seat billing means your team size never affects your cost.
Who should switch — and who shouldn't
Notion is a great workspace. It's just not a feedback tool. Here's when Boarbs makes more sense — and when Notion is fine.
Use Boarbs if…
Boarbs is the better choice when:
- You need customers to vote on feature requests publicly
- You want an embeddable feedback widget in your app or website
- You're spending hours manually aggregating feedback in Notion databases
- Your users submit duplicate requests because they can't see existing ones
- You want a branded feedback portal without giving everyone Notion access
- You need a public roadmap that customers can interact with
Notion might be enough if…
Sticking with Notion makes sense when:
- You only collect feedback internally from your own team
- You have fewer than 20 feature requests and manage them manually
- You need feedback tightly integrated with Notion docs and project management
- You want a fully custom data model with relations, rollups, and formulas
Move from Notion in minutes
You've already collected valuable feedback in Notion. Bring it with you — we make migration straightforward.
Export from Notion
Export your feedback database from Notion as CSV. If you're using the Notion API, we can pull data directly via our import tool.
Import into Boarbs
Upload your CSV or use our API to import feature requests. Titles, descriptions, and statuses transfer over — your feedback history is preserved.
Share with your users
Embed the feedback widget in your app, share your portal link, or add a public roadmap to your site. Your users can finally vote and track status.
Need help migrating?
We'll help you export your Notion database and import everything into Boarbs.
Moving from Notion — common questions
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