The Productboard alternative built for speed, not complexity
Productboard charges $59+/maker/month and takes weeks to set up. Boarbs gives you feedback boards, public voting, and roadmaps in 2 minutes — starting at $0.
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What Productboard users keep telling us
These are the reasons teams give when they move from Productboard to Boarbs. Not marketing spin — real frustrations we hear every week.
Per-maker pricing adds up fast
Productboard's Pro plan costs $59/maker/month (billed annually) — and most teams need Pro for prioritization and customer segmentation. A 5-person product team pays $295/mo before add-ons. With Boarbs, your entire team gets unlimited access for $29/mo or less.
Built for enterprise, painful for everyone else
Productboard was designed for large product orgs with dedicated PMs. The setup involves objectives, drivers, components, and scoring frameworks — most teams spend weeks configuring it before collecting a single vote. Boarbs is ready in 2 minutes.
Weeks to value, not minutes
Productboard's onboarding is complex enough that many teams need sales-assisted setup. Between configuring your product hierarchy, scoring models, and integrations, you're looking at days or weeks of setup. Boarbs: create a board, share the link, done.
Your users can't just vote
Productboard's feedback portal has limited customization and requires user accounts. The tool is optimized for product managers processing feedback internally — not for end users voting on ideas. Boarbs lets anyone vote with just their email, no signup needed.
Boarbs vs Productboard — 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 your team grows
Productboard charges per maker seat — every product manager, designer, or team lead who needs edit access adds to your bill. Here's how that compares to Boarbs.
Every Boarbs plan includes
- Unlimited team members on every plan
- 3 boards free, up to unlimited on Pro ($29/mo)
- Unlimited voters and submissions
- Embed, widget, and portal
- No per-seat billing
- Self-serve cancellation
Productboard's per-maker model explained
Productboard charges per "maker" — anyone who creates features, updates roadmaps, or manages feedback. Contributors (who submit feedback) and viewers are free, but anyone who needs to actively work in the tool pays $59/mo or more.
For growing product teams where multiple people need edit access, this per-seat cost adds up quickly. The AI add-on costs another $20/maker/month. Boarbs charges per board, not per seat — so your whole team gets full access at one flat price.
Who should switch — and who shouldn't
Boarbs isn't a product management platform — it's a focused feedback tool. Here's an honest look at who we're the right fit for.
Switch to Boarbs if…
Boarbs is the better choice when:
- You need a feedback tool, not an enterprise product management platform
- Per-seat pricing is eating into your budget as your team grows
- You want to be collecting feedback today, not configuring tools for weeks
- Frictionless public voting matters — your users shouldn't need accounts
- You value keyboard-first, fast UX over complex dashboards
- You want transparent, flat pricing that doesn't scale with headcount
Productboard might be better if…
Consider staying with Productboard when:
- You need advanced prioritization frameworks (RICE, weighted scoring)
- You have 10+ product managers who need a shared system of record
- Salesforce or HubSpot integration is critical for your workflow
- You need enterprise SSO, compliance, and audit requirements today
Switching from Productboard takes minutes
We've made migration straightforward. Import your existing feedback data and go live without missing a beat.
Export your data
Export your features, feedback notes, and roadmap items from Productboard. We support CSV and API-based imports.
Import into Boarbs
Use our import tool or API to bring your feature requests and votes into your new board. Statuses and categories all transfer.
Go live
Share your new board link or embed the widget. Your users get a simpler, faster way to submit and vote on ideas — no account required.
Need help migrating?
Reach out and we'll walk you through the import process step by step.
Switching from Productboard — common questions
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