Comparison
A side-by-side look at Quackback and Upvoty — features, pricing, and what $15/mo actually gets you.
Upvoty is a budget feedback board starting at $15/mo. Quackback is a free, open-source alternative with AI, webhooks, and unlimited boards.
Pricing
Free
vs From $15/mo
Source
Open
vs Closed
Self-Host
Yes
vs No
AI Features
Yes
vs No
Feature matrix
| Feature | Quackback | Upvoty |
|---|---|---|
| Core Features | ||
Feedback Boards Collect and organize user feedback | Yes | Yes |
Public Roadmap Share product plans publicly | Yes | Yes |
Changelog Announce shipped features | Yes | Yes |
| Developer Tools | ||
REST API Programmatic access to feedback data | Yes | Yes |
MCP Server AI agent integration | Yes | No |
Webhooks HTTP callbacks for events | Yes | No |
| Hosting & Data | ||
Open Source Inspect and modify source code | AGPL-3.0 | No |
Self-Hosting Deploy on your own infrastructure | Yes | No |
Upvoty is the cheapest paid feedback tool in the category at $15/mo. The trade-off is that you get a basic voting board and not much else. Board limits on the cheaper plans mean you upgrade to $39/mo or $75/mo as your needs grow. Even at the unlimited plan, Upvoty lacks AI, webhooks, duplicate detection, and self-hosting. Every submission requires manual triage. Quackback is free, self-hosted, and includes unlimited boards, AI-powered duplicate detection, webhooks, a full API, and an MCP server for agent automation. The gap is not a missing feature or two — it is an architectural difference in what each tool was built to do.
For a full pricing analysis across the category, see our feedback tool pricing comparison. For open-source options, see open-source feedback tools.
Upvoty fits bootstrapped teams that need a simple cloud-hosted voting board with a low starting price and no infrastructure to manage. If you have one product, one board, and low feedback volume, the $15/mo plan covers the basics. Quackback fits teams that need more than a basic board: AI triage, webhooks for automation, unlimited boards across multiple products, data ownership in your own PostgreSQL database, or predictable costs that do not scale with board count. If your feedback workflow has outgrown a single voting page, Quackback is the better path.
Upvoty's export options are limited — check their current documentation for CSV export or extract data through their API. Deploy Quackback with Docker Compose, recreate your board structure, and import posts with vote counts preserved. The infrastructure cost of running Quackback ($5-10/mo) is less than Upvoty's base plan, so the migration pays for itself in the first month.
Pricing
Quackback
Self-hosted, open source
Upvoty
Cloud-hosted, closed source
At scale
| Usage | Quackback | Upvoty |
|---|---|---|
| 1 board | $0 | $15/mo |
| 3 boards | $0 | $39/mo |
| Unlimited boards | $0 | $75/mo |
| Year 1 (unlimited) | $0 | $900 |
Honest take
Choose Upvoty if you want a simple cloud-hosted feedback board with a low starting price and don't need self-hosting, AI features, or webhook integrations.
Where Upvoty excels
FAQ
Upvoty starts at $15/mo with board limits. Their unlimited plan is $75/mo. Quackback is free to self-host with no limits on boards, users, or posts.
No. Upvoty is cloud-only. Quackback can be self-hosted on your own infrastructure with Docker, giving you full control over your data.
No. Upvoty does not offer AI-powered duplicate detection, sentiment analysis, or agent integrations at any pricing tier. Quackback includes all of these plus an MCP server for AI agent automation.
Yes. Upvoty offers CSV export. Import that data into Quackback via the CSV import tool. Posts, votes, and statuses can be migrated.
Yes. Quackback includes a public roadmap with kanban views, plus a changelog for announcing shipped features. Upvoty has a roadmap but no changelog, so there is no built-in way to notify voters when their requests are delivered.
Quackback requires Docker for self-hosting, which takes about 5 minutes to deploy. Upvoty is a cloud-hosted SaaS with instant signup. The trade-off is control: Quackback gives you full data ownership, while Upvoty is simpler to start.
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