— Use case · feature requests
A feature request tool people can use without an account.
featurevote.app collects requests in one board so you can see which ideas have the most support. People submit and vote without creating an account, and those who leave an email can hear when a request ships.
— What it is
What is a feature request tool, and what does it replace?
It gives requests, votes, comments and statuses one shared place. People can see what has already been asked, and your team can see which requests have support.
Requests otherwise sit across support threads, chat channels and spreadsheets, where the next person cannot find them or add a vote. A board keeps them visible and ranked, and it asks for less than an issue tracker: a short description and an email, no account. The feature request form template shows the form people fill in.
— Submitting and voting
How do people submit and vote without creating an account?
People vote without an account or an email. Submitting a request needs a short description and an email for later updates. Both are part of the free plan.
The board shows requests in vote order. You can require an email to vote when follow-up matters more than reach, and the no-login voting page explains the vote controls.
— From request to release
How does a request get from posted to shipped?
- Fewer duplicates
- Before a request is added, people see up to three close matches and can support one of those instead. Duplicates that get through can be merged, with votes and comments kept together.
- A clear status
- Each request shows whether it is requested, planned, in progress, completed or not planned. The roadmap groups the same requests by status.
- Updates for the people who asked
- People who leave an email can get a reply to their request and a message when it ships. They follow it without creating an account.
- A changelog from completed work
- Completed requests can become a changelog draft built from their titles and descriptions. Your team edits it, publishes it on the board, and can email subscribers.
— Three boards that exist today
Who is it for?
- A software team
- WorkMirror runs its board inside its mileage-log product, and support and sales add requests for customers by email. One request reached 45 votes while the next had 11. Read WorkMirror’s story
- A community or creator
- 3D Fast Track links its board from its Discord server. Members vote on which guides get written and which designs get made, without creating an account. Read the story
- An internal team
- Commentsell keeps ideas, bugs and internal work on one board and moves each through the statuses to done. Boards can also be private to your team. Read Commentsell’s story
— Pricing
What does it cost?
The free plan is permanent, not a trial, and asks for no card. Your users post requests and vote without limit, and your team manages as many requests as it likes, so an existing backlog fits on day one.
Paid plans let you hide the featurevote badge and add Slack, webhooks, surveys, Hidden boards, a bigger email list, emails from your own domain and private Research. Growth is $9 a month billed yearly as $108, or $12 billed monthly. Pro is $29 a month billed yearly as $348, or $35 billed monthly. Lifetime is one payment of $239 for an email list of up to 1,000 and private Research. Full detail on the pricing page.
— Where it stops
When is another tool the better choice?
A larger platform such as Canny or Featurebase fits better when prioritisation depends on revenue or CRM data for each voter, or when you need a Jira or Linear sync, single sign-on or audit logs. A chat poll is enough for one question with fixed answers. And when every vote must be tied to one person, anonymous voting is the wrong shape: it keeps everyday duplicate votes out, but it cannot enforce that standard.
Comparing the full workflow? Read featurevote vs Featurebase for capabilities, plan limits and what moving an existing board involves, or the Canny comparison for tracked-user pricing and its trade-offs.
— Questions, answered short
What else do people ask before they start?
Do people need an account to submit a request?
No. Voting needs nothing at all. A request needs a short description and an email, so the person can hear when it ships. Comments ask for an email as well.
Can it live inside my app?
Yes. Embed the board on a page, or put a button in your app that opens the request form in a panel. On a paid plan, a Hidden board opens through your embed while its bare link stays closed, which suits a product behind a login.
How do I move an existing list onto the board?
Import a CSV file or paste a list. Titles, descriptions, statuses and old vote totals come over, and comments and voter names stay behind. A customer’s email can still be recorded as a vote on any request.
How reliable is the vote count without accounts?
The count blocks repeat votes from the same browser, though clearing browser data allows another vote. Requiring an email, or limiting the board to a Patreon campaign or a Discord server, makes it stricter.
Can the board be private?
Yes. A board can be public, unlisted, hidden behind your embed’s access key, or private to your team. A single request can also be marked private.