VoteFirst is a feedback board. It is $9/mo for one project, whatever the board's size, with revenue weighted voting on every plan. Canny bills by tracked users, anybody who posts, votes or comments, starting at $79 a month billed yearly for 100 users and rising to a custom quote above 5,000 (canny.io/pricing, read 2 October 2026). Paste your own public Canny board below and see what Canny would charge at your own size, next to VoteFirst's one number.
Read your Canny board first
- Board
- Posts read
- Votes on them
- People who voted
- Top request
- Newest post
- Canny charges at that size
- VoteFirst
- $9/mo LITE, $39/mo PRO
This reads any public Canny or Featurebase board at its own address, no sign in needed, and returns its post count, its vote count, its top request and Canny's own published price at that size. The same address moves the board afterward. The tool has its own page, with more on how the range of voters is worked out.
What Canny charges at your size, against VoteFirst's one number
| Size | Canny | VoteFirst |
|---|---|---|
| 25 tracked users | $0/mo (Free) | $9/mo (LITE) |
| 100 tracked users | $79/mo billed yearly (Pro) | $9/mo (LITE) |
| 5,000+ tracked users | Custom, demo required (Business) | $9/mo (LITE) |
VoteFirst's number does not move, because the plan is priced per project rather than per tracked user. The full ladder from 100 to 5,000, read live by driving the slider on Canny's own pricing page on 27 September 2026, is on the Canny pricing calculator.
A tracked user is anybody with a post, a vote or a comment attributed to them, including a company's own admins if they post, vote or comment on their own board.
The comparison table
| Capability | VoteFirst | Canny |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $9/mo | $0/mo (Free, 25 tracked users) |
| Price at 100 tracked users | $9/mo | $79/mo billed yearly (Pro) |
| Price at 5,000+ tracked users | $9/mo | Custom, demo required (Business) |
| Billing unit | Per project | Per tracked user |
| Voting without an account | Yes, anonymous cookie on first load | No. A name and email are required before posting, voting or commenting |
| Revenue weighted voting | Every plan, integer multiplier per tier | Sorts by monthly revenue impact, counting a company once per post regardless of voter count |
| Single sign on | Signed JWT handoff from your own app, PRO only, no SAML | SAML 2.0 and other SSO integrations, on its base features and above |
| Custom domain | PRO, serves the public roadmap, the public voting board and one named board | Included, no separate charge stated |
| Private board | Not offered on any plan | Every plan, including Free |
| Board import | Canny and Featurebase boards, posts, statuses and votes, no login needed | Real and documented data export; no reverse importer from VoteFirst stated on Canny's own pages |
| Free plan | None. 14 day trial, card required | Yes, 25 tracked users, $0 |
What VoteFirst does not do
- No SAML or OIDC. Single sign on is a signed JWT handoff only, on PRO.
- No Slack, Zapier or outgoing webhooks.
- No AI clustering, summarization or automated conversation analysis.
- No Android or Kotlin SDK.
- No private boards on any plan. A board is public to everyone or to nobody.
- Custom domain serves three paths only, the public roadmap, the public voting board and one named board, not the changelog or the most wanted list.
- No free plan. A 14 day trial, card required at signup.
Where Canny is still the better tool
- A generous free plan at 25 tracked users, real and usable for a small, stable board.
- Private boards on every plan, including Free. VoteFirst has none.
- Deeper revenue reporting and a CRM sales tools sync on its higher plans.
- A documented, real data export, one of the better ones in the category.
- SAML 2.0 single sign on in its base features. VoteFirst has JWT only, on PRO.
If a private board or SAML matters more than the price, Canny is the better answer.
Switching from Canny
Posts, statuses and vote counts import from a public Canny board with a button, up to 500 open ones and up to 500 each marked complete or closed. Comments and voter identities do not move, and bringing a customer list across is a CSV with what each one pays, on every plan including the $9 one. The full mechanism, column by column, is on the switch page.
Is VoteFirst cheaper than Canny?
At 100 tracked users, yes. $9 a month against $79 billed yearly. Below 25 tracked users, Canny's free plan is cheaper, because it is free. The crossover is the point where a tracked user meter starts to bite.
What counts as a tracked user on Canny, and does VoteFirst have an equivalent?
Canny counts anybody with a post, a vote or a comment attributed to them, including a company's own admins. VoteFirst has no equivalent meter. The price is set by the plan, not by how many people use the board.
Can I bring my Canny board over?
Yes. Posts, statuses and votes import with a button. Comments and voter identities do not. The switch page covers the mechanism in full.
Does VoteFirst weight votes by revenue the way Canny does?
Yes, on every plan, as an integer multiplier per voting tier set by the account. Canny's version sorts by revenue impact and counts a company once per post. Both approaches are real, and neither is written here as the better one.
Is there a free VoteFirst plan?
No. There is a 14 day trial on either plan, and a card is required at signup.
Related comparisons
Every Canny alternative with a published price is on one page, and the seven best picks, each priced at three sizes, are on the shortlist. Canny's own tracked user ladder, with a calculator for any number, is here. VoteFirst is also set against Feature Upvote, Upvoty and Fider.
14 days, a card at signup, then $9 or $39 a month.