Canny vs Trustpilot

Canny is a product feedback management tool built by a small, remote-first team founded in Canada. It gives SaaS companies one place to collect, organize and act on feature requests: users post ideas and vote on public or private boards, product managers prioritize, and the team closes the loop by publishing a roadmap and announcing releases in a changelog.

The free plan covers a small number of tracked users, enough for an early product. The paid Pro plan is priced by tracked users and adds more integrations, custom domains and user segmentation, while the custom-priced Business plan adds SSO, white labeling and larger user volumes. Prioritization can weigh requests by votes, custom impact scores and revenue data pulled from CRMs such as HubSpot and Salesforce. Autopilot, Canny's AI layer, deduplicates feedback and extracts feature requests automatically from Intercom, Zendesk, Help Scout and sales call transcripts. Deep links to Jira, Linear, ClickUp and Asana keep feedback attached to the work.

Canny fits growth-stage SaaS teams with steady feedback volume and budget for integrations. Costs climb quickly as tracked users grow, the jump from the free plan to Pro is steep, and design customization is limited. Featurebase bundles feedback, help center and surveys for less, Nolt and Upvoty are simpler and cheaper, and Productboard suits teams that want feedback inside a full product management suite. Canny remains the best-known and most integrated option in the category.

Trustpilot is an open online review platform where anyone can review a company, and its business product gives those companies tools to collect, answer and display reviews. It was founded in Copenhagen in 2007 by Peter Holten Mühlmann and listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2021. For a business, the core job is building visible third-party social proof on its site, in search and on its public profile.

Businesses can claim their profile for free, reply to reviews, flag fake or abusive ones and send a limited number of review invitations each month. Paid plans add more invitations, automated invitation flows from e-commerce and CRM systems, TrustBox widgets for your site, more users and domains, analytics and marketing assets. Plans are priced per domain per month on 12-month contracts, from Starter to Premium, with a custom Enterprise tier; only Plus offers a 14-day trial.

Trustpilot fits online retailers and service businesses that sell to consumers and want a recognizable, independent review badge. It is a weaker fit for B2B companies, where buyers check G2 or Capterra instead, and for brands that only want private feedback, where survey tools such as Qualtrics or SurveySparrow give more control. E-commerce review apps such as Judge.me or Yotpo are cheaper if you only need product reviews on your own store.

Remember that your Trustpilot page exists whether or not you pay: anyone can review you, and paying does not let you remove negative reviews. Paid plans are 12-month commitments and unused invitations do not roll over.