A free Featurebase alternative — no login to vote
Featurebase and Canny are polished ways to collect feature requests and show a roadmap. But they run on their own hosted portal, usually ask your users to create an account or sign in to post and vote, and gate the roadmap view and integrations behind paid plans. If you just want a lightweight board your users can actually use without signing up, here's an honest comparison.
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| Featurebase / Canny | Margin | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free tier, paid for more | Free |
| Where it lives | Hosted portal (their subdomain) | Embeds on your site + a shareable hosted page |
| User login to post / vote | Account or SSO typically required | None — just a name |
| Install | Set up a portal, invite users | One <script> or iframe line |
| Public roadmap | Often on paid plans | Included, free |
| Status labels (Planned/Doing/Done) | Yes | Yes, free |
| New-idea alerts | Email / integrations (paid tiers) | Discord / Slack / webhook, free |
| Trackers / ads | Varies | None |
| Remove branding | Paid | Subtle powered-by (keeps it free) |
Try it — vote on Margin's roadmap 🗳️
This is the real Margin board, no login. Upvote an idea or post one and watch it appear.
What you give up leaving Featurebase
Featurebase and Canny bring a full hosted portal, changelogs, advanced segmentation, and deep integrations — genuinely useful if you run a larger product and want users to keep a profile there. Margin is deliberately smaller: a login-free board and public roadmap you drop on your own site in one line, free, with no trackers. If you need the full suite, keep them. If you want the widest, lowest-friction way for users to post and vote, switch.
Switching takes one line
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