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UpVoiced vs hearloop

hearloop and UpVoiced are close relatives. Both pair a feedback board with a public roadmap and a changelog, email the people who asked when something ships, put the board inside your app with a widget, and give AI agents an MCP server. hearloop describes itself as a small tool that gets four things right and nothing else.Source [5]Source [4]

The honest differences are less about features than about the model: licence, pricing, and where each product is heading. If you are weighing a hearloop alternative, those are the questions this page answers, citing hearloop's own site for every fact about it.

UpVoiced is in development and not open for sign-ups yet; its prices are a proposal. Facts about hearloop were checked against its own public pages on 2026-10-22.

Feature by feature

UpVoiced and hearloop, as each publishes it
FeaturehearloopUpVoiced
Feedback board with votesYes. Several boards, optional anonymous votingSource [7]Yes, on every plan
Public roadmapYes. Columns come from your statusesSource [8]Yes, on every plan
Emails voters when a status changesYes. To verified voters, commenters and postersSource [9]Yes, to everyone who voted, commented or followed
Changelog with emails to followersYes. Followers emailed on publish, RSS feedSource [10]Yes; entries link the requests they ship (Free: 500 email recipients a month)
Embeddable in-app widgetYes. One script tag of about 6 KBSource [11]Yes, on every plan
Sign users in from your productPartly. Widget sign-in tokens that expire in 12 hoursSource [12]Yes, on every plan (signed tokens)
REST API and webhooksYes. HTTP API and signed webhooksSource [5]Source [13]API on every plan (read-only on Free); webhooks from Starter
MCP server for AI agentsYes. For every workspaceSource [5]Yes, on every plan (read-only with one key on Free)
Built-in AI (triage, duplicates)Partly. Your own AI agent triages over MCPSource [6]Coming soon (similar-post hints while people type today)
Import from another toolYes. CSV import of posts, votes, authors and statusesSource [14]CSV import from Canny, Featurebase and hearloop exports
Slack, Discord and issue trackersPartly. Slack and Discord alerts; issue trackers not listedSource [13]Slack and Discord
Custom domainNot listed. Not listed on its homepageSource [16]Coming soon (from Starter)
Remove the vendor’s brandingNot listed. Not listed on its homepageSource [16]From Starter
Surveys (NPS, CSAT)Not listed. Not listed on its homepageSource [16]Coming soon (NPS and CSAT microsurveys)
Help center articlesYes. Markdown guides at /helpSource [15]Not offered
Free planFree during early access, every featureSource [1]Free forever: 1 board, 100 active posts, 1 seat
How paid plans are pricedNot published yet; paid plans coming soonSource [2]Flat price per workspace, no per-voter or per-seat charge (proposed: Starter $19, Growth $49, Business $119 a month)

Where UpVoiced and hearloop differ

Licence and hosting

hearloop's site says it is licensed under AGPL-3.0, the open-source licence that lets you read and modify the code. UpVoiced is a hosted service and its source code is not published; you get managed hosting, updates and the plan limits on its pricing page.Source [3]

Pricing

hearloop is free while it is in early access, with every feature and unlimited users and votes; it says paid plans are coming and that a free plan will stay. UpVoiced has published proposed plans: a permanent Free plan and flat monthly prices per workspace, which are not final yet.Source [1]Source [2]

Where each is heading

hearloop keeps its scope to the board, the roadmap, the changelog and the widget, plus a help center. UpVoiced plans to add in-app surveys such as NPS and CSAT, and testimonials, to the same loop; both are coming soon and not built.Source [4]Source [15]

Agents and automation

Every hearloop workspace gets API keys, an HTTP API and an MCP server, and its agent can move posts, merge duplicates and draft the changelog. UpVoiced offers the same kinds of tools and holds merges, shipping and emails behind a preview until you confirm.Source [5]Source [6]

hearloop pricing and UpVoiced’s proposed plans

hearloop costs nothing during early access, with every feature, unlimited users and votes and no credit card. It has not published paid plans: its site says they are coming soon, that a free plan stays, and that early users hear about pricing first.Source [1]Source [2]

UpVoiced plans a free plan with no time limit and no card, then Starter $19, Growth $49, Business $119 a month per workspace, with annual billing at ten times the monthly price. These prices are not final and nothing can be bought yet. See every proposed limit.

UpVoiced on staging

The fictional Driftwood Notes changelog: published updates linked to the ideas they shipped.
An UpVoiced changelog for the fictional “Driftwood Notes” workspace: each update links the ideas it ships, and their voters hear about it. Captured from staging.

When hearloop may suit you better

  • You want software you can read and modify under an open-source licence: hearloop states that it is licensed under AGPL-3.0.Source [3]
  • You need a help center today: hearloop has one, while UpVoiced has no help center.Source [15]
  • You want to start right now: hearloop is open for sign-ups and free in early access, while UpVoiced is still in development.Source [1]

Moving from hearloop

UpVoiced's CSV import includes a mapping for hearloop exports, so posts, votes matched by email, comments and statuses come across in one background job. hearloop also imports CSV files from other tools.Source [14]

Read more about UpVoiced:

Questions about UpVoiced and hearloop

Is hearloop really free?

hearloop says it is free while in early access, with every feature, unlimited users and votes and no credit card. Paid plans are announced as coming soon, and hearloop says a free plan will stay.

Sources:Source [1]Source [2]

Is UpVoiced open source like hearloop?

No. hearloop states that it is licensed under AGPL-3.0. UpVoiced is a hosted service; its source code is not published.

Sources:Source [3]

Can I move from hearloop to UpVoiced?

Yes. UpVoiced's CSV import maps hearloop exports, so posts, votes matched by email, comments and statuses move across in one background job with a progress and error report.

Do both work with Claude Code and Cursor?

Yes. hearloop gives every workspace API keys, an HTTP API and an MCP server for clients such as Claude Code, Cursor and Codex. UpVoiced's MCP server works with any MCP client through a scoped API key, read-only on its free plan.

Sources:Source [5]

Sources

Each fact about hearloop comes from its own public pages, read on the date shown. Products and prices change; tell us if something here is out of date and we will correct it.

  1. hearloop is free while in early access: every feature, unlimited users and votes, and no credit card. hearloop.app/#faq, retrieved .
  2. hearloop says paid plans are coming soon, that a free plan stays, and that early users hear about pricing before anything changes. hearloop.app/#pricing, retrieved .
  3. hearloop states that it is licensed under AGPL-3.0, with the source code linked in its footer. hearloop.app/#faq, retrieved .
  4. hearloop describes itself as a small tool covering four things a feedback board has to get right, and nothing else. hearloop.app/, retrieved .
  5. Every hearloop workspace gets API keys, an HTTP API and an MCP server, for clients such as Claude Code, Cursor and Codex. hearloop.app/#faq, retrieved .
  6. Through the MCP server, your AI agent can move a post to Planned, merge duplicates, reply to a voter and draft the changelog. hearloop.app/#agents, retrieved .
  7. hearloop supports several boards, optional approval of posts, one vote per user with optional anonymous voting, and duplicate merging that keeps votes. hearloop.app/#product, retrieved .
  8. hearloop's roadmap columns come from your statuses, show vote counts and can be hidden until ready. hearloop.app/#product, retrieved .
  9. Verified accounts that voted, commented or posted are emailed when the idea changes status and when it ships, with a one-click unsubscribe. hearloop.app/, retrieved .
  10. hearloop changelog entries link back to requests; followers are emailed on publish, with an RSS feed. hearloop.app/#product, retrieved .
  11. hearloop's widget is one script tag of about 6 KB with feedback, the roadmap and what's new in one panel. hearloop.app/#product, retrieved .
  12. The widget can be limited to your own sites, and its sign-in tokens expire in 12 hours. hearloop.app/#product, retrieved .
  13. hearloop sends new posts, comments, status changes and changelog entries to Slack and Discord, filtered by board, or to any endpoint as a signed webhook. hearloop.app/, retrieved .
  14. hearloop imports a CSV export from your current tool: posts, votes, authors and statuses in one step. hearloop.app/#faq, retrieved .
  15. hearloop includes a help center with markdown guides published at /help. hearloop.app/#product, retrieved .
  16. hearloop's homepage, which carries its product, pricing and FAQ sections, does not mention custom domains, removing its branding or surveys. hearloop.app/, retrieved .

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