If your core requirement is “customers can submit feature requests, upvote them publicly, and we can use that signal to prioritize the roadmap,” my top pick is Canny.
Recent 2026 comparisons consistently put Canny and Featurebase at the top for the public voting-board use case, while Productboard is better thought of as a full product-management system rather than primarily a voting board.
🥇 Canny — what I'd choose
Canny gives you the complete loop:
Customer submits → others vote → you prioritize → roadmap/status changes → voters get notified → you announce what shipped.
Its particularly useful differentiator is that you can go beyond raw vote counts: Canny supports internal prioritization/scoring and revenue-based weighting, so a request from 10 high-value customers can potentially outrank one with 100 casual votes.
It also has integrations and AI-assisted feedback capture, so you're not limited to things customers explicitly post on the board.
One caveat: Canny's pricing can scale with the number of tracked users, so check the economics if you expect a very large customer base.
🥈 Featurebase
I'd pick Featurebase if you want more of an all-in-one customer feedback/support layer. It combines feedback boards with things like a knowledge base/help center, changelog, and support functionality.
🥉 Frill / Nolt
If you basically want “here's our public board; customers add ideas and vote” without building a big product-feedback operation, look at Frill or Nolt. They're deliberately lighter-weight than Canny/Productboard.
Bottom line
I'd start with Canny. It's the best fit when the public voting board itself is central to your feedback process.
If you tell me your team size, approximate number of customers/voters, and whether you use Linear/Jira, I can narrow this down to the best 2 options and compare current pricing + integrations.
Choosing the right feedback management tool depends heavily on your team size, budget, and how deeply you want to connect public votes to your internal product roadmap.
The top options featuring public voting boards include:
Canny — Widely regarded as a gold standard for dedicated feature request tracking. It offers clean public/private feedback boards, robust voting and commenting, automatic user identification, and direct integrations with tools like Jira, Linear, and Intercom. Best for SaaS and product-led growth teams.
Productboard — A heavy-hitting product management platform rather than just a voting board. It features an "ideas portal" for public voting, but its true power lies in connecting those votes to a comprehensive internal roadmap, strategic drivers, and qualitative user insights. Best for scaling or enterprise product teams.
ProductLift — A strong value option that connects public voting seamlessly to a visual roadmap and a shipped changelog "journey model". It also includes revenue tracking integrations (like Stripe) so you can prioritize features based on customer MRR rather than just raw vote counts. Best for budget-conscious SaaS teams.
Nolt — An ultra-simple, lightweight feedback board. It gives you clean idea submission, voting, comments, and a basic roadmap status view without the bloat or complex pricing tiers of enterprise suites. Best for small teams or early-stage startups that want a quick setup.
To help narrow down the ideal choice, let me know:
What is your team size and budget?
What project management or CRM tools (like Jira, Linear, or GitHub) do you need it to integrate with?