Fider's hosted plan is free. Why would I pay for sarvaFeed?

Fider's free hosted plan is great for very small products: unlimited users, 250 feedback items, no card needed. The catch is the 250-item cap, the lack of a roadmap, changelog, and embeddable widget, and the lack of native integrations with Slack, Jira, Linear, etc. sarvaFeed's Free plan gives you 1 admin seat, 1 board, and 500 posts with unlimited portal users, and includes the roadmap, changelog, and widget out of the box. Once you outgrow either free plan the honest comparison is this: Fider's paid options are flat ($25 for Pro features, $49 for managed hosting) while sarvaFeed Growth bills $19 per admin seat with one seat included, so one admin is $19 a month, two are $38, and three are $57. Two admins sit under managed Fider and above Pro; from three admins up both of Fider's paid tiers are the lower number. What the money buys either way is a roadmap, changelog, widget, native integrations, and AI triage, none of which Fider's paid options add at any price.

I need to self-host. Is sarvaFeed available open-source?

No. sarvaFeed is a managed cloud product, not open source. If hard-requirement self-hosting is on your list, Fider's self-hosted release on GitHub is still the right answer: the licence is free, the code is yours, and the only bill is the server you run it on. What we offer instead is that we run everything for you, billed per admin seat: $19 a month on Growth for the admin seat that comes with the plan, and $19 for each one you add, with hosting, upgrades, and backups handled. Be clear on the limits before you decide: we hold no SOC 2 certification of our own yet and publish our security posture instead, EU data pinning is available on request, and SAML SSO is on the roadmap for Scale rather than shipped.

Can I import my Fider posts and votes?

Yes. Fider exposes its data via its REST API and most self-hosted installs can export to CSV. We provide a CSV importer for posts, votes, and statuses, and our team will run a guided migration on Growth and above at no extra charge.

Does sarvaFeed have first-party integrations with Slack, Jira, GitHub like Fider's webhooks?

Yes, with first-party UI for each. Slack, Jira, Linear, GitHub, Discord, Intercom, Zapier, HubSpot, Zendesk, and Salesforce are all included on the Growth plan. Fider supports OAuth login plus outbound webhooks; anything richer (two-way sync, automated ticket creation) you write yourself.

What about the 250-item cap on Fider's free tier?

It's a real ceiling for active SaaS products. An average B2B SaaS collects 50–200 feedback items per month once a portal is public, so 250 cumulative items is typically 1–3 months of breathing room. sarvaFeed's Free plan allows 500 posts with unlimited portal users, Starter raises that to 5,000, Growth to 25,000, and Scale to 100,000, with limits raised on request beyond that. Both products have a ceiling; sarvaFeed's is 100 times higher on the plan most teams land on, and only posts count against it, never the size of the audience reading the board.

The better alternative to Fider

A complete feedback platform (roadmap, changelog, widget, and integrations bundled in) for teams that have outgrown Fider's 250-item cap or don't want to operate their own server: Growth is $19 per admin seat with one seat included, and portal users and voters are unlimited.

$0/seat/mo

Growth plan, billed per admin seat with one seat included, and it brings the roadmap, changelog, widget, and integrations Fider doesn't ship

feedback-item cap on Fider's free hosted plan; sarvaFeed Free allows 500 posts and Growth 25,000

free plan: 1 admin seat, 1 board, 500 posts, unlimited portal users, and nothing to host

Do the math

What Fider really costs

Fider's free hosted tier is genuinely free up to 250 items, and nothing sarvaFeed charges beats $0. Past that tier the sticker gap is close: Pro is $25/mo, managed hosting is $49/mo, self-hosting means a $30–80 VPS plus engineering hours, and sarvaFeed Growth is $19 per admin seat, so one admin is $19/mo and two are $38/mo, both under managed Fider, with one admin under Pro as well. The crossovers are exact, because Fider's prices are flat and ours move with the seat count: the second seat passes Fider Pro ($38 against $25), and the third passes managed hosting ($57 against $49). Either way the real comparison isn't the sticker: it's what you run and what you get, and none of Fider's three paths add the roadmap, changelog, or widget it simply doesn't have.

FIDER · FREE & OPEN SOURCE, BUT MINIMALsarvaFeed · $19/seat

FEATURESARVAFEEDFIDER

Public roadmapIncludedNot offered

Built-in changelogIncludedNot offered

Embeddable widgetIncludedNot offered

Native two-way integrationsIncludedWebhooks only

AI duplicate detectionIncludedNot offered

More than 250 feedback postsIncluded250-item cap

Fider's hosted board is free but caps at 250 items · roadmap, changelog, and the widget aren't in the product · self-hosting adds a server to run and patch · Fider's paid prices are flat at $25 and $49, sarvaFeed Growth bills $19 per admin seat, so two admins are $38

+$0/mo

vs Fider · and here’s what it buys

That is a two-admin team on sarvaFeed Growth at $19 per admin seat, against Fider's free hosted board. Nothing undercuts free, and because Fider's paid tiers are flat while ours grow with the seat count, the crossovers are exact: the second seat passes Fider Pro ($38 against $25) and the third passes managed hosting ($57 against $49). At two admins it is still close, though: $38 sits under Fider's $49 managed hosting and inside the $30–80 a month a self-hosted VPS costs before anyone patches it. What the $38 buys is the rest of the platform Fider does not ship at any price: a public roadmap, a changelog, an embeddable widget, native two-way integrations, AI dedup, and 25,000 posts instead of 250, with no server of your own.

With Fider

Feedback item cap250 items
Server & database$30–80/mo VPS
Updates / backups / patches5–10 hrs / quarter
Public roadmapNot included; build it yourself
Built-in changelogNot included; build it yourself
Embeddable widgetNot included
Native integrationsWebhooks only

What it really costs

Free (250 items) / $25 Pro / $49 managed / self-host: $30–80 VPS + eng time

With sarvaFeed

Per-seat pricing

Feedback item cap500 Free · 5,000 Starter · 25,000 Growth
Server & databaseIncluded
Updates / backups / patchesHandled by us
Public roadmapIncluded on all plans
Built-in changelogIncluded on all plans
Embeddable widgetIncluded on Growth
Native integrationsIncluded on Growth

What it really costs

Free (1 admin, 500 posts) / Growth $19 per admin seat: $19 for one admin, $38 for two, or $190 per seat for a full year, all modules included, nothing to run

The facts

Let’s look at the facts

Both products do voting boards. After that they diverge: Fider stays minimal (no roadmap, no changelog, no widget, native integrations limited to OAuth + webhooks), sarvaFeed bundles the full feedback-platform stack.

Hosting & cost

Fider gives you two paths: a free hosted plan capped at 250 items, or self-hosting via its open-source release, where the licence costs nothing and the server and patching cost time. sarvaFeed is managed cloud only, with Free, Starter, Growth, and Scale tiers billed per admin seat: $9, $19, and $39 a month, one seat included on each paid plan and extra seats at that plan's own rate. Portal users, voters, and comments are unlimited and free on every plan, so the only people on the bill are the admins who moderate the board. Everything else is metered as boards, posts, and AI credits.

FEATUREsarvaFeed

Fider

Free hosted plan1 admin, 1 board, 500 postsUnlimited users, capped at 250 items

Paid plan$9 Starter · $19 Growth · $39 Scale, per admin seatPro $25/mo (pro features), managed hosting $49/mo

Admin seats1 included per plan; extra at $9 / $19 / $39Flat pricing, not per seat

Self-hostingNot availableYes, open source

UpdatesAutomaticHosted: automatic. Self-host: you apply them

Uptime SLA99.9%None publicly advertised

sarvaFeed

Fider

Free hosted plan

1 admin, 1 board, 500 postsUnlimited users, capped at 250 items

Paid plan

$9 Starter · $19 Growth · $39 Scale, per admin seatPro $25/mo (pro features), managed hosting $49/mo

Admin seats

1 included per plan; extra at $9 / $19 / $39Flat pricing, not per seat

Self-hosting

Not availableYes, open source

Updates

AutomaticHosted: automatic. Self-host: you apply them

Uptime SLA

99.9%None publicly advertised

Core feedback features

Both have voting boards and comments. Roadmap, changelog, and the embeddable widget are where Fider stops.

FEATUREsarvaFeed

Fider

Public voting boards

Comments & threads

Public roadmap✗

Changelog✗

Embeddable widget✗

AI duplicate detectionStarter +✗

Custom statusesBasic status only

Multi-language UIGrowth +✗

sarvaFeed

Fider

Public voting boards

Comments & threads

Public roadmap

✗

Changelog

✗

Embeddable widget

✗

AI duplicate detection

Starter +✗

Custom statuses

Basic status only

Multi-language UI

Growth +✗

Integrations

Fider supports OAuth login providers and outbound webhooks. Everything beyond that you build yourself.

FEATUREsarvaFeed

Fider

SlackWebhook only

JiraWebhook only

LinearWebhook only

GitHubWebhook only

Intercom✗

HubSpot / SalesforceGrowth +✗

Zapier✗

OAuth loginEmail sign-in; SSO coming soonGoogle, GitHub, FB, MS

REST APIStarter +✗

sarvaFeed

Fider

Slack

Webhook only

Jira

Webhook only

Linear

Webhook only

GitHub

Webhook only

Intercom

✗

HubSpot / Salesforce

Growth +✗

Zapier

✗

OAuth login

Email sign-in; SSO coming soonGoogle, GitHub, FB, MS

REST API

Starter +✗

Customization & brand

Both let you put feedback under your own brand. The depth of customization differs.

FEATUREsarvaFeed

Fider

Custom domainGrowth +Self-host: DNS yourself. Hosted: yes

Logo / brand colorsGrowth +✗

Custom CSSGrowth +✗

Code changes✗Self-host only

Modern dashboardMinimal UI

Embeddable widgetGrowth +✗

sarvaFeed

Fider

Custom domain

Growth +Self-host: DNS yourself. Hosted: yes

Logo / brand colors

Growth +✗

Custom CSS

Growth +✗

Code changes

✗Self-host only

Modern dashboard

Minimal UI

Embeddable widget

Growth +✗

Admin & security

Hosted Fider handles security for you on its plan; self-hosted Fider puts security and compliance on your team, which is the price of owning the box. sarvaFeed runs the infrastructure on every plan, including the free one, but be clear about the gaps: we hold no SOC 2 certification of our own yet, and SAML SSO is on the roadmap for Scale rather than shipped. Fider's OAuth logins are live today.

FEATUREsarvaFeed

Fider

SSO (SAML / OIDC)Coming soon, lands on ScaleOAuth login only

Audit logsGrowth +✗

Role-based permissionsCustom roles Growth +Basic admin/member

SOC 2Not yet certifiedHosted: theirs. Self-host: yours

Data residencyEU pinning on requestSelf-host: wherever you run it

sarvaFeed

Fider

SSO (SAML / OIDC)

Coming soon, lands on ScaleOAuth login only

Audit logs

Growth +✗

Role-based permissions

Custom roles Growth +Basic admin/member

SOC 2

Not yet certifiedHosted: theirs. Self-host: yours

Data residency

EU pinning on requestSelf-host: wherever you run it

Comparison data reflects publicly available information about Fider as of June 2026. Verify current pricing and features on their website before deciding.

The market

Compare the value

Set your team, feedback volume, and audience. Every price recomputes from that tool's published pricing, and each row shows its math.

Teammates

Feature requests

25,000

People giving feedback

1,000

sarvaFeedGrowth plan, $19 × 5 admin seats$95

ConvasGrowth plan, $15 flat$15

Noltpriced per board$25

Fiderlist price, 10-person team$49

Featurebase$29 × 5 seats$145

Productboard$59 × 5 makers$295

CannyPro plan at up to 1,000 tracked users$661

Pendousage-based, typical quote$1,500

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Prices recompute from each provider’s published rates and calculator values as of June 2026, on monthly billing; verify on each provider’s site before deciding. sarvaFeed’s price is its current published price.

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