Choose Canny if
- You want a public portal where customers post and vote
- You want to publish a roadmap and changelog for customers
- You mainly need requests captured and linked to issues
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Devplan vs Canny
Canny collects and organises feature requests, with a public portal, roadmap and changelog. Devplan turns that evidence into specs grounded in your code, then tracks the work.
The short answer
Which one fits your team?
Choose Devplan if
- You want feedback read from calls, tickets and Slack, without asking customers to post on a board
- You want PRDs and specs grounded in your code, with a source on every line
- You want status and risks from real engineering work, and customers told when it ships
- You build with AI agents like Claude Code, Cursor or Codex
Side by side
How they differ.
What Canny is: An AI customer feedback platform: a public portal with voting, Autopilot to capture requests from support and sales tools, a roadmap and a changelog.
CannyDevplan
Built forCollecting feature requests, with a public roadmap and changelogTurning customer feedback into shipped features, grounded in your code
Customer feedbackPortal votes, plus Autopilot capture from Intercom, Zendesk, Slack and call recordingsRead automatically from calls, tickets and Slack, grouped into ranked proposals with the evidence counted
Specs and PRDsDeduplicated requests and summaries; specs written elsewherePRDs and tech specs from customer evidence and your code, with a source on every line
Code contextLinks feedback to Jira, Linear or GitHub issuesReads GitHub or Bitbucket, so specs and estimates match what's built
AI coding agentsFeedback data for Claude and ChatGPT via MCPProduct, code and customer context for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex via MCP
TrackingStatus synced from linked issues; changelog for customersStatus and risks from real work in Jira or Linear; customers told when it ships
PricingFree plan, then priced by tracked usersOne shared credit pool, no per-seat charge; start free with $100 in credits
Based on Canny's own website, as of October 2026. See Canny for their latest details. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
Use them together
No rip and replace.
Keep Canny as your public feedback portal if customers use it. Devplan works from your calls, tickets and Slack: it ranks what to build, writes code-grounded specs and tracks the work.
See integrations →- 01
Hear
Customer signals
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Rank
Proposals
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Spec
PRD with sources
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Build
Your tickets, your agents
Questions
Devplan vs Canny, answered
Is Devplan a Canny alternative?
Devplan is a Canny alternative for teams that want feedback turned into code-grounded specs and shipped features, beyond collecting votes. Canny is built around a feedback portal, roadmap and changelog; Devplan carries the evidence through to specs, tickets and delivery.
Does Devplan have a public feedback portal?
No. Devplan reads feedback where it already happens (calls, tickets, Slack and docs) rather than asking customers to post on a portal, and groups it into evidence-backed proposals. If you want a public voting board, Canny is built for that.
What does Devplan add that Canny doesn't cover?
Devplan writes PRDs and tech specs grounded in your code with a source on every line, sizes estimates from what's built, and generates status and risks from real work in Jira or Linear.
How is Devplan priced compared with Canny?
Devplan uses one shared credit pool with no per-seat charge, and you can start free with $100 in credits. Canny prices by tracked users; see canny.io/pricing.