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Drumroll
vs Canny.

Canny is a feedback and roadmap platform; the changelog is a small part of it, and pricing scales with tracked users. Drumroll is just the changelog (plus docs), free, if that's the part you actually need.

When Drumroll fits

You want a clean public changelog and lightweight docs, drafted from your GitHub/JIRA/Bitbucket sources. You don't need feature-voting boards or a public roadmap, and you don't want pricing that scales with tracked users or gates SSO and branding behind a custom Business quote.

When Canny fits

Customer feedback is core to how you build - you want upvoted feature requests, a public roadmap with status columns, and changelog all in one place, and you have budget as your tracked-user count grows.

Side by side.

Real product shape - what each tool actually does and doesn’t do. No tick-box theatre.

  • Pricing

    DrumrollFree until 500 workspaces, then revisitedCannyFree tier; Pro ~$79/mo; Business custom

  • Tracked-user pricing

    DrumrollNone - visitors aren't counted or chargedCannyYes - scales with tracked users

  • Changelog surface

    DrumrollYes - public page, tags, sections, reactionsCannyYes - one module of the product

  • Public guides / docs

    DrumrollYes - nested tree, search, tagsCannyNo

  • Feature voting boards

    DrumrollNot yetCannyYes - the core product

  • Public roadmap

    DrumrollNot yetCannyYes

  • GitHub Releases sync

    DrumrollNative - releases become entriesCannyManual import only

  • JIRA / Bitbucket sync

    DrumrollNative - fix versions, tags, .md repoCannyManual import only

  • Auto-draft from commits

    DrumrollYes - prefills next entry from your commitsCannyNo

  • SSO

    DrumrollOn the roadmapCannyBusiness tier (custom)

  • Custom domain

    DrumrollOn the roadmapCannyPaid (from ~$19 floor)

  • Public read API

    DrumrollYes - JSON, CORS-enabledCannyYes (paid tier)

  • Hosting

    DrumrollCloudflare Workers, edge-servedCannyManaged SaaS

Where Canny wins

  • Feature-voting boards - the heart of Canny, and a whole product Drumroll doesn't have. If collecting and prioritizing feedback is core, this is the reason to pick Canny.
  • Public roadmap with status columns customers can follow and vote on.
  • Mature feedback workflows - dedupe, merge, status automation, a large integrations ecosystem.
  • Richer analytics dashboards than Drumroll has today.
  • Established company with a dedicated support team and enterprise controls.

Where Drumroll wins

  • Free, with no tracked-user pricing. Your changelog isn't a line item that grows with your user base.
  • Developer-native source sync - GitHub Releases, JIRA fix versions, Bitbucket tags, Markdown repo. Canny imports are manual.
  • Auto-draft from commits - the next entry is pre-filled from git. Nothing equivalent on Canny.
  • Public guides / docs alongside the changelog - Canny has no docs surface.
  • Far less product to learn if changelog is all you need; minutes to onboard a teammate.

So which one?

Pick Drumroll if
You only need the changelog (and maybe docs). You don't want tracked-user pricing or the tier ladder, and free matters.
Pick Canny if
Feature voting and a public roadmap are central to how your team builds, and you want them unified with the changelog.

Try it on your changelog.

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Canny is a feedback platform - voting boards, public roadmap, changelog. Drumroll is unaffiliated with Canny; this comparison reflects publicly available information at time of writing and may go out of date as either product evolves.

Drumroll vs Canny - just the changelog, free, no tracked-user pricing