The closest free Feedbucket alternative, plus 3 more picks
MarkLayer replaces Feedbucket's core job, visual feedback on a live page, for free and on pages you do not control. It does not replace a standing feedback button on your own site, screenshot and video capture, console logs or tag sync with 16 trackers. Marker.io, Userback and BugHerd each cover part of that gap, at a price.
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Feedbucket alternatives compared
| Option | Price | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| MarkLayer | Pro $49/month (2 members); Business $89/month (25 members); Enterprise custom. Unlimited projects on every plan. 14-day trial, no free plan. Checked October 2026 | Anyone who wants to annotate a page without owning it, and teams reviewing together in real time. |
| Marker.io | From $59/month ($39/mo billed annually, 3 team members) | Engineering teams that want Feedbucket's widget model with developer tools on every report. |
| Userback | Paid (subscription per user/month) | Product teams collecting feedback from their own users, not only reviewers, on a budget. |
| BugHerd | No free plan. Standard $50/month (5 members); extra seats $8 each | QA teams that want the board inside the tool instead of routing everything out to a tracker. |
Top free Feedbucket alternatives
1. MarkLayer
Free and open source, with nothing to install for a public page: paste any URL at marklayer.app, annotate the live page with drawings, comments, arrows and highlights, then share a link. There is no member count, no project count and no script tag, so a client's production site or a competitor's checkout works the same as your own staging. Live cursors and a peer-to-peer voice or video call run in the same room, a kanban board sorts threads by status, and every share link is also an MCP server, so Claude Code or Cursor can watch the room, resolve threads and leave annotations of their own. A page behind a login needs the free browser extension, in each reviewer's own signed-in tab. An unclaimed link is deleted 90 days after its last activity; claiming it with the free account stops that clock.
2. Marker.io
The closest paid match to Feedbucket's shape: a widget on your site, or a browser extension, that files annotated screenshots with environment details into a tracker. Starter is $59 a month, or $39 billed yearly, for three users, ten guests and ten projects with basic integrations. Two-way Jira sync, session replay, console logs, custom branding and CSV export need Team at $199 a month, or $149 yearly, for 15 users. Every plan has a 15-day trial, no card needed, and an Agency plan at $129 a month, or $99 yearly, is open to eligible small agencies.
3. Userback
The only widget tool here with a permanent free plan: two seats, two projects, and feedback that stays visible for 7 days. Team is $29 a month billed yearly, or $39 monthly, for five seats and five projects with two-way Jira and ClickUp sync, MCP connectors and Zapier. Session replay, custom branding and surveys need Business at $79 a month yearly, or $99 monthly, for unlimited seats and 25 projects. Business Plus at $159 yearly adds the REST API, webhooks and logo removal.
4. BugHerd
A visual bug tracker with a built-in kanban board: every pinned comment becomes a task with browser, OS and resolution captured, and unlimited client users on every plan. There is no free plan. Standard is $50 a month, or $42 billed yearly, for five members with Trello, Slack and GitHub among its standard integrations. Jira, Asana, Linear, ClickUp and Monday sync, private team commenting and custom branding sit on Premium at $150 a month. Extra members are $8 a month each.
What Feedbucket is, and the one line that matters
Feedbucket is a script you add to a site you own. From then on a feedback button lives there, and any visitor or client can capture an annotated screenshot or a video and have it routed into Jira, Linear, Asana, ClickUp, Trello, Notion, Slack or one of a dozen others. Every plan has unlimited projects and client reporters; what you pay for is team members, two on Pro and 25 on Business. There is no free plan after the 14-day trial.
That one line of JavaScript is the real boundary. It is nothing on your own product and a wall on a client's production site, a competitor's checkout or a third-party tool. The head-to-head with Feedbucket goes row by row. This page is for choosing between the alternatives.
Which one fits which job
MarkLayer is the free replacement for review that does not need the widget: open any page, annotate it, share the link. It adds live cursors and an in-room call, which Feedbucket does not advertise, and an agent on every link. It gives up screenshot and video capture, console logs and tracker sync; it files one Jira, Linear or GitHub issue per thread and nothing comes back.
Marker.io is the paid tool shaped most like Feedbucket, with developer tools attached to each report and a browser extension beside the widget. Userback is the budget route and the only one with a free plan, aimed at feedback from users rather than reviewers. BugHerd keeps the board inside the tool. If the thing you would pay Feedbucket for is video reports landing in ClickUp or Notion, Marker.io and Userback are the comparable spend. If it is console logs on a $49 plan, Feedbucket's Business at $89 is still the cheaper way to get them than Marker.io's Team.
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Prices come from each vendor's own pricing page, read on 11 October 2026:
Frequently asked questions
- What is the closest free Feedbucket alternative?
- MarkLayer, for annotating a live page and sharing it by link, with nothing installed on the site and no member cap. For a standing feedback button on your own site with video capture and console logs, none of the free options match Feedbucket, and the paid tools above are the honest comparison. Userback's free plan is the only other free widget here, at two seats and two projects.
- How much does Feedbucket cost?
- Per its pricing page on 11 October 2026: Pro is $49 a month for two team members, with screenshot and video feedback, members-only feedback, an MCP connector and API access. Business is $89 a month for 25 members and adds console logs, custom branding, custom metadata and data and webhook export. Enterprise is custom. Every plan has unlimited projects, feedback and client reporters, a 14-day trial with no card, and yearly billing saves 20%; the page does not print the yearly dollar amounts.
- Does Feedbucket have a free plan?
- No. There is a 14-day trial of every plan, and after that Pro at $49 a month is the floor.
- Can clients report feedback on Feedbucket without an account?
- Yes. Client reporters are unlimited and need no account on every plan, once the script is on the site. The account is on the team side, and someone with deploy access has to add the script. On MarkLayer nobody on either side needs an account and nothing goes on the site.
- Which of these work on a site I don't control?
- MarkLayer does, on any public URL, and on a page behind a login through its free extension. Marker.io, Userback and BugHerd each list a browser extension beside their widget, so a reviewer can report on a page without the script. Feedbucket is widget-only: the script has to be on the site.
- Which ones connect to an AI coding agent?
- MarkLayer: every share link answers MCP with nothing installed, free, and the agent can watch, resolve, reply, create annotations and suggest text edits. Feedbucket lists an MCP connector on every plan, Userback has MCP connectors from Team, Marker.io lists MCP among its AI features, and BugHerd's MCP is in beta.
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Paste any URL at marklayer.app and annotate the live page in your browser. No install, no account, no sign-up. Recipients of your share links don't need to install anything either.
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