UserVoice

Run a focused feedback portal and manual research repository

NOT REALLY · consider alternatives
price variesestimated build time closest consolation build: one sittingreplaced by 0 people

A consolation build is possible, but the paid product's decisive value sits outside a solo rebuild. For UserVoice, run a focused feedback portal and manual research repository. The hard boundary is enterprise customer identity, integrations, analytics, governance, and consulting, plus participant network, synthesis workflow, and collaboration.

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What you give up

  • enterprise customer identity, integrations, analytics, governance, and consulting
  • large participant panel
  • recording and transcription infrastructure
  • advanced research repository
  • enterprise governance

Why people still pay

People still pay for UserVoice because people pay either for access to participants or for a research repository that keeps evidence usable across an organization. The recurring cost buys recruitment, consent, scheduling, media storage, transcription, tagging consistency, notifications, search, and retention, not just the visible interface.

Your build guide

The stack, security requirements, and agent rules for a focused replacement.

Before you start

  • PostgreSQL
  • public HTTPS deployment
  • Resend API key
  • optional video-call links
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Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Drizzle ORM, and Resend.
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Model the inputs, state transitions, and outputs named in this feedback boards, interviews and product research prompt; keep source IDs and timestamps.
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Interface for this feedback boards, interviews and product research workflow: a local web page with input, progress, review, and export views.
engineering roadmap

Implementation plan

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Phase 1, architecture and data

Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Drizzle ORM, and Resend. Model the inputs, state transitions, and outputs named in this feedback boards, interviews and product research prompt; keep source IDs and timestamps.

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Phase 2, implement

Create public and private feedback intake with consent text and optional contact details.

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Phase 3, implement

Support posts, votes, comments, tags, statuses, owners, and duplicate merging.

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Phase 4, review and output

Add a research note type with evidence links, quotes, themes, and confidence. Provide email notifications, moderation, export, deletion, and an audit log.

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Phase 5, recovery and acceptance

If Resend API key is unavailable, keep the source record and show a recoverable error instead of a fabricated result. Verify this invariant with a saved fixture: An invalid input or interrupted operation must retain the source and show a recoverable state; exported records must reload with the same IDs. State the practical limit: enterprise customer identity, integrations, analytics, governance, and consulting.

the pro prompt
Build me a focused feedback boards, interviews and product research workflow for the personal core of UserVoice. Requirements:

- Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Drizzle ORM, and Resend. Model the inputs, state transitions, and outputs named in this feedback boards, interviews and product research prompt; keep source IDs and timestamps.
- Paid product context: Run a focused feedback portal and manual research repository. Build only this DIY scope: Collect structured feedback in a focused portal and research repository, merge duplicates, connect evidence to themes, and publish a transparent status or research view.
- Create public and private feedback intake with consent text and optional contact details.
- Support posts, votes, comments, tags, statuses, owners, and duplicate merging.
- Add a research note type with evidence links, quotes, themes, and confidence. Publish a read-only roadmap or findings page using only explicitly public items.
- Use a local web page with input, progress, review, and export views. Required input or access: public HTTPS deployment; Resend API key. Keep credentials in .env.
- Recovery: If Resend API key is unavailable, keep the source record and show a recoverable error instead of a fabricated result.
- Acceptance: with one labelled sample, show the input, saved intermediate state, and exported result; verify this invariant: An invalid input or interrupted operation must retain the source and show a recoverable state; exported records must reload with the same IDs.
- Out of scope: enterprise customer identity, integrations, analytics, governance, and consulting; large participant panel. Keep this a personal, inspectable workflow.
- Include a README with setup, a sample input, required keys or permissions, data location, and the supported scope.

$ open in your agent (prompt prefilled, you press enter), copy the prompt or copy AGENTS.md · generated from this app's build plan

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Alternatives to building your own

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UserVoice pricing

planmonthlyannual (per mo)what you get
custom——Unlimited seats; price varies by feedback volume, selected tools and integrations.Quote required; the vendor states it does not charge by seat.

free tierno free tier

billingCustom contract pricing only; a 30-day trial is available through sales.

hidden costsOver-limit use may create additional monthly spend under the contract; professional services are available separately; typical onboarding is 4-6 weeks, with technical setup commonly 1-2 weeks.

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Questions about UserVoice

Can you build your own UserVoice with AI?

A full replacement is not the recommended project. A consolation build is possible, but the paid product's decisive value sits outside a solo rebuild. For UserVoice, run a focused feedback portal and manual research repository. The hard boundary is enterprise customer identity, integrations, analytics, governance, and consulting, plus participant network, synthesis workflow, and collaboration.

What does the UserVoice build prompt cover?

The prompt starts with this scope: Collect structured feedback in a focused portal and research repository, merge duplicates, connect evidence to themes, and publish a transparent status or research view. Full-product capabilities excluded from the comparison include: enterprise customer identity, integrations, analytics, governance, and consulting; large participant panel; recording and transcription infrastructure. Follow the implementation plan and its prerequisites before expanding the build.

How do I use the prompt, AGENTS.md and agent skills?

Start with the UserVoice prerequisites and stack, then copy the prompt into your coding agent. Save the project rules as AGENTS.md in the project root. Linked skills are optional packages or source instructions for specific tasks; review their current contents and install only those matching the chosen stack. A skill does not supply API credentials or verify the finished app.

How long will this UserVoice project take?

The catalogue estimate is closest consolation build: one sitting for the limited scope. Setup, integration approvals, debugging, deployment and ongoing maintenance can add time. This is an estimate, not a delivery guarantee.

What would I give up by replacing UserVoice?

enterprise customer identity, integrations, analytics, governance, and consulting; large participant panel; recording and transcription infrastructure; advanced research repository; enterprise governance. People still pay for UserVoice because people pay either for access to participants or for a research repository that keeps evidence usable across an organization. The recurring cost buys recruitment, consent, scheduling, media storage, transcription, tagging consistency, notifications, search, and retention, not just the visible interface.

What can I use instead of building UserVoice?

Quackback: A focused feedback portal plus an internal evidence inbox, without UserVoice's enterprise procurement ritual. Check each option's license, hosting needs and feature limits.

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