OPEN-SOURCE MIGRATION BENCHMARK License: MIT ★ 3.7k GitHub Stars

Replace Canny.io / Productboard with Self-Hosted Fider

Open-source feature voting, product feedback portal, and public roadmap written in Go & React Stop paying Growth ($79–$359/mo tracked user caps) ($79/mo for a 10-person team) and run Fider on a $4.50/mo Linux VPS with full data sovereignty.

10-Seat Annual Savings

+$894 / yr

vs Canny.io / Productboard standard plan

Container RAM & vCPU

128 MB RAM

0.25 vCPU • Migration: Instant (5-minute deploy)

Recommended Cloud Box

$4.50/mo VPS

Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU)

1-to-100 Seat Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Table

Comparing Canny.io / Productboard (Growth ($79–$359/mo tracked user caps)) vs Fider on Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU).

Team Size	Canny.io / Productboard Cost	Fider VPS	Net Annual Savings
1 Seat (Solo)	$79.00/mo ($948/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$894 / year
5 Seats	$79.00/mo ($948/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$894 / year
10 Seats	$79.00/mo ($948/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$894 / year
25 Seats	$79.00/mo ($948/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$894 / year
50 Seats	$79.00/mo ($948/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$894 / year
100 Seats	$79.00/mo ($948/yr)	$4.50/mo (CX22)	+$894 / year

Production Docker Compose + Caddy Auto-SSL

Copy and run docker compose up -d on any Ubuntu 24.04 server.

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# Production Docker Compose: Fider (Replaces Canny.io / Productboard)
services:
  caddy:
    image: caddy:2-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
    volumes:
      - ./Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile:ro
      - caddy_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  fider-logchimp:
    image: getfider/fider:stable
    container_name: stack-fider-logchimp
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "BASE_URL=https://feedback.${DOMAIN:-yourdomain.com}"
      - "DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-strongpassword}@postgres:5432/fider?sslmode=disable"
      - "JWT_SECRET=${FIDER_SECRET:-super_secret_jwt_key_32_chars}"
    volumes:
      - fider_logchimp_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  postgres:
    image: pgvector/pgvector:pg16
    container_name: stack-postgres
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "POSTGRES_USER=postgres"
      - "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-strongpassword}"
    volumes:
      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

networks:
  stack_net:
    driver: bridge

volumes:
  caddy_data:
  fider_logchimp_data:
  postgres_data:

Caddyfile (Automatic HTTPS Reverse Proxy):

# Automatic Let's Encrypt HTTPS for Fider
fider-logchimp.{$DOMAIN:yourdomain.com} {
  encode zstd gzip
  reverse_proxy fider-logchimp:3000
}

Why Teams Switch to Fider

✓Uses <80MB RAM in Go
✓1-click OAuth sign-in (Google, GitHub, Custom OIDC)
✓Unlimited tracked voters & public changelog

GitHub Repository getfider/fider

Official Website fider.io

Docker Image getfider/fider:stable

Database Needed PostgreSQL 16

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Hetzner Cloud (CX22)

Includes €20 Free Cloud Credit

$4.50/mo →

DigitalOcean Droplet

Includes $200 60-Day Free Credit

$24.00/mo →

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Zero server maintenance

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