Alternatives to Pastel
Client feedback on live sites for agencies
Pastel ranks #7 of 7 in Website feedback tools, with an Alt Score of 51. It is proprietary, freemium from $35/month (Pro) and available on the web. 8 of 12 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Creative agencies, marketing teams, web designers, and project managers who need to collect visual feedback and approvals on live websites or creative work from clients and stakeholders, including guests without accounts.
A shared workspace where anyone can click directly on a live webpage (or uploaded image/design) to leave a pinned comment, tagged image attachments, or mention a teammate. Comments can be labeled, marked resolved, and paused when you don't want new feedback coming in. Feedback can be converted into tasks for project management tools, and pages can be checked across different screen sizes for responsive review.
A reviewer opens the live site or asset through a shared link and clicks anywhere on the page to drop a comment or annotation at that exact spot. The team and any invited guests discuss the comment thread in real time, then mark it resolved once addressed or push it out as a task to another tool.
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Feature comparison
How Pastel compares with its alternatives, feature by feature.
| Website feedback tools checklist | Pastel | Userback | Marker.io | Usersnap | BugHerd | PushFeedback |
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Every fact and feature listed for Pastel is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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Pricing model Freemium verified 2026-07-10
Free Forever
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License Proprietary verified 2026-07-10
All materials on this site are protected by copyright and intellectual property laws and are the property of Pastel Labs Inc or its licensors.
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Starts at $35/month (Pro) verified 2026-07-10
Pro plan; exact figure not directly quoted on the plans page.
Pro
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Platforms Web verified 2026-07-10
That’s because Pastel works right out of the box. No code snippets or Chrome extensions to install.
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Status active verified 2026-07-10
June 12, 2026
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Screenshot capture Yes verified 2026-07-10
Pastel attaches key information like browser type, screen size and a precise screenshot.
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Annotations on page Yes verified 2026-07-10
Give visual feedback directly on websites. With any device on browser.
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Session replay / video capture No verified 2026-07-10
Reviews uploaded videos; no user session-replay capture.
Video feedback means reviewing a video and leaving comments, suggestions, or approval requests at specific moments.
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Browser/OS metadata auto-attached Partial verified 2026-07-10
Attaches browser + screen size; OS not confirmed.
Pastel attaches key information like browser type, screen size and a precise screenshot.
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Guest reporting without login Yes verified 2026-07-10
Unlimited guest reviewers
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Jira / GitHub / Trello integrations Partial verified 2026-07-10
Export/integrations rather than deep two-way sync.
Export to Trello, Asana, Jira, etc.
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Static-site friendly Yes verified 2026-07-10
Type in a URL and share a link with anyone to invite them to start annotating any website.
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Free tier limits Partial verified 2026-07-10
The free plan has access to 1 active canvas at a time, and unlimited archived canvases.
https://usepastel.com/plans
FAQ
Yes. Userback, PushFeedback and Ruttl have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.