Layerdock vs SureFeedback

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How this comparison was made

Both sets of prices were read off each vendor’s own pricing page on — not from a directory or another roundup, which are routinely months stale.

Layerdock makes one of these two tools. The section naming where SureFeedback is the better choice is real and is not a softened weakness — if it fits your work better, buy it.

SureFeedback if you are a WordPress shop that wants client comments to stay on your own server. Layerdock if you review sites on any stack and would rather not run the software.

SureFeedback vs Layerdock at a glance

 SureFeedbackLayerdock
Entry price$25/mo ($199 first year)$19/mo
Where it runsYour WordPress installHosted by Layerdock
StacksWordPressAny public site
Free planNo (7-day trial)Yes
Console + networkNot listedAgency ($59 to $69/mo)

SureFeedback, formerly ProjectHuddle, runs on your own WordPress install rather than on the vendor’s servers. That is the whole reason to pick it: comments and screenshots never leave infrastructure you control.

The cost of that is that you run and update it yourself, and that it suits WordPress. Layerdock is hosted, works on whatever stack the client site uses, and needs nothing installed on it for a public site.

When SureFeedback is the better choice

  • Feedback data stays on infrastructure you control, which matters to some regulated clients. Nothing else in this list offers self-hosting.
  • A low annual price: $199 for the first year.
  • Deep fit with WordPress workflows.

When Layerdock is the better choice

  • Nothing to host, patch or update. Layerdock is a hosted link.
  • Works on React apps, static sites and anything else, not only WordPress.
  • Console and network capture on every pin (read on Agency), and a free plan.

Layerdock pricing

$19/mo — Pro: per workspace, unlimited reviewers, 5 docks

$69/mo — Agency ($59/mo billed yearly): unlimited docks, console + network diagnostics

Console and network diagnostics are on the Agency plan, not the entry plan. Compare that tier, not the headline price, if diagnostics are what you are buying. See full pricing.

Common questions

Can Layerdock be self-hosted?

No. Layerdock is a hosted service. If keeping feedback data on your own server is a hard requirement, SureFeedback is the choice.

Does SureFeedback have a free plan?

No, a 7-day trial. Layerdock has a permanent Free plan with 1 seat, 2 docks and 35 pins a month.

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