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Notes from a team building feedback on autopilot.

Essays on product, engineering, and the long game of making software people don't have to ask for. Written by the team. New posts every Tuesday.

Cancellation Survey: Questions That Get a Real Answer

Cancellation Survey: Questions That Get a Real Answer

Most cancellation surveys measure comfort, not cause. What to ask when a customer ends a plan, when to ask it, and why the exit stays one click away.

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Aha Pricing: What Each Product and Tier Costs

Aha Pricing: What Each Product and Tier Costs

Aha sells Roadmaps, Ideas, Knowledge and Develop as separate per-user products. Roadmaps lists at $59 to $149 per user per month.

By marco
Jira Product Discovery Pricing: Creators, Not Users

Jira Product Discovery Pricing: Creators, Not Users

Jira Product Discovery bills per creator: $0 for three, then $10 or $25 each per month. Published views are read-only, so customers cannot vote.

By marco
How to Say No to Feature Requests Without Losing Users

How to Say No to Feature Requests Without Losing Users

Rust closes an RFC it will never accept and postpones one it might. Separating those two answers is what makes a declined feature request land well.

By marco
Productboard Pricing: Maker Seats and What You Pay

Productboard Pricing: Maker Seats and What You Pay

Productboard bills per maker seat: $19 a maker on Plus, $59 on Business with a two-maker minimum, and contributors are capped at 25 until Enterprise.

By marco
Beamer Pricing: Plans, MAU Limits and Add-On Costs

Beamer Pricing: Plans, MAU Limits and Add-On Costs

Beamer bills by monthly active users: $49 to $249 a month on annual billing, with Feedback and NPS as separate $99 add-ons.

By marco
Changelog Examples: Real Entries and a Format to Copy

Changelog Examples: Real Entries and a Format to Copy

Ten real changelog entries from Tailwind CSS, GitHub, Stripe and Elixir, the six Keep a Changelog categories, and a CHANGELOG.md you can paste.

By marco
How to Organize Customer Feedback: A System for SaaS Teams

How to Organize Customer Feedback: A System for SaaS Teams

A practical system to organize customer feedback: centralize every channel, build a small taxonomy, dedupe demand, and run a weekly triage that feeds your roadmap.

By marco
The New Era of Product Management and How SaaS Teams Can Win

The New Era of Product Management and How SaaS Teams Can Win

Learn what defines the new era of product management and how SaaS teams can adapt with outcome-based roadmaps, continuous discovery, feedback systems, and AI-assisted workflows.

By marco
Multi-Channel Customer Feedback for SaaS Teams

Multi-Channel Customer Feedback for SaaS Teams

Learn how SaaS teams build multi-channel customer feedback systems across email, in-app, web, and support, then centralize, prioritize, and close the loop.

By lauren