Upvoted: the simpler, flat-priced, EU-hosted Frill alternative

Upvoted vs Frill at a glance

Frill uses tiered pricing from 19 USD per month, with more advanced capabilities on higher tiers or sold as add-ons. Upvoted is a single flat plan at 9 EUR per month with everything included on one plan. Because the prices are close, the real differences are EU hosting, magic-link no-login voting, and a single truly all-inclusive plan. The table below maps what matters.

Pricing model: one flat 9 EUR plan vs Frill tiers and add-ons

Frill uses tiered pricing starting at 19 USD per month, with more advanced capabilities reserved for higher tiers or sold as add-ons. Upvoted is a flat 9 EUR per month with everything included: unlimited boards, unlimited voters, unlimited admin seats, a custom domain, the embeddable widget and the changelog, all on one plan. Honestly, the headline price is close, so this is not a story about being dramatically cheaper. The difference is predictability: with Upvoted there is one plan and one price, nothing is parked behind a higher tier or an add-on, and your bill does not change as you grow.

EU hosting and GDPR by default

Upvoted is hosted in the EU and GDPR-native, so voter data stays in Europe without extra data-processing gymnastics. Frill, by contrast, is not EU-hosted, and for a European business that can mean an extra look at where personal data is processed and how transfers are handled. If you sell to European customers or care about where personal data lives, EU-native hosting removes a whole class of legal questions before they come up. This is one of the clearest, most concrete differences between the two tools, because it is structural rather than a feature you can toggle on.

Magic-link voting with no login vs account-based voting

Voting on Upvoted uses a magic link: one email, one tap, one vote, with no account and no password to store. A voter clicks a link in their inbox and their vote is counted, full stop. Account-based voting asks people to sign in or create a profile before they can be heard, and every extra step is a reason to give up. Friction is the enemy of feedback, so keeping the path from opinion to recorded vote as short as possible is one of the most reliable ways to collect more honest signal from the people who actually use your product.

Migration: low-risk, both export to CSV

Switching is low-risk because both tools let you export your data as CSV. You can lift your posts and votes out of Frill and import the signal that matters into Upvoted without losing history, and because Upvoted keeps the model deliberately small (posts, votes, three statuses), there is very little to re-map. The goal of any migration is simply to keep your feedback loop running, so the practical move is to export from Frill, bring the active boards across, and point your widget and custom domain at Upvoted once you are ready.

Frequently asked questions

Is Upvoted a good Frill alternative for a small SaaS?

Yes. If you want a public roadmap with voting and a changelog, Upvoted covers that on a flat 9 EUR per month plan with everything included, EU-hosted, with magic-link voting that needs no account. Frill is a strong, polished option too; the reasons to pick Upvoted are EU hosting, no-login voting and a single all-inclusive plan.

Is Upvoted cheaper than Frill?

Not dramatically. Frill starts at 19 USD per month and Upvoted is a flat 9 EUR per month, so the prices are close. The real difference is that Upvoted includes everything on one plan with nothing gated behind a higher tier or sold as an add-on, so the price stays predictable as you grow.

Can I move my data from Frill to Upvoted?

Yes. Both tools export to CSV, so you can take your posts and votes out of Frill and bring them into Upvoted without losing history. Because Upvoted keeps a small, opinionated data model, there is very little to re-map during the switch.