1. Problem & proposed solution

SaaS teams want to capture product feedback where usage happens – inside the app.
Most existing feedback/feature-voting tools (Canny, Productboard, UserVoice, etc.) are portal-centric: you are redirected to a public roadmap site.
Teams complain that:

• Users drop off when they have to create another account (poor conversion).
• Canny’s cheapest plan that offers SSO/Widget is $399 / mo – too expensive for many early-stage tools.
• Embeds offered by competitors are iFrames with limited styling and no semantic deduplication.

EmbedVotes focuses exclusively on an embeddable, SSO-aware React/Web-Component widget, automatic duplicate detection with semantic search, and direct sync to dev tools (Jira/Linear). That positioning is distinctive.

2. Evidence of demand

Reddit thread supplied by the founder: r/SaaS «What embeddable Canny/Productboard/User…» already contains >50 comments of founders looking for an embedded-only alternative and discussing pricing pain points. Other community signals:

• r/SaaS search "Canny pricing" – multiple threads (July 2023, Feb 2024) complaining about $400 plan.
• HackerNews discussion “Ask HN: Canny alternative...