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Markup.io vs BugHerd

Markup.io is for a large group approving files; BugHerd is for an agency needing each comment to become a tracked bug. Markup.io sells a workspace at $79 a month with unlimited members, covering more than thirty file types. BugHerd sells members at $50 a month for five, keeps clients free, and turns pins into tasks.

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Markup.io

Markup.io

A review tool for files and websites, sold by workspace rather than by seat, where collaborators join as guests without registering and more than thirty file types, video included, take comments.

Free plan
None. A 14 day trial that asks for a card; a lapsed trial keeps the five most recent MarkUps and 10 GB
Paid plan entry
Pro, $79 a month, for one workspace with unlimited members, admins and guests
What the price counts
MarkUps: each plan carries a monthly allowance, and extra ones cost $4 each in batches of ten
BugHerd

BugHerd

A pin-on-the-page feedback tool for agencies and studios, sold by team members with clients thrown in free.

Free plan
None. A free trial, whose length its pricing page does not state
Paid plan entry
Standard, $50 a month or $42 billed annually, for 5 members. Extra members are $8 each a month
What the price counts
Members. Client users and projects are unlimited on every plan

What are Markup.io and BugHerd built for?

Markup.io

Markup.io

Markup.io is a review tool for files and websites sold by workspace rather than by seat. Collaborators join as guests with no registration, every plan carries unlimited users, and the thing being reviewed can be any of more than thirty file types, video included. Its own site does not mention console logs, network requests, browser metadata or session replay; the Chrome extension attaches a screenshot to a comment. Integrations are described as project management, content management and design tools, without a single name.

BugHerd

BugHerd

BugHerd is a pin-on-the-page feedback tool for agencies and studios, sold by team member with clients thrown in free. Feedback pins to an element on a live website, a Figma design, a PDF or an image, and becomes a task. Every plan carries unlimited client users and unlimited projects, and captures a screenshot with the browser, the operating system and the URL. Session replay and console capture are not offered; LogRocket or FullStory sessions can be linked through an integration.

How do Markup.io and BugHerd compare head to head?

Dimension
Markup.io Markup.io
BugHerd BugHerd
Free plan
None. A 14 day trial that asks for a card; a lapsed trial keeps the five most recent MarkUps and 10 GB
None. A free trial, whose length its pricing page does not state
Paid plan entry
Pro, $79 a month, for one workspace with unlimited members, admins and guests
Standard, $50 a month or $42 billed annually, for 5 members. Extra members are $8 each a month
What the price counts
MarkUps: each plan carries a monthly allowance, and extra ones cost $4 each in batches of ten
Members. Client users and projects are unlimited on every plan
What it takes feedback on
Live websites and more than thirty file types, including video
Live websites, Figma designs, PDFs and images
Outside reviewers
Guests join without registering, unlimited on every plan
Client users are unlimited on every plan and never count as a member
Session replay
Not mentioned anywhere on its site
Not offered on any plan. LogRocket or FullStory sessions can be linked
Console and network capture
Not mentioned anywhere on its site. The Chrome extension attaches a screenshot to a comment
Not offered on any plan. It captures a screenshot with browser, operating system and URL
Screen recording
Not stated on its site. Uploaded video files can be reviewed Pending verification
Video feedback, recorded by the reporter, on every plan
Issue tracker integrations
Described as project management, content management and design tools; none named, and the full list did not open on the day it was read Pending verification
Trello, Slack and GitHub from Standard. Jira, Asana, Linear, ClickUp and Monday from Premium, $150 a month or $125 billed annually
MCP server
Not stated on its site Pending verification
BugHerd MCP, in beta, on every plan
Storage
10 GB on a lapsed trial; live plan storage not stated, Enterprise lifts it to unlimited Pending verification
10 GB on Standard, 25 GB on Studio, 50 GB on Premium
Upper tiers
Business from $499 a month, billed by invoice. Enterprise quoted, with unlimited workspaces and storage
Three tiers above Standard, Studio and Premium among them; Premium at $150 a month, or $125 billed annually, carries the full tracker list

Every claim about Markup.io and BugHerd comes from each vendor's own public materials, read on 13 September 2026. Products change; check each vendor's site before deciding. Pending cells are unresearched, not zero.

When should you choose Markup.io, and when BugHerd?

Markup.io

Choose Markup.io when

  • The review group is large and changes every month. Markup.io's workspace carries unlimited members, admins and guests at one price, so an agency's whole client roster and its freelancers cost nothing extra; BugHerd counts and bills every member.
  • The work is a video or a file type BugHerd does not open. Markup.io states more than thirty file types including video; BugHerd reviews live sites, Figma designs, PDFs and images.
  • Nobody on the client side can be asked to sign up. Markup.io states that collaborators join as guests without registering.
  • You would rather budget by the number of reviews than by headcount. Markup.io meters MarkUps and sells extras at $4 each; a busy month is a known cost rather than a new tier.
BugHerd

Choose BugHerd when

  • Every comment has to become a task somebody owns. BugHerd turns a pin into a task, with Trello, Slack and GitHub connected on the entry plan; Markup.io names none of its integrations in public.
  • Your team is five people and the price matters. BugHerd's Standard is $42 a month billed annually for five members, against Markup.io's $79 for a workspace.
  • The work being reviewed is a Figma design with a developer waiting for the outcome. BugHerd pins on Figma files and attaches the browser, operating system and URL to a website pin, which Markup.io's site does not mention.
  • You want an agent in the loop today. BugHerd lists its MCP server, in beta, on every plan.
Notarus

The third option

Where does Notarus fit?

Neither tool tells a developer what the browser was doing when the reviewer clicked. Notarus does, on the free plan: session replay, console logs, network requests and the environment arrive with every report, with unlimited seats and 5 projects, and every panel action is also an MCP tool so an agent can work the board.

It is the wrong tool for what these two are best at. Feedback is taken on a live web page and nothing else: no Figma design, no PDF, no image and no video file, and there is no mobile SDK, no Intercom and no Zendesk. A creative team approving a thirty-page PDF has no reason to be here.

Where Markup.io bills by MarkUp and BugHerd by member, Notarus counts neither, and states its three prices on the pricing page rather than in a quote.

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Seats on Free
Unlimited
Projects on Free
5
Replay retention
30 days
Session replay
On Free
Console and network
Every report
MCP server
Every plan

What do buyers ask about Markup.io vs BugHerd?

Is BugHerd cheaper than Markup.io?

For a small team, yes. BugHerd's Standard is $50 a month, or $42 billed annually, for five members with extra members at $8 each; Markup.io's Pro is $79 a month for one workspace. The order flips once the group is large, because Markup.io's workspace carries unlimited users while BugHerd bills each member, so a twenty-person review team on BugHerd's Standard is five members in the plan and fifteen more at $8 each, and nothing extra on Markup.io.

Do Markup.io and BugHerd both review PDFs?

Yes. BugHerd pins feedback on live websites, Figma designs, PDFs and images on every plan. Markup.io states support for more than thirty file types, including video, which BugHerd does not list.

Which one captures the console log?

Neither. BugHerd's pricing page lists no console logs, network requests or session replay on any plan; what it captures is a screenshot with the browser, the operating system and the URL. Markup.io's site does not mention console logs, network requests, browser metadata or session replay at all, and its Chrome extension attaches a screenshot to a comment.

Do clients count against a seat on either?

On neither. Markup.io states that collaborators can join as guests with no registration required and that every plan supports unlimited users. BugHerd's client users are a free, unlimited role on every plan; only members, the people working the tasks, are counted and priced.

Does Markup.io or BugHerd have an MCP server?

BugHerd does. It lists a BugHerd MCP server, in beta, on every plan, so an agent can work its tasks from the Standard tier at $50 a month. Markup.io's site does not state an MCP server, and this page marks that as pending verification rather than as a no. Notarus, the third option here, exposes every panel action as an MCP tool. Of the two tools compared, BugHerd is the one that documents agent access today.

Or try the third option on the free plan.

5 projects and unlimited seats, session replay included. No card.

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