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BugHerd vs GitHub Issues

We give BugHerd a 2.2 GPA and GitHub Issues a 3.4, out of 4.0. GitHub Issues grades higher on value for money, the free plan, features and ease of use. They get the same grade on platforms.

Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.

BugHerd

Visual feedback and bug reports pinned to live web pages

Free trial · from $42/mo
Full detailsbugherd.com

GitHub Issues

Issue tracking and project planning built into GitHub

Free plan · from $4/mo
Full detailsgithub.com

How we grade them

2.2GPABugHerdFair3.4GPAGitHub IssuesVery good
Value for money
CGraded against its own alternatives. Standard is $42 a month billed yearly ($50 monthly) for up to 5 members; split five ways that's about what Jira or Linear charge a seat, with clients commenting free. One person pays the full $42, and Jira and Asana links need Premium at $125.
AIssues isn't sold on its own: it comes with every GitHub plan, the free one included, and Team is $4 a user a month for the whole platform, under the $5.10 where this category's cheapest quarter starts. Enterprise at $21 is only for single sign-on and the self-hosted server.
Free plan and trial
CA 7-day free trial with no credit card needed, enough to run one round of client feedback on a real site. There's no free plan after that.
AGitHub Free includes Issues and Projects with unlimited public and private repositories, so there's no cap a normal team runs into. Support on Free is community only, which is the one thing you're giving up.
Features
CIt does visual feedback fully: click-to-comment on live pages with screenshots and browser details, plus Figma designs, PDFs, text edits and video, all landing on a kanban board. That's a much smaller job than running projects, though.
BIssues with sub-issues, dependencies, labels and milestones, and Projects on top with table, board and roadmap views, custom fields, week-by-week iterations, built-in automations and a burn-up chart. The whole tracking job, then. Projects stops at 50 fields, and there's no time logging.
Ease of use
CNo store rating on record. Clients just click and type, but first you add a script to each site or have reviewers install the extension, then set up projects and members.
BNo store rating on record, but there's genuinely nothing to set up: if your code is on GitHub, the tracker is already in the account you use every day. Every mouse action has a keyboard shortcut or a CLI command too.
Platforms and integrations
BWeb, with extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari, sending tasks to Trello, Slack, GitHub and Zapier on every plan and Jira, Asana, Linear and ClickUp on Premium. No phone apps.
BWeb, iPhone and Android, plus the GitHub CLI if you'd rather stay in the terminal, and a GraphQL API with Actions behind it. No desktop app for issues, which is what keeps it off the top mark.
Best forcollecting client feedback on websitesteams whose code already lives on GitHub

The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: BugHerd and GitHub Issues. How we grade

Price against what you get

BugHerd starts at $42 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. GitHub Issues starts at $4 a month for each person and scores 3.0.

GitHub Issues scores higher and starts $38 a month lower. Of the other project management tools on the chart, 51 score higher than BugHerd for less, and none scores higher than GitHub Issues for less.

Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged

D1.0C2.0B3.0A4.0Free$1$2$5$10$20$50More for lessCosts more, scores moreCosts less, scores lessCosts more, scores lessBugHerdGitHub Issues

What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →

  • The best score at each price
  • Has a free plan
  • No free plan
The full chart of project management tools, and the best at every price

Where they differ

  • BugHerd starts at $42 per month for up to 5 members, billed yearly ($50 billed monthly). GitHub Issues starts at $4 per user / month (GitHub Team).
  • GitHub Issues has a free plan. BugHerd does not, though it has a free trial.
  • Only BugHerd lists a browser extension.
  • Only GitHub Issues lists iOS and Android apps.
  • BugHerd also covers screenshots.
  • GitHub Issues also covers Markdown, Gantt & timelines and workflow automation.
In commonWebPublic APIKanban boardsIssue tracking

At a glance

BugHerdGitHub Issues
PricingFree trialFree plan
Starts at$42 per month for up to 5 members, billed yearly ($50 billed monthly)$4 per user / month (GitHub Team)
Free planNoneGitHub Free includes Issues and Projects for individuals and organizations, with unlimited public and private repositories and community support.
Free trial7-day free trial, no credit card required30-day free trial of GitHub Enterprise
Web
iOS
Android
Browser extension
Made byBugHerdGitHub, Inc.
Price read frombugherd.comgithub.com
CheckedOct 18, 2026Oct 5, 2026

Who each one suits

BugHerd

  • Web agencies collecting client feedback on sites before launch
  • QA and acceptance testing where reports need browser and device details
  • Teams whose clients and stakeholders comment as unlimited free guests

GitHub Issues

  • Software teams that already host their code on GitHub
  • Open source projects taking bug reports and feature requests in public
  • Developers who like to plan from the terminal or the keyboard

Worth knowing

BugHerd

  • There is no free plan: a 7-day trial, then Standard for 5 members. Extra members cost $8 a month each, or $80 a year on yearly plans.
  • Jira, Asana, Linear, ClickUp, Monday.com and Teamwork links need Premium, at $125 a month billed yearly.
  • Custom branding and the client task board start on Premium; single sign-on needs the sales-priced Custom plan.
  • Feedback is collected through a script on your site or a browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, Edge or Safari; there are no phone apps.

GitHub Issues

  • Issues is not sold on its own: it is part of every GitHub plan, and paid plans are priced per user for the whole platform.
  • Every issue lives in a repository, so planning across repositories and teams runs through GitHub Projects.
  • A project is limited to 50 fields, counting built-in metadata and custom fields.
  • SAML single sign-on, SCIM provisioning and self-hosted Enterprise Server need the Enterprise plan, from $21 per user / month.

Key features

BugHerd

Click-to-comment website feedback
Clients click an element on a live page and leave a comment; BugHerd attaches a screenshot plus the browser, operating system and screen size.
Designs, PDFs and text edits
Feedback can also go on Figma designs, PDFs and images, and reviewers can highlight text on a page to suggest new wording.
Video feedback
Record a video of an issue and share it as feedback, from Standard up. A public widget can also gather feedback from site visitors.
Kanban task board
Each comment becomes a task on a built-in kanban board. Premium adds a client-facing board and comments only team members see.
Integrations
Sends tasks to Trello, Slack, GitHub, Zapier and others on every plan, and to Jira, Asana, Linear, ClickUp and Monday.com on Premium.
AI features and MCP
Beta AI writes task titles and connects BugHerd to AI tools through MCP; Premium adds auto-tagging and similar-task detection.

GitHub Issues

Issues and sub-issues
Issues track bugs, features and ideas. Sub-issues break larger work into a hierarchy with progress indicators, and dependencies mark which issues block others.
Tables, boards and roadmaps
GitHub Projects shows issues and pull requests as a table, a kanban board or a timeline-style roadmap, with saved views that filter, sort, slice and group.
Custom fields and iterations
A project takes up to 50 fields, including date, number, single-select and text fields and an iteration field for planning work week by week.
Built-in automations
Built-in workflows set fields, archive items and add issues from a repository automatically. The GraphQL API and GitHub Actions allow further automation.
Insights and charts
Current and historical charts are built from the items in a project, including a default burn-up chart that shows completed work against what is left.
Mobile, CLI and keyboard access
Issues can be created and managed in the iOS and Android apps and from the GitHub CLI, and every mouse action has a keyboard shortcut or command.

Plans

BugHerd

  • Standard$42

    per month for up to 5 members, billed yearly ($50 billed monthly)

    $500 a year. Unlimited clients and projects, 10 GB, feedback on sites, Figma, PDFs and images, video feedback and Trello, Slack and GitHub links.

  • Studio$67

    per month for up to 10 members, billed yearly ($80 billed monthly)

    $800 a year. Everything in Standard with 10 members and 25 GB of storage.

  • Premium$125

    per month for up to 25 members, billed yearly ($150 billed monthly)

    $1,500 a year. Adds custom branding, a client task board, member-only comments, 50 GB and Jira, Asana, Linear, ClickUp and Monday.com links.

  • CustomCustom

    Sold through sales: a custom member limit, unlimited storage, single sign-on, a 99.9% uptime SLA and a dedicated success manager.

GitHub Issues

  • Free$0

    GitHub plan for individuals and organizations. Includes Issues and Projects, unlimited public and private repositories and community support.

  • Team$4

    per user / month

    GitHub plan that adds repository rules, required reviewers, code owners, 3,000 CI/CD minutes a month and web-based support. Includes Issues and Projects.

  • Enterprise$21

    per user / month, starting price

    Adds SAML single sign-on, SCIM provisioning, enterprise accounts, data residency and the self-hosted Enterprise Server option.

Ways to pay less

BugHerd

  • Annual discount

    Two months free with yearly billing

    BugHerd's pricing FAQ says yearly plans get two months free: Standard is $500 a year against $50 a month, and Premium $1,500 against $150.

GitHub Issues

  • Nonprofit

    Free Team plan for verified nonprofits

    GitHub for Nonprofits gives verified 501(c)(3) or equivalent organizations a free GitHub Team plan with unlimited users, or 25% off GitHub Enterprise Cloud.

  • Startups

    $10,000 in credits for eligible startups

    GitHub for Startups gives partner-affiliated startups with outside funding up to Series B, and new to GitHub Enterprise, $10,000 in credits valid for up to 12 months.

  • Education

    Free developer tools for students and teachers

    GitHub's pricing page says students and teachers get free access to developer tools through GitHub Education, for the school year and beyond.

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