The focused alternative to the everything-tool
BugSmash reviews a bit of everything (websites, apps, video, audio, images, PDFs) and runs AI reviewers over every upload. dotts does one thing well: website, PDF and image feedback with your clients, feeding straight into your editor. No onboarding.
BugSmash and dotts, side by side
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BugSmash or dotts?
You review many formats — video, audio, apps — in one place
You want AI reviewers to proof assets before a human looks
You want white-label on a higher tier
A multi-format platform fits how you work
You review client websites, PDFs and images
You want a pre-flight check on the page plus feedback that flows into your editor
EU hosting and GDPR matter to you or your clients
You want a free plan and one simple price
Why studios pick dotts over BugSmash
“I don't review video and audio. I review my client's website.”
A multi-format everything-tool carries features you'll never use for client website review.
With dotts: dotts focuses on website, PDF and image feedback, kept simple, with nothing extra to ignore.
“I want the AI to help me fix, not to review the page for me.”
AI reviewers proof the asset. That is a different job from getting the client's own feedback into your build.
With dotts: dotts keeps the client's own words, and Copy for AI and doby AI bring them into your editor to fix.
“My clients care where their data is hosted.”
For European clients, data location and GDPR are often the deciding factor.
With dotts: dotts is EU-hosted and GDPR-first, which is frequently the argument that closes it.
“The feedback lives in the tool, my work lives in my editor.”
You retype client comments into prompts and tickets.
With dotts: Copy for AI turns any thread into structured context. On Pro, doby AI (the MCP server) connects your assistant straight to the project.
Switching from BugSmash to dotts
There is no import from BugSmash, and you will not miss it: a dotts project takes about a minute to set up, so most people simply start with the next client project.
Paste the live or staging URL, or upload a PDF or image. dotts loads the page through its own proxy, so there is nothing to install on the site.
Every project has a review link. Send it to your client. They open it in any browser, type a name and comment. No account. Add a password if the project is confidential.
Each comment arrives with a screenshot, browser, device and viewport. Reply in the thread, or use Copy for AI to hand the open comments to your coding assistant.
Mark each comment as in progress or resolved. Your client sees the status on the same link, so nobody has to ask what happened to their note.
Try it on your next client project
Free plan, no credit card. Pro comes with a 14-day money-back guarantee. No multi-format setup to wade through: paste a URL or upload a PDF and share the link.
What a review with dotts looks like
One link to share
Paste the URL of a live site, or upload a PDF or an image. dotts gives you a link to share, with a password if you want one.
Clients comment without an account
They type a name, the email is optional, and the Just browsing option skips even that. No signup, no install.
Every comment carries its context
Browser, device, screen size and page URL are stored on the comment, together with a screenshot that already has the dot on it.
Set the status, or have it set
Open, in progress, resolved. On Pro, Claude Code or Cursor read the comments over MCP, change the status and reply as doby AI.
dotts and BugSmash, answered
No. dotts focuses on websites, staging URLs, PDFs and images. If you need video, audio or app review in one place, BugSmash covers more formats. For client website review, dotts keeps it simple.
BugSmash runs AI reviewers that proof each upload, and it also has an MCP server for agents. dotts keeps your client's real feedback and, with Copy for AI and doby AI on Pro, brings it straight into your editor to fix. The pre-flight check on Pro covers links, SEO basics and mixed content before launch.
Yes. dotts is an EU company with EU hosting and is GDPR-first, which is often the deciding factor for European clients.
No. White-label sits with broader platforms like BugSmash's Agency plan. dotts stays a simple, focused client-feedback tool.
dotts has a free plan with 3 projects and one flat price on Pro, with unlimited reviewers. BugSmash has a free plan with 2 projects and paid plans from $19 a month billed yearly, also flat rather than per seat.
doby AI is the dotts MCP server, included in Pro: connect Claude Code, Cursor or Codex and your assistant reads the open comments, sets their status and replies in the thread. Copy for AI is the one-click export for any other tool.
Focused beats everything-at-once
Website, PDF and image feedback with your clients, EU-hosted, flowing into your editor. Free plan, one simple price.