The focused alternative to the everything-tool
BugSmash reviews a bit of everything — websites, apps, video, audio, images, PDFs — and has AI write reviews for you. dotts does one thing well: website, PDF and image feedback with your clients, feeding straight into your editor. EU-hosted, 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 to write the review for you
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 feedback that flows into your editor, not AI-written reviews
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 write the review for me.”
AI that writes reviews is a different goal than getting real client feedback into your build.
With dotts: dotts keeps the client's own words, and Copy for AI and dotty 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, and dotty AI connects your assistant straight to the project.
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.
Marcus, a freelance web designer from Stockholm, moved his client reviews to dotts and cut the back-and-forth per project by about 40%. His clients comment directly on the staging site instead of sending annotated screenshots by email.
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 has AI write reviews for you. dotts keeps your client's real feedback and, with Copy for AI and dotty AI, brings it straight into your editor to fix — the AI works on the fix, not the review.
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. dotts stays a simple, focused client-feedback tool.
dotts has a free plan and one simple flat price with unlimited reviewers. BugSmash has a free tier and paid plans, and has run lifetime deals via AppSumo.
dotty AI is the dotts MCP server: connect Claude Code, Cursor or Codex and your assistant works through the open comments itself. 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.