Your client doesn't need a toolbox. Just one button.
Ruttl is a capable, feature-rich review platform priced per user. dotts does one thing your client understands the second they open the link: click anywhere, leave a comment. No app to learn, a real free plan, one simple price.
Ruttl and dotts, side by side
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Ruttl or dotts?
You want one platform that also covers web and mobile apps
You need a broader feature set and more storage
Per-user pricing works for your team
You're comfortable onboarding clients into a fuller tool
You want the simplest thing your client instantly understands
You review websites, staging URLs, PDFs and images
You want a free plan with real room and one simple price
You want a pre-flight check before launch (links, SEO basics, mixed content), included in Pro
Why freelancers pick dotts over Ruttl
“There's a whole app to figure out before the first comment.”
A fuller tool means more to learn, for you and for every client.
With dotts: dotts is one link and one click. Your client needs no guide and no account.
“The free plan caps me at ten comments.”
Ruttl's free plan allows one project and ten comments.
With dotts: dotts' free plan gives you three projects with unlimited comments and reviewers.
“I'm paying per person for features my clients never touch.”
Per-user pricing charges you for every seat as the team grows.
With dotts: dotts is one simple price with unlimited reviewers, built for solo and small-studio work.
“I found the broken link after the client did.”
A review tool collects opinions. It does not check the page itself.
With dotts: dotts Pro runs a pre-flight check on the project: link status, missing titles and descriptions, mixed content, and in the app also accessibility and placeholder text. For a manual pass before that, use the free pre-launch QA checklist.
Switching from Ruttl to dotts
There is no import from Ruttl, 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. Your client opens a link and comments, so there's nothing to install and nothing to learn.
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.
Switching from Ruttl, answered
No, and that's on purpose. dotts collects feedback; the build happens in your code. Copy for AI brings that feedback straight into your editor, so the fix lands where you actually work.
Ruttl's free plan allows one project and ten comments. dotts' free plan gives you three projects, each with unlimited comments and reviewers.
Ruttl's Pro plan is $18 per user per month. dotts has a free plan and one simple flat price with unlimited reviewers, so the cost doesn't climb with every seat. The full plan-by-plan breakdown is on our Ruttl pricing page.
No. Ruttl includes unlimited guests and dotts needs no account either. Where they differ is simplicity, how the price scales, and the AI workflow, not the login.
Ruttl is the broader toolbox and covers more surfaces, like web and mobile apps. dotts is deliberately focused on simple website, PDF and image review. If you want the fuller platform, Ruttl fits. If you want the simplest client review, that's dotts.
Yes. ruttl.com/mcp describes an MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Antigravity that reads feedback threads and marks them resolved. dotts offers the same kind of workflow on Pro through doby AI, plus Copy for AI on every plan. AI access is not a difference between the two anymore.
dotts is an EU company with EU hosting and is GDPR-compliant, which often matters most for agencies with European clients.
One click turns a feedback thread into structured context for Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor, including page, element and browser details.
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