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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Aha! Roadmaps

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AAha! Roadmaps is used to set strategy, prioritize features, and share visual plans. It includes Aha! Ideas Essentials for crowdsourcing feedback. For an integrated product development approach, Aha! Roadmaps and Aha! Develop can be used together. The software is available with a 30-day trial.

    $59

    per month per user

    Dovetail

    Score8.3 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Dovetail, headquartered in Sydney, aims to enable the world to create better products and services through deep customer understanding. Dovetail states they empower 45,000+ people, from agencies to universities to Fortune 100 companies, to make sense of their customer research in one collaborative research platform.

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    Aha! RoadmapsDovetail
    Editions & Modules
    Premium
    $59
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $99
    per month workspace owner or contributor
    Enterprise+
    $149
    per month workspace owner or contributor
    Free
    $0
    Professional
    $15
    per month
    Enterprise
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    per year
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    Pricing Offerings
    Aha! RoadmapsDovetail
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional DetailsStartup pack available for early stage companies.Discount available for annual billing on the Professional plan.
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    User Ratings
    Aha! RoadmapsDovetail
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (19 ratings)
    7.5
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    6.0
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    Support Rating
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Aha! RoadmapsDovetail
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Aha
    It is great for organizations that want to ensure that the work they focus on is the work that will have the most impact on value and drive them toward their strategic objectives. I consider it to be a real Product Management tool. If all you are looking for is a tool to hold your product backlog or collect customer feedback, then Aha! is probably going to be overkill for your needs
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    Dovetail
    See 1st question answer for my use case, I went into depth there for the specific use cases we have. For less appropriate (touched on this earlier) the final report is not great in dovetail. The formatting options are not great and does not look professional because of the lack of customization and layouts. For my customer we wouldn't be able to present that data as it's constructed. So we have to copy and paste all the quotes and insights to a word doc. That's ok but then it means if we want to use Dovetail as a repository of data we have to then re-import a pdf of the report into the project page.
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    Pros
    Aha
    • Aha! is an all around product management suite. It is great for breaking product plans into initiatives, features, and user stories. This helps the organization understand the product plan and what is driving individual work items. Unlike Jira and project management tools, it helps you prioritize by major themes, features, and releases. Once you start to use it, you can't go back to a project management tool because the views for organizing and prioritizing features just isn't there.
    • Aha! also excels at idea management. You can create a portal for users to submit ideas and manage them through a workflow. Users can submit ideas through a variety of channels, including email, ZenDesk, and SalesForce. You can even attach account values to an idea submitted through SalesForce, though the UI in SalesForce is a little kludgy. This is a great feature for those that have the capacity to manage feedback this way, but be aware that it takes time to manage.
    • Aha! works pretty well with Jira so that project managers can have their backlog that is understandable to the business and engineering can break down those work items however they want.
    • Aha! also has a lot of useful integrations: Slack, ZenDesk, Zapier, etc. It also integrates with every major software project management tool on the market: Jira, Pivotal, Rally, Redmine, and TFS.
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    Dovetail
    • The tagging, linking, and repository features make it simple to maintain a living library of knowledge, ensuring past work is never lost.
    • Dovetail enables our researchers and non-research partners to engage more directly with findings, fostering a stronger culture of evidence-based decision-making.
    • Dovetail makes it simple to track engagement metrics with research insights proving overall ROI.
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    Cons
    Aha
    • The roadmap feature presentation web page could use some better visuals. It's a little bland and grey.
    • The mobile app only shows you what you are assigned. I am not able to manage through the mobile app--I need to use the web page.
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    Dovetail
    • We should have a trust indicator for our insights, as it is difficult to quickly determine when they are trustworthy or not.
    • Chatbot analysis within different data, I mostly use it with a small sample and replicate the process instead of using the chatbot for more global analysis.
    • Insight creation, the format is not always really engaging, and you can't really create a presentation from it. It does not align with some stakeholder expectations and requires us to redo the work.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Aha
    No answers on this topic
    Dovetail
    Because we are really happy with the tool and it’s capabilities at the moment. The price increase is the main issue we can have but the features are getting better and better. It really saves a lot of time for our team and allow us to collaborate more efficiently with certain stakeholders that often did not réalise how much research we conduct. Now they can just have a look to it by themself!
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    Usability
    Aha
    If you have the time and resources there really isn't anything you can't get Aha! to do for you in regards to managing workflow and releases. The Prioritization features are top of its class, the dashboards are getting better and better every day and the team all seem to really enjoy using it to manage their workloads.
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    Dovetail
    Very organized and user-friendly; however, the editing capabilities for the analysis report/insight doc could use some work. There was a recent update also causing it to be harder to find the in-project search bar and where to switch from the highlight list and highlight board view, which made the experience more challenging, especially since I was sharing my screen. Not only did it catch me off guard that it changed, but stakeholders and I were trying (on-call) to figure out how to access it and couldn't. After the call, I did more digging and finally found it, but that was after a bit of time. Outside of this and the editing for insight reports, I feel like the usability is actually very well thought out and effective.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Aha
    No answers on this topic
    Dovetail
    I’ve never had any access issues with Dovetail, so I don’t see any problems in that area.
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    Performance
    Aha
    No answers on this topic
    Dovetail
    Regarding performance, I would say it’s satisfactory. Adding data and transcriptions is really fast and efficient, and can be done in the background, so I’m never hindered by these aspects. However, all the new AI-generated features are still somewhat slow to run. It’s nothing major, but it should improve in the future.
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    Support Rating
    Aha
    When we signed up for Aha!, we were assigned an Aha! team members to help us with training/questions. The meeting was set weekly, and it exponentially helped with our familiarity with Aha! Support is beneficial and has a lot of experience working with product teams.
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    Dovetail
    My customer success manager is very responsive and has always been able to answer my questions and resolve issues quickly. The collaboration is smooth, so I have no complaints in that regard.
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    Online Training
    Aha
    No answers on this topic
    Dovetail
    The training went very well, and we co-built it to really address our needs. I also think it was beneficial to have feedback coming from someone other than myself (since I manage the tool), as it helped reinforce the points I wanted to highlight. The team’s feedback on the training was very positive.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Aha
    In terms of outright features, a lot of roadmapping tools have the same feature set. We chose Aha! based on look-and-feel, the easy learning curve, and the reviews it has. Between collaboration, milestone tracking, comment threads, and content importing and exporting, we had every feature in Aha! that we were looking for.
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    Dovetail
    Dovetail is the most stakeholder-friendly research tool we've used.
    Its visual insights, highlight reels, and intuitive interface make it easy for non-researchers to understand and act on customer feedback. Stakeholders can engage directly without needing deep training, making it ideal for cross-functional teams.
    Compared to other tools, Dovetail offers the best balance of depth for researchers and clarity for decision-makers.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Aha
    No answers on this topic
    Dovetail
    It’s very expensive, and we use a lot of features in beta. I think we could also be rewarded for our usage and frequent feedback on the tool.
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    Scalability
    Aha
    No answers on this topic
    Dovetail
    Management is quite straightforward; it’s easy to change access if certain stakeholders need to use it. The repository features are accessible to all teams, making it a good entry point into the tool. The more people use it, the more powerful the tool becomes, so it seems truly scalable to me. The limits are more financial, in terms of accessing additional features.
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    Return on Investment
    Aha
    • It has helped us improve our product lifecycle communication. We have less wasted time spent figuring out where the project is and what it's waiting on. This has helped departments further down the project better use their time so they're already aligned with what's happening rather than waiting for a handoff.
    • Aha! has helped include our customers more in our product planning and especially in our bug fixes and new feature roadmaps.
    • Aha! has improved our strategy meetings or roundup discussions by storing everything in one place. They're shorter and more focused.
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    Dovetail
    • Researchers and designers now spend less time digging through scattered notes or redoing similar studies. Centralizing everything in Dovetail has significantly reduced the time needed to prepare synthesis reports, align stakeholders, or onboard new teammates into past research.
    • With Dovetail, user insights are no longer abstract or anecdotal—they're traceable, searchable, and backed by real quotes. Product teams feel more confident making roadmap decisions based on what users actually need, not assumptions.
    • Dovetail has encouraged more non-designers to engage with user feedback directly. This democratization of insights helps align everyone around real user problems, which ultimately leads to better product-market fit and faster iteration loops.
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    ScreenShots

    Aha! Roadmaps Screenshots

    Screenshot of Goal TrackingScreenshot of Ideas PortalScreenshot of Features BoardScreenshot of Visual RoadmapScreenshot of Progress ReportScreenshot of the collaborative whiteboard

    Dovetail Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Contacts interface, used to find, schedule, and incentivize research participants.Screenshot of a visualization of customer feedback, used to identify patterns before they become problems. Using LLM and ML techniques, Channels continuously classifies and tracks themes in large data sets like support tickets, app reviews, and feedback.Screenshot of an example of a conversational insight, available in Slack. Here, users can quickly ask questions to access automatic podcast-style updates for all related data across Dovetail in Slack and Microsoft Teams.Screenshot of the navigation and project interface, designed to makes it easy for everyone to get started and find what they need in Dovetail.