Annotix – Visual Website Feedback & Annotation vs Reviso – Client Feedback & Approvals

Annotix – Drag, Annotate, Feedback gives your team a way to annotate any page on the frontend, capture screenshots, track status, assign items, set priority, and collaborate through threaded replies – all without leaving the site. Built by Native Infotech. Demo video: https://youtu.be/VQssYhmuh0E Core Features Click-to-annotate – click anywhere on any page to drop a feedback pin. Area selection – drag to select a specific region of the page before capturing. Selection is draggable and resizable with corner handles. Cleaner screenshot selection – the Pins panel auto-hides shortly after feedback mode starts and shows a soft drag-to-select notice so screenshots are not blocked by the sidebar. Screenshot capture – optionally attach a viewport screenshot via bundled html2canvas. The library is lazy-loaded on demand for faster page loads. Screenshot format controls – choose JPEG or PNG output and set JPEG quality from the General settings tab. Privacy-friendly font option – keep Google Fonts enabled for the default UI style or disable external font loading and use system fonts only. Annotation tools – draw arrows, rectangles, and circles over the selected area before saving. The arrow tool is selected by default for faster callouts. Markdown toolbar – format feedback descriptions with bold, italic, bullet lists, numbered lists, links, and inline code. Guest feedback link – allow clients without WordPress accounts to submit feedback through a private token URL. File attachments – upload images, PDFs, documents, spreadsheets, and other common files alongside feedback. Attachments open in a new tab and display file-type badges. Priority levels – tag each feedback item as Urgent, High, Normal, or Low with colour-coded badges and dots. Assignment – assign feedback items to specific team members from a dropdown. @Mentions – type @ in any comment or reply to mention a user and trigger an instant notification. Collaboration Threaded replies – discuss feedback with your team in context under each pin. Inline editing – edit your own feedback descriptions and replies in place. Delete with confirmation – delete your own feedback or replies with a skippable confirmation dialog. Resolve / Unresolve – track completion state for each item. Resolved pins turn green. Draggable pins – reposition saved pins by dragging them to a new location. Sidebar & Navigation Pins sidebar – a collapsible sidebar lists all feedback on the current page with status filters (Unresolved / Resolved). Pages overview – an expandable pages panel shows feedback counts across all pages on the site. Priority dots – sidebar items display colour-coded priority indicators for quick scanning. Email Notifications Digest mode (recommended) – batches all activity into a single email at a configurable interval (15 / 30 / 60 minutes). Smart mode – digest by default, but sends instant emails for assignments and @mentions. Configurable – enable or disable notifications, choose delivery mode, and toggle instant alerts for assignments and mentions independently. Admin Feedback Plugin feedback form – send bug reports, questions, or feature requests to Native Infotech directly from the WordPress admin settings. Security & Permissions Role-based access – assign each WordPress administrator as Client, Dev, or No Access. Guest token access – optionally enable a private share link for non-WordPress clients. Guests can view page pins and create new feedback, but cannot edit, resolve, delete, or manage existing feedback. Client role – full access: create, edit own descriptions, move pins, assign, reply, resolve, delete, and upload attachments. Dev role – limited access: view, reply, and resolve/unresolve only. No Access – cannot see or use Annotix. Protected REST routes – authenticated access requires valid permissions; optional guest access requires the private share token and is limited to viewing and creating feedback. Rate limiting – built-in abuse protection on all REST endpoints. Safer uploads – SVG attachments are blocked by default to avoid unsanitized SVG risks. Performance Lazy-loaded screenshot library – the 195 KB html2canvas library is only fetched when the user actually takes a screenshot, not on every page load. Smaller screenshot files – JPEG output at configurable quality keeps feedback screenshots lightweight. Deferred screenshot saving – feedback submissions return faster by saving screenshots after the REST response is flushed when supported by the server. Non-blocking font loading – Google Fonts are loaded via the WordPress enqueue API instead of a render-blocking CSS import. Session caching – REST responses are cached in sessionStorage for instant rendering on repeat visits, with background refresh. Transient caching – mention-user queries are cached with a 5-minute WordPress transient to reduce database load. Conditional loading – all plugin assets only load for logged-in users who have been granted access. System status – the settings page shows key diagnostics such as table status, REST availability, upload writability, scheduled email digest, and queue count. Who is it for? Annotix – Drag, Annotate, Feedback is designed for small teams (web agencies, freelancers, internal teams) where the designer, developer, and client all have WordPress administrator accounts and need a fast way to review and annotate the live site. Third-Party Services By default, this plugin loads the Inter and Manrope font families from Google Fonts (fonts.googleapis.com) on frontend pages where the feedback interface is available. When enabled, the visitor’s browser requests the font files directly from Google and may transmit the visitor’s IP address, browser user agent, and referrer as part of that request. You can disable external font loading in Settings > Website Feedback > General to use system fonts only. Service: Google Fonts Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy This plugin bundles the html2canvas library (MIT license) for optional screenshot capture. The library is loaded locally from the plugin directory and makes no external requests. Project page: https://html2canvas.hertzen.com/ License: MIT This plugin includes a voluntary feedback form in the admin settings (Settings > Website Feedback > Feedback). If you choose to submit feedback, your name, email address, subject, and message are sent to Native Infotech via your site’s WordPress mail system. No data is collected automatically – submission only occurs when you click “Send Feedback”. Native Infotech: https://nativeinfotech.com/ Privacy Policy: https://nativeinfotech.com/privacy-policy/

Reviso turns WordPress into a true client-collaboration tool. Reviewers (clients, teammates, stakeholders) leave pinned feedback directly on your live pages, no logins, no email chains, no PDF round-trips. It’s native to the Bricks and Elementor builders and the Gutenberg block editor, and works on any WordPress theme or site. Reviso is a visual feedback and website proofing tool for WordPress: clients annotate any element with a pinned comment, you action it inside your builder, and you close each round with a recorded sign-off, which cuts revision rounds. For wording changes, reviewers can go further than commenting. Suggest mode is tracked changes for websites: they propose the new wording in place on the live page, and you accept or reject it in one click, so you never have to work out what “can we reword this?” actually meant. Because every pin captures an automatic screenshot plus the page, browser, operating system and screen size, the same review link doubles as a lightweight bug report and QA channel for launch snags, without sending anything to a third-party service. What’s in the free version Pinned comments on any element: desktop, tablet, or mobile Threaded replies so a back-and-forth doesn’t sprawl across messages Status tracking: open, in progress, resolved, with filters Single-page review links: share one page at a time with anyone, no login required Works in maintenance & coming-soon mode: review links open the real page for invited clients even while Bricks or Elementor maintenance mode is on, so you can collect feedback before launch without taking the site public Admin-bar quick-review: spin up a review for the current page (or whole site, Pro) from the Reviso icon on the front-end admin bar Client approvals: reviewers can mark a page as approved (own admin tab, Reviso → Approvals) Email notifications when someone leaves a comment, replies, or approves a page, with optional burst-coalescing so a flurry of comments arrives as a single email Builder-native UI: the comment overlay adopts the look of Bricks, Elementor or the block editor so it never feels bolted on Element-anchored pins that survive page edits (three fallback strategies: DOM, content, position) Suggest mode: reviewers propose replacement wording directly on the page, like a tracked change, and you accept or reject each one (applying an accepted edit inside Bricks is Pro) Internal comments: pin private team-only notes on any page, including archives, listings and search results, and share a thread with the client only when you choose Emoji reactions on any comment, so “yes, agreed” doesn’t need a whole reply Optional reviewer email: clients can leave feedback with just a name Feedback dashboard: every pinned comment across the whole site in one list Automatic screenshots with page, browser, OS and viewport context attached to each pin Cache-proof review links: reviewer sessions bypass W3 Total Cache, WP Rocket, LiteSpeed, WP Super Cache, Cache Enabler and SiteGround Optimizer, so a share link never shows a stale page Review drafts and unpublished pages through a private link before anything goes live Close on finish: a review can stop taking new comments once the client marks it done, with one-click reopen Available with the Pro addon Reviso Pro extends the free plugin with: Multi-page Reviews: bundle a whole site (or any subset of items) into one shareable Review, covering any post type and templates Email-restricted Reviews: each invitee gets a private magic link, with four roles (Viewer / Reviewer / Approver / Lead) Apply suggested edits in Bricks: accept a reviewer’s proposed wording and Reviso writes it to the page, taking a revertable snapshot first and purging common page caches so it shows immediately AI: automatic comment triage (bug / design / copy / content) and AI-summarised feedback rollups Reviso Cloud (Beta): manage feedback and approvals across all your sites from one dashboard, and optionally connect your own AI assistant to help action it White-label: your agency branding on the review portal, with light + dark logos that auto-pick the right variant for each surface (portal, builder splash, email header) Integrations: Slack, Discord, and generic webhooks (Zapier/Make → ClickUp, Trello, Jira, …) Email digests: optional weekly summaries Advanced notifications: multi-recipient delivery, From/Reply-To control, printable approval certificates Audit log + per-reviewer revoke Concurrent reviews with configurable expiry, including a no-end-date option The Pro addon requires this free plugin to be installed. Privacy & data Reviso stores comment data on your own WordPress site. We don’t see your reviewers’ feedback unless you opt in to Reviso Cloud’s AI features (Beta), which relay the items the assistant acts on to getreviso.io (see External services below). Optional anonymous telemetry (off by default) is opt-in. Full details in our privacy policy. External services This plugin can connect to external services run by us (Reviso, getreviso.io). Each is opt-in and described below. Anonymous usage telemetry (opt-in). When, and only when, you switch telemetry on in Settings → Reviso, the plugin sends a small weekly ping to https://getreviso.io. It contains version numbers, which features are enabled, and a random install ID, and never contains your pages, your reviewers’ comments, email addresses, or any personal data. If you installed Reviso by searching inside your WordPress admin, it also includes the search phrase you used (for example “client feedback”), so we can see how people find the plugin; it is recorded once at activation, capped at 60 characters, and is blank if you activated Reviso from your plugins list. It is used to prioritise fixes and features. You can turn it off again at any time, which stops all pings. Terms: https://getreviso.io/terms-of-service/ , Privacy policy: https://getreviso.io/privacy-policy/ Reviso Cloud (opt-in, Beta). An optional hosted service that connects your site to a Reviso Cloud account so you can manage feedback across all your sites from one dashboard and, in Beta, let an AI assistant you authorise help action that feedback. It does nothing unless an administrator connects the site under Settings → Reviso → Reviso Cloud, and you can disconnect at any time. Baseline sync. While connected, the site sends usage metadata to https://getreviso.io: your site name and address, the account email, your licence tier, and review titles and counts. This alone never sends your feedback content, screenshots, or reviewer details. AI assistant (Beta). If you use the Reviso Cloud AI tools on a connected site, the specific comments, screenshots, page structure, and reviewer names for the items the assistant reads are sent to https://getreviso.io and relayed to the AI agent you connect; with your permission the agent can also write changes back (post replies, resolve comments, edit page content). Only what the assistant acts on is transmitted, and only while you use it. Terms: https://getreviso.io/terms-of-service/ , Privacy policy: https://getreviso.io/privacy-policy/