Should you build your own Feedspace?
Collects text, video and audio reviews, imports existing ones, embeds them anywhere
The form, the queue, the wall and the embed widget are one sitting, as the two tools here show. What is not: 150+ sources with 120+ on auto-sync, on an extraction engine Feedspace owns in-house, and widgets that fill themselves from curation rules. Only collecting written reviews through your own form? Build it. Want the ones you have elsewhere kept current? Don't.
ENOriginal research content in English. Original prompt preserved in English.
Build me a testimonial system for my own site where the wall keeps itself up to date. Requirements:
- Python 3 with FastAPI, SQLite via sqlite3, Jinja2 for server-rendered HTML, and local disk for
uploads. Single process, no Docker, no signup flow, no tenants. It serves one site: mine.
- Collection page: a shareable link taking a star rating, a written quote, and optionally a video
or audio take recorded in the browser. Ask for name, role, company and a photo, let me mark which
of those are required, and stop recordings at three minutes.
- Re-encode recordings to MP4 with a thumbnail in a worker off the request path, keeping the
original. If ffmpeg is absent, store the upload and flag it rather than failing the submission.
- Moderation screen at /inbox behind an .env password: newest first, approve or bin, plus free-text
labels I can attach to a review.
- Now the part I actually care about. A display is either a hand-picked list or a saved filter. A
filter can require a minimum rating, a media type, a photo on the reviewer, a job title, a named
company, one of my labels, a phrase that must appear, and a phrase that must not.
- When a review is approved, every filter it satisfies picks it up immediately, with no republish
step. Each display shows whether it is filtered or hand-picked and how many reviews it resolves to.
- Let me override a filtered display by pinning up to three reviews to the front of it.
- Embedding: a one-line script tag plus an empty div. Attach a shadow root and inject markup the
server already rendered, so the host theme cannot restyle it and the quotes sit in the response.
- Three presentations: a masonry grid, a swipeable row, and a slow vertical ticker. Theme, accent
and radius come off data- attributes.
- A standalone wall at /wall with my logo, a call to action, and Review plus AggregateRating
structured data emitted from the same query that renders the cards.
- A score badge: rounded average and total count, recalculated whenever a review is approved or removed.
- Public endpoints get a per-IP throttle and an invisible decoy field, since anything with a form
attracts bots.
- README covering the embed snippet, the .env keys, and running it behind nginx with a TLS cert.
- Not building: fetching reviews I already have on Google, Trustpilot, G2, Yelp or an app store, or
polling them for new ones. That is a parser per platform plus someone maintaining them, which is
not a weekend. Teammates and outbound review-request email are out too.The prompt opens pre-filled in your agent. Review it before running.
What would building your own look like?
A public form collects a written, video or audio review, you approve it, and saved filters decide which approved reviews appear on each embeddable widget and hosted wall page.
What you will need
- a small always-on host
- somewhere to keep uploaded video and audio
- ffmpeg to convert recordings into a web-playable file
Because the hand-built version decays. A wall you assemble yourself is accurate the week you build it and stale three months later, the newest review sitting in an inbox nobody pasted from. Here neither end stays manual: reviews arrive on their own, rules decide what reaches the widget. Rebuilding it means owning the fetching, not just the form.
x150+ review sources with 120+ on auto-sync, on an extraction engine Feedspace owns and runs in-house
xthe upkeep · sources change and keeping the fetching working is someone else's job
xrule-based curation · matching new reviews join a widget or wall page by themselves, so the embed never goes stale
xin-browser video and audio recording that works on mobile without an app, and the media pipeline behind it
xaggregate rating badges that stay accurate because the auto-syncs keep feeding them
Prefer something ready-made?
ShosayUnlimited text, video and audio proof, imports, walls and 25-plus widgets; the bill is zero, the tiny Powered by pill is not.Free↗License, setup, and limitations for each alternative.
How much does Feedspace cost?
- Monthly billing
- $29/mo$29/mo
- Per year
- $348/yr$348/yr
- Annual billing
- $290/yr17% cheaper than paying monthly
- On a Brazilian card, with 3.5% IOF
- R$152/moR$1,516/yr
Saved to My list. You will see a notice on this site when the price changes.
You complete the purchase on Feedspace’s site. Vibe Radar does not handle payments.
| Plan | Monthly | Annual (per month) | What is included |
|---|---|---|---|
| starter | $0/workspace | $0/workspace | 1 workspace; 1 collection form; 20 text + 20 video reviews total; 1-minute video limit; 1 GB storage; 1 scheduler; unlimited Walls/widgets; 1 member. |
| professional | $29/workspace≈ $29 | $24.17/workspace≈ $24.17 | 1 workspace; unlimited forms, text and video reviews; 3-minute video limit; 50 GB storage; 5 schedulers; 5 members. |
| business | $249/workspace≈ $249 | $207.50/workspace≈ $208 | Unlimited workspaces, forms and reviews; 5-minute HD video; 250 GB storage; 25 members; 10 custom reels/month. |
Free tier1 workspace; 1 collection form; 20 text + 20 video reviews total; 1-minute video limit; 1 GB storage; 1 scheduler; unlimited Walls/widgets; 1 member.
Billing termsMonthly + annual; annual billing gives 2 months free.
Additional costsStorage/workspace limits force an upgrade when reached; no public overage rate is listed. Paid plans include a 7-day trial and a money-back window.
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Is it cheaper to build or buy Feedspace?
Adjust the numbers: hours to build, your hourly rate, running costs and the subscription price.
Over 24 months, subscribing is cheaper.
Starting hours estimated from the analysis (multi-day). Does not price what you give up (support, integrations, security).
Can I rebuild Feedspace?
Kinda. The core of Feedspace is buildable in a weekend with the prompt on this page, but there are real gaps: 150+ review sources with 120+ on auto-sync, on an extraction engine Feedspace owns and runs in-house, the upkeep · sources change and keeping the fetching working is someone else's job. Read the honest list above before committing.
How much does Feedspace cost?
Feedspace costs about $29/mo (Professional, checked 10/20/2026), which is $290 per year.
What do I lose by replacing Feedspace?
Honestly: 150+ review sources with 120+ on auto-sync, on an extraction engine Feedspace owns and runs in-house; the upkeep · sources change and keeping the fetching working is someone else's job; rule-based curation · matching new reviews join a widget or wall page by themselves, so the embed never goes stale; in-browser video and audio recording that works on mobile without an app, and the media pipeline behind it; aggregate rating badges that stay accurate because the auto-syncs keep feeding them. If any of those are load-bearing for you, keep paying.
Is there an open-source alternative to Feedspace?
Yes: Shosay (Unlimited text, video and audio proof, imports, walls and 25-plus widgets; the bill is zero, the tiny Powered by pill is not.) The prompt is for when you want it exactly your way.