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Pastel

Sticky note-based feedback collection tool for live websites

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Pastel - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Pastel overview

What is Pastel?

Pastel is a cloud-based SaaS tool designed to support the collaborative submission and collection of feedback on live websites. Born out of the concept that leaving feedback on a website could be made as simple as leaving a sticky note on a meeting board or environment surface, Pastel supports an unlimited number of collaborators without extra logins or software installation. The product works using "canvases" that are accessible via links that can be visited in any web browser, creating sharable canvas URLs based on the live website address.

All stakeholders including team members, managers or clients can then open this link and click onto the sticky note-like canvas to begin typing and entering feedback comments directly. Optimized to be responsive across desktop, smartphone and tablet browsers, Pastel then retains all the given feedback within one place, including any attached screenshots plus tagged browser metadata such as screen size information etc. Comments can then be exported to Trello for enhanced collaborative workflows as part of the resolution process, translating the gathered feedback into actionable insights for designers and developers.

Key benefits of using Pastel

Pastel is an online subscription-based tool designed to assist the collaborative review of live websites, inviting teams of designers and developers, or clients, to leave feedback.

The concept revolves around the leaving of "sticky note" comments that support centralized, real time feedback sessions in a way that reduces reliance on coordinated meetings or email chains.

Users simply enter a live website's URL for pastel to create a custom "canvas" link that can then be shared to, opened and viewed by anyone, allowing any stakeholders to begin leaving feedback without logins or installation.

All the entered feedback is gathered and collated into one single environment, in real time, complete with any screenshots and tagged with browser metadata, before comments can be exported for resolution purposes.

One single monthly price point includes unlimited canvases, unlimited collaborators and the ability to export to Trello.

Starting price

49per feature /
per month

Alternatives

with better value for money

Pastel’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

4.5

(43)

Pastel reviews

Overall rating

4.5

Positive reviews

Rating breakdown

Value for money
Ease of use
Features
Customer support
Likelihood to recommend8.58/10

Rating distribution

Pros

“Overall, I have been very pleased and impressed with Pastel. I use it every day and it has saved me hours on our website revision process.”

TJ C.

Project Manager

“Overall Pastel is great, its easy to use, its reasonably priced. It makes you cover work efficiently, and its spreading like wildfire in all organisations.”

Victoria c.

accountant

“I am using Sage 50c pastel partner, its a very good accounting and human resources software because it is user friendly (typically fast and straight forward).”

Obvious P.

Bookkeeper

Cons

“Clients get confused on which tasks were done and which are still being worked on, so that leads to a lot of confusion right now.”

Justin P.

Designer

“The training is long and intensive and during this period the solution is prone to so many errors as compared to doing it manually and doing what you are used to.”

Tatenda C.

Technical Sales Consultant

“In time you see that it has a huge cost bearing on stationery and time wasted having to do it manually.”

Tatenda C.

Technical Sales Consultant

Who uses Pastel?

Based on 43 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Enterprises

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Marketing and Advertising

Design

Computer Software

Accounting

Others

Use cases

Review Management

Advertising Agency

Web Design

Pastel's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Pastel users:

Collaboration tools

2.5

(2)

Data import/export

5.0

(2)

Feedback management

4.0

(2)

Real-Time notifications

5.0

(1)

Commenting/Notes

4.3

(3)

Text editing

3.0

(1)

All Pastel features

Features rating:

4.1

(43)

Tagging

4.0

(1)

CMS integration

(0)

HTML5 Technology

(0)

Real-Time updates

(0)

Status tracking

(0)

Website integration

4.0

(1)

WYSIWYG editor

(0)

Pastel alternatives

Pastel

4.5

(43)

Starting from

Per month

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.4

Features

4.1

Value for Money

4.2

Customer Support

4.4

Adalysis

4.6

(113)

visit website

Starting from

126

Per month

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.3

Features

4.5

Value for Money

4.3

Customer Support

4.7

ReviewStudio

4.7

(98)

visit website

Starting from

Per month

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.6

Features

4.4

Value for Money

4.6

Customer Support

4.7

Smartsheet

4.5

(3.4K)

visit website

Starting from

Per month

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.3

Features

4.3

Value for Money

4.4

Customer Support

4.3

Pastel pricing

Value for money rating:

4.2

(43)

Starting from

Per month

Per Feature

Pricing details

Subscription

Free trial

Free plan

Pricing range

User opinions about Pastel price and value

Value for money rating:

4.2

(43)

To see what individual users think of Pastel's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“Overall, I have been very pleased and impressed with Pastel. I use it every day and it has saved me hours on our website revision process.”

TJ C.

Project Manager

“Overall Pastel is great, its easy to use, its reasonably priced. It makes you cover work efficiently, and its spreading like wildfire in all organisations.”

Victoria c.

accountant