head to head/Developer Tools

Plain vs Showbuild

Neck and neck on boosts. Profiles, pricing and deals below.

Plain

Support built for B2B and developer tools

community boosts

⚡ 0

pricing

Paid

what it is

Plain is a lean, API-first support platform designed for technical products: shared inbox, Slack-native workflows and customer context pulled from your own systems. Support tooling that feels like an engineering tool.

Showbuild

Hacker news for builders

community boosts

⚡ 0

pricing

Paid

what it is

Hacker news for builders, get your own SEO optimized page that AI and search engines can discover, and earn a strong do follow backlink.