Hey everyone 
I’ve been lurking and contributing in this community for years, so I wanted to share something I’ve been building at work and get your honest take.
We built Pollenate — a feedback collection platform — at BlueHive Health because we couldn’t find a tool that fit what we needed: something lightweight to embed, API-first, and with automations that actually connect feedback to action (GitHub issues, email follow-ups, Zapier workflows, etc.).
Why I’m posting here
The widget is a single <script> tag — it works in Blaze templates, React components, or any Meteor app with zero config:
<script
src="https://pollenate.dev/widget.js"
data-inbox-key="YOUR_INBOX_KEY"
data-api-key="YOUR_API_KEY"
data-type="stars"
async
></script>
Drop that in your <body> or a Blaze template and you’re collecting feedback. It also works inline — mount it into any container with data-container="#my-div" and data-inline="true", so it fits naturally inside your app’s UI instead of floating over it.
If you’re using React in your Meteor app, there’s a dedicated React package:
npm install @pollenate/react
import { PollenateWidget } from '@pollenate/react';
<PollenateWidget
inboxKey="YOUR_INBOX_KEY"
apiKey="YOUR_API_KEY"
type="stars"
inline
/>
You can also skip the widget entirely and hit the API directly from a Meteor Method:
Meteor.methods({
async submitFeedback(type, score, comment) {
const res = await fetch('https://api.pollenate.dev/collect', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'X-Pollenate-Key': Meteor.settings.pollenateApiKey,
},
body: JSON.stringify({
inboxKey: 'my-app',
type, // 'thumbs', 'stars', 'nps', 'csat', 'emoji', 'text'
score,
comment,
}),
});
return res.json();
},
});
What it does
- Widget types: Thumbs, star ratings, NPS, CSAT, emoji, and free text
- Feedback Pages: Drag-and-drop multi-question survey builder (or let the AI assistant generate one for you). Share via link, QR code, email signature, iframe, or print
- Real-time dashboard with trend analysis, per-question breakdowns, and conversion tracking
- Semantic search — search feedback with natural language using AI embeddings
- Automations — email alerts, webhooks, and Zapier to route feedback into your workflow
- Fully themeable — match your brand with CSS custom properties or JSON theme tokens, supports dark mode
- OpenAPI spec + AI Skill File — AI agents can submit feedback during conversations
- HIPAA-ready architecture (we’re a healthcare company, so this was a requirement for us)
Full docs: pollenate.dev/docs
The offer
The Starter plan is free forever — 1 inbox, 5,000 events/month, no credit card.
But if you actually try it and leave feedback here telling me what worked, what didn’t, and what’s missing — I’ll give you our Team plan free for a full year ($588 value). That gets you 5 inboxes, 100K events/month, advanced analytics, webhooks, team collaboration, and custom themes.
No catch. I genuinely want feedback from developers who build real apps. This community has always been good at that.
Get started
Happy to answer any questions in this thread. If you run into issues or have feature requests, that counts as valuable feedback too — drop it in the feedback form or reply here.
Love the “import style from the website” feature. Run it automatically, you know my domain name. I will check it again and use it to get feedback.