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MindBacklog
For Our Team
A 1-page case for adding the Product Intelligence Platform.
Date: __________
For: __________
From: __________
For: __________
From: __________
What it is
MindBacklog is the Product Intelligence Platform. One product brain that captures every customer signal across 9+ channels, scores priorities with real evidence (WSJF / RICE / OKR alignment), generates the PRDs, and answers in our team's existing AI clients (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT) via MCP.
One platform. Five surfaces. Every team that touches customers reads from the same source of truth.
What it replaces
- Productboard / Aha! / similar — PM-only feedback tool, $80–$150 per maker seat. We replace this entirely.
- Manual feedback triage — ~__ hours/week of PM time tagging Slack messages, app reviews, support tickets, emails into spreadsheets. Reclaimed.
- "Generic AI" subscriptions for product work — ChatGPT seats used to draft PRDs from scratch. Now grounded in real product data.
- Cross-team "where is the data?" Slack threads — engineers ask the PM, marketing asks the PM, sales asks the PM. Now: each team queries MindBacklog directly via their own AI client.
What each team gets
- Product (PMs) — Captured signals, AI scoring with evidence, AI-generated PRDs & user stories, Ask Mind in-app, MCP for Claude / Cursor / ChatGPT.
- Engineering — Pull spec details and customer context inside Cursor / Claude Code without leaving the editor. Bidirectional Jira sync.
- Marketing / PMM — Real customer language and objections from ChatGPT, on demand. Stop guessing positioning — ask.
- Sales — Roadmap visibility, segment-relevant features, "has anyone asked for X?" before every demo.
- Customer Success — Weekly themed digests by plan tier. Spot churn risk before it shows in the dashboard.
Cost comparison
| Solution | Seats | Per Seat / mo | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Productboard (current) | __ | $80 | $_______ |
| + ChatGPT Plus seats | __ | $20 | $_______ |
| + Manual triage time | ~_ hrs/wk × $__/hr × 52 | $_______ | |
| Current stack total | $_______ | ||
| MindBacklog | Seats | Per Seat / mo | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Growth plan (annual) | __ | $24.99 | $_______ |
| MindBacklog total | $_______ | ||
Net savings: $________ /year · Plus reclaimed PM hours.
Risk reversal
- 14-day free trial — full product, no credit card.
- Full data export, anytime, no gates — we don't hold your data hostage.
- Read-only MCP, Phase 1 — even an exposed token can't mutate data. Mutations stay in-app behind confirmation cards.
Recommended next step
Start a 14-day trial on the Growth plan. Connect 2–3 channels (Slack, our support widget, App Store) and run for 7 days. Compare against current process. Decide.
Trial signup: app.mindbacklog.com/register