Sifter

Spec sheet

Purpose

Sifter is an issue tracker for software and site development teams to find and resolve issues.Read 11 Oct 2026 · sifterapp.com

Audience

The maker describes Sifter as useful for web developers, blogging teams, community managers, and graphic designers.Read 11 Oct 2026 · sifterapp.com

API

Sifter offers a REST-based API, and its API documentation says requests are read-only and limited to 60 requests per minute per token.Read 11 Oct 2026 · sifterapp.com

Integrations

Listed pre-built integrations include Beanstalk, Bitbucket, GitHub, Slack, Taco, and Zapier.Read 11 Oct 2026 · sifterapp.com

Security

The security policy describes SSL on every page, replicated databases, hourly on-site backups, encrypted off-site backups, and quarterly security screens.Read 11 Oct 2026 · sifterapp.com

Support

The pricing page lists same-day support for Small and priority support for Medium, Large, and Massive.Read 11 Oct 2026 · sifterapp.com

Founded

2008Read 28 Sep 2026 · sifterapp.com

Company

Sifter says it was founded in 2008 and describes itself as a small, profitable company focused on helping software teams improve software quality.Read 11 Oct 2026 · sifterapp.com

Board view

Board View displays issues as cards for a Kanban workflow and supports drag-and-drop changes to issue status and details.Read 11 Oct 2026 · sifterapp.com

Email workflow

Users can create and update issues by email, add attachments, reassign issues, change status, and comment.Read 11 Oct 2026 · sifterapp.com

Issue features

Sifter supports full-text search, sorting and filtering, attachments, custom categories, milestones, and an issue change audit trail.Read 11 Oct 2026 · sifterapp.com

Issue tracking

Issues can include bugs, ideas, questions, and feature requests in one system.Read 11 Oct 2026 · sifterapp.com

Payment security

The security policy says Sifter is PCI Level 4 compliant and sends credit card data to Braintree rather than storing it.Read 11 Oct 2026 · sifterapp.com

Project limits

Plan project limits apply to active projects; archived projects do not count, but cannot be searched or receive new comments or issues.Read 11 Oct 2026 · sifterapp.com

Trial limits

During the 14-day trial, file storage is limited to 250 MB; the account is otherwise fully functional.Read 11 Oct 2026 · sifterapp.com

Plans and prices

Every Sifter plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Issue Tracking Software#21 of 408.0
• Bug Tracking Software#18 of 267.8