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Beamer alternative

Beamer is good. But $49/mo for a changelog?

Beamer bundles NPS surveys, push notifications, and user segmentation into one platform. Useful if you need all of that. If you just need users to see what you shipped — you're paying for a lot of things you'll never touch.

Free plan forever · No annual commitment · 2-minute setup

Beamer vs Changedrop — side by side

Feature
Beamer
Changedrop
Free plan
No
Yes — 1 project, 25 posts
Starting price
$49/mo
$9/mo
Embeddable widget
Yes
Yes — shadow DOM, ~13kb
Setup time
30–60 min
2 minutes, one script tag
Email subscribers
Yes
Yes
AI draft editor
No
Yes (Starter+)
Public roadmap
Yes
Yes
NPS surveys
Yes
No
Push notifications
Yes
No

Being honest about it

Beamer is a good product. Here's where each one actually wins.

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Where Beamer wins

  • NPS surveys built in — useful if you're already doing heavy customer research
  • Push notifications for web and mobile in one platform
  • User segmentation — show different updates to different user groups
  • Longer track record and more integrations
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Where Changedrop wins

  • Free plan that actually works — 1 project, 25 posts, 100 subscribers
  • $9/mo vs $49/mo for the equivalent core feature set
  • One script tag to embed — no SDK, no iframe, no CSS conflicts
  • AI draft editor to write release notes in seconds
  • Shadow DOM widget — completely isolated from your app's styles
  • No sales call required to get started

We were on Beamer's Growth plan at $99/mo. We used maybe 20% of the features. Switched to Changedrop and saved $90/mo on day one.

Common reason teams switch

The pricing difference is real

Beamer starts at $49/mo. Beamer's starting price. Grows to $99/mo+ as your team or audience scales.

Beamer

$49/mo

to get started

You're paying before you have a single subscriber. And the price grows with your team and audience size.

Changedrop Free

$0

forever

  • ✓ 1 project
  • ✓ 25 posts
  • ✓ 100 email subscribers
  • ✓ Public changelog page
  • ✓ Embeddable widget

Changedrop Starter

$9/mo

no annual commitment

  • ✓ Unlimited projects
  • ✓ Unlimited posts
  • ✓ Unlimited subscribers
  • ✓ Email notifications
  • ✓ Custom branding
  • ✓ Analytics
  • ✓ AI draft editor

Try Changedrop free — takes 2 minutes

Create an account, set up a project, and paste one script tag into your app. Your changelog is live.

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