Changedrop / Alternatives to Headway
Headway alternative
Headway looks great. But there's no free plan.
Headway builds beautiful changelog pages. If you're a bootstrapped founder or small team just getting started, paying $29/mo before you have your first subscriber is a hard ask. Changedrop lets you start free and upgrade when it makes sense.
Free plan forever · No annual commitment · 2-minute setup
Headway vs Changedrop — side by side
Being honest about it
Headway is a good product. Here's where each one actually wins.
Where Headway wins
- —Very clean, polished public changelog design out of the box
- —Good Slack and HipChat integrations for team notifications
- —Simple, focused product — easy to understand
- —Established brand — your users may already recognise the Headway badge
Where Changedrop wins
- ✓Free plan — start without a credit card
- ✓$9/mo vs $29/mo (or $39 month-to-month)
- ✓No annual commitment required on any plan
- ✓Widget uses shadow DOM — no iframe, no CSS bleed into your app
- ✓AI-assisted draft editor built in
- ✓Public roadmap with user voting included on all paid plans
- ✓Analytics dashboard to see which posts actually get read
“I tried Headway first. The design is genuinely nice. But I couldn't justify paying before I had users. Changedrop's free plan let me ship a changelog on day one.”
Common reason early-stage founders switch
The pricing difference is real
Headway starts at $29/mo. Headway's entry price, billed annually. Monthly billing is $39/mo.
Headway
$29/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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