Changedrop / Alternatives to Beamer
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.
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Beamer vs Changedrop — side by side
Being honest about it
Beamer is a good product. Here's where each one actually wins.
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
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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