The short answer
Beamer is changelog-first: an in-app and standalone changelog with boosted announcements and analytics, with feedback and NPS sold as add-ons. Releaseo is release communication: a changelog, in-app launches, feature requests with voting, a roadmap and a help centre, on one hosted public site.
Choose Beamer when announcements are the whole job. Choose Releaseo when announcements should connect to the requests and the roadmap behind them, so the people who asked hear about it.
How you pay
| Releaseo | Beamer | |
|---|---|---|
| First paid plan | Starter, $19 a month | Starter, $49 a month billed yearly ($59 monthly), up to 5,000 monthly active users |
| What the bill follows | A flat monthly price per plan | Monthly active users: 5,000, 10,000 or 50,000 by plan |
| Feedback and voting | Included on every plan, Free included | An add-on |
| NPS surveys | No | An add-on |
What each one covers
| Releaseo | Beamer | |
|---|---|---|
| Changelog | Yes, with post templates | Yes, in-app and standalone |
| Announcements inside your product | Toasts, modals and banners, targeted by segment | A changelog widget and boosted announcements; segmentation from Pro |
| Feature requests with voting | Yes | With the feedback add-on |
| Roadmap | Yes, with custom columns | Not listed on Beamer’s pricing page |
| Help centre | Yes | Not listed on Beamer’s pricing page |
| Public site on your own domain | Yes | Not listed on Beamer’s pricing page |
| Where your data lives | EU by default; US, UK or UAE on request | Not listed on Beamer’s pricing page |
Where Beamer is the better choice
- Announcements are all you need, and you want boosted posts and analytics on every plan.
- You want NPS surveys next to your changelog, as an add-on.
- You need a staging account to test announcements before they go live (Scale plan).
Where Releaseo is the better choice
- Feature requests, voting, a roadmap and a help centre come with every plan, not as add-ons.
- You announce releases inside your product, with toasts, modals and banners shown only to the segments they are for.
- You want the changelog, roadmap, feature requests and help centre on one hosted site, on your own domain.
- Your customers’ data should stay in the EU by default.
Closing the loop
In Releaseo, a release tells the people who asked for it — the voters and followers already attached to that roadmap item.