Roundup
No single tool wins this. For a changelog alone, start with Headway's free plan. For email on a small budget, look at Noticeable. For AI drafts, ReleaseNotes. For reach at scale, Beamer. For feedback and a changelog in one plan, ShipLog.
Prices checked on on each vendor's site, in USD. We build ShipLog, so weigh that. Spot something stale? Tell us and we'll fix it.
Ordered by lowest paid price, which is not a ranking.
| Tool | Entry paid plan | Free plan | Feedback board | In-app widget | API and MCP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ShipLog shiplog.ca | $9/mo or $90/yr per project | One project, 10 feedback items and 10 changelog entries, drafts included | Included on every plan | Every plan | API and MCP on every plan, free included |
| Noticeable noticeable.io | $24/mo billed yearly ($29 monthly) | One project and one widget, with a watermark and no email | None listed. Post reactions from Growth, written feedback from Business | Every plan | GraphQL API from Growth ($65/mo billed yearly). MCP not mentioned |
| Headway headwayapp.co | $29/mo (Pro). No yearly price listed | Unlimited changelogs, with page and widget customization | None listed | Every plan | No public API docs. Its security page mentions a Headway API. MCP not mentioned |
| ReleaseNotes releasenotes.io | $39/mo per project (Teams). No yearly price listed | Hosted site, one team member, five recent releases from the last 90 days | None listed. Reactions on paid plans | Teams and up | API and MCP from Teams |
| Beamer getbeamer.com | $49/mo billed yearly ($59 monthly), 5,000 monthly active users | 1,000 monthly active users, one teammate, unlimited posts, a watermark | Separate product: free tier, or Pro at $99/mo billed yearly ($119 monthly) | Listed from Starter | API from Starter. MCP not mentioned |
"None listed" and "not mentioned" describe the public pages we read. We did not log in to these products, so a feature may exist that its site does not show.
Pick it if: You want feedback and updates in one place: a voting board, a public changelog and a widget, for one flat price with no user count.
Look elsewhere if: You only need a changelog and more than 10 free entries, or you need email announcements, push, a custom domain or scheduled posts. Readers follow ShipLog's changelog by RSS.
Pick it if: You want email announcements on a small budget. Starter adds email sending, a custom domain and analytics, with unlimited visitors on paid plans.
Look elsewhere if: A second person needs to post, since Starter has no collaborators, or you need the API, which starts on Growth.
Pick it if: You only need a changelog page and a widget. Headway's free plan may be all you need, and it beats ShipLog's free 10 entries on changelog volume.
Look elsewhere if: You also want to collect feedback, or you need a documented API. Whitelabel, a custom domain, teams and scheduled publishing all need Pro.
Pick it if: You want AI to draft release notes from shipped work. Teams adds unlimited releases, in-app widgets and integrations with GitHub and Jira.
Look elsewhere if: You need a widget or a full history on the free plan, or email at no extra cost. On Teams, email subscribers cost $10 more per 1,000.
Pick it if: Announcements are the job and your audience is large. Beamer has boosted posts, segmentation, and email and push from Pro. ShipLog is not an announcement suite.
Look elsewhere if: You are a small team watching costs. The bill grows with users, at $50/mo per extra 5,000, and paid Feedback is charged on top.
AnnounceKit (announcekit.app) prices each product separately. Changelog is $49/mo billed yearly and Feature Requests & Roadmap adds $39/mo, with 10,000 monthly active users and an MCP server included. It lists a 15-day trial and no free plan, so we left it out of the table for indie budgets.
Board-first tools sit next to this category, and most of them have a changelog too. If votes matter more than announcements, read Nolt, Frill, Canny, Sleekplan, Upvoty and Featurebase, or the full comparison.
ShipLog's free plan is one project, 10 feedback items and 10 changelog entries, with no credit card. Captain is $9/mo or $90/yr per project.