Pushlog vs Beamer

Beamer is an in-app notification and changelog tool that's been around since 2018. It's good at one thing: putting a notification widget inside your product that shows users what's new. But that focus on in-app distribution comes with complexity and cost that might surprise you.

Beamer charges by monthly active users (MAUs), starting at $49/month for 5,000 MAUs. That adds up fast. Email notifications? Locked behind the $99/month Pro tier. Want their feedback module or NPS surveys? Those are separate add-ons at $99/month each. A mid-size SaaS wanting the full feature set is looking at $250+/month before they've sent a single update.

FeaturePushlogBeamer
Free tierYes, usable1,000 MAU cap
Hosted changelog page
Embeddable widget
Email notificationsIncludedPro tier ($99/mo)
Slack & DiscordIncluded (Starter)Limited
In-app popups/banners
Push notificationsPro tier
Pricing modelFlat monthlyPer MAU + add-ons
Starting paid priceFree to start$49/mo

The bottom line

If you need in-app popups, banners, and push notifications on top of your changelog, Beamer has those features and Pushlog doesn't. But if your goal is publishing updates and notifying users via email, widget, and webhooks — Pushlog does that at a fraction of the cost, without MAU-based pricing that punishes you for growing.

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