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10 Best Changelog Tools of 2026

This list is for product managers, product marketers and support leads who need to tell users about new releases inside the app and by email, without building their own changelog. A changelog tool gives you a hosted updates page, an embeddable "What's new" widget with an unread badge, and usually email or Slack notifications for subscribers. We compared documented features and published prices for 10 tools: nine publish USD prices and one, Noticeable, shows prices in local currency, so its price is pending. Check how each vendor counts usage before you compare: Beamer and AnnounceKit price by monthly active users, ProductLift by team members, ReleaseNotes.io by project and LaunchNotes by page and user.

By the Mojolin research desk · Updated November 12, 2026 · 10 tools compared · Prices checked on vendor pages, latest November 12, 2026

Questions or corrections: editorial@mojolin.com

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Beamer is our top pick for most SaaS teams: it combines an in-app changelog feed, boosted announcements such as pop-ups and top bars, push notifications and email sends, and its Starter plan costs $49 per month billed yearly for 5,000 monthly active users. AnnounceKit is the strongest alternative if you want to buy only the changelog and add email, segmentation or a feature request board as separate modules, with 10,000 MAU included from $59 per month. ProductLift is the best value at $19 per month billed yearly, bundling a changelog, feedback board, roadmap and knowledge base. Noticeable and Headway fit teams that want a simple widget and newspage, Canny fits teams that already collect feature requests, and LaunchNotes is built for enterprise release communication from $799 per month.

Top picks

Best overall

Beamer

8.7 / 10

SaaS product teams that announce releases in-app and by email

Read the review →

Runner-up

AnnounceKit

8.6 / 10

teams that want to pay only for the modules they use

Read the review →

Also great

ProductLift

8.5 / 10

small SaaS teams on a budget

Read the review →

Comparison table

#ToolPricingScore
1BeamerFree plan for 1,000 MAU; Starter $49 per month billed yearly or $59 monthly for 5,000 MAU; Pro $99 yearly; Scale $249 yearly8.7
2AnnounceKitChangelog from $59 per month with 10,000 MAU included; email add-on $49 per month; Enterprise from $799 per month; about 20% off on annual billing8.6
3ProductLiftStarter $19 per month billed yearly ($228 per year) or $29 monthly with 2 team members; Pro $49 yearly; Business $129 yearly8.5
4NoticeableSee vendor pricing (USD check pending)8.4
5CannyFree plan with 25 tracked users and the changelog; Pro from $79 per month billed yearly adds changelog email notifications; Business custom8.3
6HeadwayFree plan with unlimited changelogs; Pro $29 per month adds whitelabel, custom domain, integrations, teams and scheduling8.2
7ReleaseNotes.ioFree Starter plan; Teams $39 per project per month; Business $79 per project per month8.1
8FrillStartup $25 per month; Business $49; Growth $149; Enterprise $3498.0
9LaunchNotesGrowth $799 per month billed annually or $999 billed monthly, with 1 page and 2 users; Premium custom7.8
10OlvyFree plan with 1 builder and 1,000 unique visitors per month; Essentials $60 per month; Business $240 per month7.6

Scoring weights

Every tool gets three editorial scores out of 10, from vendor documentation, product pages and the published price. The overall score is the weighted average below, the same method on every list. Full method

Features40%
Ease of use30%
Value30%

The full ranking

  1. Rank 1 · Best overall

    Beamer

    A changelog and product announcement tool with an in-app feed, boosted pop-ups, push notifications and email.

    getbeamer.com

    8.7

    out of 10

    Best for: SaaS product teams that announce releases in-app and by email

    Beamer covers the full set of ways to tell users about a release. The core is an in-app feed and a standalone changelog page with unlimited posts, and every plan above Free adds boosted notifications, which show an announcement as a pop-up, top bar, snippet or tooltip even if the user never opens the feed. Push notifications reach users who are offline, and email notifications start on Pro with 5,000 sends per month. Starter costs $49 per month billed yearly for 5,000 monthly active users, Pro is $99 for 10,000 and Scale is $249 for 50,000 with advanced segmentation and user activity timelines. The free plan is a real option for small products, with 1,000 MAU and one teammate. The costs to watch are MAU growth, at $50 per month for each extra 5,000, and the feedback board and NPS surveys, which are $99 per month add-ons each. Beamer is now run together with Userflow, an onboarding tool.

    Standout feature

    Beamer is the best choice for in-app announcements because boosted pop-ups, top bars and tooltips are included from the $49 Starter plan.

    Use cases

    • Product marketers at B2B SaaS companies

      Announce a major feature with a pop-up and a follow-up email

      Outcome: Active and inactive users both hear about the launch

    • Product managers

      Post weekly release notes to an in-app feed

      Outcome: Users see an unread badge instead of a support article

    • Growth teams

      Show different updates to free and paid users with segmentation

      Outcome: Each audience sees only the releases that apply to it

    Key features

    • In-app and standalone changelog with unlimited posts
    • Boosted notifications as pop-ups, top bars, snippets and tooltips
    • Email notifications: 5,000 per month on Pro and 20,000 on Scale
    • Push notifications to bring offline users back
    • Feedback with a public and private roadmap, and NPS, as $99 per month add-ons

    Pros

    • Free plan covers 1,000 monthly active users with one teammate
    • Unlimited teammates and languages on every paid plan
    • Post scheduling, pinned posts and custom categories for organizing releases

    Cons

    • Email notifications start on Pro at $99 per month billed yearly
    • Each extra 5,000 MAU costs $50 per month
    • Free plan shows a Beamer watermark and has no API access
  2. Rank 2 · Runner-up

    AnnounceKit

    A modular product communication platform for changelogs, in-app widgets, email updates, feature requests and NPS.

    announcekit.app

    8.6

    out of 10

    Best for: teams that want to pay only for the modules they use

    AnnounceKit splits product communication into separate products that you combine: Changelog at $59 per month, Feature Requests and Roadmap, Knowledge Base at $69, NPS at $59, In-app Notifications at $99 and Product Tours at $69. The Changelog product alone includes the post editor with AI assist, a standalone page, all widget types, scheduling, pinning, comments, reactions and analytics, and the first 10,000 monthly active users are included before overage of $25 per 5,000. Add-ons apply across every product you pick: email notifications with digests and your own SMTP domain cost $49 per month, segmentation $49, custom branding $39 and whitelabel $59. Native SDKs for iOS, Android and Flutter make it one of the few options here for mobile app announcements, and the GraphQL API, webhooks and MCP server suit teams that want to automate publishing. The modular model is clear, but a full setup with email and segmentation costs more than the headline price.

    Standout feature

    AnnounceKit is the best choice for mobile app announcements because it ships native SDKs for iOS, Android and Flutter.

    Use cases

    • Mobile app teams

      Show release notes inside iOS and Android apps with native SDKs

      Outcome: Mobile users see updates without leaving the app

    • Product operations teams

      Let an AI agent draft and publish changelog posts through MCP

      Outcome: Release notes go out with less manual writing

    • SaaS teams with 5,000 to 10,000 users

      Run a changelog without paying per seat

      Outcome: Predictable cost while the team grows

    Key features

    • Changelog page with AI-assisted editor, scheduling, pinning, comments and reactions
    • 10+ in-app widget types, plus banners, modals and popups in the In-app Notifications product
    • Email add-on with subscriber notifications, digests and your own SMTP domain
    • Native SDKs for iOS, Android and Flutter
    • GraphQL API, 11 webhook events and an MCP server for publishing from AI agents

    Pros

    • First 10,000 MAU included, then $25 per 5,000
    • Pricing is per product, never per seat
    • 15-day trial with all features and no credit card

    Cons

    • No free plan
    • Email notifications cost an extra $49 per month
    • Segmentation, whitelabel and SSO are separate paid add-ons
  3. Rank 3 · Also great

    ProductLift

    A product feedback suite with a changelog, voting boards, public roadmap and knowledge base on every plan.

    productlift.dev

    8.5

    out of 10

    Best for: small SaaS teams on a budget

    ProductLift gives a small team the full release loop for less than most changelog-only tools. Each update can be published to a branded changelog on your own domain, sent to email subscribers and shown in an in-app What's New widget with an unread badge, and you can schedule posts for launch day or send scheduled digests instead of one email per change. Git2Log turns commit history or a raw changelog file into a customer-facing draft, and posts can be grouped under a release or month with an AI-generated introduction. Starter costs $19 per month billed yearly and includes the changelog, feedback voting, public roadmap, knowledge base, white-label and 28 languages for 2 team members. The limits show up as you grow: Starter has 2 boards, integrations and API access need Pro at $49 per month billed yearly, and every extra team member costs $15 per month. There is no free plan.

    Standout feature

    ProductLift is the best choice for budget teams because its $19 Starter plan includes a changelog, in-app widget, email subscribers and a public roadmap.

    Use cases

    • Solo founders

      Turn Git commits into a customer-facing release note

      Outcome: A published update without writing from scratch

    • Small SaaS teams

      Notify users who voted on a feature when it ships

      Outcome: Feedback, roadmap and changelog stay connected

    • Teams with international customers

      Publish release notes in several languages

      Outcome: Users read updates in their own language

    Key features

    • Branded public changelog, subscriber emails and an in-app What's New widget with an unread badge
    • Git2Log turns commit history or a changelog.txt file into a first draft
    • Posts grouped by release or month with an AI-written group introduction
    • Updates translated into 28 languages
    • Feedback voting, public roadmap and knowledge base on every plan

    Pros

    • Lowest paid entry price on this list at $19 per month billed yearly
    • Unlimited end users and white-label on all plans
    • Scheduled email digests for a calmer update cadence

    Cons

    • No free plan, only a 14-day trial
    • Starter allows 2 boards and 2 team members; extra members cost $15 per month
    • Integrations and API access require Pro
  4. Rank 4

    Noticeable

    A focused product updates tool that publishes release notes to an in-app widget, a public newspage and email.

    noticeable.io

    8.4

    out of 10

    Best for: teams with many users who want flat pricing

    Noticeable does one job: it turns each release note into an in-app widget post, a newspage entry and an email. The widget shows an unread badge, keeps read state in sync across devices on Business, and lets users react with emoji or leave written feedback. The newspage can be public and SEO-friendly on your own domain or private behind a password, IP allowlist or secret token. Email and RSS feeds are opt-in per label, so customers can subscribe only to the product areas they care about, and analytics report views, clicks, reactions and open rates for up to a year. The main pricing advantage is that every paid plan includes unlimited visitors, which helps products with large user bases. Features are tiered: Starter adds a custom domain and email sending, Growth adds scheduling, a GraphQL API, multiple languages and 3 collaborators, and Business adds segmentation and custom CSS. Noticeable shows prices in local currency, so we could not confirm a USD price.

    Standout feature

    Noticeable is the best choice for high-traffic products because every paid plan includes unlimited visitors.

    Use cases

    • Consumer SaaS products with high traffic

      Publish release notes without MAU-based pricing

      Outcome: Cost stays flat as visitors grow

    • Multi-product companies

      Let customers subscribe to updates by label

      Outcome: Users get emails only for areas they use

    • EU-based teams

      Host a changelog with a France-based vendor

      Outcome: Simpler GDPR review

    Key features

    • In-app What's new widget with unread badges and cross-device read state
    • Public newspage on your own domain, or private behind a password, IP allowlist or secret token
    • Branded emails and RSS feeds that subscribers opt into per label
    • Views, clicks, reactions and email open rates per publication
    • GraphQL API and SDKs for React, Vue and Angular

    Pros

    • Unlimited visitors on every paid plan
    • Free plan with 1 project and 1 widget
    • Built and hosted in France with GDPR compliance

    Cons

    • Free plan is watermarked and has no email sending
    • Scheduling, multi-language and the API start on Growth
    • Segmentation and private newspages require Business
  5. Rank 5

    Canny

    A customer feedback and roadmap platform with a built-in changelog that notifies subscribers when you ship.

    canny.io

    8.3

    out of 10

    Best for: teams that already collect feature requests

    Canny is a feedback and roadmap tool first, and its changelog is the last step of that loop. You can embed a changelog widget in your product, keep a full-page history of updates, write with markdown and custom labels, and anyone subscribed to a request is notified when you publish the update that ships it. Canny states that the changelog is free to use with no restrictions, which makes it a strong free option if you only need a widget and a page. Email notifications for changelog posts require Pro, which starts at $79 per month billed yearly and adds 100+ tracked users, and project management integrations such as Jira and Linear. Autopilot AI pulls feedback from tools such as Intercom, Zendesk and Gong on every plan. The trade-off is that announcement options are narrower than Beamer or AnnounceKit, with no pop-ups or banners to push a release to users who ignore the widget.

    Standout feature

    Canny is the best free changelog for feedback-driven teams because its changelog is free with no restrictions and links each update to the requests behind it.

    Use cases

    • B2B product managers

      Close the loop on a highly voted request when it ships

      Outcome: Customers who asked are notified automatically

    • Early-stage startups

      Run a public changelog without paying

      Outcome: A hosted updates page and widget on the free plan

    • Customer success teams

      Log feedback from support tickets with Autopilot

      Outcome: Releases trace back to real customer demand

    Key features

    • Changelog with an in-product widget and a full-page view
    • Markdown support and custom labels for updates
    • Subscribers notified automatically when an update is published
    • Autopilot AI captures feedback from support and sales conversations
    • Feedback portal, voting and roadmap tied to each shipped feature

    Pros

    • Changelog is free to use with no restrictions
    • Unlimited contributors on every plan
    • Shipped updates trace back to the feedback that requested them

    Cons

    • Email notifications for changelog posts need Pro from $79 per month
    • Free plan tracks only 25 users who give feedback
    • No popup or banner announcements beyond the widget
  6. Rank 6

    Headway

    A lightweight changelog with a public page and an in-product widget, free for unlimited changelogs.

    headwayapp.co

    8.2

    out of 10

    Best for: small apps that need a free changelog widget

    Headway is the simplest tool on this list, and that is its appeal. The free plan includes unlimited changelogs, a customizable public page and widget, custom categories, the Eyecatcher badge animation that draws attention to new posts, and API access. Pro costs $29 per month and adds whitelabel, a custom domain, Slack and Twitter integrations, team management, scheduled publishing, private changelogs and the option to block search engines. The markdown editor handles images and embedded media, which is enough for most release notes. What Headway does not list matters for this use case: there are no email notifications to subscribers, no user segmentation, no pop-up or banner announcements and no analytics on the pricing page, so users only see updates when they open the widget or the page. That makes it a good free start for a small app, and a weak fit for teams that need to reach inactive users by email.

    Standout feature

    Headway is the best free option for a simple in-app changelog because its free plan includes unlimited changelogs, the widget and the API.

    Use cases

    • Indie developers

      Add a What's new widget to a web app for free

      Outcome: Users see updates inside the product at no cost

    • Small product teams

      Post release notes to Slack when they publish

      Outcome: The team and customers stay in sync on Pro

    • Agencies

      Run a whitelabel changelog on a client domain

      Outcome: A branded updates page for $29 per month

    Key features

    • Public changelog page and an in-product widget
    • Eyecatcher badge animation so users notice new updates
    • Markdown editor with image uploads and multimedia embeds
    • Custom categories and an API on the free plan
    • Slack and Twitter integrations, scheduled publishing and private changelogs on Pro

    Pros

    • Free plan includes unlimited changelogs, widget customization and the API
    • One flat Pro price of $29 per month
    • Changelog can be public, private or hidden from search engines

    Cons

    • Pricing page lists no email notifications to subscribers
    • No segmentation, pop-ups or analytics listed
    • Team management and scheduling need Pro
  7. Rank 7

    ReleaseNotes.io

    A hosted release notes tool that builds releases from Jira, GitHub and Azure DevOps and publishes them to a site, widgets and email.

    releasenotes.io

    8.1

    out of 10

    Best for: engineering-led teams that write notes from tickets

    ReleaseNotes.io is aimed at teams whose release notes start as tickets and pull requests. Teams, at $39 per project per month, connects to Jira, GitHub and Azure DevOps, creates AI-powered Smart Releases from that work, and lets AI agents such as Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor publish through MCP. The same plan adds in-app popup and banner widgets, premium themes, tags and analytics, with unlimited releases and team members. Email to subscribers is metered on Teams at $10 per 1,000, and Business at $79 per project per month makes email unlimited and adds a custom domain, a custom CSS, HTML and JS theme and private release notes. The free Starter plan gives you a hosted site with one team member and a five-release history that expires after 90 days, which is enough to try the workflow but not to run a public changelog. Per-project pricing works well for one product and adds up for several.

    Standout feature

    ReleaseNotes.io is the best choice for ticket-driven teams because its $39 Teams plan builds releases from Jira, GitHub and Azure DevOps.

    Use cases

    • Engineering managers

      Generate release notes from closed Jira tickets

      Outcome: Notes are drafted from work already tracked

    • Developer tool companies

      Publish releases from GitHub to a hosted site and widget

      Outcome: Developers see changes as soon as they ship

    • B2B teams with private customers

      Share private release notes on Business

      Outcome: Only authorized customers can read the notes

    Key features

    • AI-powered Smart Releases
    • In-app popup and banner widgets on Teams
    • Jira, GitHub, Azure DevOps and API integrations
    • MCP integration for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other AI agents
    • Private release notes, custom domain and custom theme on Business

    Pros

    • Free plan with a hosted release notes site
    • Teams includes unlimited releases and team members
    • Business includes unlimited email subscribers

    Cons

    • Free plan allows 1 team member and 5 releases with a 90-day limit
    • Email subscribers on Teams cost $10 per 1,000
    • Custom domain requires Business at $79 per project per month
  8. Rank 8

    Frill

    A customer feedback tool with ideas, a roadmap, announcements and surveys embedded in one widget.

    frill.co

    8.0

    out of 10

    Best for: teams that want unlimited admins and widgets

    Frill bundles announcements with an idea board, a roadmap and in-product surveys, all delivered through an embeddable widget. Its announcements module supports scheduled and boosted announcements, segmentation, multiple languages and comments, so a release can be targeted at the users it affects and pushed to people who have not opened the widget. Pricing starts at $25 per month on Startup, with unlimited admins, unlimited widgets and unlimited tracked users, which is unusual at that price. Startup limits you to 50 active ideas and one survey of each type, Business at $49 per month removes the idea cap, and Growth at $149 adds privacy features and white labeling. The pricing page does not list a separate email newsletter for announcements beyond automatic emails, so check whether its email options cover your release mail before you commit. Frill fits teams that want feedback and announcements in one widget more than a dedicated release email tool.

    Standout feature

    Frill is the best choice for larger teams on a small budget because unlimited admins and widgets start at $25 per month.

    Use cases

    • Product teams with many contributors

      Let everyone on the team post announcements

      Outcome: No per-seat cost for extra admins

    • SaaS companies with global users

      Publish announcements in several languages

      Outcome: Each user reads updates in their language

    • Startups collecting feedback

      Run an idea board, roadmap and release announcements together

      Outcome: One widget covers the whole feedback loop

    Key features

    • Announcements with scheduling, boosted announcements, segmentation and comments
    • Multi-language announcements
    • Idea board, voting and roadmap
    • NPS, CSAT and poll surveys embedded in your product
    • Developer API, webhooks, SSO and custom domain

    Pros

    • Unlimited admins and unlimited widgets on every paid tier
    • Unlimited tracked users on all plans
    • 14-day free trial with no credit card

    Cons

    • Startup caps active ideas at 50
    • White labeling is an add-on below Growth at $149 per month
    • No free plan
  9. Rank 9

    LaunchNotes

    An enterprise product communication platform for release notes, roadmaps and feedback across internal and external audiences.

    launchnotes.com

    7.8

    out of 10

    Best for: enterprise product orgs with several audiences

    LaunchNotes is built for large product organizations that announce changes to customers, sales and internal teams from one place. The Growth plan, at $799 per month billed annually or $999 billed monthly, includes announcements, a roadmap, feedback management, the in-app widget, the Smart Draft AI Writer and an MCP server for one LaunchNotes page and two users. Announcements support scheduling, subscriptions, email, Slack and RSS notifications, digests, cohorts and custom calls to action, and you can send 5,000 emails per month or connect SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark or SMTP. Jira and Confluence integrations, stage-change notifications on roadmaps and executive dashboards fit product operations teams. Premium adds multiple pages, advanced segmentation, AI tone and voice, full white-labeling and SAML at custom pricing. For a small SaaS team, the price and the two-user limit on Growth make it hard to justify against Beamer or AnnounceKit.

    Standout feature

    LaunchNotes is the best choice for enterprise release communication because it serves internal teams and customers from one hub with SSO and Jira integrations.

    Use cases

    • Product operations at large SaaS companies

      Send one weekly release update to the whole company

      Outcome: Sales and support learn about changes in one place

    • Product marketing teams

      Publish customer-facing release notes with email digests

      Outcome: Customers get a regular summary instead of many emails

    • Regulated companies

      Pass a vendor security review for a release notes tool

      Outcome: SOC 2 report access and a DPA are available

    Key features

    • Announcements, roadmap, feedback management and an in-app widget
    • Smart Draft AI Writer and an MCP server
    • Email sending of 5,000 per month, or bring your own ESP such as SendGrid or Postmark
    • Announcement subscriptions with email, Slack and RSS notifications, plus digests
    • SSO and JWT authentication, with SAML and audit log on Premium

    Pros

    • Serves internal teams and customers from one release hub
    • Jira and Confluence integrations for announcements and roadmaps
    • SOC 2 report access and DPA for vendor reviews

    Cons

    • Highest entry price on this list at $799 per month billed annually
    • Growth includes only 1 page and 2 users
    • Sales-led purchase through a demo
  10. Rank 10

    Olvy

    A customer feedback analysis platform that also publishes release notes through announcement widgets.

    olvy.co

    7.6

    out of 10

    Best for: teams that pair feedback analysis with release notes

    Olvy now presents itself mainly as an AI platform for analyzing customer feedback from surveys, interviews, reviews, support tickets and sales calls, but its plans still include a release notes product with announcement widgets. The free plan gives one builder unlimited release notes with SEO settings, announcement and feedback widgets, and 1,000 unique visitors per month. Essentials at $60 per month removes the visitor cap and the Olvy branding, and adds release scheduling, a custom domain, advanced customization and two widgets. For the email part of release communication you need Business at $240 per month, which adds changelog email subscriptions, user segmentation, multi-language support, API keys, webhooks and five builders. That puts email announcements at a higher price than Beamer, ProductLift or Canny. Olvy makes most sense for teams that want feedback analysis and release notes from the same vendor rather than a dedicated announcement tool.

    Standout feature

    Olvy is the best choice for combining feedback analysis and release notes because its free plan already includes unlimited release notes.

    Use cases

    • Product teams with scattered feedback

      Analyze feedback from Slack, Discord and app stores, then announce fixes

      Outcome: Requests and release notes live in one tool

    • Early-stage startups

      Publish release notes on a free hosted page

      Outcome: A public changelog for up to 1,000 visitors a month

    • Multilingual SaaS teams

      Send segmented changelog emails in several languages

      Outcome: Targeted release emails on the Business plan

    Key features

    • Unlimited release notes with SEO settings on the free plan
    • Announcement and feedback widgets
    • Release scheduling and custom domain on Essentials
    • Email subscriptions for the changelog, user segmentation and multi-language support on Business
    • AI analysis of feedback from Slack, Discord, app stores and other channels

    Pros

    • Free plan includes unlimited release notes
    • Unlimited visitors and no Olvy branding on Essentials
    • Business adds unlimited widgets and integrations

    Cons

    • Free plan caps unique visitors at 1,000 per month
    • Changelog email subscriptions require Business at $240 per month
    • Extra builders cost $25 per month each

Buying guide

How to choose

Check how in-app delivery works

Every tool here offers an embeddable widget, but the depth differs. Beamer and AnnounceKit can push an update as a pop-up, banner or tooltip even when users never open the feed, while Headway and ReleaseNotes.io focus on a badge and a feed. If you need users to notice a major release, look for boosted or popup announcements on the plan you plan to buy.

Confirm email notifications are on your plan

Email is often gated. Beamer includes 5,000 email notifications per month from its Pro plan, AnnounceKit sells email as a $49 per month add-on, Canny needs Pro from $79 per month for changelog emails, Olvy keeps changelog email subscriptions on its $240 Business plan and ReleaseNotes.io charges $10 per 1,000 subscribers on Teams. Headway's pricing page does not list email notifications at all.

Match the pricing unit to your product

A consumer app with many users should avoid MAU pricing: Beamer adds $50 per month for each extra 5,000 MAU. Noticeable advertises unlimited visitors on every paid plan, ProductLift and Frill do not charge for end users, and ReleaseNotes.io charges per project. A B2B app with a few hundred customers will rarely hit MAU caps.

Decide if you also want feedback and a roadmap

Canny, Frill and ProductLift started as feedback boards and include a public roadmap, so a shipped feature can notify the people who voted for it. Beamer and AnnounceKit sell feedback as add-ons. If you only need release announcements, a focused tool such as Headway, Noticeable or ReleaseNotes.io keeps setup and cost down.

Look at drafting help for release notes

Several vendors now help write the update itself. ProductLift's Git2Log turns commit history into a draft, ReleaseNotes.io creates releases from Jira, GitHub and Azure DevOps, LaunchNotes includes a Smart Draft AI Writer, and AnnounceKit offers an AI post generator and an MCP server so agents can publish for you.

Frequently asked questions

+What is the best changelog tool?

Beamer is the best changelog tool for most SaaS product teams. It combines an in-app feed, boosted pop-ups and email notifications, with a free plan for 1,000 monthly active users and Starter at $49 per month billed yearly as of November 2026.

+Is there a free changelog tool?

Yes. Canny's changelog is free to use with no restrictions, Headway's free plan includes unlimited changelogs and an in-product widget, and Beamer's free plan covers 1,000 monthly active users. Noticeable, ReleaseNotes.io and Olvy also have free plans with tighter limits.

+How much does changelog software cost?

Paid plans on this list start at $19 per month billed yearly with ProductLift. Other entry prices are $25 with Frill, $29 with Headway Pro, $49 with Beamer billed yearly, $59 with AnnounceKit, $79 with Canny Pro billed yearly and $799 per month billed annually with LaunchNotes.

+Which changelog tools send release notes by email?

Beamer, AnnounceKit, ProductLift, Noticeable, Canny, ReleaseNotes.io, LaunchNotes and Olvy can email subscribers. On several it costs extra: Beamer starts email on Pro, AnnounceKit charges $49 per month for its email add-on, and Canny requires Pro from $79 per month.

+How do I show product updates inside my app?

Install a changelog widget with a script tag or SDK. Tools such as Beamer, Noticeable and ProductLift add a What's new button with an unread badge, and Beamer, AnnounceKit and Frill can also push an update as a pop-up or banner.

+What is the difference between a changelog and release notes?

They overlap: release notes are usually written for customers, while a changelog is often a more technical, dated list of changes. Canny describes changelog entries as more technical and release notes as written for less technical audiences, and most tools here support both styles.

+Do changelog tools work in mobile apps?

Some do. AnnounceKit offers native SDKs for iOS, Android and Flutter, while most other tools on this list document web widgets and SDKs for React, Vue or Angular.

About this list

Updated November 12, 2026 by the Mojolin research desk. Mojolin is self-funded

Questions or corrections: editorial@mojolin.com

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