9 Best Changelog Tools for SaaS Product Updates
The quick answer
Quick answer: for in-app product update widgets, Beamer is a dedicated in-app news feed (free up to 1,000 monthly active users, paid from $49 a month billed yearly) and AnnounceKit is the modular one (changelog from $49 a month billed yearly, add-ons for email and segmentation). LaunchNotes suits larger teams that want release notes, a roadmap and subscriber emails from $249 a month. Noticeable and Olvy have free plans and mid-priced tiers. If you already run a feedback board, the changelogs in Sleekplan (free) and Canny (free, with emails on Pro) close the loop with voters. Jira teams can publish release notes with Released, and open-source projects can rely on GitHub Releases. Prices are as of October 2026, checked on each vendor's own site.
What a changelog tool does
A changelog tool publishes product updates in three places: a hosted page (often on a subdomain such as updates.yourapp.com), an in-app widget or pop-up that shows what is new, and email notifications to subscribers. Better tools add segmentation (show an update only to the users it affects), reactions or feedback on each post, and scheduling. Announcing a feature inside the product reaches users at the moment they can try it. Our announcement banner examples show common in-app patterns.
Changelog tools compared
| Tool | In-app widget | Email notifications | Free plan | Paid from (as of October 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beamer | Yes | Pro and above | Up to 1,000 MAU | $49 a month, billed yearly ($59 monthly) |
| AnnounceKit | Yes | Email add-on | No (15-day trial) | Changelog $49 a month, billed yearly ($59 monthly) |
| LaunchNotes | Yes | 5,000 emails a month on Growth | No (trial after demo) | $249 a month, billed annually |
| Noticeable | Yes | Starter and above | Yes (watermarked) | US$24 a month, billed annually (US$29 monthly) |
| Olvy | Yes | Business plan | Up to 1,000 visitors a month | $60 a month |
| Sleekplan | Yes | Yes, with monthly caps on free | Yes | $13 a month, billed yearly |
| Canny | Yes | Pro and above | Yes | $79 a month, billed yearly |
| Released | Jira and Confluence publishing | Not listed | Up to 10 Jira users | $1.10 per Jira user a month |
| GitHub Releases | No | Watchers only | Built into GitHub | Not applicable |
1. Beamer
Who it is for: SaaS teams that want a dedicated in-app news feed with pop-ups, banners and push notifications.
Pricing: Free (1,000 monthly active users, watermarked, one teammate); Starter $59 a month or $49 billed yearly (5,000 MAU); Pro $119 or $99 (10,000 MAU); Scale $299 or $249 (50,000 MAU); Enterprise custom. Beamer counts as MAU any unique user who loads a page with its script.
Strengths: boosted pop-ups, banners and tooltips, push notifications, an API, and segmentation (basic on Pro, AND/OR rules on Scale). Email notifications are included from Pro (5,000 a month).
Limits: MAU-based pricing grows with traffic, and SSO and audit logs are top-tier only.
2. AnnounceKit
Who it is for: teams that want to pay only for the modules they use.
Pricing: the Changelog module is $59 a month or $49 billed yearly, with other modules (feature requests and roadmap, knowledge base, NPS, in-app notifications, product tours) priced separately. Each workspace includes 10,000 MAU, then $25 per 5,000. Email notifications, segmentation and SSO are add-ons. There is a 15-day trial.
Strengths: a GraphQL API, webhooks, Zapier, Slack and an MCP server on every plan, and AnnounceKit says traffic on your public changelog page never counts toward MAU.
Limits: add-ons for email and segmentation raise the real price above the base module.
3. LaunchNotes
Who it is for: product and marketing teams at larger companies that announce releases to subscribers and internal teams.
Pricing: Growth is $249 a month billed annually (one page, two users, 5,000 emails a month); Premium is custom. A 14-day trial is set up after a demo.
Strengths: release notes, roadmap and feedback modules, an in-app widget, SSO and JWT, a custom domain and Jira integration for announcements and roadmaps.
Limits: the highest entry price on this list and no self-serve start.
4. Noticeable
Who it is for: small teams that want a hosted newspage and widget at a modest price.
Pricing: Free (watermarked), then Starter US$29, Growth US$79, Business US$159 and Enterprise US$399 a month, or US$24, US$65, US$132 and US$333 billed annually. Paid plans have a 14-day trial.
Strengths: email sending from Starter, more projects and widgets on higher tiers, and segmentation and private newspages from Business.
Limits: no collaborators on Free or Starter, and SSO is Enterprise-only.
5. Olvy
Who it is for: teams that want release notes plus AI analysis of user feedback.
Pricing: Free (one builder, 1,000 unique visitors a month), Essentials $60 a month and Business $240 a month; Enterprise by quote.
Strengths: unlimited release notes with announcement and feedback widgets on Free; release scheduling and a custom domain on Essentials; email subscriptions, segmentation, CRM integrations and an API on Business.
Limits: email subscriptions for the changelog only start on the $240 Business plan, and Olvy now leads with its AI feedback analysis product.
6. Sleekplan
Who it is for: startups that want a changelog, feedback board and announcements without paying.
Pricing: Indie is free forever; Starter is $13 a month and Business $38 a month, billed yearly.
Strengths: the free plan includes a changelog with email and in-app announcements next to a feedback board, so you can tell voters when their request ships.
Limits: the free plan caps announcement views at 1,000 and email sends at 500 a month, with a single admin.
7. Canny
Who it is for: teams already using Canny for feature requests.
Pricing: the changelog is included on every plan, including Free; Canny says email notifications on publish need Pro, which starts at $79 a month billed yearly.
Strengths: a hosted changelog page and an embeddable widget next to the feedback board, so the people who asked for a feature can hear when it ships.
Limits: pricing is based on tracked users across the whole product. See our Canny alternatives for other feedback-plus-changelog tools.
8. Released
Who it is for: teams that plan in Jira and want release notes generated from Jira issues.
Pricing: Released Hub is an Atlassian Marketplace app for Jira Cloud. Free covers up to 10 users; Standard is $1.10 and Advanced $1.70 per Jira user a month, with volume discounts.
Strengths: AI-drafted release notes linked to Jira issues, publishing to Confluence and Slack, idea portals and public roadmaps.
Limits: priced on every licensed Jira user, and it does not offer an in-app widget for your end users.
9. GitHub Releases
Who it is for: open-source projects and developer tools whose users live on GitHub.
Pricing: built into GitHub.
Strengths: releases are built on Git tags, notes can be generated automatically, users can subscribe to releases only, and there is a REST API for automation.
Limits: no in-app widget, segmentation or email campaigns; notifications reach only GitHub watchers.
Tools we left out or would use with care
Headway is still online with a free plan and a $29 Pro plan, but its own changelog was last updated in June 2023. ReleaseNotes.io shows a 2024 copyright footer. Both may work, but check that they are still maintained before you build on them. Changelog modules also come with Featurebase, Frill and FeatureOS, which we compare in our Canny alternatives post.
How to choose a changelog tool
Pick by where your users will read updates. If most never visit a public page, an in-app widget with segmentation (Beamer, AnnounceKit, LaunchNotes) matters most. If your changelog exists to close the loop on feature requests, keep it in the same tool as your board (Canny, Sleekplan). If releases are planned in Jira, Released avoids double entry. Whatever you choose, the announcement is the start of adoption, not the end: our guide to feature adoption rate covers how to measure whether an announced feature is actually used, and PLG OS provides in-app components such as alerts and toasts for announcing changes inside the product.
FAQs
What is the best changelog tool for SaaS?
Beamer is a dedicated in-app changelog widget with a free plan up to 1,000 monthly active users. AnnounceKit suits teams that want modular pricing, and LaunchNotes suits larger teams with subscriber emails and roadmaps.
Is there a free changelog tool?
Yes. Beamer, Noticeable, Olvy, Sleekplan and Canny all have free plans with limits, as of October 2026, and GitHub Releases is built into GitHub.
How much does Beamer cost?
As of October 2026, Beamer is free up to 1,000 MAU, then Starter is $59 a month or $49 billed yearly for 5,000 MAU, rising to Scale at $299 or $249 for 50,000 MAU.
Do changelog tools send email notifications?
Most do on paid plans: Beamer from Pro, Noticeable from Starter, Canny from Pro, Olvy on Business, and AnnounceKit through an email add-on. Sleekplan's free plan sends up to 500 emails a month.