Beamer Pricing 2026: Full Breakdown and What You Actually Pay

Beamer's pricing page shows $49/month. What it doesn't show is that the number can triple before you've added a single feature.

Beamer uses MAU-based pricing (Monthly Active Users), which means your bill scales with your traffic. Add in paid add-ons for feedback and NPS, and the "affordable changelog tool" starts looking a lot less affordable.

Here's a full breakdown of what Beamer actually costs in 2026, what you get at each tier, and where the hidden costs live.

Beamer Pricing Plans (2026)

Beamer offers four paid plans plus a limited free tier. All prices below are with annual billing. Monthly billing is 20% higher.

Free Plan — $0/month

1,000 MAUs
1 teammate
Unlimited changelog posts
Basic analytics
Beamer watermark on your widget
No email notifications
No segmentation
No comments or reactions

The reality: The free plan is a trial in disguise. The 1,000 MAU cap means even a small product will outgrow it quickly. The watermark and missing features make it impractical for anything customer-facing.

Starter — $49/month (annual) / $59/month (monthly)

5,000 MAUs
Unlimited teammates
Customizable appearance
Boosted announcements (pop-ups, top bars, tooltips)
Post scheduling
Pinned posts
Custom categories
No email notifications
No comments or reactions
No segmentation
2,000 API requests/month

The reality: Starter covers the basics, but missing email and segmentation make it hard to run serious product communication. You can publish changelog entries and show them in-app, but you can't target specific user groups or notify people who aren't logged in.

Pro — $99/month (annual) / $119/month (monthly)

10,000 MAUs
Everything in Starter
Dedicated inbox
Comments and reactions
Basic segmentation (tag-based)
Filter by URL
Real-time updates
Email notifications (5,000/month)
Push notifications
Custom CSS
Custom domain
Zapier integration
20,000 API requests/month

The reality: Pro is where Beamer becomes a real product communication tool. Email, segmentation, and customization unlock most use cases. But at $99/month with a 10,000 MAU cap, growing products will hit the ceiling fast.

Scale — $249/month (annual) / $299/month (monthly)

50,000 MAUs
Everything in Pro
Advanced segmentation (AND/OR logic)
User activities timeline
Staging account
Dynamic content (personalized notifications)
Custom scripting
Email notifications (20,000/month)
Single-user API notifications
Segment integration
100,000 API requests/month

The reality: Scale is built for larger teams with complex needs. The advanced segmentation and user activity tracking are powerful, but at $249/month, you're paying enterprise prices for a changelog widget.

Custom / Enterprise

Custom MAU limits
Custom email limits
Onboarding and assisted installation
Enterprise support
Custom API limits
Pricing: Contact sales

The MAU Problem

Here's the part that catches most teams off guard: MAU-based pricing means your bill grows with your success.

What counts as an MAU? Any unique user who loads a page where Beamer's script is embedded. They don't have to click your changelog or read an update. Just loading the page counts.

This means:

A viral blog post that brings 50,000 visitors to your site? If Beamer's script is on that page, those are all MAUs.
Seasonal traffic spikes? Your bill spikes too.
Growing user base? You'll need to upgrade plans or buy additional MAUs.

The cost of additional MAUs beyond your plan's limit isn't published on Beamer's pricing page, which means you won't know the overage cost until you hit the cap.

Compare this to flat-rate pricing: Worknotes charges $29/month regardless of how many users see your updates. No MAU tracking, no overage charges, no surprises. See the full Worknotes vs Beamer comparison for a detailed feature breakdown.

Add-On Costs

Beamer's base plans don't include everything. Two features require paid add-ons:

Feedback Add-on

Available on all paid plans. Lets users submit feedback through your Beamer widget. Pricing isn't publicly listed, so you'll need to contact Beamer for a quote.

NPS Add-on

Available on all paid plans. Adds Net Promoter Score surveys to your Beamer widget. Again, pricing requires contacting their sales team.

The fact that these are separate add-ons means the advertised plan prices are a floor, not a ceiling. Your actual bill depends on which add-ons you need.

What's Missing from Beamer

Even on the Scale plan, there are things Beamer doesn't do:

No AI content generation. Every changelog entry is written manually. In 2026, tools like Worknotes can generate updates from your completed tickets using AI, saving hours per week.

No native issue tracker integration. Beamer doesn't connect to Linear, Jira, or other project management tools. Your workflow is: finish ticket → switch to Beamer → manually write the update. There's no pipeline from "done" to "published."

Limited email capabilities. Beamer's email notifications are exactly that: notifications. They tell users a new post exists. They're not email campaigns with contact management, segmentation, and engagement tracking. If you need real product update emails, you'll need another tool.

No contact management. Beamer doesn't have a CRM or contact list. You can segment by user attributes passed via their script, but you can't import contacts, manage lists, or track engagement at the contact level.

Beamer Pricing Compared

Here's how Beamer's pricing stacks up against alternatives for a team that needs changelog + email + in-app announcements:

Tool	Price	Pricing Model	AI Writing	Email	In-App Widget
Beamer Starter	$49/mo	MAU-based (5K)	No	No	Yes
Beamer Pro	$99/mo	MAU-based (10K)	No	5K/mo	Yes
Beamer Scale	$249/mo	MAU-based (50K)	No	20K/mo	Yes
Worknotes	$29/mo	Flat rate	Yes	3K/mo	Yes
Canny	$79/mo	Feature-gated	No	No	Limited
LaunchNotes	Contact sales	Enterprise	No	Yes	Limited

At every Beamer price point, you're paying more and getting less AI assistance. The question is whether Beamer's specific strengths (boosted announcements, push notifications, NPS add-on) are worth the premium for your use case.

Who Should Use Beamer

Beamer is a good fit if:

You need advanced in-app targeting. Beamer's boosted announcements (pop-ups, top bars, snippets, tooltips) with URL filtering and segmentation are genuinely powerful. If precise in-app targeting is your primary use case, Beamer does it well.
You need push notifications. Few changelog tools offer native push notification support. If reaching users when they're offline is critical, Beamer has this on Pro and above.
You're already on it and happy. Switching tools has a cost. If Beamer is working for you and the MAU pricing isn't a concern, there's no reason to migrate.

Beamer is probably not the right fit if:

You're a startup watching costs. MAU pricing is unpredictable. A flat $29/month is easier to budget for.
You want AI to help write updates. Beamer doesn't have this. Period.
You need email campaigns, not just notifications. Beamer's email features are basic compared to dedicated product update email tools.
You use Linear and want a connected workflow. Beamer doesn't integrate with issue trackers.

For a full comparison of alternatives, see our guide on the best Beamer alternatives in 2026.

The Bottom Line

Beamer's pricing starts at $49/month but can quickly climb to $249+ once you factor in MAU growth, add-ons, and the features locked behind higher tiers. It's a solid tool for in-app announcements, but it's expensive for what most teams actually need: a simple way to write, publish, and distribute product updates.

If you want a changelog tool that includes AI writing, email campaigns, in-app widgets, and flat-rate pricing at $29/month, try Worknotes free for 14 days. No credit card, no MAU tracking, no surprises.