A quick, factual look at how three changelog widgets compare on price, speed, and setup — so you can pick the right one for your SaaS.
| Feature | Lytmark | Beamer | Headway |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Flat $19/mo · unlimited MAUs · free tier | Tiered, scales with monthly active users | Tiered subscription plans |
| Performance | Served from Cloudflare's global edge — low latency worldwide | Centralized cloud hosting | Centralized cloud hosting |
| Setup | One script tag · live in ~2 min · no build step | Script embed + dashboard config | Script embed + dashboard config |
| What's included | Changelog, public roadmap & suggestion box in one widget | Changelog & user feedback | Changelog-focused |
| Free plan | Free forever, no trial clock | Time-limited trial | Limited free tier |
Comparison based on publicly available information; competitor features and pricing may change.
Beamer and Headway both use tiered plans that scale with your monthly active users (MAUs). That's fine when you're small, but the cost climbs exactly as your product succeeds and more people see your updates. Lytmark takes the opposite approach: a flat $19/month with unlimited MAUs, plus a free-forever tier with no trial countdown. Your bill stays the same whether 500 or 500,000 people open the widget.
Lytmark runs on Cloudflare Workers and serves from the global edge, so the widget loads with low latency no matter where your users are. Beamer and Headway rely on centralized cloud hosting, which can add round-trip time for users far from the origin. For a component that loads on every page of your app, that latency difference adds up.
All three install via an embed, but Lytmark is designed to be live in about two minutes: drop in a single script tag, publish a post, done — no build step required. Beamer and Headway also use a script embed but lean more on dashboard configuration before you're up and running.
Headway is changelog-focused. Beamer bundles a changelog with user feedback. Lytmark packages three things into one widget: a changelog, a public roadmap, and a suggestion box — so your announcements, plans, and user requests live in the same place your users already look.
Yes. Lytmark is a lightweight alternative to Beamer for teams that want a changelog widget without per-user pricing. Both add product updates to your app, but Lytmark uses flat monthly plans with unlimited monthly active users starting at $19/month, installs with one script tag, and serves from Cloudflare's edge for fast load times. There's also a free-forever tier with no trial clock.
Headway and Lytmark both let you publish a changelog to your product. Lytmark bundles a changelog, public roadmap, and suggestion box in one widget, runs on Cloudflare Workers for edge-fast delivery, and charges a flat rate with no MAU limits — $19/month after a free tier. The install is a single script tag with no build step, so most teams are live in under two minutes.
Pricing depends on your audience size. Beamer and Headway use tiered plans that scale with monthly active users, so cost grows as your product grows. Lytmark charges a flat $19/month with unlimited monthly active users and offers a free-forever tier, which keeps pricing predictable regardless of how many people see your updates.