QuackbackOctober 6, 2026
October 6, 2026
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Beamer alternative
Quackback vs Beamer: the open-source Beamer alternative
Beamer announces product updates in your app, priced by monthly active users, and sells feedback and a roadmap as an add-on. Quackback is an open-source Beamer alternative with a changelog that emails subscribers and voters, plus feedback boards and a public roadmap in every plan.
Try Quackback free
- 14-day Pro trial, no card needed
- Keep using it free if you don't upgrade
- Open source. Self-host with Docker
- Feedback, roadmap and changelog in one
Quackback and Beamer, feature by feature
Prices, features and hosting side by side. A tick means it's included; a note says on which plan.
| Feature | Quackback | Beamer |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Paid plans from | $29/mo, billed annually | $49/mo on Starter, billed yearly, for 5,000 monthly active users |
| Price is based on | Your plan, with seats included | Monthly active users who load the widget or page |
| Over the limit | Customers and voters are always free | $50/mo for each extra 5,000 MAUs |
| Feedback and roadmap | YesEvery plan | YesAdd-on, $99/mo |
| Self-hosted | YesFree, with every feature | No |
| Changelog | ||
| Changelog page | Yes | Yes |
| In-app widget | Yes | Yes |
| Email subscribers | Yes10,000 broadcast emails a month on Pro | YesPro and up, 5,000 a month |
| Email voters when it ships | Yes | YesWith the Feedback add-on |
| RSS feed | Yes | Yes |
| Pop-ups, banners and tooltipsAnnounce inside your app beyond the widget | No | Yes |
| Browser push notifications | No | Yes |
| Segment who sees an update | YesBy segment, Business and up | YesBasic on Pro, advanced on Scale |
| NPS surveys | No | YesAdd-on, $99/mo |
| Feedback loop | ||
| Feedback boards and voting | Yes | YesFeedback add-on |
| Public roadmap | Yes | YesFeedback add-on |
| Support inbox and help center | YesEvery plan | No |
| Developers | ||
| REST API | YesEvery plan | Yes |
| Single sign-on | YesOIDC, on Enterprise | YesScale and up |
| Hosting and data | ||
| Open sourceRead, audit and change the code | AGPL-3.0 | No |
| Self-hostingRun it on your own servers | YesDocker, with every feature | No |
| Where your data lives | Our cloud, or your own Postgres | Beamer's cloud |
Beamer details come from Beamer's public website, checked 6 November 2026, and can change, so check their pricing page before you decide. Quackback prices are for Cloud, billed annually; self-hosting is free under AGPL-3.0.
Quackback vs Beamer: the full picture
Beamer is built to get updates seen. Beyond the changelog widget it has pop-ups, banners, tooltips and browser push notifications, with segmentation to target who sees what. If your main job is announcing features inside your app, it has more ways to do that than Quackback.
Beamer's price follows your monthly active users: every unique user who loads a page with Beamer on it counts. Starter is $49 a month for 5,000, Pro $99 for 10,000 and Scale $249 for 50,000, billed yearly, and going over adds $50 a month per 5,000. Feedback and a roadmap are a $99 add-on. Quackback charges one price per plan with seats included, and customers and voters are always free.
Quackback's changelog sits at the end of a longer loop. Customers post requests and vote, you plan on a public roadmap, and when you publish an entry linked to those requests, everyone who voted gets an email. A support inbox and help center sit beside it, and it is open source, so you can self-host every feature.
Which one fits your team
Both are good tools. Here is where each one is the better choice.
Where Beamer fits
Beamer suits product and marketing teams whose main goal is getting announcements seen inside the app.
- Pop-ups, banners, tooltips and browser push
- Segmentation to target each update
- NPS surveys as an add-on
- A free plan to start on
Where Quackback fits
Quackback suits teams that want to collect requests as well as announce them, at a price that doesn't follow active users.
- Feedback boards, voting and a public roadmap on every plan
- Changelog emails to subscribers and to everyone who voted
- Customers and voters are always free
- Open source under AGPL-3.0, with every feature when you self-host
Further reading: The best Beamer alternatives · The best changelog tools · Quackback vs AnnounceKit · All comparisons
See Quackback for yourself
A working demo of Quackback with sample data. Click around: vote, open a post, switch pages.
A changelog tied to requests
Publish an entry and subscribers get an email, with an RSS feed for everyone else. Link it to the requests it ships and every voter hears too.
Explore the changelogA
Acme CorpPN
Changelog
Stay up to date with the latest product updates and shipped features.
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Offline mode for field teams
Drafts now save on the device and sync the moment you are back online.
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Slack Integration Now Available
Connect your workspace to Slack to hear about new feedback, votes and status changes as they happen. Send each board to its own channel so the right team sees it.
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Invoice templates are here
Save your layout, logo and payment terms once and reuse them on every invoice.
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Where the requests come from
Customers post ideas and vote on your portal or in your app, so the next entry starts with a request.
Explore feedback boardsA
Acme CorpPN
Boards
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Switching from Beamer
There's no changelog import yet, so bring across the entries customers still read, then swap the widget.
Recreate recent entries
Add the entries customers still read in Quackback's changelog editor.
Open a feedback board
Create a board so customers can post and vote on what you build next. If you used Beamer's Feedback add-on, bring your ideas across by CSV.
Swap the widget
Replace Beamer's script with Quackback's widget, which also holds feedback, help and live chat.
Pop-ups, push notifications and NPS surveys don't carry over, since Quackback doesn't have them.
Common questions
Is Quackback a good Beamer alternative?
If you want feedback and a roadmap beside your changelog, yes. Quackback includes feedback boards, voting, a public roadmap and a changelog that emails subscribers and voters. If you mainly need in-app pop-ups, push notifications or NPS surveys, Beamer does more of that.
How does Beamer pricing compare to Quackback?
Beamer is priced by monthly active users: $49/mo for 5,000 on Starter, $99 for 10,000 on Pro and $249 for 50,000 on Scale, billed yearly, with feedback and a roadmap as a $99/mo add-on. Quackback's paid plans start at $29/mo, billed annually, with feedback, roadmap and changelog included, and customers and voters are always free.
Does Beamer have feedback boards?
Yes, as an add-on. Beamer's Feedback add-on adds an ideas portal and a public and private roadmap for $99 a month. Quackback includes feedback boards and a roadmap on every plan.
Can I migrate from Beamer to Quackback?
Yes, by hand. Quackback doesn't import changelog entries yet, so recreate the ones customers still read, then replace Beamer's script with Quackback's widget. Ideas from the Feedback add-on can come across by CSV.
Have another question? Talk to the team.