The whole stackvs. Beamer.
The announcements-and-engagement tool, strong on changelog, light on strategy and AI. Beamer is great at telling customers what shipped. Productstack does that, plus the planning, prioritisation, and AI that decide what to ship.
Feature by feature.
Honest comparison. We mark partial coverage as "partial", not a green checkmark.
| Capability | Productstack | Beamer |
|---|---|---|
| Strategy layer | ||
| Objectives & Key Results | ||
| AI Suggest OKRs | ||
| Plan layer | ||
| Ideas board (public + private) | ||
| Roadmap kanban | Partial | |
| Cards link to OKRs | ||
| RICE + Value/Effort scoring | ||
| AI duplicate detection | ||
| AI Suggest cards from OKRs | ||
| AI Suggest ideas (synthesised) | ||
| Ship layer | ||
| Public changelog | ||
| Email digest on publish | ||
| AI release drafting | ||
| Embed what's-new widget | ||
| Learn layer | ||
| Feedback inbox + triage | ||
| Feedback widget (3 launchers) | Partial | |
| AI auto-categorise feedback | ||
| Knowledge base with AI authoring | Partial | |
| KB inline rewrite (Expand / Polish / Shorten) | ||
| Platform | ||
| Custom domain (free) | Partial | |
| Identify SDK | ||
| Public API + webhooks | ||
| Public-site password gate | Partial | |
| Pricing | ||
| Entry-tier price (per workspace, billed annually) | $39 | $49+ |
| Honest tier limits | Partial | |
| Free trial | 14 days | 14 days |
Last reviewed: 2026. Competitor pricing and feature surfaces change, we update this quarterly.
Productstack vs.Beamer
Beamer is great at telling customers what shipped. Productstack does that, plus the planning, prioritisation, and AI that decide what to ship.
A real strategy + planning layer.
Beamer is built around announcements, with a feedback board and a basic roadmap beside it. Productstack runs OKRs → ideas → scoring → roadmap → release as one connected loop, so what you announce traces back to a prioritised plan.
AI across the loop, which Beamer has none of.
Productstack drafts OKRs, dedupes ideas on submit, suggests roadmap cards, writes your release notes, and authors KB articles. Beamer has no AI features.
Beamer's edge is broadcasting; Productstack's is the product.
Beamer leans into NPS surveys and message segmentation, useful if mass announcements are the main job. If you want to run strategy, roadmap, releases, and feedback in one place, Productstack is the platform.
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