Comparison

Beamer vs release-drafter

On the evidence we track, release-drafter leads this comparison with a composite score of 62/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Beamer38

★release-drafter62

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Beamer	release-drafterLeader
vioscaleAI score	38 / 100medium · 59%	62 / 100medium · 61%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	unknown	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	2	5
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	4.7
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://github.com/security
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=actions&package_name=release-drafter%2Frelease-drafter&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.9	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	15,868
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	3,948
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	8
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	ISC
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	TypeScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	-
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	5 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Beamer38 / 100medium · 59%

release-drafter62 / 100medium · 61%

Pricing

Free tier

Beamer✓

release-drafter✓

Model

Beamercommercial

release-drafteropen_source

Price level

Beamerunknown

release-drafterfree

Transparent

Beamer✗

release-drafter–

Integrations

Count

Beamer2

release-drafter5

Security

Gdpr

Beamer✓

release-drafter–

Scorecard

Beamer–

release-drafter4.7

Soc2

Beamer✓

release-drafter–

Trust center

Beamer–

release-drafterhttps://github.com/security

Vulnerabilities

Beamer–

release-drafterCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=actions&package_name=release-drafter%2Frelease-drafter&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Sla pct

Beamer99.9

release-drafter–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Beamer–

release-drafter15,868

Github stars

Beamer–

release-drafter3,948

Activity

Commits last 30d

Beamer–

release-drafter100

Release

Cadence days

Beamer–

release-drafter8

History

Beamer–

release-drafter20 items

License

Spdx

Beamer–

release-drafterISC

Language

Primary

Beamer–

release-drafterTypeScript

Market

Availability

BeamerAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

release-drafter–

Content

Faq

Beamer7 items

release-drafter5 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for changelog tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Changelog Tools
Capability	Beamer	release-drafter
Capabilities
Conventional commits support	-	✓
Semver automation	-	✓
Public hosted page	-	-
Embeddable widget	-	-
Custom domain whitelabel	-	-
Audience segmentation	✓	-
Monorepo support	-	-
Ci cd integration	-	✓
AI assisted drafting	-	-
View analytics	✓	-
Open source self host	-	✓

Capabilities

Conventional commits support

Beamer-

release-drafter✓

Semver automation

Beamer-

release-drafter✓

Public hosted page

Beamer-

release-drafter-

Embeddable widget

Beamer-

release-drafter-

Custom domain whitelabel

Beamer-

release-drafter-

Audience segmentation

Beamer✓

release-drafter-

Monorepo support

Beamer-

release-drafter-

Ci cd integration

Beamer-

release-drafter✓

AI assisted drafting

Beamer-

release-drafter-

View analytics

Beamer✓

release-drafter-

Open source self host

Beamer-

release-drafter✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Beamer

Beamer helps teams gather customer feedback, track sentiment through NPS surveys, organize ideas into roadmaps, and extract actionable insights. It offers analytics on customer engagement, segmentation capabilities, and AI-powered analysis to identify patterns and priorities.

Independently observed

release-drafter

Leader

Release Drafter is a GitHub Action that generates and manages release notes automatically. It creates drafts based on merged pull requests, supporting semantic versioning, conventional commits, and customizable release templates with category-based organization.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Beamer

Subscription

Starter-
Pro-
Scale-

as of 2026-09-24verify ↗

release-drafter

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-10-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Beamer	release-drafter
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Beamer✓

release-drafter✓

CLI

Beamer✗

release-drafter✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Beamer✓

release-drafter✓

Self-hosted

Beamer✗

release-drafter✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Beamer

7 total

HubSpot
Zapier
Integromat
Pabbly
WordPress
Segment
Slack

Independently observed

release-drafter

Leader

5 total

GitHub
GitHub Enterprise Server
GitLab
Gitea
Forgejo

Independently observed

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