# Beamer vs release-please

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** release-please

| Attribute | Beamer | release-please |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 38.3 (59% (medium)) | 51.8 (60% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 5 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 65 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 7,629 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Changelog Tools.","source":"https://www.getbeamer.com/","question":"What is Beamer?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Beamer offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: NPS Pro and Feedback Pro. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.getbeamer.com/","question":"Is Beamer free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Beamer. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.getbeamer.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does Beamer support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Beamer, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.getbeamer.com/pricing","question":"Can Beamer be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 6 integrations for Beamer, including HubSpot, Zapier, Integromat, Pabbly, WordPress and Segment. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.getbeamer.com/","question":"What does Beamer integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for Beamer. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Beamer not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.getbeamer.com/security","question":"What security certifications does Beamer have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Beamer is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://www.getbeamer.com/pricing","question":"Where is Beamer available?","confidence":0.5}]` | `[{"answer":"A tool that automates release management by parsing git commit history, generating changelogs, creating release pull requests, and publishing GitHub releases based on semantic versioning conventions. It is indexed under Changelog Tools.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"What is release-please?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"release-please supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does release-please support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for release-please, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"Can release-please be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. release-please is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/googleapis/release-please","question":"Is release-please open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A tool that automates release management by parsing git commit history, generating changelogs, creating release pull requests, and publishing GitHub releases based on semantic versioning conventions. |
| features.capabilities | `{"view_analytics":true,"audience_segmentation":true}` | `{"monorepo_support":true,"ci_cd_integration":true,"semver_automation":true,"open_source_self_host":true,"conventional_commits_support":true}` |
| integrations.count | 2 | 2 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"HubSpot"},{"name":"Zapier"},{"name":"Integromat"},{"name":"Pabbly"},{"name":"WordPress"},{"name":"Segment","native":true,"category":"data","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Slack"}]` | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitHub Actions","native":true,"category":"ci_cd","direction":"bidirectional"}]` |
| language.primary | - | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Starter","includedLimits":{"api_requests":"2000/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","includedLimits":{"api_requests":"20000/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Scale","includedLimits":{"api_requests":"100000/month"}}],"sourceUrl":"https://www.getbeamer.com/","retrievedAt":"2026-09-24T12:06:18.419Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-14T21:34:58.140Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 5 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/releases/tag/v17.11.2","date":"2026-08-24T21:20:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v17.11.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/releases/tag/v17.11.1","date":"2026-07-31T14:26:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v17.11.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/releases/tag/v17.11.0","date":"2026-07-30T01:51:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v17.11.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/releases/tag/v17.10.4","date":"2026-07-21T18:18:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v17.10.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/releases/tag/v17.10.3","date":"2026-07-09T16:02:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v17.10.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/releases/tag/v17.10.2","date":"2026-07-07T15:51:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v17.10.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/releases/tag/v17.10.1","date":"2026-06-29T15:45:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v17.10.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/releases/tag/v17.10.0","date":"2026-06-22T17:05:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v17.10.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/releases/tag/v17.9.0","date":"2026-06-09T21:42:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v17.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/releases/tag/v17.8.0","date":"2026-06-08T14:10:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v17.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/releases/tag/v17.7.0","date":"2026-06-01T13:09:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v17.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/releases/tag/v17.6.1","date":"2026-05-26T19:20:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v17.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/releases/tag/v17.6.0","date":"2026-04-13T20:59:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v17.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/releases/tag/v17.5.2","date":"2026-04-10T20:16:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v17.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/releases/tag/v17.5.1","date":"2026-04-09T17:49:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v17.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/releases/tag/v17.5.0","date":"2026-04-09T16:58:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v17.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/releases/tag/v17.4.1","date":"2026-04-08T22:38:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v17.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/releases/tag/v17.4.0","date":"2026-04-06T21:29:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v17.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/releases/tag/v17.3.0","date":"2026-02-18T19:59:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v17.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/releases/tag/v17.2.1","date":"2026-02-13T17:35:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v17.2.1"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.9 | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.scorecard | - | 8 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | - | https://github.com/security |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=release-please&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Changelog Tools)

| Capability | Beamer | release-please |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 | - | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T07:15:22.825Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*