The customer-first Beamer alternative

Frill is for teams that prioritise and ship features based on customer feedback

Beamer is all about announcements. Product teams that want to know what customers think choose Frill.


“Frill is a great solution for any marketing team that's trying to get more customer feedback. It's so much easier to stay in touch with what our customers want and what we need to do to improve our products.”

Tony Tang - Marketing Specialist at My Organic Sleep

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With Beamer, the feedback loop is focused on announcements

Beamer is built to announce product updates first and collect feedback later, giving you lower visibility on what users think about new features before they go live.

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Frill helps you listen to user feedback and know what users want, before you build it

Solve the entire customer feedback loop

Collect feedback, prioritise feature requests, and announce product updates. Keep users engaged through it all.

Meet users where it makes sense for them

Embed Frill on your own site and app. Make it easy for them to comment, vote, and share their feedback.

Unlimited announcements and views

Custom domain, comments, translations, unlimited team members, and announcements are available on all plans.


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7 reasons to choose Frill over Beamer

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Collect feedback on everything (not just announcements)

Collect ideas, votes, comments, and reactions. Understand customer needs before you plan your sprints. Beamer only lets you collect feedback on your changelog, not your product.

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Save money every month

Frill’s lowest-cost plan is $25 per month, while Beamer’s is $49 per month.

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Unlimited views

With Frill, you get unlimited views on your idea board, public roadmap, and feature announcements. Beamer charges per monthly visits.

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Use your branded custom domain

Build trust and keep a consistent brand experience with your custom domain — SSL included. Available on our $25 plan, Beamer charges $99 for this feature.


"As a business, we want to stay updated with what our customers want. Frill helps you gather and prioritise ideas from your customers and integrate those ideas into your roadmap."

Kerem C. - Founder


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Use your branded custom domain

Build trust and keep a consistent brand experience with your custom domain — SSL included. Available on our $25 plan, Beamer charges $99 for this feature.

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Add unlimited team members

With Frill, you don’t have to email, slack, or fax anyone with updates. Invite unlimited members and keep them in the loop using @mentions.

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Get access to all integrations

Connect what’s happening in Frill to Intercom, Jira, Slack, and Trello. Unlike Beamer, our integrations are available on all plans.

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Enable Single Sign-On (SSO) for your users

Allow users to add ideas, comments, and votes to your board while they’re logged-in to your app. SSO is $25 per month with Frill, and $249 per month with Beamer.


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Feedback flows better with Frill

Move from ideas, to validation, to prioritisation and announcements, with Frill.

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Get more ideas and engagement with Frill

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Request for ideas
Under development
Roadmap widget
Under development
Embed your roadmap anywhere in your product or website
User comments
Available on changelog comments only
Get comments on ideas, roadmaps, and announcements ($25 per month)
User upvoting
Users can upvote each others’ ideas
Pinned ideas
Available on for $49 per month
Available for $25 per month
Add ideas on behalf
Add ideas on behalf of customers
Vote on behalf
Vote ideas on behalf of customers
Translations
Unlimited
Unlimited
Team members
Unlimited
Unlimited
Custom domain
Available for $99 per month
Available for $25 per month
Single sign-on (SSO) for users
Available for $249 per month
Available for $25 per month
Visitors
More visits = higher price
Unlimited

Switch from Beamer in minutes

Import your product roadmap and boards or get our team to do it for you

Bulk import your roadmaps and boards from Beamer and other tools. Or get in touch with our onboarding team and we’ll complete a free, custom migration for you.

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“It is so easy to use. Really is a great tool to connect with your clients for meaningful feedback. Frill helps you develop in a way that your clients actually want.”


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Frequently Asked Questions

How does Frill compare to other customer feedback tools?

Frill is one of the top alternatives to Beamer in the market, but it’s not the only one. Despite having several key features, Frill is super easy to use. Our customers believe it’s the easiest way to collect customer feedback, organise feature requests, and announce product updates, in one place. 

See how Frill compares to other alternatives:

Frill vs Canny - Frill vs Hellonext - 10 Beamer Alternatives for SaaS User Feedback and Announcements

Is Frill really free?

Yes, it is. Frill is probably the best alternative in the market if you want to get started for free. Why? Because while other software (like Beamer) don’t have free plans or put too many limits, Frill gives you most features for free.

Your Frill free plan comes with these features:

  • Unlimited admins

  • Custom domain

  • Brand customisations

  • Unlimited ideas widget

  • Unlimited public roadmap widget

  • Unlimited announcement widget

  • Add idea and votes on behalf

  • All integrations available

  • Customise your product roadmap

  • Optimised for mobile devices

Can I integrate Frill with my product and website?

Yes! Frill offers two distinct flavours. It works as a standalone web app to collect and organise feature requests. Or you can embed it on your product and website, wrapped up in a fully customisable widget. You have 4 widget styles to choose from: Popover, Modal, Sidebar, and Inline.

Does Frill include a product changelog tool?

Yes! And it’s available on all of our low-cost plans and offers unlimited web and email announcements. You can embed a user friendly Announcements widget into your website and product, or simply use it as a standalone product changelog tool.

Is Frill suitable for larger businesses?

Frill is a great alternative for early-stage, growing, and big businesses. It offers a fully white-labelled Growth plan with unlimited ideas, for larger businesses deeply invested in collecting and curating customer feedback.

Can I send push notifications with Frill?

No. Beamer is a push notification service, built to send notifications and release notes. Frill is built to collect feedback, prioritise ideas and keep users updated on important news about your product and business. At the moment, we don’t offer push notifications with Frill.

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