The product adoption alternative to Beamer
Flows is the Beamer alternative for product teams who want full in-app guidance and onboarding, not just a changelog widget.
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TL;DR comparison summary
Beamer is a product changelog and announcement tool that lets you notify users of new features through an in-app news feed widget. It is well-suited for broadcasting updates, but it was not built for product adoption. Beamer does not support product tours, onboarding checklists, or contextual in-app guidance. Teams looking to actively guide users through their product quickly find that Beamer covers only a narrow slice of what they need.
Flows is a dedicated product adoption platform built for teams who want to actively guide users, not just announce updates. With Flows, you build onboarding workflows, product tours, checklists, and surveys using your own components and design system. Every feature is designed for adoption - from targeting and branching logic to embeddable components that feel native to your product.
Flows vs Beamer: Key differences
Key features | Beamer | Flows |
|---|---|---|
Product toursFlows supports full product tours with tooltips, modals, and step-by-step guidance. Beamer is a changelog widget and does not offer product tours. | ||
Onboarding checklistsFlows includes onboarding checklists to guide users through key actions. Beamer does not have this feature. | ||
In-app announcementsBoth services support in-app announcements, though Beamer specializes in this area with a news feed widget while Flows provides it as part of a broader adoption toolkit. | ||
Embeddable componentsWith Flows you can embed components directly into your product for a seamless user experience. | ||
Custom componentsFlows allows you to use your design system and plug in components directly from your codebase. | ||
Workflow logicFlows supports branching workflows and conditional logic. Beamer delivers announcements without step-by-step logic. | ||
SurveysFlows includes built-in NPS, CSAT, and custom surveys. Beamer offers basic NPS as an add-on feature. | Limited | |
Free planBoth services offer a free plan. Flows includes 250 monthly tracked users with full adoption features. | ||
Developer experienceFlows offers APIs, versioning, environments, and documentation built for developers. |
Other differences
Announcements vs adoption
Beamer is fundamentally an announcement tool. Its core feature is a news feed widget that sits in your app and surfaces changelogs, updates, and promotions. This is valuable for communicating with existing users, but it does nothing to guide new users through your product or drive feature adoption.
Flows is a product adoption platform. It is designed to guide users at every stage of their journey - from first login to advanced feature discovery. Onboarding tours, contextual tooltips, checklists, and surveys all work together to drive meaningful engagement with your product.
Own the user experience
Beamer renders its news feed widget using its own UI, which can feel disconnected from your product's design system. Customization is limited to colors and basic styling within Beamer's builder.
Flows meets you where you are. You can use your own UI components and technologies, giving you full flexibility to build relevant, contextual workflows that fit your product, meet your quality bar, and don't get in the way.
Built for developers
Beamer is primarily a marketing and product management tool. Developer-facing APIs and programmatic control are minimal.
Developers aren't an afterthought in Flows, they are first-class users. We focus on the details that make building with Flows a joy: versioning, environments, APIs, and great documentation, to name a few.
Pricing
Beamer's free plan is limited, and paid plans are geared toward the changelog use case. If you want full adoption tooling, you would need a separate product entirely.
Flows offers transparent usage-based pricing with no hidden fees. You can start for free with 250 monthly tracked users and upgrade only when you need to. No sales calls, no hidden fees, just a clear pricing model that scales with your usage.
Go beyond changelogs with Flows
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