Headway's site describes a public changelog page and an in-product widget, which is what Relnotely does too. They are priced differently, and the plan a given feature sits on is where most of the decision lives.
This page is written by Relnotely, so read it with that in mind. Everything stated here about Headway is taken from Headway's own pricing section, read on 20 September 2026. Prices and plans change; check theirs before you decide, and tell us if anything here has gone out of date.
What Headway's pricing section listed on 20 September 2026
- Two options: Free, and Pro at $29 a month.
- Free listed: unlimited changelogs, public page customization, widget customization, custom categories, and "eyecatcher".
- Pro listed: whitelabel, custom domain, all integrations, team management, search engine privacy, private changelog, scheduled publishing, plus all Free features.
We have not tried to list Headway's full feature set here, only what that pricing section states. Their site is the place to check anything else.
What Relnotely includes
One plan, $19 a month, with everything in it:
- Your changelog on your own domain, and on a Relnotely address until you set one up.
- The in-app widget, and email to subscribers who confirm their address.
- A Feedback board where your users post ideas and vote on them, and a public Roadmap, on the same domain. Voters are never counted or capped.
- A page of its own for every entry, and an Atom feed.
- Import from an RSS or Atom feed, a CSV export or a
CHANGELOG.md. - No Relnotely badge, watermark or "powered by" link on your changelog, on any plan. By default our name is not on the page, in the feed or in the widget. Subscriber email goes out under your name, with your postal address and your privacy policy in the footer, from a sending address of ours, which is the one place in it our name appears. On the page, the one place it can appear is a line in the small print under the subscribe form, and only if you choose to say who delivers your emails.
- No third-party scripts on your changelog: no analytics, no trackers, no external fonts.
Writing is free and needs no card; publishing starts a 7-day trial and a card is required to begin it.
Side by side, as each pricing page listed on 20 September 2026
| Relnotely | Headway | |
|---|---|---|
| Plans | One, $19/month | Free, and Pro at $29/month |
| Free plan | None — writing is free, publishing is paid | Listed |
| Custom domain | Included in the $19 plan | Listed under Pro |
| Removing the tool's branding | No badge or "powered by" link to remove; our name appears only in the subscribe form's small print | "Whitelabel" listed under Pro |
| Scheduled publishing | Not offered | Listed under Pro |
| Several authors | One login per account | "Team management" listed under Pro |
| Private changelog | Not offered | Listed under Pro |
| Keeping the page out of search results | Not offered | "Search engine privacy" listed under Pro |
| Custom categories | Three fixed tags: New, Improved, Fixed | Listed on both plans |
Rows are limited to what both pricing pages state. Anything not in this table is something we have not verified on their side, not something we are claiming they lack.
Where Headway may suit you better
Based on the plans as listed above:
- You want to spend nothing. Headway lists a free plan; Relnotely has none.
- You want posts to publish on a schedule. Listed under their Pro plan. Relnotely publishes when you press the button.
- More than one person writes. "Team management" is listed under Pro; Relnotely is one login per account.
- You need a private changelog, or one kept out of search results. Both listed under Pro. Relnotely offers neither.
- You want your own categories. Listed on both their plans. Relnotely has three fixed tags.
Our view
This part is opinion, not a claim about Headway:
If you want your changelog on your own domain with no other company's name on it, we think one $19 plan with both included is a better shape than a free tier plus an upgrade — and we would rather not run a free tier at all than fund it by putting our badge on your page. We also think a changelog should not load anything from a third party, which is why a Relnotely page loads nothing from anyone but us.
You may weigh those differently, and if the free plan covers what you need today, it covers what you need today.
Moving from Headway
- Open your Headway changelog's feed address.
- In Relnotely, choose Import, paste it, and read the preview.
- Import: entries keep their original dates, duplicates are skipped and nobody is emailed.
- Point your domain at Relnotely if you had one, so shared links keep working.
Reading a source and previewing what it would bring in is free and needs no card, so you can see your own history in Relnotely before deciding anything.