LaunchNotes
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A few focused days to build a solid replacement
Product Communication for the Modern Enterprise
How to Replace LaunchNotesOverview
Features
75 features across 18 categories
AI(2)
Transform unstructured technical content into beautiful draft announcements in seconds
AI-powered integration with Loom for video announcements
Automation(1)
Automatically generate progress updates based on product development
Communication(5)
Consolidate recent announcements into digest summary emails and Slack notifications
Send personalized product announcements and updates via email
Include excerpt preview links in announcement notifications
Deliver product updates across branded product update page, email notifications, Slack notifications, and various integrations
Pin important announcements to keep them visible and prioritized
Core(5)
Maintain a comprehensive changelog of product updates
Collect, manage, and prioritize customer feedback and feature requests
Share and manage product roadmaps with customers and stakeholders
Create a public-facing product update page
Create and publish branded product release notes and announcements
Customization(11)
Customize call-to-action buttons in announcements
Customize author display and attribution for announcements
Use your own domain to host your LaunchNotes page for seamless brand experience
Create branded email templates to ensure consistent messaging and appearance for product communications
Customize empty state messages and visuals
Set custom fiscal year for your product communication timelines
Work with LaunchNotes graphic design experts to create uniquely branded page design tailored to your needs
Customize privacy policy and terms and conditions on your LaunchNotes page
Host your LaunchNotes page on a custom sub-directory of your domain
Customize your LaunchNotes page with full HTML control for complete brand flexibility
Tailor the look and feel of your LaunchNotes page to match your brand's style and guidelines
Data Management(2)
Export subscriber data from LaunchNotes
Import subscriber lists into LaunchNotes
Development(1)
Access to staging or sandbox environment for testing
Feedback(7)
Import feedback and ideas data into LaunchNotes
Automatically forward feedback to a designated email address for streamlined processing and review
Easily export all feedback data for deeper analysis or sharing with the team
Create feedback forms on published page to collect targeted feedback from users
Enable customers and stakeholders to vote on feature ideas to indicate priority and interest
Collection of feedback items aggregated to prioritize future work, accessible to internal team only or publicly available
Capture and record subscriber feedback directly within LaunchNotes
Integration(17)
Manage authentication tokens for API access
Create read tokens for API access
Feedback collection extension for Chrome browser
Chrome extension to collect feedback from anywhere on the web and send directly into LaunchNotes
Send feedback directly into LaunchNotes without leaving Slack
Integrate your preferred Email Service Provider to send announcements and updates
Comprehensive Slack integration for notifications and feedback collection
Engage users directly within your app or on your website with a product update widget for feature releases and announcements
API for reading, managing, and integrating with LaunchNotes data
GraphQL support for flexible API queries
Embed Loom videos in announcements
Model Context Protocol server integration
Private RSS feed for authenticated users
Provide RSS feed access to product updates
Deliver product updates and announcements directly to Slack channels
Embed Vidyard videos in product communications
Set up webhooks to trigger external actions based on LaunchNotes events
Organization(1)
Organize announcements and roadmap items with categories and labels for better navigation
Productivity(3)
Over a dozen pre-made templates and ability to create and save customized templates for streamlined release process
Copy announcements and updates to other projects
Schedule announcements to be published at a future date and time
Reporting(1)
Track engagement and analytics for your product communications
Roadmap(4)
Provide direct links to specific documents, files, and tickets to share context and background of roadmap items
Move an Idea to your roadmap and close the loop to invested customers via email with a few clicks
Notify subscribers and team via email whenever an item transitions between stages on the roadmap
Manage internal roadmap stages privately until ready to publish and share publicly
SEO(1)
Allow search engines to index your LaunchNotes page for SEO
Security(8)
Track all changes and activities within your account with detailed audit logging
Secure subscriber access using JSON Web Tokens for authentication
Provide quick and easy access for users with one-click magic login links
Advanced permissions management for role-based access control
Use SAML to transfer subscriber authentication data between identity provider and LaunchNotes
Get full access under NDA to SOC 2 Type II report to expedite security review
Simplify subscriber login with Single Sign-On using Google credentials
Complete vendor security review documentation available
Services(1)
Professional design services for customizing your LaunchNotes page
Support(4)
Customizable service level agreement for enterprise customers
Access to dedicated account manager for enterprise customers
Premium onboarding service to get your team up and running quickly
Priority customer support for faster issue resolution
Targeting(1)
Segment audiences and filter content to deliver personalized product announcements
Pricing
Growth
- ✓Embeddable Widget
- ✓2 Users
- ✓1 Page
- ✓Announcements
- ✓Roadmap
- ✓Customer Feedback
- ✓Premium Onboarding
- ✓Priority Support
- ✓Custom SLA
- ✓Integrations
- ✓Analytics
- ✓Categories
- ✓Change Type Labels
- ✓Customizations
- ✓Announcement Templates
- ✓AI Writing Assistant
- ✓Schedule Announcement
- ✓Published Page
- ✓Email Notifications
- ✓Slack Notifications
- ✓Excerpt Notification Links
- ✓Author Customization
- ✓Announcement CTA Customization
- ✓Digests for Announcements
- ✓Loom AI for Announcements
- ✓Roadmap Features
- ✓Feedback Management
- ✓Feedback Forms
- ✓Ideas and Idea Voting
- ✓Feedback Export
- ✓Feedback Forwarding Email
- ✓Feedback Record on Behalf
- ✓Chrome Extension Control
- ✓Slack Control
- ✓Security Features
- ✓Magic Links
- ✓Audit Logs
- ✓JWT
- ✓SSO (Google)
- ✓Page Customization
- ✓Zapier Integration
- ✓SendGrid Integration
- ✓Mailgun Integration
- ✓PostMark Integration
- ✓Slack Channels
- ✓Hubspot Integration
- ✓Jira Integration
- ✓Confluence Integration
- ✓API Features
- ✓RSS Feed
- ✓Subscriber Import/Export
- ✓GDPR Compliance
- ✓Email Support
- ✓Chat Support
Premium
- ✓Embeddable Widget
- ✓10+ Users
- ✓1+ Pages
- ✓Announcements
- ✓Roadmap
- ✓Customer Feedback
- ✓Premium Onboarding
- ✓Priority Support
- ✓Custom SLA
- ✓Integrations
- ✓Analytics
- ✓Categories
- ✓Change Type Labels
- ✓Coming soon features
- ✓Customizations - Custom Domains
- ✓Custom Sub-Directory
- ✓Custom ESP
- ✓Custom Full HTML Customization
- ✓Custom Empty States
- ✓Custom Fiscal Year
- ✓Custom Privacy Policy and Terms
- ✓Custom Page Design
- ✓Custom Email Templates
- ✓Announcement Features
- ✓Announcement Templates
- ✓AI Writing Assistant
- ✓Schedule Announcement
- ✓Published Page
- ✓Email Notifications
- ✓Slack Notifications
- ✓Excerpt Notification Links
- ✓Author Customization
- ✓Announcement CTA Customization
- ✓Digests for Announcements
- ✓Loom AI for Announcements
- ✓Roadmap Features
- ✓Feedback Management
- ✓Feedback Forms
- ✓Ideas and Idea Voting
- ✓Feedback Export
- ✓Feedback Forwarding Email
- ✓Feedback Record on Behalf
- ✓Chrome Extension Control
- ✓Slack Control
- ✓All Security Features
- ✓Magic Links
- ✓Audit Logs
- ✓SAML
- ✓SSO (Google)
- ✓JWT
- ✓SOC2 Report Access
- ✓Vendor Security Review
- ✓Page Customization
- ✓All Integrations
- ✓Zapier
- ✓SendGrid
- ✓Mailgun
- ✓PostMark
- ✓SMTP
- ✓Slack Channels
- ✓Hubspot
- ✓Jira
- ✓Loom
- ✓Confluence
- ✓API Features
- ✓GraphQL
- ✓Webhooks
- ✓RSS Feed
- ✓Subscriber Import/Export
- ✓Services - Design Services
- ✓Backlog Services
- ✓Dedicated Account Manager
- ✓Custom Contract
- ✓Wire Transfer
- ✓Compliance - GDPR
- ✓Email Support
- ✓Chat Support
- ✓Staging/Sandbox Account
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Integrations
18 known integrations