Different jobs, often confused
Headway is a well-known hosted changelog tool: you write entries in its editor, it gives you a public changelog page and an embeddable widget with a notification badge, and it's free for a single project. Its job is presentation — a nice place for your changelog to live. ChangelogAI's job is the writing: it turns your commits into the entries in the first place. So the honest framing isn't "which is better" but "which problem do you have?"
The clearest difference: who writes the entry
Step 2 is the whole difference. Headway assumes you've already written the note; ChangelogAI is what produces it.
Feature shape
- Headway — hosted public changelog page, embeddable widget with "new" badge, free single-project tier, a clean reader experience.
- ChangelogAI — AI generation from commits, 15 formats beyond just a changelog page (store copy, Slack, GitHub releases), flat $5/$15 pricing, no repo access required.
- Together — write in ChangelogAI, display in Headway, if you want both halves.
This reflects Headway's publicly described features at a high level; verify current details on their site.
FAQ
Is Headway free?
Headway has offered a free tier for a single changelog historically. Check their pricing for current terms — products change over time.
Does ChangelogAI give me a public changelog page?
It focuses on generating content and offers a downloadable/embeddable widget, but a fully hosted public page with reader analytics is more Headway's specialty.
Can they work together?
Yes — use ChangelogAI to write each entry, then paste it into Headway to publish. They cover different steps.
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