Design counts
Design your own countdown timer — for any email or website.
Every detail is yours to set in a visual editor: layout, colors, fonts, borders, spacing, labels and what shows once time is up. Then drop the same timer into a newsletter or onto a web page — it's drawn the moment it's seen, so it always shows the real time left.
- Fully editable design
- Works in every inbox
- Use it on any website
This is a real, currently-ticking Timerbeam countdown — not a screenshot.
How it works
- 1
Recipient opens your email
Their client requests the countdown image, same as any other picture in the message.
- 2
We render it on the spot
The server computes the time remaining right then and draws a fresh GIF from it.
- 3
It plays once and holds
No looping back to the start — the animation ticks down and freezes on the real value.
- 4
Re-opened later? Still correct
The same image URL renders a new, smaller remaining time — or your expired message.
Built for the inbox
Works everywhere
Gmail, Apple Mail, Outlook and Yahoo all render it — no JavaScript required.
Edit after you've sent it
Short links let you move the deadline or swap the theme — every inbox picks up the change on the next open.
Opens, over time
A dashboard for every saved timer, with a trend of opens per day.
Built for a real send
Thousands of recipients opening the same campaign in the same second share one render.
Works with your email platform
It's just an image URL, so it fits the email tools you already use. Step-by-step guides for the most popular ones:
Pricing
Free
$0
- 3 saved timers
- 10,000 impressions / month
- Unlimited one-off timers
- The full visual editor
- Edit timers after sending
- Opens per timer, by day
- REST API & MCP server for AI agents
Starter
$9/mo
or $90/year 2 months free
Everything in Free, plus:
- 10 saved timers
- 100,000 impressions / month
- No Timerbeam branding
Most popular
Pro
$19/mo
or $190/year 2 months free
Everything in Starter, plus:
- 50 saved timers
- 500,000 impressions / month
- Evergreen timers, per recipient
- All 6 fonts & every template
Business
$49/mo
or $490/year 2 months free
Everything in Pro, plus:
- 250 saved timers
- 2,000,000 impressions / month
- Brand kits (up to 20)
- Webhooks & analytics API
- A year of opens history
Compare plans
| Feature | Free | Starter | Pro | Business |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limits | ||||
| Saved timers Live at the same time | 3 | 10 | 50 | 250 |
| Impressions per month Opens of your saved timers | 10,000 | 100,000 | 500,000 | 2,000,000 |
| One-off timers Not editable, not counted | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Design | ||||
| Visual editor 6 layouts, colours, borders, spacing, labels | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Fonts | Poppins | Poppins | All 6 | All 6 |
| Templates Below Pro, Pro templates apply in Poppins | All 10 | All 10 | All 10 | All 10 |
| Brand kits Your colours & font on any template | Not included | Not included | Not included | Up to 20 |
| Timerbeam branding A small “Made with Timerbeam” line under the timer | Shown | None | None | None |
| Timers | ||||
| Works in every inbox Gmail, Apple Mail, Outlook, Yahoo | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Edit after sending Deadline, design, expired message | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Expired state A message, all zeros, or hidden | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Countdown page for clicks | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Evergreen timers Per recipient, from their first open or a date | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
| 18 label languages | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Analytics | ||||
| Opens per timer Today, 7 days, total, 30-day trend | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Analytics API Opens by day for any range, per timer and per account | Not included | Not included | Not included | 365 days |
| Integrations | ||||
| REST API & API keys OpenAPI 3.1, time zones, idempotent creates | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| MCP server Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor — sign in or an API key | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Webhooks Timer created, changed, deleted, expired; usage alerts | Not included | Not included | Not included | Up to 5 endpoints |
- Saved timers are counted while they’re live: an expired one doesn’t count; an evergreen one always does.
- An impression is one open of a saved timer’s image, counted per calendar month. Going over never stops a timer that’s already been sent — your dashboard shows it, and it’s time to upgrade.
- One-off timers are links with the timer built in: they can’t be edited, don’t count toward either limit, and always carry Timerbeam branding.
- Yearly billing is 10 × the monthly price — two months free.