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Alternatives to Appcues
22 customer success tools sit alongside Appcues in this directory. Below is what separates each from Appcues on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 8
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Appcues starts at
- On request
Why people look past Appcues
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Appcues entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Appcues carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 8 of the 22 alternatives below can be used without paying.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Appcues publishes 4 tiers, from On request up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Appcues pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Product analytics and digital adoption platform
- Can be used without paying; Appcues cannot.
- 1 tier to Appcues's 4.
Product analytics and in-app onboarding platform.
- Can be used without paying; Appcues cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $299/month, where Appcues does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 3 tiers to Appcues's 4.
The only AI customer service solution you need
- Can be used without paying; Appcues cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $29/month, where Appcues does not.
- 3 tiers to Appcues's 4.
No-code product adoption tooling priced on monthly active users rather than per seat
- Can be used without paying; Appcues cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $174/month, where Appcues does not.
- Sold on a Per month by monthly active users model rather than quote.
Personal video messages triggered from your CRM, aimed at onboarding and retention rather than cold outreach
- Can be used without paying; Appcues cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $15/month, where Appcues does not.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than quote.
Revenue Operations Platform
- Can be used without paying; Appcues cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Appcues does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than quote.
- 3 tiers to Appcues's 4.
Every Appcues alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appcues (this page) | On request | Quote | 4 | |
| PendoIf you want product analytics and in-app guides from one vendor rather than pairing a guidance tool with a separate analytics stack | Free | - | 1 | vs Appcues |
| UserpilotIf you want comparable no-code flows with published entry pricing you can evaluate without a sales call | Free, then $299/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Appcues |
| IntercomIf in-app messaging sits alongside support conversations and you would rather run both from one inbox | Free, then $29/month | - | 3 | vs Appcues |
| UserGuiding | Free, then $174/month | Per month by monthly active users | 4 | vs Appcues |
| Bonjoro | Free, then $15/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Appcues |
| RevOps | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Appcues |
| Pragma | Free, then $25/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Appcues |
| Better Proposals | Free, then $13/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Appcues |
| InMoment | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Appcues |
| Product Fruits | $83.25/month | Per month by monthly active users | 3 | vs Appcues |
| Chameleon | $279/month | Per month by monthly tracked users | 4 | vs Appcues |
| EverAfter | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Appcues |
| Planhat | On request | - | 3 | vs Appcues |
| ClientPoint | $65/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Appcues |
| Proposable | $19/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Appcues |
| Natero | $800/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Appcues |
| ChurnZero | On request | - | - | vs Appcues |
| Aviso | On request | Quote | - | vs Appcues |
| Amity | $300/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Appcues |
| Conga | $50/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Appcues |
| Custify | $399/month | - | 2 | vs Appcues |
| Catalyst | $500/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Appcues |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Appcues badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (8)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Pendo , Free
- Userpilot , Free, then $299/month
- Intercom , Free, then $29/month
- UserGuiding , Free, then $174/month
- Bonjoro , Free, then $15/month
- RevOps , Free
- Pragma , Free, then $25/month
- Better Proposals , Free, then $13/month
What you would be giving up
Appcues is most often brought in for a saas company whose trial-to-paid conversion stalls because new users never reach the action that demonstrates value, a product team shipping a significant feature that needs an in-app announcement and walkthrough on launch day, not three sprints later, a customer success team wanting to replace repetitive onboarding calls with a self-serve checklist for smaller accounts, a team that needs contextual nps or feedback prompts targeted at users who have actually used the feature in question. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Appcues is broadly right and the question is cost, the Appcues pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Customer Success category lists everything the directory holds, and best customer success tools ranks them.
Appcues runs on web, ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Appcues alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Appcues?
- 22 other customer success tools are listed in this directory, led by Pendo, Userpilot, Intercom, UserGuiding. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Appcues?
- 8 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Pendo, Userpilot, Intercom, UserGuiding, Bonjoro.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Appcues?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Appcues?
- Appcues is most often brought in for a saas company whose trial-to-paid conversion stalls because new users never reach the action that demonstrates value, a product team shipping a significant feature that needs an in-app announcement and walkthrough on launch day, not three sprints later, a customer success team wanting to replace repetitive onboarding calls with a self-serve checklist for smaller accounts, a team that needs contextual nps or feedback prompts targeted at users who have actually used the feature in question. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Appcues?
- None of the customer success tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Appcues alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Customer Success, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Appcues against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Appcues covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every customer success tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Customer Success category, 22 tools beside Appcues. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.