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Chameleon vs Planhat

Chameleon logo

Chameleon

Customer Success

In-product tours, tooltips and surveys that a product team can build without engineering

From
$279/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Planhat logo

Planhat

Customer Success

The Beautiful Customer Platform

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Chameleon the entry price is high for the category: $279 a month at 2,000 tracked users and $750 at 5,000 on Pro, so a product with a large free tier is paying substantially for users who may never convert.; Planhat implementation demands data-modeling expertise and dedicated technical administration
  • They diverge on capability: Chameleon covers Tours and tooltips, Planhat covers Customer portals.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 2 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Chameleon and Planhat actually diverge.

Attributes where Chameleon and Planhat differ
AttributeChameleonPlanhat
Starting price$279/monthOn request
Pricing modelPer month by monthly tracked usersUnknown
FoundedUnknown2015

Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Customer Success).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Chameleon

  • Tours and tooltips
  • Launchers and checklists
  • Microsurveys
  • HelpBar
  • Behavioural targeting
  • No-code builder
  • Localisation
  • A/B testing of experiences

Only in Planhat

  • Customer portals
  • Revenue analytics
  • Health scores
  • Playbooks
  • Usage tracking
  • Salesforce
  • HubSpot
  • Segment

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Chameleon

  • A B2B SaaS product where new accounts stall before reaching the action that predicts retention, and you need a guided path to itnot Planhat
  • Announcing and driving adoption of a new feature to a specific segment without shipping a releasenot Planhat
  • Collecting targeted in-product feedback from users who just completed a workflow, rather than by emailnot Planhat
  • Reducing support tickets by putting contextual help and a searchable command bar inside the productnot Planhat

Planhat

  • Customer Successnot Chameleon
  • Customer Portalsnot Chameleon
  • Data Managementnot Chameleon

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Chameleon

  • The entry price is high for the category: $279 a month at 2,000 tracked users and $750 at 5,000 on Pro, so a product with a large free tier is paying substantially for users who may never convert.
  • Billing is by monthly tracked users, counting any uniquely identified profile seen in 30 days, which means seasonal or occasional-login products pay for people who log in twice a month.
  • Pro caps live experiences at 20, and mature onboarding programmes exceed that quickly, so the practical plan for a serious deployment is Growth at $1,250 a month on annual billing.
  • There is no mobile SDK, so a company with an iOS or Android app alongside its web product needs a second onboarding tool and a second set of content.
  • It is not an analytics product, so audience definitions depend on a working Segment, Amplitude or Mixpanel integration; if your event tracking is unreliable, your targeting will be too, and the tool will get the blame.

Planhat

  • Implementation demands data-modeling expertise and dedicated technical administration
  • Zero pricing transparency requiring direct sales engagement for quotes
  • Integration and data synchronization complexity requiring developer involvement
  • Users report data inaccuracies affecting platform reliability

Pricing, plan by plan

Chameleon

$279/month
  • Startup$279/month
    • From 2,000 monthly tracked users
    • Core tours, tooltips and surveys
    • 14-day trial
  • Pro$750/month
    • From 5,000 monthly tracked users
    • Maximum 20 live experiences
    • 10 seats, 5 languages, 20 custom events
  • Growth$1250/month
    • From 5,000 monthly tracked users, annual billing required
    • Unlimited live experiences
    • HelpBar and Ranger agent included
  • Enterprise$undefined/year
    • Unlimited seats and languages
    • 50 custom events
    • Quoted individually

Planhat

On request
  • Start-Up$1150/month
    • Customer 360
    • Health scores
    • Basic playbooks
  • Professional$1750/month
    • All Start-Up features
    • Advanced playbooks
    • Renewal forecasting
  • Enterprise$undefined/mo
    • All Professional features
    • Advanced analytics
    • Dedicated support

Which should you pick?

Choose Chameleon if

  • You need tours and tooltips.
  • You also want launchers and checklists.
Chameleon review

Choose Planhat if

  • You need customer portals.
  • You also want revenue analytics.
Planhat review

Questions people ask

Is Chameleon or Planhat better?
Neither clearly leads. Chameleon starts at $279/month and Planhat at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Chameleon or Planhat?
Chameleon starts at $279/month and Planhat at On request.
Does Chameleon or Planhat run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Chameleon best used for?
Chameleon is most often used for a b2b saas product where new accounts stall before reaching the action that predicts retention, and you need a guided path to it, announcing and driving adoption of a new feature to a specific segment without shipping a release, collecting targeted in-product feedback from users who just completed a workflow, rather than by email, reducing support tickets by putting contextual help and a searchable command bar inside the product. Of those, a b2b saas product where new accounts stall before reaching the action that predicts retention, and you need a guided path to it and announcing and driving adoption of a new feature to a specific segment without shipping a release are not what Planhat is typically brought in for.
What can Chameleon do that Planhat cannot?
Chameleon covers Tours and tooltips, Launchers and checklists, Microsurveys, HelpBar. Planhat covers Customer portals, Revenue analytics, Health scores, Playbooks.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Chameleon: What is a monthly tracked user?

A uniquely identified user profile sent to Chameleon within the previous 30 days. Anonymous visitors you never identify do not count, but any logged-in user does.

Planhat: What is Planhat's pricing model?

Planhat uses custom, quote-based pricing with no published rates. Start-Up plans estimated at $1,150/month, Professional around $1,750/month ($25K-$45K/year for mid-market), and Enterprise from $50K-$100K+/year. All plans include unlimited users.

Source
Chameleon: Does Chameleon work on mobile apps?

No. It is a web tool delivered by a JavaScript snippet. Native mobile onboarding requires a different product.

Planhat: Does Planhat include unlimited users?

Yes. All Planhat plans include unlimited users, so scaling the platform across the organization does not increase per-seat costs.

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Chameleon: Do I need engineering to use it?

Only for the initial snippet installation and for identifying users with the properties you want to target. After that, building experiences is no-code.

Planhat: What integrations does Planhat support?

Planhat offers a full REST API and webhooks for read/write access, enabling advanced integrations with CRMs, data warehouses, and other systems. However, integration complexity requires developer involvement.

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Chameleon: Was Chameleon at trychameleon.com?

Yes, and that domain now redirects to chameleon.io. It is the same product, not a rebrand of substance.

Planhat: How long does Planhat take to implement?

Planhat requires significant implementation time due to data modeling and configuration depth. The platform demands dedicated technical administration and planning expertise.

Source
Planhat: What customer success features does Planhat provide?

Planhat includes Customer 360 profiles, customizable health scores, playbooks and automations, renewal forecasting, expansion tracking, and flexible data modeling for complex customer lifecycles.

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