Whatfix Alternatives and Competitors

So, you are looking for an alternative user onboarding software to Whatfix because you couldn’t get used to it, or it is not working for your business, or your business can’t afford it anymore… You’re in the right place! We have tested and gathered information on the top 4 competitors and alternatives to Whatfix in this article.

The details of the tools, their functions, their prices, and their reviews from Capterra will be provided during the course of this article.

Here are the tools we will evaluate:

UserGuiding
WalkMe
Appcues
Userlane

Before moving on to the alternatives, let’s check the details of Whatfix, its pricing and the reviews it got:

Whatfix

Whatfix is an in-app guidance tool used to onboard new users and to increase the retention of the existing ones. Whatfix improves product adoption with in-app help tools and the onboarding features we have mentioned.

Usually preferred by enterprises, Whatfix falls behind on providing these enterprise users with one thing they need, systematic quality analytics.

Due to the limited analytics, or the fact that it is far too comprehensive for your small startup, you might have started searching for an alternative to Whatfix.

Whatfix Pricing

Whatfix’s doesn’t provide us with a fixed price, they offer each customer with a customized plan. The pricing can vary according to the size of your product, the number of your monthly users, etc.

You can contact Whatfix to learn their custom price for your product.

Whatfix Reviews

Pros:

I think the ability to easily export scenarios into Powerpoint and articles is very powerful.

Cons:

It’s lack of analytical features. Setting up analytics is a little difficult and an added step to check.

UserGuiding

UserGuiding is a code-free user onboarding tool that helps you onboard your users; through product walkthroughs, user guides, and in-product messages. It also offers features such as NPS surveying, feedback gathering, and checklists.

The number one reason why UserGuiding is a strong Whatfix alternative is it’s easy to manage and use Analytics tool. UserGuiding keeps track of every guide you create and offer valuable insights on their performance.

UserGuiding Pricing

UserGuiding starts from $149/month with the Startup plan for smaller businesses. For bigger companies, UserGuiding offers a Growth package for $249/month.

UserGuiding Reviews

Pros:

Installation is really easy and effective, works really well. It is accessible on cloud one of the best feature. I was able to develop a new user experience program with this.

Cons:

There are fewer issues I had with the software, the support delayed in response, but eventually got back.

WalkMe

If you are an enterprise with a high budget for a perfect onboarding process, WalkMe might be the change you are searching for. The cloud-based user onboarding platform used by big enterprises solve your customer success and employee training problems immediately.

If you are a small startup yet, it would be better if you stood away from WalkMe. It requires a bit of technical knowledge, and might not be affordable by your business.

WalkMe Pricing

WalkMe’s prices are custom just like the customized plans the company offers. WalkMe provides you with a custom price according to your product and their prices are higher than the industry average.

WalkMe Reviews

Pros:

It’s a great tool for new users in understanding not only Salesforce but company customization in salesforce.

Cons:

Sometimes things that were built will randomly stop working. This is typical with most software but can be annoying.

Appcues

Appcues, the oldest code-free onboarding software in the market, provides you with multiple features to personalize, richen, and improve the journeys of your users. You can boost activation and retention while battling churn using the features offered by Appcues.

Although Appcues is a useful alternative, the technical background it requires is more than Whatfix. If you have a spare developer, Appcues is the tool to go.

Appcues Pricing

Appcues charges $249/month for its Essentials plan and for its Growth package, the price increases to $879/month for businesses with monthly active users(MAU) less than 2000.

As you cross 2000 MAU, the prices increase accordingly.

Appcues Reviews

Pros:

The granular targeting of users is fantastic. You can specify a message to appear to customers according to a wide variety of parameters, allowing you to tailor communication for almost any situation your user encounters while using your application.

Cons:

The reporting still leaves a bit to be desired, being, at time of writing, limited to a CSV of user interactions with a given message flow. The data is there, but it’s up to you to ingest it into your BI software and slice and dice the data to get insights.

Userlane

Userlane is a customer onboarding tool that helps you create onboarding flows for your users to improve product adoption. Definitely a solid player against Whatfix, Userlane can attend to your onboarding needs and easily share them with other creators.

Along with its customer onboarding function, Userlane also offers an employee training feature for you to cut costs on onboarding employees to your company.

Userlane Pricing

Userlane offers custom prices according to their customers’ MAU. You can easily get a price for your product by contacting the Userlane team.

Userlane Reviews

Pros:

The people work hard and the product is great to use. It’s easy to share and collaborate on the lanes and it is very user-friendly.

Cons:

The implementation was for the first time challenging us a bit but not more than the first use of any other tool. After a while, you get used to it and learn how to get the best overview of all functions and possibilities.