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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Appcues

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AAppcues is online software for creating in-product experiences such as user onboarding, feature announcements, etc. without writing any code. (The vendor believes it's the non-technical people who oftentimes have the best information about a software user's needs and desires.) The goal of using Appcues is to improve product engagement within the user's own customer base.

    $299

    per month/billed monthly

    ChurnZero

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AChurnZero is a Customer Success platform designed to help subscription businesses succeed through improved customer experiences. ChurnZero helps Customer Success team spot potential churn risks early and see renewal and expansion opportunities faster. Its automation and personalization, in-app communications, and Customer Success AI™ support engagement with customers and lead them to value. The platform offers journeys, health scores, survey tools, segmentation, plays,…N/A
    Pricing
    AppcuesChurnZero
    Editions & Modules
    Essentials
    $299
    per month/billed monthly
    Growth
    $879
    per month/billed annually
    Enterprise
    Contact sales team
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AppcuesChurnZero
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    AppcuesChurnZero
    Considered Both Products
    Appcues
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    ChurnZero
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    135 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    106 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    133 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    76 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    82 Answers
    Features
    AppcuesChurnZero
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Appcues and ChurnZero
    Feature
    Appcues
    -
    Ratings
    ChurnZero
    8.1
    193 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.1193 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Appcues and ChurnZero
    Feature
    Appcues
    -
    Ratings
    ChurnZero
    9.5
    205 Ratings
    9% above category average
    API00 Ratings9.0167 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings10.0171 Ratings
    Customer Data Extraction / Integration
    Comparison of Customer Data Extraction / Integration features of Appcues and ChurnZero
    Feature
    Appcues
    -
    Ratings
    ChurnZero
    9.5
    221 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Product usage00 Ratings9.1218 Ratings
    Help desk / support tickets00 Ratings10.0177 Ratings
    Customer Success Management
    Comparison of Customer Success Management features of Appcues and ChurnZero
    Feature
    Appcues
    -
    Ratings
    ChurnZero
    9.6
    226 Ratings
    11% above category average
    NPS surveys00 Ratings9.1198 Ratings
    Sponsor tracking00 Ratings9.079 Ratings
    Customer profiles00 Ratings10.0211 Ratings
    Automated workflow00 Ratings10.0218 Ratings
    Internal collaboration00 Ratings10.0185 Ratings
    Customer health scoring00 Ratings10.0223 Ratings
    Customer segmentation00 Ratings9.1217 Ratings
    CSM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CSM Reporting & Analytics features of Appcues and ChurnZero
    Feature
    Appcues
    -
    Ratings
    ChurnZero
    9.2
    226 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Customer health trends00 Ratings9.1215 Ratings
    Engagement analytics00 Ratings9.9210 Ratings
    Revenue forecasting00 Ratings9.072 Ratings
    Dashboards00 Ratings9.0220 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    AppcuesChurnZero
    Small Businesses
    Pendo.io
    Score8.5 out of 10
    ClientSuccess
    Score6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Whatfix
    Score10 out of 10
    CustomerSuccessBox
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Whatfix
    Score10 out of 10
    Gainsight CS
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AppcuesChurnZero
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (229 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (133 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.5
    (122 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AppcuesChurnZero
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Appcues
    It is well suited for SaaS products or services that have a highly complex user interface. Through Appcues, you can ensure that people discover all the existing and new features and make them understand the value of your product as soon as possible to address the evergreen issue of churn. But if your user interface is really messed up, you should change the product itself instead of using a tool like Appcues to explain everything on the screen.
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    ChurnZero
    If you are a SaaS business with a high volume of customers, having ChurnZero is a must. If you have a subscription based business and a customer success or account management function in your company, I would highly recommend ChurnZero.
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    Pros
    Appcues
    • As a whole, Appcues is very easy to use.
    • You can build templates to easily style future modal windows and tooltips.
    • They have great customer service! Any time I've had a question our support rep always gets back to me with solutions.
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    ChurnZero
    • ChurnZero has excellent customer success! They worked very hard to ensure a successful implementation and launch.
    • The CZ platform gives a detailed view of customer usage. We know exactly how clients are using our platform which allows us to provide excellent customer success services. This allows helps our product team understand the needs of clients and the success of new features.
    • We are able to create plays based on usage which provides a customized and personal experience for each user. CZ makes it possible to give our clients what they need when they need it.
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    Cons
    Appcues
    • We were extremely surprised that there are not any Appcues used in Appcues. The app is pretty easy to use, once you figure out how to use it. There were not any type of tutorials when we logged in that quickly walked through how to setup a flow.
    • Appcues has lots of support articles, however they are almost so numerous that it was hard to find simple onboarding documentation that we found useful.
    • The different tooltips and product actions are great, but being able to customize the different cues a little bit more by changing sizes and aspect ratios could be an improvement.
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    ChurnZero
    • When composing an email out of segments, the ability to save it as a draft to review later would be awesome, instead of needing to set up a Play
    • In the admin section, I love that we can have a color palate - but we'd like the color palete to be applied in other areas so CZ has more of our companies branding
    • The content templates can be hard to stylize if you don't know html
    • Add the Merge Fields functionality to tasks, especially tasks made by playbooks
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Appcues
    No answers on this topic
    ChurnZero
    Our team is very happy with the product after evaluating multiple vendors, including Gainsight, Totango and Planhat. We like the additional functionality that CZ offers on its enterprise version. We were strongly considering other products if the price was right and functionality worked, but the change management would have been too heavy and taken too long. The ChurnZero team has been a good partner to rely on and allowed us to free up our time and resources to focus on more pressing matters
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    Usability
    Appcues
    No answers on this topic
    ChurnZero
    ChurnZero makes my work life a complete game changer. I say it all the time ChurnZero is a one stop shop for data! I don't fumble through numerous different programs, try to remember different passwords, I literally login to CZ and it is right there in front of me
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    Reliability and Availability
    Appcues
    No answers on this topic
    ChurnZero
    Quick response by the CZ team.
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    Support Rating
    Appcues
    No answers on this topic
    ChurnZero
    I recently had the opportunity to interact with ChurnZero's customer support team, and I must say, I am thoroughly impressed. Their responsiveness and willingness to solve problems are exemplary. From the moment I reached out, their team displayed a level of professionalism and dedication that truly stood out.
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    Online Training
    Appcues
    No answers on this topic
    ChurnZero
    The training and onboarding have been very helpful. Since I was not a part of the team when ChurnZero was implemented, it was important to get brought up to speed as quickly as possible and our CSM has been incredibly receptive in that regard.
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    Implementation Rating
    Appcues
    No answers on this topic
    ChurnZero
    I implemented CZ in 4 months. When I look back, this is not a long time where I needed to get to know CZ by myself (as I did not have knowledge of it at all..) study the Academy, playing around in the test environment and setting up in live environment.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Appcues
    It has a much, much better user interface, better customer care, and of course better pricing. This along with the fact that they were very accommodating for our use case ensured we went ahead with Appcues.
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    ChurnZero
    Gainsight CS - you need a team to manage this tool; not intuitive to use, and you're not able to be as agile once configured GUIDEcx - One of my favorites in the space, and so easy to set up, configure, customize, and scale. Able to connect onboarding milestones to SFDC cases, and share out as a customer portal. Mixmax has been purchased in past companies to help fill in gaps of other tools (gives us scheduling links, in-inbox email templates, SFDC lead/contact and task management)
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    Scalability
    Appcues
    No answers on this topic
    ChurnZero
    Easy to escalate.
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    Return on Investment
    Appcues
    • Appcues has allowed us to quickly deploy user help features that target specific users, audiences, even customers with very little effort.
    • Appcues has helped gain user traction by providing helpful tooltips, tours, and other rich content, reducing the first-time user learning curve.
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    ChurnZero
    • ChurnZero has transformed our NPS strategy, helping us get in front of unhappy customers faster
    • ChurnZero has reduced confusion and data cleanliness issues across our CS org
    • Their customer support has helped us implement and get up and running with Churnzero in excellent time.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    ChurnZero Screenshots

    Screenshot of an overview of ChurnZero's customer success AI. It is used to automate content creation, turn scattered data into clear insights, and track customer sentiment. The tools offer deeper visibility, better engagement, and more time to focus on building lasting customer relationships.Screenshot of an overview of ChurnZero's customer insights, which provide a real-time, 360° view of every customer. These are used to track engagement, monitor health, and drive action without guesswork.Screenshot of an overview of how ChurnZero guides customers through key milestones, providing real-time visibility into their progress, and collaboration on personalized success strategies.Screenshot of how ChurnZero keeps customers informed and engaged. With in-app communications, WalkThroughs, and Success Centers, customer success agents can deliver targeted messages, guide users through key features, and provide on-demand resources—all without disrupting their workflow.Screenshot of how ChurnZero defines Data-driven automation = The right actions, for the right customers, at the right time. ChurnZero helps automate key touchpoints, jumpstart engagement with templates, and stay informed with instant updates.Screenshot of how ChurnZero helps to predict risks, seize opportunities, and drive revenue growth. ChurnZero provides real-time insights to identify at-risk accounts, track key trends, and forecast revenue with precision. This helps agents to proactively manage churn, uncover expansion opportunities, and make data-driven decisions that fuel long-term success.