Heap is a web analytics platform captures every user interaction on web iOS with no extra code. The tool allows you to track events and set up funnels to understand user flow and dropoff. It also provides visualization tools to track trends over time.
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Pendo.io
Score 8.7 out of 10
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Pendo.io is a product engagement platform with features for in-app analytics, surveys and feedback, and guidance.
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Editions & Modules
Free
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Up to 10k sessions/month
Growth
Starting at $3,600 annually
Up to 300k sessions/year
Pro
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Custom sessions per month and unlimited projects
Premier
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Base
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Core
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Pulse
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Ultimate
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Heap
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup Fee
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No setup fee
Additional Details
Heap pricing is based on session volume. A session is a period of activity from a single user on your app or website. It can include many pageviews or events.
Heap is better because its easy to use, easy to install. With Heap you just add a snippet of tracking code to your header, instead of having to instrument each event like you do with other tools.
Heap is better then Pendo and Amplitude. Compared to Amplitude, Heap is cheaper and easier to analyze and use. Configurations might be cumbersome but in the long run, users find it very seamless and easy. Compared to Pendo, Heap offers much superior analytics, event …
Heap stood out from other tools in the following ways: Comprehensive auto-tracking and "spotlight" tool allows us to add event attributes through their UI which greatly reduces the reliance on Engineering resources for instrumentation. Their "Effort Analysis" tool helps …
Heap was selected by my predecessor. Heap does not include a digital adoption component, which is something we did not need. Pendo and Gainsight include DAP, which adds to the overall cost. Mixpanel requires developer resources to add tracking to any new features. In …
Heap is a clear winner when it comes to instrumentation. Pendo is more of a customer engagement platform but their instrumentation layer is still a bit light.
Pendo did not meet two of our key requirements: auto-capture of every user interaction (Pendo only captures events you manually tag, which becomes a part-time job on its own as the product changes), and a data warehouse integration (custom ETL pipelines have to be built and …
Google Analytics is more intuitive to use but after you overcome that learning curve with Heap, it quickly becomes a much better analytics tool. The ability to retroactively track metrics is simply fantastic and the point-and-click configuration without the need for code …
Heap is a tool used only for engagement analytics. It is quite robust and provides a flexible solution for collecting large sets of very granular user engagement data within our application. Definitions are easily created, definition rules are flexible and intuitive, and …
Scenarios when Heap was well suited: It is when a user claims that he encountered a bug without giving us the details of the error message. Scenarios where it is less appropriate: Its when we try to capture user interaction in our mobile app
Track usage across our platform (new and existing features) - where each customer clicks, how long they stay at certain areas within the software, etc.
I find the reporting and analytics to be a little light. They could improve custom reporting capabilities.
Would like to see the capabilities of the Pendo tagging tool built into the platform. (don't launch a separate product). I find the tagging tool does a much better job at selecting the components to be tagged than the platform does.
Sometimes takes a while to refresh counts when adding a new tag.
It's a great platform. I'm glad that one of our product managers introduced it because it has allowed us to create all kinds of new functionality. We're not only able to create a better product experience from our communications because of Heap, but we're also able to generate all kinds of helpful analysis.
We have had an excellent experience with Pendo. When we've had questions or concerns, Pendo is very quick to respond and communicate with us. We have experienced top-notch customer support and customer engagement. We have actually modeled some of our implementation and product processes after Pendo's examples.
On a scale from 1-10, I find Heap to be incredibly user-friendly and easy to use. I enjoyed the training videos available and was quickly able to pick up how to create events and reports to track user interactions on our product. I would recommend Heap for its usability first and foremost.
Overall, Pendo provides a smooth interface, especially with the most recent update, and I couldn't imagine using or learning any other platform so product focused. From the moment I log into Pendo, I know where I'm going and what I'm looking for and I'm able to find that, through the interface, in as little time as possible. This helps keep me focused on doing other tasks at work so I'm not overburdened with hunting things down in the system
I've never run into any issues with Heap's availability, Heap is always there when I need it. I haven't run into any issues like application errors or unplanned outages during my 2+ years of using Heap. Each and every time I log in to Heap I have a completely functional experience
Heap doesn't affect page load times considerably nor has a large impact [on] our overall score, as far as page loading times inside of the tool its pretty reliable to retrieve data as much as "instant" that it can be the delay seems to be on data getting tracked into the servers to be read but it's not significant.
Heap support has allowed us to troubleshoot and test a lot of different items. Their support team is always helpful and friendly, even when we come to them with the most complicated questions. I think this greatly improves the value proposition of the product because their support team is knowledgable and friendly.
They've been great anytime that we have needed help with something. They also have some really great help articles. We're able to figure most things out through their articles, but when we've had to call in they've been very helpful and we haven't had any problems. I'd highly recommend working with them.
The training schedule was well thought out and tailored to meet our needs. Chantelle stayed with us through the whole implementation and made sure that we were good to go.
The implementation was smooth and easy. The Heap team helped us with implementation and it went great! Within a few weeks, we were fully up and running and utilizing the platform to its full capability. This is an additional thing that has made this platform so great and we couldn't recommend it enough.
Heap offers a ton of functionality on a single platform.It also has an smart data science layer to offers suggestions for next steps in the analysis, allowing us to explore alternative paths we may not think to take. The low-code option for updating data is appealing, and there is a lot of automation with minimal engineering effort.
WalkMe is an industry leader, but they charge an arm and a leg. Working with them you get a lot of support and CSM time, but is it really worth that price tag? Pendo.io was an easy choice for that simple reason.
The most challenging part of using Heap in a growing organization is the naming and structure in which reports and dashboards are organized. I work within the marketing department and our Heap leader internally works within the IT/Product department, which makes it challenging because we often don't speak the same language, so the learning curve has been steep without any specific use-case examples to leverage online.
We have had increased NPS scores due to our ability to target messaging for the right reasons to the right audience members rather than blanket distribution of information.
Delayed deployment in certain environments (being worked through) has led to a delay in one business area, but it is not public facing yet so we aren't heavily impacted by that yet.