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    Pendo.io

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/APendo.io is a product engagement platform with features for in-app analytics, surveys and feedback, and guidance.N/A
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    Pendo.io
    Editions & Modules
    *Free
    Free
    Base
    Contact sales team
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    Ultimate
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    Pendo.io
    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    Yes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    Yes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Pendo.io
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    Pendo.io
    Chose Pendo.io
    Pendo is our chosen provider
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    Pendo.io excels at creating guides. The editor experience is precisely what anyone working with a DAP tool desires – unobstructed and focused on a single screen. Pendo.io boasts AI features, and the customization options exceed expectations. When we became more familiar with …
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    Pendo.io is specifically for Product Management team keeping Product Managers persona in mind.
    In App guidance & NPS is a plus for Pendo.io.
    Opposite to User session based insights, Pendo.io gives overall insights keeping user at the center and allows easy segmentation of users.
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    Pendo.io was selected for us. I actually really like Intercom and think there are some things it does better but Pendo.io has better Analytics and User tracking, at least at the time when I tried Intercom.
    Incentivized
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    Pendo has a lot more features than Gainsight, and a friendlier UI. Pendo is harder to use in my opinion - but this conception could just be lack of training.
    Gainsight is a good tool to measure an account's health by using green, yellow and red colors to identify accounts at …
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    Pendo is better than the alternatives as it is more all in one.
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    Ease of use, simple UI.
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    Pendo.io does a better job with data but not as good on user onboarding and communication. Userpilot started out as an user onboarding and in app guidance that lately became also a user behavior analysis tool. It seems that Pendo.io did the inverse way, it started with the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    Pendo.io is better at tracking than Google Analytics, and Adobe Analytics takes a lot of setup to get similar coverage. Pendo.io works so well straight out of the box. Also, the historical data that can be accessed once creating a new feature is incredible.
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    Pendo.io has far more options for customizations needed to provide everything we need (which is specific) for our overall end goals. Pendo.io also provides two of the items I need versus one.
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    We have already been using Pendo.io for many and it is integrated into our products.
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    I found Pendo.io to be more robust and easier to use....but more expensive.
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    Pendo.io had the full suite of solutions for product management, customer success and UX. The other solutions seemed to be good solutions but Pendo solved a lot more range of proplems for our teams. Pricing was all about the same as well so it didn't really factor into the …
    Incentivized
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    I have just very superficial experience with Google Analytics but I do believe that Pendo.io is a much much better tool in pretty much all aspects of it. It has a ton more features and capabilities and even for the capabilities where there is overlap, Pendo seems to come out …
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    At the time of evaluation, Pendo.io stood out as an exceptional digital adoption solution. We couldn't find another solution that had the mix of analytics and in-app guidance that worked for our needs. We're so glad we selected Pendo and look forward to continuing our …
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    Pendo.io has better features, better value, better service than WalkMe or Whatfix.
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    Pendo.io seems to be more commonly known and already integrated with other parts of our business, so that's why we've stuck with them as a vendor. It often takes a good chunk of work to set up product analytics tools, so there is a reason of current stickiness with the tool if …
    Incentivized
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    Pendo.io is much more intuitive to use for basic user trajectory than Google Analytics, though it has been a long time since I used it.
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    Pendo.io has better brand value, brand recall, brand recognition and better trust factor compared to its competitors. Also, the leadership as well as product team has hands-on previous relevant experience using this tool which helped us make the decision. The customer support …
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    I have used both Google Analytics and Pendo in the past. Basic functionality in terms of usage monitoring is similar.
    Because it requires enterprise licenses, so the decision comes from leadership instead of product managers like me, I don't have a strong preference. But Pendo …
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    It is a new product in the market in terms of share of voice but is totally worth it
    Incentivized
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    Pendo.io doesn't try to fit every possible product management feature inside the application, rather it focuses on the user experience and analytics part. And they do that beautifully. Because they are focused on their strength so they are best in that, also their pricing is …
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    The organization of Pendo.io makes it much easier to use. We can also get more granular with our request to really dig down into what the root of the issue is and why we are being asked to improve something. We also have been able to better broadcast our wins internally and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    It is night and day how simple Pendo.io is to setup and configure. You don't need to be a data scientist or engineer - the UI makes it incredibly easy. The competitors have a high barrier to entry to get started with simple tracking and reporting, which has been a massive …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    48 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    61 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    35 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    34 Answers
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    Pendo.io
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Whatfix
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Whatfix
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Pendo.io
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (130 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (43 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Pendo.io
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Pendo.io
    Pendo.io is useful in generating great dashboards that present user analytics in the best possible view that could be used for analysis & derive key insights on what could be done if there's a feature that's not being recognized by end users or if there are any pain points where users are struggling more around a workflow which is technically not that difficult. Pendo.io also can be used to create impactful guides where intercatoin of a user with the Guide can be created in less steps & have relevant information about that workflow that the user is completing. Pendo.io's resource center can act as a one stop hub to present any sidewide updates which could be information of Prod releases, New KB Articles, Register to any event, & much more. Segments can be created in as many variation as one can. In fact, Segments are the ruling property or feature that works so handy, which reduces a lot of iterative work.
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    Pros
    Pendo.io
    • NPS Surveys
    • Feature usage insights
    • Identifying user behaviors using Replay feature
    • Clearly segmenting users in a way we want it to be
    • Identifying time spent on a feature/product to better understand what customers actually use
    • Documentation, in-app guides and help section
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    Cons
    Pendo.io
    • Dashboard is sometimes very slow to load
    • Preview is problematic if the Pendo.io user doesn't have access to the target environment or application where the guide is going to display
    • It would be ideal to have a gallery of thumbnail images of previously used guides to select from, either to pull a screen capture or to use as a template. It's cumbersome to go to the guides, find the one you want, click on Preview, etc.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Pendo.io
    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.
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    Usability
    Pendo.io
    It is intuitive for core tasks like tracking feature usage, building Guides, and viewing dashboards. The interface is clean and well structured, making it easy for product managers and operational teams to get value quickly without heavy technical support. However, there is a noticeable learning curve when setting up advanced custom events, reports, or integrations, which can take some time and internal knowledge-sharing to master.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Pendo.io
    Every time I have logged into Pendo, the service has been available for me to use. The page has never been down when I am trying to get info from there.
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    Performance
    Pendo.io
    Everything loads fairly quickly and it's not slow. I don't use an integration, I log in straight in the webpage.
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    Support Rating
    Pendo.io
    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.
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    Online Training
    Pendo.io
    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.
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    Implementation Rating
    Pendo.io
    Use Segment to install and cut developers out of the work cycle!
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    Alternatives Considered
    Pendo.io
    I have just very superficial experience with Google Analytics but I do believe that Pendo.io is a much much better tool in pretty much all aspects of it. It has a ton more features and capabilities and even for the capabilities where there is overlap, Pendo seems to come out ahead easily. There are aspects that Pendo could improve for sure such as what metadata it captures from the users; an example of this is screen resolution which Google Analytics captures but Pendo does not.
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    Scalability
    Pendo.io
    The system is pretty flexible and scalable, I have used it in different browsers and devices without issues.
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    Return on Investment
    Pendo.io
    • Reducing development time with in-app guides and resource center, with product management being able to agilely create guides in real time, this could be as much as 1 full time developer in savings.
    • Reducing business time scoping "rock fetches" than are proven to be invaluable based on analytics, each time 1 single piece of analtical data saves around ~20 hours across multiple resources.
    • Increasing user satisfaction with in-app guides and resource center
    • Increasing usage of key features through targetted messaging, those key features either drive costs ou of our business or add value to customers business.
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