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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    WalkMe

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AWalkMe is a Digital Adoption Platform (DAP) that promises to transform the user experience in "today’s overwhelming digital world." Using artificial intelligence, analytics, engagement, guidance and automation, WalkMe offers a transparent overlay that assists users to complete tasks easily within any enterprise software, mobile application or website. Founded in 2011, WalkMe software is used by more than 1,500 enterprises globally, including over 30 percent of Fortune 500 companies.…N/A
    Pricing
    Pendo.ioWalkMe
    Editions & Modules
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    Pendo.ioWalkMe
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    Community Pulse
    Pendo.ioWalkMe
    Considered Both Products
    Pendo.io
    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 has better features, better value, better service than WalkMe or Whatfix.
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    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.
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    WalkMe is not as user-friendly and the analytics portion at the time was limited. However, their step by step guides and walk-thrus were great. So just depends on whats most important to you.
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    Customer service is what sets Pendo apart from WalkMe.
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    We used a rubric to compare Pendo.io to the other tools listed. We scored/compared on the following items that were/are important to our company:

    • Ease of Use
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    We used WalkMe for a couple of years, but because we are a single page application we had difficulty with the implementation crashing our site. WalkMe also uses cookies to track users, so every time one of our customers cleared his or her cache, they would receive announcements …
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    Pendo is much simpler than the competition:
    1. WalkMe seems to be very robust for guided walkthroughs, but the UI for both authors and visitors is clunky by comparison to Pendo.
    2. Google Analytics tracks anything and everything... but only if someone else has set it up properly. It's …
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    I prefer Pendo strongly to all the above competitors. We came from WalkMe and it was a nightmare of a tool, slow, horrible analytics, no real SFDC integration, and an unintuitive guide builder. I found Pendo's analytics much easier to understand than Appcues and Totango isn't …
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    Pendo is a lot easier to set up than Google Analytics, in my opinion. As a non-developer, it is important that I can go in and tag what needs to be tagged without having to fight for dev resources. Compared to WalkMe, I think Pendo just offered more customer analytics and was …
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    Pendo.io is a more robust platform whereas WalkMe provides about half of the functionality and not nearly the same road map for innovation.
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    I compared WalkMe and Pendo back to back, I found the overall product experience in Pendo to be more modern and user-friendly than WalkMe. It seemed like WalkMe relies very heavily on professional services to get the product rolled out and to do anything complex, while Pendo …
    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
    Easy to implement and set up. Strong track record of success (arguably market leader), including validation through case studies, and through G2Crowd and TrustRadius reviews. The Zendesk integration is great -- users won't have to hop out of the app to access knowledgebase …
    Incentivized
    Chose Pendo.io
    Pendo's level of analytics that they provide on how our customers are performing and what they're using within our platform is second to none. We use the guides a lot but we really get value out of being able to see how our customers are using our platform. We're now able to …
    Incentivized
    WalkMe
    Chose WalkMe
    WalkMe was much better in terms of features, implementation, and analytics. It's a market leader in the Digital Adoption space so it made sense to begin our digital adoption journey with this tool. The sales team also spent a lot of time with us in understanding our …
    Incentivized
    Chose WalkMe
    Pendo didn't have react native support at the time or it would have been the solution of choice. Much better tool.
    Incentivized
    Chose WalkMe
    WalkMe is by far more customizable and fully features compared to its competitors. This does mean it takes longer to learn all the features, however, it also means you can customize the tours to a greater degree. Most of the competitor products are between a third to half the …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    94%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    48 Answers
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    61 Answers
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    35 Answers
    79%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    34 Answers
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    Best Alternatives
    Pendo.ioWalkMe
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Pendo.io
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Whatfix
    Score10 out of 10
    Whatfix
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Whatfix
    Score10 out of 10
    Whatfix
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Pendo.ioWalkMe
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (130 ratings)
    8.1
    (29 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (43 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Configurability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Pendo.ioWalkMe
    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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    WalkMe
    • New system implementation - if you're switching or upgrading systems, you can ease users through the transition by providing in-system contextual guidance, extra tips, and automating clicks they don't need to worry about.
    • Data integrity - if you have users making mistakes in the system, you can add validation with WalkMe without the need for developer time and reduce those errors and upstream problems, and related costs
    • Reducing support tickets - if you have support tickets coming through about how to do tasks in a system, you can reduce the time and cost of your support staff answering these tickets by addressing the queries with WalkMe content
    • Change management - ease users through change with guidance and provide in-system surveys
    • Onboarding - bring new users quickly up to speed with onboarding tasks
    • Automation - automate your regular processes and cut system time, freeing users up for more important tasks
    • Process/system analysis - use the analytics to track where users are dropping off in processes and making errors and address these with WalkMe content
    • User experience - make your system more user friendly
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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
    Incentivized
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    WalkMe
    • Ease of use and getting up-to-speed in a few days only. WalkMe can be used by new users easily and quickly, yet provides a many advance features for power users to keep exploring and creating innovative solutions--there are always some things that you have not used earlier
    • Great analytics on our platform, usage and adoption by users, and surveys
    • Very friendly community of users who help each other all the time and structured upskilling programs, weekly tips keep the learning going
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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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    WalkMe
    • Firefox plugin: The only time I use Firefox is when building a walk-thru. I would like to be able to use Chrome to build the walk-thrus.
    • Logic: Walk-thrus, Launchers, Shoutouts and walk-thru steps use different logic. I can't always fire something based on a click or URL when sometimes I would like to.
    • Design: You can use CSS to customize the look of your walk-thrus, but there isn't a way to remove the sidebar color of the walk-thrus.
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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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    WalkMe
    No answers on this topic
    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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    WalkMe
    WalkMe has done a great job of making their tool easy to use. However because it is a Firefox plugin it causes me to need another browser and sacrifice the left 2 - 3 inches of my display, when working on a laptop this makes it a bit painful. Also when publishing you can organize your list of walk-thrus, the window size is small and limited to the constraints of the WalkMe tool.
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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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    WalkMe
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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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    WalkMe
    No answers on this topic
    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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    WalkMe
    The WalkMe Support Team was phenomenal. My support rep made a genuine effort to ensure my success with using the WalkMe Software. She was kind, patient, and very knowledgeable on the software. If there was a question she did not know the answer too, she would find the answer and get back to me as soon as possible
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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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    WalkMe
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Pendo.io
    Use Segment to install and cut developers out of the work cycle!
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    WalkMe
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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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    WalkMe
    My understanding is that WalkMe was selected based on its capability to support our requirements for our enterprise software. We wanted a product that allows us to provide help at the point of need, provide as little or as much help to guide the user to successfully use the product, and a product that is scalable and can support our growing capabilities.
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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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    WalkMe
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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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    WalkMe
    • With a promise to help onboard, we found that as people interacted with the walk throughs they didn't get any significant value. Self-service wasn't improved, in fact, we got more complaints from the walk throughs than help from them.
    • NPS surveys were a nightmare to try and integrate with our CRM so we could action the results. Lost time and energy without much support from the WalkMe team
    • No improvement to our Product Adoption, so all cost and time and energy spent on implementation was a loss.
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