Medallia Digital Experience Analytics vs. Pendo.io

If you are seeking to gain insight on the user journey on your website, in various areas, Decibel is perfect for this situation. For example, if you are trying to understand form dropout, Decibel allows you to see what form field the majority of the dropoffs occur. You can then take action based on these insights.

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Pendo.io is very well suited for organizations, who want to quickly connect with Customers without even directly talking to them. Pendo.io allows in-app guides and documentation to help organizations connect with their customers and guide them in their product. The feature tracking capability is the best to understand the page/feature usage also by segment to categorize and understand user behavior. Replays are somewhat helpful but still can have improvements. Less appropriate where the customer base is less.

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• Heat mapping provides a great understanding of UI pain points/bugs
• Integration with analytics tools (we use Adobe) brings in analytics analysis as well
• Helps to understand the user journey and where dropoff is occurring

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• Analytics - ability to rebuild new analytics back to the snippet install date
• Guides & Resource Center - ability to create and deploy guides without the need ofr development.
• Feedback, polls, surveys and NPS - quantative and qualative data is invaluable.

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• Being able to create groups of segments would be useful.
• The interface for selecting page types needs more options, it can be difficult to use if you have lots of similar pages.
• Would be good if top level stats were presented in different ways, or in a more visual way (ie pie charts, graphs).
• Generating reports - it would be nice if I could export charts and graphs instead of just CSV files.

• The guide builder UI could be a bit more user-friendly; it's hard to remember where the different options are at first and takes some practice.
• Interpreting user paths visually can be tricky at times, especially when trying to understand where drop-offs or blockers occur.
• More granular user permissions so that I don't need to grant full admin rights to a user if I want to let them edit translations on a guide, for example.

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I've heard about some new features that are coming online soon to do with tracking forms. They also offer a lead tracking package that we haven't tried yet, but I'm keen to check out.

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.

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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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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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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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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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.

Use Segment to install and cut developers out of the work cycle!

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I have used Hotjar before, and in comparison, the functionality and the abilities in Decibel Insights are so much more advanced. The only downside is the price difference between the two tools, but the adaptability and the customer support you get with Decibel Insights definitely make it a more manageable and long-term tool to integrate with your marketing activity.

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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 the product, we questioned why we hadn't considered it sooner. Pendo.io has simplified analytics, making them as straightforward as bread and butter. The number of widgets available for data representation in the dashboard is astounding. Furthermore, Pendo.io offers a wealth of features, including feature tagging, webpage tagging, Pendo Listen, NPS surveys, a resource center, and more. I used WalkMe for three years and encountered challenges achieving the desired flow for customer onboarding, which sometimes proved difficult. In contrast, Pendo.io makes everything achievable thanks to its ability to incorporate custom code into guide creations.

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The system is pretty flexible and scalable, I have used it in different browsers and devices without issues.

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• One of our most recent tests which were inspired by Decibel Insights calculated an additional 1M in revenue across a year. Something that we probably wouldn't have looked to test if it wasn't for reviewing session replays.
• There are also other tests in the pipeline that we are expecting should have positive impacts, that again has been identified from watching session replays and triggered error messages throughout the journeys.

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• Increasing revenue by providing an awareness mechanism for add-on modules
• Increasing adoption by providing guidance through new user flows and feature availability
• Allowing us to promote events and recruit users for UAT using both embedded and static guides
• Improving conversion from free trials by delivering key value messages during the trial experience.

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