Appcues vs. WalkMe

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Appcues
Score 6.7 out of 10
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Appcues 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
WalkMe
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
WalkMe 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
AppcuesWalkMe
Editions & Modules
Essentials
$299
per month/billed monthly
Growth
$879
per month/billed annually
Enterprise
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AppcuesWalkMe
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
AppcuesWalkMe
Considered Both Products
Appcues
Chose 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.
Chose Appcues
Most of these tools all promise the same thing and have similar directions. I think that Appcues is great if the budget is there and not going to be a problem. Where it really shines is it's customization and easy-to-use interface that truly makes the experience very smooth. …
Chose Appcues
We took a demo for Whatfix but thought them nowhere to be close to Appcue's functionalities. Even though I want more theming options in Appcues, it still has more variety than Whatfix. Also, to make changes to flows, Appcues is more nimble, and you can preview the resultant …
Chose Appcues
One of the things we really loved about Appcues that ultimately led us to go with them is that it has a two-way integration with Heap Analytics. We are big fans of Heap, so being able to create user segments in Heap and push them over to Appcues to show modals to was a huge …
Chose Appcues
We looked at WalkMe a while back when we started looking for a solution, but Appcues at that time made it significantly easier to use and implement. I haven't evaluated WalkMe recently, but I'm sure they've come a long way, just as Appcues has.
Chose Appcues
Appcues is much more affordable than Walkme and Pendo from our research. We were previously using Intercom, however Intercom was designed more for purely in-app messaging rather than actually providing flows and cues guiding users throughout an app. We also received lots of …
WalkMe
Chose WalkMe
I couldn't successfully implement this product for trial and found support help was delayed. In comparison, despite also being based in another country, WalkMe's support was quick to help with queries and always eager to address the issue and go above and beyond to make sure I …
Chose WalkMe
It's all about analytics and WalkMe has everything you ever needed and more!
Chose 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 …
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 …
Chose WalkMe
Pendo didn't have react native support at the time or it would have been the solution of choice. Much better tool.
Chose WalkMe
WalkMe is an outstanding platform and its technical support is so calm and professional. Always listen to the queries well and respond out with the alternative or solution to increase a good experience of the user. The best feature of WalkMe which I like the most is the …
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 …
Chose WalkMe
I have realized WalkMe is a great product with a lot of features and so far is the best product adoption and user onboarding tool compared to its alternatives. WalkMe is specialized in the field of product tours and walkthroughs hence making it the pioneer in the user …
Chose WalkMe
Our organization reviewed several products before selecting WalkMe as the primary tutorial platform. We chose WalkMe because our primary business tutorial need is for Salesforce. WalkMe offers an incredibly easy-to-use and understandable walk-through and integrates incredibly …
Chose WalkMe
A predecessor had originally chosen WalkMe and I decided to continue using them out of convenience, but when things didn't get better, we looked around and found alternative tools to be better.
Chose WalkMe
Our company chose to transition to our own proprietary knowledgebase system.
Chose WalkMe

Ability to make it easy for the users to use our popular products by using product-specific launchers and smart tips.

We are watching the analytics for these and they seem to work!

Chose WalkMe
Our firm rated WalkMe as best in class compared to alternatives. In addition to functionality, WalkMe university and professional services set us up to own the product and continuously improve.
Chose WalkMe
The only other personalization/on-boarding tool we have tried is Evergage. We are actually running them at the same time, each has their own strengths and weaknesses. Evergage's ability to personalize the message and be more dynamic in their campaigns is far better than those …
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User Ratings
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Usability
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User Testimonials
AppcuesWalkMe
Likelihood to Recommend
[Appcues] is a great service for self learning a software to train people a software and to beta test software applications. I see lots of possibilities for training that people who are not great with technology using Appcues but still the pricing is not the best in the other services in the digital adoption space
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WalkMe is a great tool to support digital transformation efforts at an organization--it can reduce the training/learning time for both the users and the creators. It can also support onboarding, change management, data integrity, and creating a seamless connection between platforms and many others. It's not a tool for simple, intuitive platforms that do not change frequently.
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Pros
  • Appcues makes the setup process extremely simple. Rather than having to build all of the cues and flows into our app, we simply installed the Appcues code which essentially lays over top our app and allows us to build any new flows we'd like and push them live without having to consult our engineers.
  • Appcues provides a variety of cue options to display to users. There are tooltips, slide outs and full modals. This allows us to target users on different pages without being too invasive.
  • Their targeting and reporting is also superb. We're able to show flows to certain users based on URL paths and other actions they've taken within our app. We can also see some great reports of users who have completed our flows and metrics on where they stopped if they did not complete a flow.
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  • No more communicating via email - conditional shoutouts to relay a message
  • Automating processes to increase productivity and reduce frustration
  • Fabulous analytics
  • Training at the point of need - no more searching for the relevant training elsewhere
  • Adding a link to automatically start any WalkMe solution from anywhere using 'Permalinks' is great!
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Cons
  • There are certain limitations of where tooltips can be placed, depending on the application is built.
  • The way 'appcues' are organized in the management console can be a little more user-friendly.
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  • I would like to see some way to manage versions of the help from release to release, as currently the only way to see/roll a help item back to a time in the past is to revert to that time.
  • We had run into some issues with duplicating images in the Assets Library, but that has just been fixed!
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Usability
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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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Support Rating
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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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Alternatives Considered
We took a demo for Whatfix but thought them nowhere to be close to Appcue's functionalities. Even though I want more theming options in Appcues, it still has more variety than Whatfix. Also, to make changes to flows, Appcues is more nimble, and you can preview the resultant changes in seconds.
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I couldn't successfully implement this product for trial and found support help was delayed. In comparison, despite also being based in another country, WalkMe's support was quick to help with queries and always eager to address the issue and go above and beyond to make sure I had the information I needed.
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Return on Investment
  • Helped us increase user engagement within our product.
  • Has helped us increase the number of users actually reading important information vs. us emailing them.
  • Has helped us increase conversions of our trials to sign ups by helping our users see the value of our product more quickly.
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  • 79% of our customers using a walk-thru agree that it has made it easy to handle their issue.
  • WalkMe has helped us lower costs associated with phone and ticket based support. Using WalkMe to promote self help over ticket creation has reduced our ticket contacts by 50%.
  • Many on our development team are leery of WalkMe. It is allowing someone outside of their department access to modify the user experience. However our leadership teams have been onboard with it.
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