Best Pendo Mobile Alternatives in 2024

You're at the right place if you’re a mobile app (consumer tech) company trying to decide which product adoption platform to use. One such well-known software is Pendo Mobile.

Pendo Mobile is used to assist mobile-first brands do product analytics and adoption.

However, in recent years, the competition in this sector has intensified considerably, leading to the emergence of numerous alternatives to Pendo Mobile.

Pendo Mobile: A short overview

Pendo is also a SaaS solution for SaaS organizations to build better software products by providing robust product analytics and in-app guides. Pendo helps organizations analyze how their customers use their products, build guides and tours to take their users to aha moments and collect feedback to improve the user experience.

Pendo recently launched their Mobile version to assist mobile-first brands do product analytics and adoption.

Pendo is based in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

Reasons some companies are looking to make a switch

• Very basic in-app capabilities like tooltips, modals, surveys, embeds, and slideouts.
• Popups appear in a delayed manner (delays of 5-10s after event-fire)
• In-app communication lacks context - not specific to any feature.
• Needs more hand-holding to use the software

Now that we’ve had a short glimpse of Pendo Mobile, listed below are some top alternatives and competitors of Pendo Mobile

Plotline

Choose if: You are a mobile-first consumer tech company. By far, Plotline provides the best omni-channel capabilities especially if in-app is a crucial focus for you.

1. Strength/uniqueness: Best in-app engagement modules with UI module depth (Nudges, Gamification, Widgets & Surveys) - stories, videos, spotlights, tooltips, etc to drive feature adoption, retention, and LTV for your app.
2. Main geography of operations: US, South East Asia, MENA
3. Pricing: The Starter plan starts at $499. You can book a call for a free trial.
4. Compatibility: Android, IOS, React, Flutter

Appcues Mobile

Choose if: You are a SaaS organization that also needs the Mobile version for mobile adoption and onboarding.

1. Strength/uniqueness: Appcues Mobile’s interface is an easy-to-use one with not much hand-holding required. It has a lower range of price when compared to Pendo Mobile
2. Main geography of operations: US, UK, South East Asia, MENA
3. Pricing: Appcues Mobile’s growth plan for 20k MAUs costs $1,399 per month
4. Compatibility: Android, IOS, React, Flutter, Ionic

Whatfix

Choose if: Mobile app-based consumer tech company or SaaS Platform. Whatfix was primarily built for employee onboarding and has now expanded its product capabilities to user onboarding.

1. Strength/uniqueness: Smart voice guidance in multiple languages can be added to the onboarding flows.
2. Main geography of operations: US, UK, South East Asia, MENA
3. Pricing: Whatfix offers Standard, Premium, and Pro plans and all three provide in-app guidance and product adoption that compromises the onboarding functionality.
4. Compatibility: Whatfix is not compatible with Flutter or React Native.

Netcore

Choose if: Mobile app-based consumer tech company. They acquired Hansel to aid with user onboarding in the app. However, ever since the acquisition, a number of their customers have raised issues with customer support and software reliability.

1. Strength/uniqueness: It specializes in omnichannel communication like push notifications, SMS, and email.
2. Main geography of operations: EMEA and the US have most of Netcore’s customers.
3. Pricing: It provides 3 pricing editions namely Startup, Business, and Enterprise. It’s a free offering if the MAU count is only up to 10,000.
4. Compatibility: Netcore is compatible with Android, IOS, React, and Flutter.

How to choose the best mobile app onboarding software

Here is a larger comparison for choosing the best mobile app onboarding software for your business:

• Plotline is a recommended choice if you are a mobile-first consumer tech company because of its abundant UI library (animations, videos, quizzes, tooltips, coach marks, spotlights, and more).
• Appcues Mobile or Whatfix are suitable if you are a SaaS business first, and your mobile app is second in priority.
• Choose Netcore if you are also looking for omnichannel communication features along with an onboarding journey.

Final thoughts

By thoroughly researching and comparing the above options, you can make a well-informed choice that aligns with your product adoption in 2024 and beyond.

If you're interested in learning more about how you can engage your users inside your app to help you drive adoption, activation, retention, and monetization metrics, start your free trial with Plotline.