Whatfix suits organizations guiding users through employee-facing or customer-facing software, including mobile, desktop, and virtual desktop applications.
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Best Onboarding Bots 2026
Facts read 21 Sep 2026 – 15 Oct 2026
Onboarding bots can guide people through an app with tours, checklists and help shown inside the interface. They may also offer audience targeting and limits on active users.
The standings: top 10
| Name | In a line | Record score | Price from | Try it free | Runs on | Facts read |
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| 01 Whatfix | Whatfix suits organizations guiding users through employee-facing or customer-facing software, including mobile, desktop, and virtual desktop applications. | 5.7 | Free plan | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, Windows | 15 Oct 2026 |
| 02 Helppier | Helppier suits SaaS and software companies, including founders, product managers, marketers, and customer success managers who need in-app guidance. | 5.5 | $49 a month, billed yearly | Free trial | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, Browser extension | 15 Oct 2026 |
| 03 StepBeam | StepBeam is suited to product managers, designers and customer-success teams creating and iterating in-app guidance. | 5.5 | $124 a month, billed yearly | Free plan | Web, API | 15 Oct 2026 |
| 04 Candu | Candu is aimed at growth product managers, designers and developers working on onboarding, product adoption and product-led growth. | 5.3 | $199 a month, billed yearly | Free plan | Web, Browser extension, API | 15 Oct 2026 |
| 05 Wakeline | Wakeline suits product, success, and marketing teams that want to build and change in-app guidance without waiting on engineering tickets. | 5.3 | $41 a month, billed yearly | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, Browser extension | 29 Sep 2026 |
| 06 Stonly | Stonly may suit customer-service teams that want interactive guidance for customers or representatives, and teams managing help content across web and mobile touchpoints. | 5.1 | Free plan | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web | 30 Sep 2026 |
| 07 Chameleon | 4.9 | $279 a month | Free trial | Web, Browser extension, API | 15 Oct 2026 | |
| 08 Inline Manual | 4.9 | $3 a month | Free trial | Web, Browser extension, API, Self-hosted | 15 Oct 2026 | |
| 09 Userpilot | It suits product, UX, and customer success teams at SaaS startups and large enterprises seeking no-code engagement and analytics tools. | 4.9 | $299 a month | Free trial | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, Browser extension | 30 Sep 2026 |
| 10 HelpHero | HelpHero fits SaaS teams that need targeted product tours, checklists, and contextual prompts. | 4.8 | $550 a year | Free trial | Web, Browser extension, API | 3 Oct 2026 |
Use this list to compare free plans, trials, paid-from terms, active-user inclusion and platform support. Entries use the figures makers publish, without a scored ranking.
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Helppier
Helppier suits SaaS and software companies, including founders, product managers, marketers, and customer success managers who need in-app guidance.
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+3 Record5.5 Visit
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StepBeam
StepBeam is suited to product managers, designers and customer-success teams creating and iterating in-app guidance.
WebAPI Record5.5 Visit
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Candu
Candu is aimed at growth product managers, designers and developers working on onboarding, product adoption and product-led growth.
WebBrowser extensionAPI Record5.3 Visit
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Wakeline
Wakeline suits product, success, and marketing teams that want to build and change in-app guidance without waiting on engineering tickets.
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+1 Record5.3 Visit
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Stonly
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb Free plan Record5.1 Visit Stonly may suit customer-service teams that want interactive guidance for customers or representatives, and teams managing help content across web and mobile touchpoints.
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Userpilot
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+2 $299 a month Record4.9 Visit It suits product, UX, and customer success teams at SaaS startups and large enterprises seeking no-code engagement and analytics tools.
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HelpHero
WebBrowser extensionAPI $550 a year Record4.8 Visit HelpHero fits SaaS teams that need targeted product tours, checklists, and contextual prompts.
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Usertour
WebAPISelf-hosted $59 a month Record4.8 Visit Usertour suits product and growth teams building onboarding inside web applications.
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Driver.js
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb Free plan Record4.7 Visit Driver.js suits developers adding onboarding, tutorials, or contextual guidance to web interfaces.
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Gainsight PX
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+2 — Record4.6 Visit PX suits product teams seeking usage and adoption analysis alongside in-app guidance and surveys.
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Product Fruits
iPhone & iPadWebBrowser extension+1 $111 a month, billed yearly Record4.6 Visit It suits teams onboarding users to customer-facing web apps or SaaS products, especially those seeking no-code flows, targeting, and help content.
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WalkMe
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+5 — Record4.5 Visit WalkMe may suit organizations that want in-app guidance and workflow automation for employees or customer-facing applications.
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Userflow
WebAPI $240 a month, billed yearly Record4.4 Visit It suits B2B product-led SaaS teams in Product, Growth, Customer Success, and Marketing, especially self-serve web products.
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Appcues
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+2 — Record4.3 Visit Appcues may suit product and customer teams that want to build onboarding and feature-adoption experiences across web and mobile apps.
Before you choose
Compare access and price
Check whether a tool has a free plan, a free trial or a paid plan. Candu lists $199 per month on annual billing, Intro.js lists $9.99 and Inline Manual lists $3 per month as starting prices.
Some listings show pricing on request. Trial periods shown here are 14 days for Candu, Chameleon, HelpHero and Helppier, 21 days for Jimo and 30 days for Pendo Listen.
Match the guidance format
Look at the available tour, checklist and in-app guidance options. These features address different parts of an onboarding flow, so check which format fits the steps you need to present.
Check audience and user terms
Audience targeting can affect how guidance reaches people. Review whether the plan includes active users and how that allowance fits your intended audience.
Confirm platform support
The listings indicate support for web, API, browser extensions, iOS, Android and self-hosted deployments. Check the tool's platform details for the environment you need.
Use available trial paths
Free plans appear for Candu, Driver.js and Intro.js among the listings. Trial periods are listed for several paid tools, while other listings show pricing on request; compare the available path with your evaluation needs.
Questions
What does this list compare?
This list sets free-plan availability, starting-price terms, tours, checklists, in-app guidance, audience targeting, included active users and platform support side by side.
Which tools have a free plan?
Candu, Driver.js and Intro.js are each marked as offering a free plan.
Which tools list a free trial?
The listed trial periods are 14 days for Candu, Chameleon, HelpHero and Helppier; Jimo shows 21 days, and Pendo Listen shows 30 days.
What platforms can these tools support?
The category includes listings for web, API, extensions, iOS, Android and self-hosted environments.
How are paid prices shown?
Listings may show a starting price such as $3 per month, $9.99 or $199 per month on annual billing, or say that pricing is available on request.
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