# Appcues alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 645 of the 756 answers in the 3 categories where Appcues holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/appcues/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Rocketlane: 69
- GUIDEcx: 41
- Whatfix: 37
- WalkMe: 34
- Intercom: 32
- UserGuiding: 26

## In-app messaging and customer communications

**Small business**: 71 of 84 answers did not name Appcues (Appcues is #11 of 16 at 0%).

- Intercom: first choice in 13 of those 71
- OneSignal: first choice in 12 of those 71
- Crisp: first choice in 7 of those 71
- Stream Chat: first choice in 4 of those 71
- CometChat: first choice in 3 of those 71
- Slack: first choice in 3 of those 71
- Tidio: first choice in 3 of those 71
- Customer.io: first choice in 2 of those 71

**Mid-market**: 64 of 84 answers did not name Appcues (Appcues is #4 of 12 at 4%).

- Intercom: first choice in 13 of those 64
- OneSignal: first choice in 7 of those 64
- Signal: first choice in 7 of those 64
- Stream Chat: first choice in 4 of those 64
- Sendbird: first choice in 3 of those 64
- Tencent RTC Chat: first choice in 3 of those 64
- Braze: first choice in 2 of those 64
- Crisp: first choice in 2 of those 64

**Enterprise**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Appcues (Appcues is #8 of 15 at 2%).

- Braze: first choice in 11 of those 77
- Pendo: first choice in 10 of those 77
- CometChat: first choice in 7 of those 77
- Intercom: first choice in 6 of those 77
- Sendbird: first choice in 5 of those 77
- Knock: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Microsoft Teams: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Slack: first choice in 3 of those 77

## Digital adoption and onboarding

**Small business**: 55 of 84 answers did not name Appcues (Appcues is #6 of 12 at 6%).

- UserGuiding: first choice in 18 of those 55
- Product Fruits: first choice in 8 of those 55
- Userflow: first choice in 6 of those 55
- Userpilot: first choice in 6 of those 55
- Chameleon: first choice in 5 of those 55
- CommandBar: first choice in 2 of those 55
- HelpHero: first choice in 1 of those 55
- Howl: first choice in 1 of those 55

**Mid-market**: 54 of 84 answers did not name Appcues (Appcues is #6 of 11 at 2%).

- UserGuiding: first choice in 5 of those 54
- Pendo: first choice in 4 of those 54
- Userpilot: first choice in 4 of those 54
- Whatfix: first choice in 4 of those 54
- ScreenSpace: first choice in 3 of those 54
- Product Fruits: first choice in 2 of those 54
- WalkMe: first choice in 2 of those 54
- Chameleon: first choice in 1 of those 54

**Enterprise**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Appcues (Appcues is #8 of 11 at 2%).

- Whatfix: first choice in 33 of those 78
- WalkMe: first choice in 32 of those 78
- Pendo: first choice in 7 of those 78
- Apty: first choice in 4 of those 78
- Userlane: first choice in 4 of those 78
- Lemon Learning: first choice in 1 of those 78

## Client onboarding platforms

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Appcues.

- Rocketlane: first choice in 18 of those 82
- LaunchBay: first choice in 9 of those 82
- Content Snare: first choice in 7 of those 82
- Dock: first choice in 6 of those 82
- GUIDEcx: first choice in 5 of those 82
- HoneyBook: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Bigin by Zoho: first choice in 4 of those 82
- ClickUp: first choice in 3 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 81 of 84 answers did not name Appcues (Appcues is #12 of 16 at 0%).

- GUIDEcx: first choice in 18 of those 81
- Rocketlane: first choice in 18 of those 81
- Bigin by Zoho: first choice in 4 of those 81
- Notion: first choice in 3 of those 81
- UserGuiding: first choice in 3 of those 81
- Dock: first choice in 2 of those 81
- OnboardingHub: first choice in 2 of those 81
- ClickUp: first choice in 1 of those 81

**Enterprise**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Appcues (Appcues is #12 of 13 at 0%).

- Rocketlane: first choice in 33 of those 83
- GUIDEcx: first choice in 18 of those 83
- Gainsight CS: first choice in 3 of those 83
- Fenergo: first choice in 2 of those 83
- Guidde: first choice in 2 of those 83
- Apptio TechBusiness: first choice in 1 of those 83
- ClientOn: first choice in 1 of those 83
- FlowForma: first choice in 1 of those 83

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