# Pendo alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026 Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 1,022 of the 1,260 answers in the 5 categories where Pendo 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/pendo/alternatives ## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added) - PostHog: 73 - Rocketlane: 70 - Intercom: 42 - GUIDEcx: 40 - Mixpanel: 37 - UserGuiding: 29 ## Digital adoption and onboarding **Small business**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Pendo (Pendo is #10 of 12 at 2%). - UserGuiding: first choice in 23 of those 72 - Product Fruits: first choice in 10 of those 72 - Userpilot: first choice in 10 of those 72 - Chameleon: first choice in 8 of those 72 - Userflow: first choice in 8 of those 72 - Appcues: first choice in 5 of those 72 - CommandBar: first choice in 3 of those 72 - Hopscotch: first choice in 1 of those 72 **Mid-market**: 51 of 84 answers did not name Pendo (Pendo is #4 of 11 at 7%). - Userpilot: first choice in 10 of those 51 - UserGuiding: first choice in 3 of those 51 - Chameleon: first choice in 2 of those 51 - Product Fruits: first choice in 2 of those 51 - Whatfix: first choice in 2 of those 51 - Appcues: first choice in 1 of those 51 - Hopscotch: first choice in 1 of those 51 - ScreenSpace: first choice in 1 of those 51 **Enterprise**: 40 of 84 answers did not name Pendo (Pendo is #3 of 11 at 12%). - Whatfix: first choice in 12 of those 40 - WalkMe: first choice in 7 of those 40 - Userlane: first choice in 4 of those 40 - Apty: first choice in 2 of those 40 - Appcues: first choice in 1 of those 40 - Lemon Learning: first choice in 1 of those 40 ## In-app messaging and customer communications **Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Pendo (Pendo is #13 of 16 at 0%). - Intercom: first choice in 22 of those 82 - OneSignal: first choice in 12 of those 82 - Crisp: first choice in 8 of those 82 - Stream Chat: first choice in 4 of those 82 - CometChat: first choice in 3 of those 82 - Slack: first choice in 3 of those 82 - Tidio: first choice in 3 of those 82 - Customer.io: first choice in 2 of those 82 **Mid-market**: 71 of 84 answers did not name Pendo (Pendo is #5 of 12 at 4%). - Intercom: first choice in 16 of those 71 - OneSignal: first choice in 7 of those 71 - Signal: first choice in 7 of those 71 - Stream Chat: first choice in 5 of those 71 - Braze: first choice in 4 of those 71 - Sendbird: first choice in 4 of those 71 - Userpilot: first choice in 4 of those 71 - Tencent RTC Chat: first choice in 3 of those 71 **Enterprise**: 62 of 84 answers did not name Pendo (Pendo is #1 of 15 at 24%). - CometChat: first choice in 7 of those 62 - Sendbird: first choice in 6 of those 62 - Braze: first choice in 5 of those 62 - Intercom: first choice in 4 of those 62 - Knock: first choice in 4 of those 62 - Microsoft Teams: first choice in 3 of those 62 - Slack: first choice in 3 of those 62 - Stream Chat: first choice in 3 of those 62 ## Product analytics **Small business**: 69 of 84 answers did not name Pendo (Pendo is #6 of 7 at 0%). - PostHog: first choice in 44 of those 69 - Mixpanel: first choice in 10 of those 69 - Amplitude: first choice in 2 of those 69 - Google Analytics 4: first choice in 1 of those 69 - Heap: first choice in 1 of those 69 - June: first choice in 1 of those 69 **Mid-market**: 52 of 84 answers did not name Pendo (Pendo is #4 of 8 at 0%). - PostHog: first choice in 14 of those 52 - Amplitude: first choice in 5 of those 52 - Mixpanel: first choice in 5 of those 52 - Fathom: first choice in 1 of those 52 - Plausible: first choice in 1 of those 52 **Enterprise**: 38 of 84 answers did not name Pendo (Pendo is #3 of 9 at 6%). - Amplitude: first choice in 7 of those 38 - Mixpanel: first choice in 6 of those 38 - GrowthBook: first choice in 1 of those 38 - PostHog: first choice in 1 of those 38 ## Client onboarding platforms **Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Pendo. - Rocketlane: first choice in 19 of those 84 - LaunchBay: first choice in 9 of those 84 - Content Snare: first choice in 7 of those 84 - Dock: first choice in 7 of those 84 - GUIDEcx: first choice in 5 of those 84 - HoneyBook: first choice in 5 of those 84 - Bigin by Zoho: first choice in 4 of those 84 - ClickUp: first choice in 3 of those 84 **Mid-market**: 81 of 84 answers did not name Pendo (Pendo is #13 of 16 at 0%). - Rocketlane: first choice in 18 of those 81 - GUIDEcx: first choice in 17 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**: 81 of 84 answers did not name Pendo (Pendo is #10 of 13 at 0%). - Rocketlane: first choice in 33 of those 81 - GUIDEcx: first choice in 18 of those 81 - Fenergo: first choice in 2 of those 81 - Gainsight CS: first choice in 2 of those 81 - Guidde: first choice in 2 of those 81 - ClientOn: first choice in 1 of those 81 - FlowForma: first choice in 1 of those 81 - Kaizan: first choice in 1 of those 81 ## Customer intelligence and data science **Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Pendo. - Google Analytics 4: first choice in 13 of those 82 - HubSpot Service Hub: first choice in 12 of those 82 - PostHog: first choice in 11 of those 82 - HubSpot CRM: first choice in 9 of those 82 - HubSpot Marketing Hub: first choice in 9 of those 82 - Mixpanel: first choice in 8 of those 82 - Amplitude: first choice in 2 of those 82 - HubSpot Customer Platform: first choice in 2 of those 82 **Mid-market**: 76 of 84 answers did not name Pendo (Pendo is #12 of 16 at 0%). - Mixpanel: first choice in 8 of those 76 - Google Analytics 4: first choice in 7 of those 76 - Amplitude: first choice in 6 of those 76 - HubSpot Marketing Hub: first choice in 6 of those 76 - HubSpot CRM: first choice in 4 of those 76 - Segment: first choice in 4 of those 76 - Dreamdata: first choice in 3 of those 76 - PostHog: first choice in 3 of those 76 **Enterprise**: 81 of 84 answers did not name Pendo (Pendo is #11 of 15 at 0%). - Adobe Customer Journey Analytics: first choice in 14 of those 81 - Salesforce Data Cloud: first choice in 6 of those 81 - Amplitude: first choice in 5 of those 81 - Adobe Real-Time CDP: first choice in 3 of those 81 - Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Insights: first choice in 3 of those 81 - SAS Customer Intelligence 360: first choice in 3 of those 81 - Chattermill: first choice in 2 of those 81 - Gainsight CS: first choice in 2 of those 81 Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.