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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (58.1% of reviews)
Small-Business (73.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
$39.00 Per Month
Appcues
Star Rating
(342)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (58.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Free Trial is available
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Star Rating
(517)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (73.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$39.00 Per Month
Browse all 3 pricing plansAppcues vs SpyFu
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found SpyFu easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with SpyFu overall.
- Reviewers felt that SpyFu meets the needs of their business better than Appcues.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Appcues is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Appcues over SpyFu.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Appcues
Start Free
Free Trial
Full-featured, 14-day free trial of Appcues. No credit card required.
- Boost activation with tailored onboarding
- Improve conversion by reducing time to value
- Create stickiness with feature adoption
SpyFu
Basic
$39.00
Per Month
SpyFu stand-alone subscription
- Unlock full access to all PRO Tools
- Unlimited keywords & domain results
- Unlimited data exports
Free Trial
Appcues
Free Trial is available
SpyFu
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.6
286
8.9
429
Ease of Use
8.6
289
8.8
436
Ease of Setup
8.3
164
9.1
266
Ease of Admin
8.7
149
9.0
261
Quality of Support
9.1
271
9.0
334
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.2
147
9.3
254
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
268
8.3
422
Features by Category
User Analysis
8.5
153
Not enough data
7.5
177
Not enough data
User Support
8.5
180
Not enough data
7.0
102
Not enough data
8.1
147
Not enough data
Walkthrough Type
8.1
119
Not enough data
8.9
178
Not enough data
Platform Basics - Digital Adoption Platform
8.8
8
Not enough data
9.5
10
Not enough data
Analytics - Digital Adoption Platform
7.7
8
Not enough data
Functions - Digital Adoption Platform
8.1
8
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Digital Adoption Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Campaigns
8.9
21
Not enough data
7.9
18
Not enough data
8.4
16
Not enough data
9.4
20
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
8.9
15
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Push Notification
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Segmentation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Targeting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Triggered Content
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Personalized Content
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Personalization Engines
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
SEO Auditing & Monitoring
Not enough data
7.8
51
Not enough data
8.6
29
Not enough data
8.0
29
Not enough data
7.9
28
Agentic AI - SEO Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
SEO Content & Rankings
Not enough data
8.1
236
Not enough data
9.0
320
Not enough data
8.6
267
Not enough data
6.9
46
Not enough data
8.0
29
SEO Reporting
Not enough data
9.2
312
Not enough data
8.8
56
Not enough data
7.9
54
Not enough data
7.8
40
Generative AI
Not enough data
5.8
10
Not enough data
6.0
10
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.7
22
Not enough data
7.9
24
Not enough data
8.7
30
Platform Data
Not enough data
6.7
19
Not enough data
8.7
26
Not enough data
8.3
27
Not enough data
7.7
21
Agentic AI - Operational Risk Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Personalization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
6.7
6
Not enough data
6.4
6
Not enough data
5.6
6
Not enough data
6.7
6
Not enough data
Campaigns
5.8
6
Not enough data
6.9
6
Not enough data
4.7
6
Not enough data
5.0
6
Not enough data
5.8
6
Not enough data
6.9
6
Not enough data
Engagement
5.3
6
Not enough data
Platform
7.5
6
Not enough data
5.8
6
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Mobile Marketing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Variation Testing
5.2
10
Not enough data
7.0
10
Not enough data
7.6
11
Not enough data
6.8
10
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.5
10
Not enough data
Reporting
8.5
11
Not enough data
7.7
11
Not enough data
Personalization
8.5
11
Not enough data
8.0
11
Not enough data
7.4
11
Not enough data
Administration
7.6
11
Not enough data
7.8
10
Not enough data
8.5
11
Not enough data
9.1
11
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Appcues and SpyFu share no categories
Unique Categories
Appcues is categorized as Digital Adoption Platform, Personalization, Mobile App Optimization, Mobile Marketing, Personalization Engines, and Push Notification
SpyFu is categorized as SEO Tools and Paid Search Intelligence
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Appcues
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
SpyFu
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
33.3%
Information Technology and Services
15.6%
Marketing and Advertising
8.8%
Financial Services
6.5%
Internet
4.7%
Other
31.0%
Marketing and Advertising
40.3%
Internet
6.4%
Information Technology and Services
5.8%
Computer Software
5.4%
Retail
2.0%
Other
40.1%
Discussions
What does Appcues do?
3 Comments
BE
Appcues allows you to easily add tutorial and/or introductory cues to your website.Read more
How do I use Appcues?
3 Comments
SS
We used Appcues to engage with our customers, give our product owners more tools to learn from their experiences on the site, and collect NPI scores and...Read more
What is the best way to track progress of individual users through the adoption process so that we can create follow up tasks?
1 Comment
Official Response from Appcues
Hey Kushal! The best way to do this is to click and track an event using the Appcues Builder and then create a Goal and assign it to your flow. Read more
What’s the best way to use competitor research for SEO?
1 Comment
MS
There are a number of ways to use competitive info from SpyFu for SEO:
1. Review a competitor's keywords - where do your keywords or your client's...Read more
How to be a software developer for SpyFu?
1 Comment
Official Response from SpyFu
Hi David. Our Developers come from a variety of backgrounds, but they all have these things in common: a few years of developer expertise and very strong...Read more
How do I sort keywords by location?
1 Comment
MH
Search on youtube........
also you can visit https://tech-tweet.comRead more
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