Pendo vs Apty
Two of twelve models named Pendo first on the direct prompt; zero named Apty. Pendo was named by twelve of the twelve models and Apty by eleven and Pendo carries 53 labels and Apty 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in seven categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the digital adoption and onboarding page.
By framing
PendoFirst choices, of twelve modelsApty
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Pendo and Apty were named in the same answer sixty-one times, of the 399 answers naming Pendo and the 68 naming Apty. In those answers Apty took the first choice five times and Pendo seven.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | |||
| Mistral Small | | | | | ||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | |||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | |
Pendo Apty first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Pendo on the left and Apty on the right.The direct prompt
Pendo first, Apty not the choice
2 of 12 modelsApty was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
8 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
What the models said about Pendo
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“you will want to avoid heavy enterprise Digital Adoption Platforms (DAPs) like WalkMe, Whatfix, and Pendo” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“The big enterprise platforms (WalkMe, Whatfix, Pendo, Apty) are not realistic for limited budgets” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“My top pick for most limited budgets: Start with Pendo's free tier (if under 500 users) or Usetiful free/Plus” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“I'd generally recommend Pendo if you want the strongest all-around platform” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Apty
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“not realistic for limited budgets” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“be cautious with these common pain points across enterprise-focused DAPs (e.g., WalkMe, Whatfix, Pendo, Apty)” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“don't use an enterprise DAP (WalkMe, Whatfix, Apty) for customer onboarding of a modern SaaS product” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Whatfix, Userlane, or Apty frequently offer the best balance” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Best For: Organizations where data quality and compliance are the primary issues.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative
“Apty — Compliance & Process Focus ... Regulated industry, compliance critical” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · alternative
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.