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Digital adoption and onboarding · September 2026 Edition

Userlane vs Apty

Zero of twelve models named Userlane first on the direct prompt; zero named Apty. Userlane was named by nine of the twelve models and Apty by eleven and Userlane carries 16 labels and Apty 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Userlane

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Apty

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate12%24%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#7#8A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels1621A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Userlane reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Userpilot was named alongside these two in ten of the twelve direct answers. Userpilot vs Userlane · Userpilot vs Apty · UserGuiding vs Userlane

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

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
UserlaneFirst choices, of twelve modelsApty
Direct001 against Apty
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained001 against Userlane · 1 against Apty
Scale-constrained11
Negative001 against Userlane · 3 against Apty
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Userlane and Apty were named in the same answer thirty times, of the 42 answers naming Userlane and the 68 naming Apty. In those answers Apty took the first choice two times and Userlane one.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Userlane and Apty stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
Userlane Apty first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Userlane on the left and Apty on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Userlane and Apty stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Grok 4.1 FastAppcues, UserGuiding, Userpilot alternatives: Apty, Pendo, Tango
Mistral SmallUserpilot alternatives: Appcues, Product Fruits, Spekit, UserGuiding, Userlane
DeepSeek V4 FlashWhatfix alternatives: Appcues, Pendo, Userlane, Userpilot
Llama 4 MaverickUserpilot alternatives: Appcues, Apty, UserGuiding
Kimi K2Pendo alternatives: Appcues, Chameleon, Userlane, Userpilot, Whatfix
GLM 4.7 FlashXPendo alternatives: Userlane, Whatfix

Neither was named

6 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Userpilot alternatives: Pendo, UserGuiding
GPT-5.4 miniWhatfix alternatives: Pendo, WalkMe
Gemini 3.5 FlashUserpilot alternatives: Appcues, Pendo, Spekit, Whatfix
Perplexity SonarUserpilot alternatives: Appcues, Chameleon, Pendo, Whatfix
Qwen 3.7 FlashUserpilot alternatives: Appcues, UserGuiding, Whatfix
MiniMax M2.5Userpilot alternatives: Appcues, Chameleon, Pendo, Whatfix

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

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Level: the same share of first choices.
Userlane0%#– of 14
Apty0%#12 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Userlane2%#7 of 11
Apty2%#8 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Apty leads by seven points.
Apty9%#4 of 9
Userlane2%#5 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Userlane

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.

“Platforms Requiring Significant Caution ... Userlane ... guides breaking after software updates” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“WalkMe, Whatfix, Userlane, and Spekit are quote-only with no published pricing” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · soft negative
“Whatfix, Userlane, or Apty frequently offer the best balance of enterprise-grade capabilities, faster deployment, and more manageable TCO at your scale.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“*Top Mid-Market Contenders:* Whatfix, Spekit, Userlane, or Tango” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · alternative
“Simpler deployment, good visibility across software portfolio” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · alternative

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
Also compared

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.