Userpilot vs Appcues
Seven of fourteen models named Userpilot first on the direct prompt; one named Appcues. Userpilot was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Appcues by twelve and Userpilot carries 49 labels and Appcues 42, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in seven categories this edition.
Named in seven categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen 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
UserpilotFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAppcues
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Userpilot and Appcues were named in the same answer 144 times, of the 259 answers naming Userpilot and the 239 naming Appcues. In those answers Appcues took the first choice five times and Userpilot twenty-six.
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 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | |||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | ||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | | |
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | ||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | |
Userpilot Appcues first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Userpilot on the left and Appcues on the right.The direct prompt
Userpilot first, Appcues an alternative
7 of 14 modelsAppcues was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Appcues first, Userpilot an alternative
1 of 14 modelsUserpilot was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
1 of 14 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
Userpilot13%#2 of 10Appcues2%#8 of 10Userpilot30%#1 of 11Appcues5%#5 of 11What the models said about Userpilot
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“Avoid "Product-Led Growth" Onboarding Tools (e.g., Appcues, Userflow, Chameleon, Userpilot)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Best for SaaS onboarding on a mid-market budget: Userpilot - strong flow builder, A/B testing, and surveys from ~$249/mo” Muse Glimmer 30B · scale prompt · first choice
“Prioritize ease-of-use for SMBs: Userpilot, UserGuiding (4.7/5), or Chameleon score higher on quick setup and support.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend Userpilot as the top in-product onboarding and user guidance tool for a mid-sized B2B company” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Appcues
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Avoid "Product-Led Growth" Onboarding Tools (e.g., Appcues, Userflow, Chameleon, Userpilot)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“$750/month for 1,000 MAUs - More expensive than UserGuiding but still accessible for growing companies” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · soft negative
“Appcues or UserGuiding - Appcues for fast, no-code onboarding flows in mid-market SaaS” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
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.