Userpilot vs Pendo
Five of twelve models named Userpilot first on the direct prompt; zero named Pendo. Userpilot was named by twelve of the twelve models and Pendo by eight and Userpilot carries 32 labels and Pendo 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in six 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 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 in-app messaging and customer communications page.
By framing
UserpilotFirst choices, of twelve modelsPendo
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Userpilot and Pendo were named in the same answer 137 times, of the 221 answers naming Userpilot and the 399 naming Pendo. In those answers Pendo took the first choice twelve 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 4.1 Fast | | |||||
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | |||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | ||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |
Userpilot Pendo first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Userpilot on the left and Pendo on the right.The direct prompt
Userpilot first, Pendo an alternative
5 of 12 modelsPendo was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
5 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
Userpilot16%#2 of 15Pendo2%#8 of 15Pendo9%#3 of 13Userpilot4%#5 of 13What the models said about Userpilot
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“Strong for adoption, but weaker for two-way feedback if that is your priority” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“tools like Appcues and Userpilot start at $250 to $300+/month” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Best Overall: Userpilot ... Start with Userpilot for the best balance of features, transparent pricing, and mid-market fit.” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose Userpilot if your primary goal is to improve trial-to-paid conversion rates and feature adoption” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Pendo
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“Enterprise-focused at $15,000\u2013$140,000+/year. Overkill and cost-prohibitive for most mid-sized companies.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
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.