Appcues

Appcues

No-code platform for personalized onboarding experiences

Overview

Appcues provides a no-code, subscription-based platform that helps software teams create personalized in-app experiences to onboard users, drive feature adoption, and improve customer retention. It enables building and customizing onboarding flows, surveys, announcements, and checklists that guide new users through a product without writing code. The product works by letting teams design these in-app experiences in a visual editor and deploy them inside their own apps, adjusting messages and steps based on user behavior. Differentiators include its focus on no-code, practical templates and a library of best practices, and support for a wide range of clients from small teams to large enterprises, all aimed at increasing activation and overall product adoption. The goal is to help businesses boost user engagement and retention by making the product easier to learn and use, with scalable subscription plans.

Significant Headcount Growth

About Appcues

Simplify's Rating
Why Appcues is rated
C+
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Enterprise Software

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$52.8M

Headquarters

Boston, Massachusetts

Founded

2013

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What believers are saying

  • Ryan Barry became CEO on March 25, 2025 and is still public-facing in 2026.
  • July 2026 launched expanded analytics, funnels, enhanced tracking, and multi-agent AI.
  • The August 7, 2026 pricing page shows active commercialization around usage-based packaging.

What critics are saying

  • Pendo's March 30, 2026 AI platform pushes broader analytics, guides, and predictive churn tools.
  • Appcues' July 2026 customer migration from legacy platform risks churn during switching.
  • If new platform underdelivers, Pendo and Userpilot can displace Appcues within 2026.

What makes Appcues unique

  • Appcues' July 15, 2026 rebuild ties campaigns to business outcomes.
  • Captain AI provides conversational analytics, troubleshooting, and experience management across product screens.
  • Appcues pricing on MAUs, installations, and experiences simplifies adoption for nontechnical teams.

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Funding

Total Funding

$52.8M

Meets

Industry Average

Funded Over

5 Rounds

Series B funding is typically for startups that have proven their business model and need more funding to expand rapidly—often by entering new markets or adding more products. Investors are usually venture capital firms that specialize in later-stage investments.
Series B Funding Comparison
Meet Average

Industry standards

$35M
$32.1M
Appcues
$45M
Linktree
$65M
Substack
$100M
ClickUp

Benefits

Health, dental, & vision plan

401k

Family leave policy

Home office & tech budget

Co-working space, on us

Equity offerings

Flexible vacation

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

4%

1 year growth

4%

2 year growth

4%
Appcues
Jul 15th, 2026
Meet the new Appcues.

Meet the new Appcues. Kristen Bryant Smith July 15, 2026 Company Updates Since 2013, companies have come to Appcues in search of a way to move their customers through their products. In the early days, most just wanted to get people to start using their software. As companies and their roadmaps grew, those needs matured. It became clear that the biggest wins came from helping direct and inform customers, not just once but consistently, so they could succeed without friction. Thirteen years later, its in-app messaging and guides have helped millions of people unlock value from everyday software. But for years, its customers have been asking Appcues, Inc. to build a way for them to better connect these experiences back to business outcomes. These growth product managers and lifecycle and product marketers struggled to show the impact of an Appcues Flow to their execs and lacked the visibility they needed to inform their product roadmaps. At the same time, its customers started using Appcues to do more than just onboarding and trial conversion. They started running complex customer engagement campaigns by building highly-targeted experiences for product launches, upsell offers, survey efforts, and customer advocacy programs. Considered alongside the changes AI has introduced to customer expectations and everyone's business priorities, it was clear: Appcues had to evolve to meet this moment. So, Appcues, Inc. rebuilt Appcues. What's new. Appcues is now, and will continue to be, designed to empower teams to deliver impactful experiences and nurture the engaged customer bases required for them to grow. Over the past year and a half, Appcues, Inc. has been adding new features like insights, recommendations, funnels, enhanced event tracking and its first-gen AI assistant (Captain AI). Appcues, Inc. has been retooling its pricing and services model to better reflect the access to features, experts, and support teams need to be successful. Appcues, Inc. has also been updating its resources and marketing content to better address the challenges its customers are facing. This week, Appcues, Inc. is bringing it all together with the release of its new platform and website. In doing so, Appcues, Inc. hope to offer a complete package for transforming your product into the perfect place to reach and engage customers. The new platform makes it faster and easier than ever to build, launch, and optimize behavior-based content within your products. The system now relies on a campaign framework so its customers can tie individual experiences to measurable business outcomes. Most notably, its expanded analytics now provide tools to track user actions, understand product behavior, and monitor campaign performance. All of this comes to life in a modernized, conversational interface that allows you to tap into the power of its multi-agent AI engine on any screen. As of last week, new customers onboard directly into the new product and Appcues, Inc. has started the process of migrating existing customers. The new experience is very different from its legacy platform, so Appcues, Inc. is taking its time bringing customers over. If you're a customer reading this: join the early access list to get in as soon as possible. Its new website reflects more than just a fresh visual identity. Appcues, Inc. has captured its thoughts and learnings about what it takes to engage customers today. Appcues, Inc. is writing more than ever about centering customer needs, coordinating cross-functional teams, landing AI transformation, and involving customers at every stage of the lifecycle. The Customer Engagement Flywheel is the foundation for this content and Appcues, Inc. hope it helps keep the conversation going across your team. Beyond these changes, Appcues, Inc. has updated its pricing and services model to ensure anyone can tap into the full power of the Appcues platform and team. Its pricing is now fully featured on every plan and metered based on usage. Knowing how much of a difference its people can make for its customers, its partnership model now provides greater access to their expertise. Appcues, Inc. made each change thoughtfully and strategically, based on both what its customers have been asking for, and what they need to create a customer engagement program that leads to growth. The last year and a half has been quite the journey and these changes are only the beginning. Appcues, Inc. is excited to keep building for the future. Here's to the outcomes to come.

StreetInsider
Jun 24th, 2025
Appcues Names Bernadette Fisher as VP of Product to Accelerate Innovation in Customer Experience

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS / ACCESS Newswire / June 24, 2025 / As companies race to differentiate through customer experience, Appcues today announced the appointment of Berni Fisher as Vice President of Product.

Research Live
Mar 27th, 2025
Former Zappi president becomes Appcues CEO

US - Former Zappi president Ryan Barry has joined user engagement and product adoption platform Appcues as chief executive officer.

Appcues
Oct 4th, 2024
Using Appcues to track and understand product usage: 3 customer stories

That's exactly why Appcues, Inc. added no-code tracking and measurement to Appcues earlier this year.

Appcues
Feb 5th, 2024
Introducing Appcues Checklists: A proven way to increase activation rate

Today, Appcues, Inc. is excited to launch Checklists-a scientifically proven way to onboard users successfully.

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