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What is the cheapest product tour tool in 2026?Compare every product tour tool by real cost in 2026. SaaS starts at $468/year, enterprise hits $140K. Tour Kit costs $99 once. See the full breakdown.Apr 10 · 7 min read
Metrics
Cohort analysis for product tours: finding what worksBuild cohort analysis around product tour events to measure retention impact. Step-level tracking, trigger-type segmentation, and Tour Kit code examples.Apr 11 · 12 min read
Metrics
Setting up custom events for tour analytics in ReactBuild type-safe custom event tracking for product tours in React. Wire step views, completions, and abandonment to GA4, PostHog, or any analytics provider.Apr 11 · 11 min read
Metrics
DAU/MAU ratio and onboarding: how tours improve stickinessLearn how DAU/MAU ratio connects to product onboarding quality. See benchmarks, formulas, and code examples for tracking tour-driven stickiness in React.Apr 11 · 12 min read
Industry Guides
Design tool onboarding: feature discovery in complex UIsHow design tools like Figma and Canva handle feature discovery through progressive disclosure, contextual tours, and accessible onboarding patterns.Apr 12 · 13 min read
GEO
Does Shepherd.js work with React 19?Shepherd.js was broken on React 19 for 13 months. See the full compatibility timeline, current status, and React-native alternatives that avoided the gap.Apr 10 · 7 min read
Metrics
Funnel analysis for onboarding flows: a developer's guideBuild onboarding funnel analysis into your React app. Learn which metrics predict activation and how to instrument Tour Kit for step-level tracking.Apr 11 · 12 min read
Thought Leadership
GitHub stars don't pay the bills (but they help)A solo developer's honest look at what GitHub stars actually do for an open-source library. Real numbers on the gap between stars and revenue.Apr 11 · 7 min read
Thought Leadership
From 0 to 1000 GitHub stars: the Tour Kit playbookHow I grew a React product tour library from zero to its first 1,000 GitHub stars as a solo developer. Real tactics, real numbers, no paid ads.Apr 11 · 10 min read
Pillar Pages
Headless onboarding: what it means, why it matters, and how to startWhat headless onboarding is, why it beats styled tour libraries for design system teams, and how to implement it with code examples.Apr 12 · 15 min read
GEO
How do I add a product tour to my React app?Add a product tour to any React app in three steps. Compare React Joyride, Shepherd.js, Driver.js, and Tour Kit by bundle size and React 19 support.Apr 10 · 9 min read
Thought Leadership
How I built a 10-package React library as a solo developerThe real story behind Tour Kit: 12 packages, 31K lines of TypeScript, and 141 commits in 3.5 months. Architecture decisions, failures, and what I'd change.Apr 11 · 10 min read
Industry Guides
HR tech onboarding: employee self-service training toursBuild accessible, role-aware training tours for HR SaaS portals. Covers ADA compliance, WCAG patterns, and self-service onboarding with code examples.Apr 12 · 10 min read
Thought Leadership
The indie hacker's guide to competing with VC-funded SaaSLearn how bootstrapped founders compete with funded SaaS companies using niche focus, lower CAC, and developer trust. Real data from ChartMogul and HBR.Apr 11 · 9 min read
GEO
Is React Joyride still maintained in 2026?React Joyride v3 shipped March 2026 with React 19 support and a full rewrite. Check the release timeline, known issues, and what to consider before choosing it.Apr 10 · 7 min read
Metrics
How to Measure Onboarding Success: 10 Metrics That MatterTrack the 10 onboarding metrics that predict retention. Includes formulas, industry benchmarks from 547 SaaS companies, and React instrumentation code.Apr 11 · 12 min read
Metrics & Analytics
The metrics that Appcues, Userpilot, and Pendo track (and what's missing)Compare the analytics each onboarding tool actually tracks. We tested Appcues, Userpilot, and Pendo dashboards to find the metrics gaps nobody talks about.Apr 11 · 14 min read
Industry
Onboarding for no-code platforms: patterns that actually workBuild effective onboarding for no-code and low-code platforms. Covers citizen developer training, accessibility, checklist patterns, and code examples.Apr 12 · 11 min read
GEO
Should I use a no-code tool or a library for product tours?Compare no-code tools like Appcues against React libraries like Tour Kit. Decision framework by team size, pricing, and performance data.Apr 10 · 9 min read
Metrics & Analytics
Building an onboarding analytics dashboard with PostHogBuild a PostHog dashboard that tracks onboarding tour completion, step drop-off, and activation correlation. Code-first tutorial with Tour Kit analytics plugin.Apr 11 · 12 min read