Glossary
What is user segmentation? Targeting tours to the right usersLearn what user segmentation means for onboarding. Six types, real stats, and React code patterns for targeting tours to the right users.Apr 12 · 7 min readGlossary
What is vendor lock-in? Why it matters for onboarding toolsLearn what vendor lock-in means for SaaS onboarding tools. Understand the four types of lock-in, real switching costs, and how headless architecture prevents itApr 12 · 6 min readGlossary
What is a welcome screen? SaaS onboarding first impressionsLearn what a welcome screen is in SaaS, why it matters for activation, and how to build one in React. Includes data, examples, and a code snippet.Apr 12 · 7 min readThought Leadership
Why I chose $99 one-time over $300/month recurringA solo developer explains the pricing decision behind Tour Kit's $99 one-time Pro license. Real numbers, real tradeoffs, and why subscription models felt wrong.Apr 11 · 8 min readThought Leadership
Why we open-sourced Tour Kit under MIT (not AGPL, not BSL)Why I chose MIT over AGPL and BSL for Tour Kit. Real data from HashiCorp, Redis, Elastic, and Shepherd.js shaped the open source license decision.Apr 11 · 9 min readReleases
userTourKit May 2026 release: codemods, testing helpers, and a soft-gate licenseFive phases shipped: @tour-kit/testing-library, @tour-kit/playwright, three migration codemods (Joyride, Shepherd, Driver), license soft-gate with try-before-buy watermark, and a Phase 8 QA pass covering analytics, accessibility, and autostart.May 15 · 6 min read