Alternatives Guides Long List

[andyvan-ph]

Session replay

• [ ] Uxcam (110/m) – waiting on mobile replay
• [ ] Highlight.io - 0/mo

Feature flags & A/B testing

• [ ] Eppo - 0/mo @Lior539
• [ ] ConfigCat - 0/mo
• [x] Flagsmith - 30/mo @Lior539

Surveys

• [x] Sprig - 30/mo - @Lior539
• [x] Survicate - 40/mo - @Lior539

BI & CDP

• [ ] Segment - 480/mo (get in first and add PostHog later)
• [ ] Rudderstack - 70/mo (get in first and add PostHog later)
• [ ] Metabase alternatives - 880/mo (get in first and add PostHog later)

Web analytics (Pause until product is more ready)

• [ ] Matomo - 170/mo
• [ ] Fathom - 50/mo
• [ ] Vercel analytics - 0/mo
• [ ] Plausible - 170/mo (once web analytics ships) @andyvan-ph

[andyvan-ph]

FAO @PostHog/marketing. We should probably aim for 80% of the above. Please suggest any you think we should add in.

[charlescook-ph]

Weirdly I think it might be worth doing the Optimizely one purely to help filter out the wrong kind of ICP?

Strong +1 on alternatives to Segment.

Growthbook is probably worth considering?

[simfish85]

+1 on Growthbook Pendo

[ivanagas]

• Do we want to adjust the positioning of this blog on open source Hotjar/Fullstory alternatives? Current ranks poorly for Fullstory alternatives.
• I think we should avoid any with zero search at the moment, as there are plenty with some search we can work on.

More options:

• uxcam alternative (110/m) for session replay
• userpilot alternatives (140/m) for product analytics, surveys + onboarding
• smartlook alternatives (140/m) for product analytics, session replay
• crazy egg alternatives (110/m) for session replay
• lucky orange alternatives (110/m) for session replay, surveys, analytics
• split alternative (110/m) for feature flags and a/b testing

[andyvan-ph]

Do we want to adjust the positioning of this blog on open source Hotjar/Fullstory alternatives? Current ranks poorly for Fullstory alternatives.

That page actually targets stuff like "Hotjar open source" and "fullstory open source" so no need to change.

I think we should avoid any with zero search at the moment, as there are plenty with some search we can work on.

I think @Lior539's tutorial work showed ranking top for something with "zero search" can generate decent traffic – "0" often means they just don't have the data, not that there's literally zero search. For example, I'll be amazed if there's really no searches for "AB tasty alternatives" given it's a pretty well established product.

That said, we should 100% prioritize the ones with bigger search first and only do the "zeros" if they align super well with our ICP – e.g. GrowthBook is much smaller, but aligns very well with our ICP. Same for Flagsmith.

Suggestions

• uxcam alternative (110/m) ✅
• userpilot alternatives (140/m) - already had it under "other"
• smartlook alternatives (140/m) - ✅
• crazy egg & lucky organge - I think these are both too marketing orientated atm.
• split alternative (110/m) - will add but I think this is really a "0/mo". I strongly I suspect some of these searches are people looking for an alternative to visiting Split in Croatia!

[andyvan-ph]

Ok, I have:

1. Added more suggestions
2. Put them into some kind of priority order

@Lior539 @ivanagas I can take session replay and you guys can split feature flags?

Probably makes sense to focus on the ones with reportable search for now. Once we've covered them off, we can review.

[Lior539]

@andyvan-ph Sounds good. I will likely only get around to it in Mid-march. Id like to complete the tutorials megaissue first and have about 35 tutorials I'd like to write first

[andyvan-ph]

Yeah, no worries. There's no massive rush. We'll just keep chipping away at them over the next month or so.

[jamesefhawkins]

Stat sig are quite up and coming in the experimentation space

[andyvan-ph]

Ah yes, totally forgot. Lior even wrote a comparison on them. Will add.

[andyvan-ph]

Mental note: Firebase alternatives

[ivanagas]

Ok, we aren't going to get to all of these, and as we have a lot to do in Q2, we really need to focus. I suggest we only do the ones we have a product launched now and get search traffic (+ Statsig and Growthbook because requested). We can write alternatives as part of the launch of new products. This means:

Session replay

• [ ] Uxcam (110/m)

Feature flags & A/B testing

• [ ] VWO - 170/mo
• [ ] Optimizely - 260/mo
• [ ] Split - 110/mo
• [ ] Statsig - 0/mo
• [ ] Flagsmith - 30/mo
• [ ] GrowthBook 0/mo

Surveys

• [ ] Userpilot - 140/mo
• [ ] Sprig - 30/mo
• [ ] Survicate - 40/mo

[andyvan-ph]

Agreed. Will update this issue today, but will change these a little. UXcam is mobile only, so only makes sense to do that when iOS and Android replays have shipped.

Given the current status of surveys, I'm unsure if we want to invest there. I suspect web analytics will be valuable once that's ready.

[andyvan-ph]

Q2

Priority

• [ ] VWO - 170/mo
• [ ] Optimizely - 260/mo
• [ ] Split - 110/mo
• [ ] Statsig - 0/mo
• [ ] Flagsmith - 30/mo
• [ ] GrowthBook 0/mo
• [ ] Plausible - 170/mo (once web analytics ships)

Nice to haves

• [ ] Segment - 480/mo (get in first and add PostHog later)
• [ ] Rudderstack - 70/mo (get in first and add PostHog later)

Have updated the issue as above.

[andyvan-ph]

@Lior539 @ivanagas @Lior539 @jtemperton I've split up the high prio alternatives guides amongst us above. Ian has already done / started on his. Will assume these are fine unless I hear otherwise! 😉

[Lior539]

Im assuming its fine if I get these done sometime before the end the quarter?

[andyvan-ph]

@Lior539 Yes, but let's bias to the first half rather than the second. The earlier we do these, the sooner we'll reap the benefits.