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Pendo

Composite Score
7.1 /10
CX Score
7.4 /10

What is Pendo?

Pendo is an all-in-one platform for breakthrough digital experiences. This integrated suite of product management and digital adoption tools brings analytics, in-app guides, and feedback into one place so you can make informed decisions, take action on your data, and drive business outcomes. Whether you build software, manage schools, or sell screwdrivers, Pendo improves the products your customers rely on.

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Pendo Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

99 Likeliness to Recommend

50 Plan to Renew

92 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+82 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Pendo?

22% Negative
11% Neutral
67% Positive

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Client Friendly Policies
  • Transparent
  • Includes Product Enhancements

Cons

  • Less Caring

Feature Ratings

Average 60

Predictive Analytics

76

Privacy, Security, and Regulatory Compliance

75

Cross-Channel Engagement Analytics

71

Session Replay

68

3rd-Party Integrations

68

Product Analytics

65

Audience Segmentation

65

Website Analytics

57

Customer Identity

53

Customer Journey Modelling

53

Marketing Analytics

51

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 61

Usability and Intuitiveness

76

Availability and Quality of Training

71

Business Value Created

67

Vendor Support

65

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

63

Quality of Features

61

Ease of Customization

60

Ease of Implementation

58

Ease of IT Administration

58

Ease of Data Integration

53

Breadth of Features

44

Pendo Reviews

Yash S.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Consulting
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2026

Tool that turns user behavior data into actionabl.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Pendo from other similar products?

This reveals which features are working and which arent which directly helps inform data driven decisions. In app guidance and onboarding tools Create in app notifications tooltips and walkthroughs without overwhelming the development cycle

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Most analytics tools only provide data pendo combines analytics in app engagement and feedback into a single platform. This makes it much more effective than separate tools. User segmentation and custom reporting by creating polls filters.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Pricing is steep for some companies enterprise level features are great but the cost can be a bit of a challenge for small teams or startups.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Pendo is a combined product analytics user engagement platform that helps you understand and improve user behavior in great depth.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Trustworthy
  • Unique Features
  • Effective Service

Cons

  • Less Reliable
  • Less Efficient Service
  • Vendor's Interest First

Kishor S.

  • Role: Industry Specific Role
  • Industry: Consulting
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2026

converts user behavior into actionable feedback.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Pendo from other similar products?

These insights directly help with roadmap prioritization. In app guides and walkthroughs without engineering wait and it is easy to deploy real time onboarding and feature discovery guides after product releases.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

you can break down feature usage by segments power users vs newbies and targeted guidance flows make executing feature adoption plans manageable.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The cost structure sometimes makes it tricky for early stage teams smbs to justify the roi.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Pendo is a strong choice just keep event planning and cost evaluation in mind during the initial product cycle.

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy
  • Unique Features

Cons

  • Less Inspiring

Priya S.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Consulting
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2026

Complete toolkit for digital products analytics.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Pendo from other similar products?

Pendo tracks events paths funnels and retention metrics to show how where and why users are interacting strengthening product optimization decisions.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Users have the flexibility to create custom dashboards and granular segments making it easier to analyze and compare specific user behaviors.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Powerful analytics comes with complexity properly setting up event tagging and segmentation takes time especially for large products.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Product analytics solution that analyzes user behavior at a deep level making product decisions data driven.

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Efficient Service
  • Saves Time

Cons

  • Less Generous