Driver.js vs GuideMark

Driver.js is a free JavaScript library for product tours, page highlights, and contextual help. It can guide users through a sequence of steps or draw attention to a single page element with a popover. Clickable hints appear as pulsing beacons and open popovers, optionally with a page overlay. Listed uses include onboarding, interactive tutorials, feature adoption, form guidance, and focusing attention. Configuration can be applied globally, to individual steps, or while a tour is running. The library works with any framework or library as well as vanilla JavaScript; it can be installed using npm, pnpm, or yarn, or loaded from a CDN. Its homepage describes it as dependency-free and about 5 KB. Driver.js is open source under the MIT license, with personal and commercial use and no attribution required. The maker also lists accessibility and support for major browsers and mobile devices. The listed platforms are Android, iOS, and web. One API constraint is that only one Driver.js instance can be active on screen at a time.

GuideMark maps user paths through a web product, identifies drop-off points, and drafts onboarding fixes. A point-and-click editor creates in-app tours, while AI generates tooltip text aligned with a brand. Tours can inherit a product’s CSS or use dark or light themes, glass styling, custom colors, spacing, and typography. GuideMark says it captures live product screens without manual tagging, and its documentation describes automatic navigation detection for React, Next.js, and Vue single-page apps. Installation uses one script tag in the website head, without an SDK or build step. The product provides a JavaScript API and a REST endpoint for completing checklist items. Its listed Pro plan includes tours, onboarding checklists, contextual guides, and a no-code builder. Pricing is From €19/mo (annual); the plan lists €19 a month billed annually, selectable monthly active-user volumes, and a 14-day grace period when limits are exceeded. A free trial is available. GuideMark is based in Berlin, Germany.