Driver.js vs Helppier

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.

Helppier provides no-code interactive guides, automated tours, and in-app messages for onboarding and assisting users. Web guides can combine multi-page tours with tooltips, hotspots, popups, banners, warnings, notifications, and NPS surveys. Analytics track guide plays, completion rates, unique users, and reached goals, with daily, weekly, or monthly reports. Helppier is designed for web apps, including single-page apps built with React, AngularJS, Ember, or Backbone. Listed integrations include Canva, HubSpot, Mailchimp, Calendly, Typeform, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Mixpanel, SharePoint, and the Helppier API. The mobile page lists Android and marks iOS as “Coming Soon.” Standard includes email support; Tailor Made adds priority support, phone and Zoom support, and a dedicated account manager. The pricing FAQ states a minimum loyalty period of six months. Standard is listed at $299 a month, with two months free if paid yearly; it supports up to 50,000 MAUS, two admin users, 65 languages, and unlimited guides and steps. A 14-day trial is offered, but there is no free plan.