Inline Manual vs Shepherd
Inline Manual
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shepherdjs.devSide by side
| Figure | Inline Manual | Shepherd |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $3/mo | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 7 | 3 |
| Spec score · Customer Onboarding Software | 8.8 (#3) | 7.2 (#27) |
| Spec score · Product Adoption Software | 8.9 (#4) | 7.2 (#30) |
| Spec score · Onboarding Bots | 9.0 (#4) | 7.3 (#20) |
| Spec score · User Onboarding Software | 8.8 (#5) | 7.2 (#27) |
| Installation | Deployment requires a Chrome authoring extension plus a short JavaScript player snippet installed in the target application. | The documentation provides installation instructions for npm, yarn, pnpm, and bun, plus GitHub releases and jsDelivr CDN usage. |
| Product | Inline Manual is a Digital Adoption Platform for creating interactive walkthroughs, tooltips, and support articles inside a customer’s app. | Shepherd is an open-source JavaScript library for guiding users through an app with product tours, onboarding flows, trainings, and feature announcements. |
Plans
Inline Manual
- Employee adoption$3 a month
- iFrames Support add-on$129 a month
- Standard Pro$158 a month
- Standalone Player add-on$199 a month
- Priority Support add-on$289 a month
- Product Adoption Audit$399, paid once
- EnterprisePriced on request
Shepherd
- Business Plan$50, paid once
- Enterprise Plan$300, paid once
- Shepherd ConsultingPriced on request
In their own words
Inline Manual
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