Inline Manual

inlinemanual.com
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Turn New Users into Power Users. Automatically.

How to Replace Inline Manual

Overview

Inline Manual is a Digital Adoption Platform that builds personalized onboarding experiences to increase user adoption, reduce churn, and drive product success. It enables companies to create interactive walkthroughs, tooltips, and support content directly within their applications for both customer and employee training.

Features

47 features across 21 categories

Analytics(5)

Analytics

Track the performance of created content and understand how helpful it is to users

Bottleneck Identification

Identify product bottlenecks to pass feedback to UX teams and temporarily fix with additional help content

Detailed Content Analytics

Get detailed insights into the performance of walkthroughs and see where users are dropping off

Feedback

Collect feedback from users to identify bottlenecks in your application

User-Level Analytics

See detailed analytics on a user level to know exactly which users completed onboarding or where they dropped off

Also in: Hugging Face, Notion, Smartsheet

Automation(3)

Actions/Conditions

Create conditional logic to trigger different actions based on user behavior

Auto-launch

Automatically launch content based on criteria you specify to get content in front of users without manual intervention

Automation

Automate repetitive tasks and create click shortcuts so users aren't bothered by repetitive workflows

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Communication(3)

Announcements

Notify users about training, downtimes, or product updates anywhere in the application

Banners

Display banner content to notify and engage users throughout the application

Modals

Use modals for announcements about webinars, trainings, feature updates, and in-app marketing promotions

Also in: Jobber, Jira, Insightly

Content Delivery(1)

Standalone PlayerPremium

Use Inline Manual content outside your application with standalone player functionality

Content Management(8)

Articles

Create and manage support articles directly within the platform

Branching

Create multiple branches of content and give users the choice of the path to follow based on their answers

Checklist

Create checklists to help users complete multi-step processes

Environment Management

Work with multiple environments to test content on dev or staging while serving final version in production

Release Management

Make sure you have the right version of content on the right version of your app, create on staging and publish on live

Step Templates

Use pre-built templates for creating walkthrough steps faster

Version Control

Iterate easily with version control in place, adjust content and always revert to previous versions

Widgets

Embed interactive widgets within your onboarding content

Also in: Juro, Notion, WordPress.com

Customization(2)

Custom Buttons

Add custom buttons to walkthroughs to launch another walkthrough or guide users anywhere else

Custom CSS

Use custom CSS to change the look and feel completely and make onboarding match your application

Also in: monday.com, Obsidian, Smartsheet

Data Management(1)

Export/Import

Export and import content in JSON, CSV and Excel formats

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Feature Adoption(1)

Hotspots

Notify users about training, downtimes or product updates and draw attention to specific features in the application

Also in: UserGuiding

Feedback(1)

NPS Collection

Collect Net Promoter Score directly within Inline Manual to understand user happiness and mood

In-App Help(1)

Tooltips

Support users with tooltips explaining what they are supposed to do with your application, providing on-demand help

In-App Marketing(1)

Promotions

Run promotions directly in the application for improved conversion rates and in-app marketing

In-App Support(2)

In-App Help

Guide users through your application to get them to desired goals faster with contextual help content

In-App Help Center

Provide help articles directly in your app with search functionality and contextual content recommendations

Integration(5)

3rd Party Analytics Integration

Export analytics data to third-party analytics solutions for deeper insights

iFrame Support

Embed Inline Manual content in iFrames within your application

JavaScript API

Use JavaScript API to integrate Inline Manual with your application programmatically

JS Callbacks in Editor

Configure JavaScript callbacks directly within the editor interface

Player Callbacks

Set up callbacks to trigger actions when player events occur

Localization(5)

Automatic Language Switching

Automatically serve correct language version based on user's language preference

Mass Translation Workflow

Export content to CSV, XLS or JSON for translators and import translations back easily

Multilingual Support

Serve users content in a language they will understand, supporting 70+ languages including right-to-left languages

Right-to-Left Language Support

Support right-to-left languages for users in Arabic, Hebrew and other RTL language regions

Translate in Editor

Add and edit translations directly in the Inline Manual authoring tool with instant preview

Navigation(1)

Redirects

Redirect users to specific URLs or locations within your application

Personalization(1)

Variables

Use variables to personalize experiences by addressing users by name, company, role or custom branding

Support(2)

Dedicated Success ManagerPremium

Get assigned a dedicated success manager to help maximize your use of Inline Manual

Priority SupportPremium

Get priority support with faster response times for enterprise users

Targeting(1)

Segmentation

Segment users to serve them with the most relevant content at the right moments based on custom parameters

Team Management(1)

Collaboration

Build content together with teammates with permission controls to get things done faster

Trial Conversion(1)

EngageKitPremium

A separate product that guides trial users to value, learns from their behavior, and follows up with contextual messages automatically

User Onboarding(1)

Walkthroughs

Guide users through your application with interactive, personalized walkthroughs to help them reach desired goals faster

Pricing

Standard

$158/month
  • Unlimited content
  • Walkthroughs, Tooltips, Articles
  • Feedback, NPS
  • Welcome messages
  • Announcements
  • Segmentation
  • 3 Languages
  • Analytics
  • Pay monthly based on actual usage
  • 250 Monthly Active Users

Pro

Popular
Custom
  • Unlimited content
  • 70+ Languages
  • Walkthroughs, Tooltips/Hotspots, Banners, Articles
  • Feedback, NPS
  • Redirects
  • Branching
  • Actions/Conditions
  • Widgets
  • In-app help, Checklist
  • Multilingual/Localization
  • Right to left support
  • Export/Import JSON, CSV/Excel
  • Translate in editor
  • Version Control (10 revisions/topic)
  • Release management (2 releases/topic)
  • 3 Environments
  • Variable
  • Custom CSS
  • JavaScript API
  • Player Callbacks
  • JS Callbacks in editor
  • Step Templates
  • 3rd Party Analytics integration
  • iFrames support
  • 10 Team members
  • Permissions
  • Email-based support (24/5 Monday-Friday)
  • Access community forums & knowledgebase
  • Screenshare
  • Troubleshooting

Enterprise

Custom
  • Unlimited content
  • 70+ Languages
  • All Pro features
  • Unlimited Team members
  • 3rd party applications support
  • Organization-level management
  • Priority Support (Add-on - $289/mo)
  • Dedicated Success Manager
  • Upon availability support
  • Screenshare
  • Troubleshooting

Employee Training Plan

$3.00 per active employee/month
  • Unlimited employees
  • Start with 5 applications
  • Walkthroughs, Tooltips, Articles
  • Announcements
  • Segmentation
  • 3 Languages
  • Reports
  • Successful adoption for employees

Cost Calculator

Keep Paying Inline Manual

Monthly$3/mo
Yearly$36/yr
5-Year Total$180

Build It Yourself

Est. Build Time~4 hrs
Hosting$20/mo
DifficultyVery Easy

Total Cost Comparison

1 Year
SaaS
$36
DIY
$240
3 Years
SaaS
$108
DIY
$720
5 Years
SaaS
$180
DIY
$1.2k

DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 47 features at very easy complexity.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a Inline Manual alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 47 features.

Buy Inline Manual

Better Value
Monthly cost$30/mo
3-year total$1,080
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$24,000
Maintenance$360/mo
3-year total$36,960
Dev time~2 months

Buying Inline Manual saves ~$35,880 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 47 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

3 known integrations

3rd Party Analytics SolutionsiFramesUnit4 ERP