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FullStory vs Pendo comparison

Compare pricing, deployment, product fit, integrations, and capabilities side by side.

Which platform fits your needs?

Choose Pendo if

Product, customer success, and digital adoption teams that need analytics plus in-app guidance, feedback, and enterprise governance

Capabilities only listed for Pendo

Important considerations: Paid prices are not public and depend on monthly active users and selected modules. Session Replay is not included in every plan, and Pendo Free stops creation of new guides, NPS surveys, or segments above 500 MAUs.

Attribute FullStory Pendo
Overview A digital experience analytics platform combining session replay, heatmaps, funnels, event analytics, and AI insights for both web and mobile.A product experience and digital adoption platform combining product analytics, retroactive page and feature tagging, funnels, paths, retention, session replay, in-app guides, NPS and other sentiment tools, roadmaps, and AI-assisted insights.
Pricing Fullstory Free includes 30,000 monthly sessions and 12 months of analytics retention; Business, Advanced, and Enterprise pricing is quote-basedFree plan for up to 500 monthly active users; paid Base, Core, and Ultimate plans use custom MAU- and module-based pricing; full-platform trial lasts 30 days
Deployment Vendor-hosted cloudVendor-hosted cloud
Best for Mid-to-large product teams and UX researchersProduct, customer success, and digital adoption teams that need analytics plus in-app guidance, feedback, and enterprise governance
Operator Fullstory, Inc.
Independent private company
Pendo.io, Inc.
Independent private company
Company base Atlanta, United States · United StatesRaleigh, United States · United States
Organization scale at least 200 employees · operator, as of 5 May 2020at least 850 employees · operator, as of 13 Aug 2026
Recent direction AI-assisted analysis
Recent official evidence shows a focus on AI-assisted analysis.
AI-assisted analysis
Recent official evidence shows a focus on AI-assisted analysis.
Key features
  • Session replay
  • Heatmaps
  • Funnels
  • Product analytics
  • Error and frustration signals
  • Segmentation
  • Web and mobile capture
  • StoryAI on paid plans
  • Product usage analytics
  • Retroactive page and feature tagging
  • Funnels and paths
  • Retention and portfolio health
  • Session replay
  • In-app guides and resource centers
  • NPS and sentiment surveys
  • Roadmaps and product discovery
  • AI-assisted insights
  • Web and mobile support
Important considerations Free excludes advanced dashboards, StoryAI, mobile capture, and configurable privacy; paid pricing is quote-based.Paid prices are not public and depend on monthly active users and selected modules. Session Replay is not included in every plan, and Pendo Free stops creation of new guides, NPS surveys, or segments above 500 MAUs.
Integrations Segment, Salesforce, CRMs, Dev toolsSalesforce, Slack, Jira, Segment, Snowflake, Zendesk, HubSpot, Microsoft Teams
Fact check We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-08. We checked this information against official vendor sources on 2026-08-09.

Capability matrix

This matrix shows capabilities recorded in our catalog. Not listed means we have not confirmed the capability here. Check the linked vendor sources for plan, deployment, and usage limits.

AttributeFullStoryPendo
AI insights Listed Listed
App analytics Listed Listed
Audience insights Listed Listed
Behavior analytics Listed Listed
CCPA compliant Listed Not listed
Cohort analysis Listed Listed
Cross-device tracking Listed Listed
Custom reports Listed Listed
Data export Listed Listed
E-commerce tracking Listed Not listed
Enterprise Not listed Listed
Error tracking Listed Not listed
Event tracking Listed Listed
Free plan Listed Listed
Funnels Listed Listed
GDPR compliant Listed Not listed
Goals Listed Listed
Heatmaps Listed Not listed
Integrations Listed Listed
Personalization Not listed Listed
Real-time data Listed Not listed
Retention analytics Listed Listed
Revenue tracking Listed Not listed
Session recordings Listed Listed
Surveys Not listed Listed
User feedback Not listed Listed
User segments Listed Listed
Web analytics Not listed Listed
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