The fully-featured Bootstrap Tour alternative
Flows is the Bootstrap Tour alternative for teams who have outgrown jQuery-based product tours and want a modern, scalable way to build product adoption.
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TL;DR comparison summary
Bootstrap Tour is an open-source JavaScript library for building product tours using Bootstrap popovers. It requires jQuery and Bootstrap as dependencies, which are outdated for modern web applications. The library is largely unmaintained, and everything beyond basic tours, including state management, logic, targeting, and analytics, needs to be built and maintained in-house.
Flows is a modern alternative to Bootstrap Tour that removes the need to maintain onboarding infrastructure yourself. With Flows, you create workflows that live inside your product, using your own UI components and logic, while Flows handles state, orchestration, and delivery. No jQuery or Bootstrap required.
Flows vs Bootstrap Tour: Key differences
Key features | Bootstrap Tour | Flows |
|---|---|---|
Product toursBoth Bootstrap Tour and Flows can guide users through step-by-step product experiences. | ||
Floating componentsBootstrap Tour uses Bootstrap popovers. Flows supports tooltips, modals, banners, and more. | ||
Embeddable componentsFlows supports inline components rendered directly inside your app layout, not just floating overlays. | ||
Modern framework supportFlows works with React, Vue, Angular, Svelte, and vanilla JavaScript. Bootstrap Tour requires jQuery and Bootstrap. | ||
Workflow logicFlows supports full branching workflows and conditional logic. Bootstrap Tour tours are linear. | ||
State managementBootstrap Tour offers basic state persistence via cookies. Flows handles user progress, completion, and cross-session state automatically. | Basic | |
LocalizationFlows supports localization out of the box. Bootstrap Tour requires manual handling. | ||
AnalyticsFlows provides built-in analytics and tracking. Bootstrap Tour requires custom analytics integration. | ||
TargetingFlows offers advanced user targeting and segmentation. Bootstrap Tour requires custom implementation. | ||
Free planBootstrap Tour is free and open source. Flows offers a free plan with 250 monthly tracked users. |
Other differences
Build vs buy
With Bootstrap Tour, your team owns everything around the tour: logic, state, targeting, analytics, and long-term maintenance. The library itself is largely unmaintained.
Flows removes the need to build onboarding infrastructure. You focus on UI and content while Flows handles orchestration and delivery.
Modern tech stack
Bootstrap Tour requires jQuery and Bootstrap, dependencies that most modern applications have moved away from. Integrating it with React, Vue, or other frameworks requires significant workarounds.
Flows works natively with modern frameworks including React, Vue, Angular, Svelte, and vanilla JavaScript. No legacy dependencies required.
From tours to workflows
Bootstrap Tour is designed for simple, linear step-by-step tours and nothing more.
Flows supports full workflows with branching logic, inline components, and long-running journeys across sessions.
Part of your product
Bootstrap Tour overlays popovers on top of your application using Bootstrap's visual style, which can feel dated and disconnected from modern UIs.
Flows workflows live inside your product and can be built using your own components and design system.
Team collaboration
Bootstrap Tour is developer-only. Product managers and designers depend on engineering for every change.
Flows enables collaboration between developers, product managers, and designers in a shared system.
Switch from Bootstrap Tour to Flows today
Stop maintaining jQuery-based tours. Build modern, product-native workflows with Flows.
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