Lusift
The fully-featured Lusift alternative
Flows is the Lusift alternative for teams who have outgrown simple tour libraries and want a scalable, maintainable platform for building product adoption.
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TL;DR comparison summary
Lusift is an open-source JavaScript library for building product guides and tours, focused on simplicity and ease of setup. It provides a lightweight, dependency-free way to create step-by-step onboarding experiences. Like other tour libraries, it covers the UI layer only—state management, targeting, analytics, localization, and long-term maintenance are your team's responsibility.
Flows is a modern alternative to Lusift that goes beyond a simple tour library. With Flows, you define workflows using your own UI components, while Flows handles state, orchestration, targeting, and delivery. You get the simplicity of a lightweight library with the operational capabilities of a full product adoption platform.
Flows vs Lusift: Key differences
Key features | Lusift | Flows |
|---|---|---|
Product toursBoth Lusift and Flows support guided, step-by-step product tours for user onboarding. | ||
Framework agnosticLusift works with any JavaScript framework. Flows supports React, Vue, Angular, and plain JavaScript. | ||
Floating componentsLusift provides tooltip and popover-style guides. Flows supports tooltips, modals, banners, and more. | ||
Embeddable componentsFlows allows you to embed components inline within your app's UI, not just overlay tooltips on top. | ||
Workflow logicFlows supports branching workflows and conditional logic. Lusift requires custom code for anything beyond linear tours. | ||
State managementFlows handles user progress, persistence, and completion automatically. Lusift requires manual state handling. | ||
LocalizationFlows supports localization out of the box. Lusift requires manual implementation for multi-language support. | ||
AnalyticsFlows provides built-in analytics and step tracking. Lusift requires custom analytics integration. | ||
TargetingFlows supports user targeting and segmentation. Lusift has no built-in targeting capabilities. | ||
Free planLusift is free and open source. Flows offers a free plan with 250 monthly tracked users. | ||
SurveysFlows includes built-in surveys for collecting user feedback. Lusift is a tour library and does not include survey capabilities. |
Other differences
Build vs buy
With Lusift, your team owns everything around the tour: state, targeting, analytics, and ongoing maintenance as your product evolves.
Flows removes the need to build onboarding infrastructure. You focus on UI and content while Flows handles orchestration, delivery, and state.
From tours to workflows
Lusift is designed for simple, linear product tours. Any additional logic—branching, conditions, multi-session journeys—requires custom engineering work.
Flows supports full workflows with branching logic, inline components, and long-running journeys that persist across sessions.
Part of your product
Lusift overlays guide UI on top of your application, which can feel disconnected as your product grows and evolves.
Flows workflows live inside your product and are built using your own components and design system.
Team collaboration
Lusift is developer-only. Product managers and designers depend on engineering for every tour update and content change.
Flows enables collaboration between developers, product managers, and designers. Developers own the components; product teams control the content and logic.
Maintenance and ownership
As your product UI evolves, Lusift tours need manual updates and re-testing. Every new requirement means more custom code.
Flows adapts naturally as your product changes, reducing maintenance overhead and long-term technical debt.
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