The fully-featured Ngx Joyride alternative
Flows is the Ngx Joyride alternative for teams who have outgrown hard-coded product tours and want flexible, scalable workflows inside their product.
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TL;DR comparison summary
Ngx Joyride is an Angular library for creating guided tours using step-based tooltips. It integrates tightly with Angular but leaves persistence, targeting, analytics, and workflow logic entirely to the application code.
Flows is a product adoption platform designed for teams that need more than tours. You bring your UI components, and Flows handles workflows, targeting, state, and lifecycle management across frameworks.
Flows vs Ngx Joyride: Key differences
Key features | Ngx Joyride | Flows |
|---|---|---|
Product toursBoth Ngx Joyride and Flows can guide users through step-by-step onboarding experiences. | ||
Framework supportNgx Joyride is Angular-specific. Flows supports Angular and other frameworks. | Angular only | |
Floating componentsNgx Joyride supports tooltip-based overlays. Flows supports tooltips, modals, banners, and checklists. | ||
Embeddable componentsFlows supports inline components rendered directly inside your app layout, not just overlays. | ||
CustomizationNgx Joyride customization happens entirely in code. Flows lets you reuse your design system components while centralizing logic. | ||
Workflow logicFlows supports branching workflows and conditional logic. Ngx Joyride tours are linear unless you build custom logic. | ||
State managementFlows manages user progress, persistence, and completion automatically. Ngx Joyride requires manual state handling. | ||
LocalizationFlows supports localization out of the box. Ngx Joyride requires custom translation handling. | ||
AnalyticsFlows provides built-in analytics and tracking. Ngx Joyride requires custom analytics integration. | ||
TargetingFlows offers advanced user targeting and segmentation features. Ngx Joyride requires custom implementation for targeting specific user groups. | ||
Free planNgx Joyride is free and open source. Flows offers a free plan with 250 monthly active users. |
Other differences
Library vs platform
Ngx Joyride is a UI library embedded directly into your Angular application.
Flows is a platform that orchestrates workflows while letting you own the UI.
Beyond onboarding
Ngx Joyride focuses primarily on onboarding use cases.
Flows supports onboarding, feature discovery, education, re-engagement, and upsell workflows.
Part of your product
Ngx Joyride overlays tooltips on top of your UI, which can feel bolted on as your product evolves.
Flows workflows live inside your product and can be built using your own components and design system.
Maintenance and ownership
Every UI change or new requirement means updating custom Ngx Joyride code and re-testing tours.
Flows adapts naturally as your product changes, reducing maintenance overhead and long-term technical debt.
Team collaboration
Ngx Joyride changes require developer involvement for every update.
Flows enables collaboration between developers, product managers, and designers.
Time to value
Ngx Joyride is fast to start but becomes harder to extend over time.
Flows is designed for fast iteration without accumulating onboarding debt.
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