The fully-featured Reactour alternative
Flows is the Reactour 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
Reactour is a popular React library for building guided tours using step-based overlays and tooltips. It is lightweight and flexible at the UI level but leaves state 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 Reactour: Key differences
Key features | Reactour | Flows |
|---|---|---|
Product toursBoth Reactour and Flows can guide users through step-by-step onboarding experiences. | ||
Framework supportReactour is React-specific. Flows supports multiple frameworks. | React only | |
Floating componentsReactour 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. | ||
CustomizationReactour customization happens entirely in code. Flows lets you reuse your design system components while centralizing logic. | ||
Workflow logicFlows supports branching workflows and conditional logic. Reactour tours are linear unless you build custom logic. | ||
State managementFlows manages user progress, persistence, and completion automatically. Reactour requires manual state handling. | ||
LocalizationFlows supports localization out of the box. Reactour requires custom translation handling. | ||
AnalyticsFlows provides built-in analytics and tracking. Reactour requires custom analytics integration. | ||
TargetingFlows offers advanced user targeting and segmentation features. Reactour requires custom implementation for targeting specific user groups. | ||
Free planReactour is free and open source. Flows offers a free plan with 250 monthly active users. | ||
Actively maintainedReactour has not seen significant updates since 7th May, 2025. Flows is actively developed with regular releases and new features. |
Other differences
Library vs platform
Reactour is a lightweight library you embed and manage inside your codebase.
Flows is a platform that orchestrates workflows while staying deeply integrated with your product.
Beyond onboarding
Reactour focuses primarily on onboarding use cases.
Flows supports onboarding, feature discovery, education, re-engagement, and upsell workflows.
Part of your product
Reactour 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 Reactour code and re-testing tours.
Flows adapts naturally as your product changes, reducing maintenance overhead and long-term technical debt.
Team collaboration
Reactour changes require developer involvement for every update.
Flows enables collaboration between developers, product managers, and designers.
Time to value
Reactour 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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