Heap launches Appcues integration in general availability

Over the summer, Heap and Appcues announced our partnership and the release of the beta program for our first bi-lateral integration. With Heap and Appcues, product teams can seamlessly deliver more targeted product experiences, without leaning on engineering resources to do so. This week, we’re excited to announce that the Heap + Appcues integration is now generally available to all customers!

Going inside the bottleneck

Sometimes the hardest thing about improving your product is knowing where to start. One of the advantages of using a product analytics tool like Heap is that it can help product managers analyze what’s working in their product, and what isn’t.

By analyzing common patterns of engagement—patterns that correlate with long-term retention and high-value—product managers find and fix bottlenecks within their product. For example, by keeping an eye on adoption rates or onboarding completion, a PM can quickly figure out which areas of their product might need improvements.

Which brings us to the Heap + Appcues integration. By combining Heap and Appcues, product managers can easily spot and then fix the bottlenecks that cause friction in their product. Not only does this help product folk significantly improve engagement, it empowers them to release more targeted experiences without leaning on engineering.

The Heap and Appcues integration

Heap and Appcues have aligned to help shared customers build frictionless product experiences across the entire user journey. From activation to retention, our joint solution empowers product managers to better understand every user interaction and seamlessly launch in-app experiences.

Here’s what it looks like at a high level:

Real-time data from Appcues flows into Heap where it is readily available for analysis. With this, you can fully understand the effectiveness of Appcues-created product experiences, such as product guides, walk-throughs, tool tips, and more.

Behavioral cohorts from Heap can also be exported directly to Appcues for targeted engagement and activation. More specifically, Heap’s retroactive product data set can create segments of users based on the behaviors they show within your product. This information can be used to improve and deliver personalized in-app experiences through Appcues.

Now for the most important question: What does this new integration mean for customers? Here are three benefits customers can expect.

Accelerated onboarding. Successful onboarding is critical to retention. Without it, the chances of developing long-term, high-value customers drop significantly. Heap makes it easy to pinpoint precisely where users drop out of the onboarding flow. The Heap + Appcues integration makes it easy to get them back on track. If a user doesn’t complete all of the necessary onboarding steps, you can quickly create a segment in Heap, send it to Appcues, and then generate a modal pop-up that targets users to pick up where they left off. Then, analyze the success of your pop-up in Heap so you know whether the experience drove the desired behavior.

Nurtured product adoption. As a product manager, you know your product’s features inside and out. But what about your users? Are you sure that they know about your new updates? Are you sure that they’re familiar with your advanced features? Here’s your opportunity to nudge users in the right direction with targeted tool tips that showcase recent releases, or hotspots that highlight unused features. Use Heap to measure the effectiveness of new releases and Appcues to drive adoption by improving your in-app guidance.

Improved retention. Building a “sticky” product is no easy feat. With Heap, you can pinpoint the common behaviors correlated with high retention and use Appcues to reinforce these behaviors to underperforming users. You can also prevent churn by identifying unengaged users early on,  then leveraging your product to better guide them through the core milestones of your user journey.

Want to see the power of product analytics with your own eyes? Schedule a personalized demo with us by reaching out to our partner team or connecting with your Heap account manager. Additional information can be found on our partner page and in this insightful blog post.

About Appcues

Appcues makes it easy to deliver exceptional user experiences at scale, leading to happier customers and accelerated growth. Using our product-led growth platform, anybody can publish beautiful and personalized in-product experiences in minutes, measure the impact on key business results, and know when and how to intervene with a human touchpoint.

About Heap

Heap’s mission is to power business decisions with truth. We empower product teams to focus on what matters — building the best products — not wrestling with their analytics platform. Heap automatically collects and organizes customer behavioral data, allowing product managers to improve their products with maximum agility.