Turn free signups into activated, paying teams.
Two-thirds of SaaS signups never reach the moment that makes them stay. Guide new users to first value, surface the features they miss, and nudge the upgrade - all no-code, at a flat rate that never spikes as you grow.
They sign up, land on a blank dashboard, and quietly churn.
Activation is the whole game in SaaS. The best products get users to value in minutes; most never get them there at all - and conversion, retention and expansion all follow from it.
Median activation rate
Across product-led SaaS the median new user reaching a first key action sits around a third, so most signups never get there.OpenView PLG benchmarks
First-session drop-off
The signup session is the highest-risk moment in the whole lifecycle - the users you lose here rarely come back.
Typical trial-to-paid
Free-trial conversion clusters in the mid-teens; it is an onboarding problem, not a pricing one, and activation is its strongest predictor.OpenView PLG benchmarks
Features ship undiscovered
Powerful features ship and sit unused. There's no in-app nudge that says "you haven't tried this yet."
Walk them to value, then to the upgrade.
A first-run tour that ends exactly at the aha moment.
Drop new users into a guided walkthrough that spotlights the one action that matters, with back, skip and a progress bar built in. Branch it by plan, trait or page so each user sees the right path.
- Spotlight the first key action
- Branch by who the user is
- Never re-shows to an activated user
Surface the feature they missed - and the reason to upgrade.
Point a hotspot at the underused, high-value feature, and fire an announcement at the activation moment (“You shipped your first automation - add your whole team on Growth”). Targeting fires it once, to the right user.
- Hotspots on what they haven't tried
- Upgrade nudge at the activation moment
- “Invite a teammate” to spark expansion
A getting-started checklist that turns the blank screen into a path.
Give new users an obvious sequence of small wins. Each item checks off as they act, progress persists across sessions, and the launcher is always a click away - so they get past the day-3 cliff.
- Steps auto-complete as users act
- Progress survives the first-week churn window
- Per-item completion in analytics
Ship your activation flow the same day, with AI.
Describe the aha moment and OnbiAI drafts the first-run tour and getting-started checklist for you - the steps, the copy, and a sensible order - so you go from blank page to a reviewable draft in minutes.
- Draft a flow, targeting, or audience from a goal
- Write the copy and target the right users in your own words
- Read the funnel and improve what is dropping off
Create a checklist to onboard new SaaS users
I can build that - a checklist to first value: connect your data, invite a teammate, create a project, and set a goal. Create it with AI and you'll land in the editor to review.
The onboarding editor, without the onboarding bill.
Every incumbent is either MAU-metered - so your bill balloons exactly when you're growing and cash is tight - or sales-led, hiding the price behind a demo. Onbixo is neither.
Appcues / Pendo / Userpilot
- MAU-metered - grow your user base and the bill grows with it, surprise overages
- Usage tiers that force-upgrade you a band at a time as you scale
- Sales-led on the higher tiers: “request pricing”, a demo, a contract
- The price is rarely on the page
Onbixo
- Flat rate, every tier MAU-capped - no surprise bills
- Credit-card self-serve, ship a flow the same afternoon
- The full editor: tours, checklists, hotspots, announcements, targeting
- The price is right on the pricing page
Turn more signups into activated, paying teams.
Free forever to start. Build a first-run tour and getting-started checklist in minutes, live in one line, no sales call.
Every plan includes OnbiAI - draft flows, targeting and audiences with AI