Automated onboarding sequences that stick
SaaS freelancers suffer high customer churn rates due to their inability to provide ongoing support single-handedly.
Onboardly builds interactive onboarding flows for your SaaS users, tracking completion and sending reminders to boost activation rates. Freelancers create flows in a drag-drop editor and embed them, cutting churn from poor onboarding by 40%. Built-in Aha! moments ensure users love your product from day one.
Solo freelancers developing or selling SaaS products
Onboarding templates optimized for common solo SaaS patterns like auth, payments, first value.
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Visual editor for onboarding sequences.
JS snippet for your app with analytics.
Real-time user progress dashboard.
Email/SMS nudges for stalled users.
Pre-built flows for key activations.
Personalize flows by user source.
Turn flows into Loom-like videos.
Trigger external actions on completion.
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| name | text | No |
| json_config | text | No |
| embed_code | text | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| flow_id | uuid | No |
| customer_id | text | No |
| step | int | No |
| completed | bool | No |
| updated_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| progress_id | uuid | No |
| sent | bool | No |
Relationships:
/api/progress-updateUpdate user step completion
/api/dashboardFetch flow analytics
/api/create-flowSave new flow config
/api/remindersTrigger reminders
No reminders
Standard templates
Unlimited
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 60 | 6% | $90 | $1,080 |
| Month 6 | 600 | 11% | $1,650 | $19,800 |
Drag-drop interactive flows that guide users to their first 'wow' moment.
Run Twitter poll on onboarding pains, DM respondents with free access, showcase in r/SaaSRefounders thread.
Advanced tours
High cost
Solo pricing, templates
No-code
Enterprise focus
Freelancer optimized
Speed to value with pre-built templates + data on high-activation flows.
User retention key in competitive AI/SaaS space; no-code onboarding demand up.
Embed conflicts
Shadow DOM
Onboarding not top pain
Validate via surveys
Editor complexity
Start with templates
Success: 4/10 would use
Success: 80% completion
Success: 200 signups
Success: 10% paid upgrade
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