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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Gainsight CS

    Score8.9 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Gainsight Customer Success (CS) is presented as a growth engine for modern post-sale teams. Built for CROs, CS leaders, and operations pros, it provides visibility into customer health, expansion potential, and revenue risk. With automation, AI, and health scoring, Gainsight helps scale outcomes without scaling headcount. With its playbooks and success plans to CSQL tracking and journey orchestration, Gainsight CS helps teams to take the right action at the right time, every time. Access to…

    $2,500

    Per Company Per Month

    Gainsight PX

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AFor SaaS products, Gainsight's product experience software enables companies to track every step of their user's journey and fully understand how they're interacting with a product over time.

    $0

    100 or less MAUs (Monthly Active Users)

    Pricing
    Gainsight CSGainsight PX
    Editions & Modules
    Subscription
    $2,500
    Per Company Per Month
    Starter (Free)
    $0
    100 or less MAUs (Monthly Active Users)
    Starter
    Starting at $400/M
    500+ MAUs (Monthly Active Users)
    Growth
    Custom
    Per MAUs (Monthly Active Users) and more
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Gainsight CSGainsight PX
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Gainsight CSGainsight PX
    Considered Both Products
    Gainsight
    Chose Gainsight CS
    Gainsight CS is superior for our customer management. Asana and Outreach don't have the capabilities or integrations that Gainsight CS does.
    Incentivized
    Chose Gainsight CS
    More customization with Gainsight CS, but Churn zero did have a great UI and easier to use. Would recommend CZ if you're a smaller company with no technical admin.
    Incentivized
    Chose Gainsight CS
    It is the most flexible CS platform in terms of how to manipulate and use your data.
    Incentivized
    Chose Gainsight CS
    They work together and the integration is great.
    Incentivized
    Chose Gainsight CS
    Gainsight is great
    Incentivized
    Chose Gainsight CS
    We have used other products to serve our customers, but none have been as feature-rich as what Gainsight can provide. My experience is with well-known software as well as some in-house solutions that I even participated in designing. Some things are worth subscribing to, and …
    Incentivized
    Gainsight
    Chose Gainsight PX
    Unfortunately, I haven't used any other product like Gainsight PX so will move to the next question.
    Incentivized
    Chose Gainsight PX
    I trusted Gainsight PX from the start since I am familiar with other Gainsight products.
    Incentivized
    Chose Gainsight PX
    Between the products analyzed, Pendo and Gainsight PX were most complete/mature. At the time, Pendo's UI seemed more intuitive than Gainsight PX. Chameleon and Appcues seemed easiest to use, but were lacking some of the functionality we were looking for. Ultimately chose …
    Incentivized
    Chose Gainsight PX
    Working with both Gainsight PX and Mixpanel, my experience has been that the integration of Gainsight PX was much easier. Additionally controlling profiles and personas to make sure each group is getting the data they need, and only the data they should see, is easier with Gains…
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    99%
    Would buy again
    162 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    22 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    115 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    159 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    23 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    79 Answers
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    72%
    Implementation went as expected
    60 Answers
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    Features
    Gainsight CSGainsight PX
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Gainsight CS and Gainsight PX
    Feature
    Gainsight CS
    8.1
    174 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Gainsight PX
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.1174 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Gainsight CS and Gainsight PX
    Feature
    Gainsight CS
    7.5
    217 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Gainsight PX
    -
    Ratings
    API7.5131 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com8.9216 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Marketo6.551 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Eloqua7.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Data Extraction / Integration
    Comparison of Customer Data Extraction / Integration features of Gainsight CS and Gainsight PX
    Feature
    Gainsight CS
    8.3
    217 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Gainsight PX
    -
    Ratings
    Product usage8.7206 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help desk / support tickets7.9173 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Success Management
    Comparison of Customer Success Management features of Gainsight CS and Gainsight PX
    Feature
    Gainsight CS
    8.5
    230 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Gainsight PX
    -
    Ratings
    NPS surveys8.9181 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sponsor tracking9.0167 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer profiles7.7206 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated workflow8.1220 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal collaboration8.1208 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer health scoring9.9223 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer segmentation8.0188 Ratings00 Ratings
    CSM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CSM Reporting & Analytics features of Gainsight CS and Gainsight PX
    Feature
    Gainsight CS
    9.0
    228 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Gainsight PX
    -
    Ratings
    Customer health trends9.7210 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement analytics8.8186 Ratings00 Ratings
    Revenue forecasting8.3114 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboards9.2225 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Gainsight CSGainsight PX
    Small Businesses
    ClientSuccess
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Mixpanel
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    ChurnZero
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Heap
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Heap
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Gainsight CSGainsight PX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (235 ratings)
    8.0
    (27 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.8
    (14 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (29 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (134 ratings)
    7.3
    (23 ratings)
    Online Training
    5.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.3
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (14 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Gainsight CSGainsight PX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Gainsight
    Gainsight CS can do almost anything if you put enough effort into it. Its advantage is that it has a very broad range of functionality and endless configuration options. That is also its disadvantage because everything has to be built. If you are looking for something that arrives with tools and behaviors that are already tailored out of the box to CS best practices, it's not Gainsight CS.
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    Gainsight
    It’s a robust tool that allows you to easily map and track key features and actions within your products. It also allows for in app communications to help guide the user through the path you want them to follow. The ability to connect with Gainsight CS also allows you to leverage that data to drive actions for the account team, incorporate it in health scoring, and use it to trigger digital programs. You do need a well thought out strategy for management of the platform, the data and how you will use it.
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    Pros
    Gainsight
    • Ability to capture all customer information in one spot
    • Gantt charts for overall success plans to map out TAM deliverables
    • Automatically integrate feeds from sources to build reports as needed
    • Ability to capture customer follow-up tasks so I'm not trying to capture the list of actions too repetitively (e.g. using the "Tasks" section of an entry)
    • Ability to use the plugin to automatically add emails to timeline; ability to use calendar integration to automatically add meeting minutes that will sync up to Gong notes
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    Gainsight
    • Gainsight PX provides powerful segmentation capabilities to help marketers target the right customers with the right message. Through its segmentation capabilities, Gainsight PX enables marketers to create custom segments based on user behavior, demographics, and other criteria to ensure that the right message is delivered to the right customer.
    • Gainsight PX offers robust analytics capabilities to help marketers gain insights into customer behavior and engagement. Through its analytics capabilities, Gainsight PX enables marketers to track user engagement, identify customer trends, and gain insights into customer behavior.
    • Gainsight PX provides an intuitive user interface to help marketers quickly and easily create and manage campaigns. Through its user interface, Gainsight PX enables marketers to create and manage campaigns with ease, allowing them to quickly launch campaigns and track their progress.
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    Cons
    Gainsight
    • Would love to see a Gainsight OPs/Admin checklist that guides CS Ops team through specific pieces of information needed to execute specific playbooks (best practices)
    • When creating reports, sometimes it's difficult to find the correct variable that you are looking for as it's nested under various categories
    • Would love ability to "heatmap" specific individual customer engagement based on CSM inputted customer contacts at meetings
    • Would love to see more analysis on engagements - how often, how frequent - built into the product
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    Gainsight
    • Dashboards. There is no way to provide notes to others which would be very beneficial in consuming data across a team. Lacking functionality - no resizing, no organization options, run into bugs when using it frequently, overall hard to design a layout that is easy to follow.
    • No way to identify what features/elements are being used but aren't tagged. This would be a huge value add.
    • Retention Analyzer. Default view doesnt allow for filtering and includes test data. In our case this doesnt allow for a true comparison between two segments.
    • Segments. You can't use segments in areas you should be able to. I shouldnt have to recreate a segment as a saved filter.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Gainsight
    Gainsight offers a level of support that I've not experience before. They will work with you to come up with a solution to a problem - or help match you with another client that has a similar setup as you to get their feedback. Also the functionality that we have built within the software works for us. It's 'easy' to use (once you get the hang of it) and our users rather enjoy working in the software.
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    Gainsight
    I like the product, find it pretty easy to use. As we move forward, looking forward to using more of the functionality.
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    Usability
    Gainsight
    I give it this score based on the implementation at my current employer. I don't know if it could be higher based on if the implementation went better, or if there is something on the vendor side that could help. If this were asked at my previous employer, I would have given it a score of 9 or 10.
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    Gainsight
    It is a good product, but like with every product, there is room for improvement or even just things I, as a user, would prefer, such as the ability to click on a company and have it go to Salesforce instead of Insight. It can also be difficult to find certain reports.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Gainsight
    Rarely any issues with availability or outages. When they do occur, there is excellent communication and consistent updates. Bugs are usually addressed in a timely manner, and communication around those issues is also extremely good
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    Gainsight
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    Performance
    Gainsight
    There are some times when it can take almost a minute to load some of our reports or the rules engine. Within a rule it can also take time to load the actions as they each load one at a time when scrolling. The ability to scroll without waiting would be ideal
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    Gainsight
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    Support Rating
    Gainsight
    The CSMs are very hands-on and helpful, both Elaine and Lane have provided a lot of guidance and value over the years. Support is responsive and will jump on things as needed. The thought leadership and community is probably the most valuable part of our support from Gainsight.
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    Gainsight
    I have not had to contact support frequently but when I have I used the chat and my questions were answered immediately. I've also used their knowledge center, help documentation and training videos which are all very thorough. The support we've received from our Customer Success Manager has been helpful as well.
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    Online Training
    Gainsight
    The online videos are very good for basic tasks in the platform, but it isn't very descriptive or helpful trying to make your own specific variables fit the simple example that is typically used. Typically, I'll watch a video, try on my own and still have to get help from support or Customer Success team
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    Gainsight
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Gainsight
    I was not part of the implantation (I took over later). However, based on what was passed to me, the tool was not well implemented at our org. I think this had to do with complexity, wrong person assigned in our org, and org buy-in. I think it would have been very successful if we had a better assignment process internally.
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    Gainsight
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    Alternatives Considered
    Gainsight
    We went through an evaluation of ChurnZero, which did not have the ability to pull in usage from complex data sets or to visualize it natively. ChurnZero did not offer the ability to run surveys or NPS which would have required additional tooling and investment
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    Gainsight
    Heap has a great value proposition and very nice user experience. But it lacks the clear funnel analysis that Gainsight PX provides. Plus Heap also does not have integration with a lot of CRMs and Customer data platforms. Also, Additionally if you go in the market to find Heap implementors or SI vendors, you won't find any.
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    Scalability
    Gainsight
    It can lean a little heavily toward Customer Success, but the ability to customize many areas based on specific user or account characteristics allows you to make it work across many different roles. This also makes collaboration within the tool across teams possible. It a flexible tool if you have a skilled admin to help guide your process building.
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    Gainsight
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Gainsight
    • No metrics yet, but we have improved our at-risk customers by identifying risks earlier via our automated health score and with our Gainsight approved mitigation workflow, CSMs and leaders have better discipline with mitigation efforts and sharing at-risk customers across the org so other teams can step in and assist
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    Gainsight
    • Allow us to integrate actual product usage with Salesforce.
    • Too much developer time went into it, especially when the premise was that this was mostly going to be handled by the Product team. This was mostly because the Gainsight PX event editor doesn't support more complex querying on events.
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    ScreenShots

    Gainsight CS Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Journey Orchestrator, used to build personalized, scalable customer journeys with lifecycle-based emails, playbooks, and triggered workflows, so no customer slips through the cracks.Screenshot of an AI Cheat Sheet. These offer AI-generated summaries, suggestions, and insights tailored to each account—so CSMs spend less time analyzing, and more time acting.Screenshot of AI Scorecards. These are used to analyze renewal and churn data to recommend new measures, refine weights, and create high-impact scorecards (or refine existing ones), to forecast with more precision and act with confidence.Screenshot of Success Plans, where users can create clear, outcome-based plans with customers—then track progress, assign owners, and show stakeholders exactly how value is being driven.Screenshot of Gainsight Home, which provides one place for customer success teams to prioritize, act, and prove impact—powered by real-time insights, AI signals, and workflows designed to drive retention and expansion.Screenshot of Customer 360. This interface brings together usage data, health scores, playbooks, and account details into one unified view.

    Gainsight PX Screenshots

    Screenshot of Access all of your key metrics in one place.Screenshot of PX Dashboards offer an interactive way of viewing data. By default, Gainsight provides you with the Gainsight PX Dashboard, but you can create separate Dashboards for each user, based on their requirements. 

For example, you can create a Dashboard, set it to private and grant access only to the top-level executives who are interested in viewing the performance of company KPIs. You can create a Dashboard for a Product Manager and include widgets which show key metrics for the product they own.Screenshot of Gainsight PX connects directly to your CRM and other customer data sources, letting you leverage custom events with no limits on what you can explore – all without using any query language.

Track specific events and compare any number of different cohorts and behaviors to learn more about a specific behavior or validate a specific hypothesis. You can use the group by functionality to aggregate results based on specific fields, and you can analyze custom event properties based on the property values. This may come handy when you want to measure the event properties such as video play counts or monetary values you're passing to Gainsight PX via custom events.Screenshot of Product Mapper® is an easy to use way of describing your product features with a simple "point, click and describe."   Each mapped feature can be viewed hierarchically within your Product Feature Tree®.   

Features can be organized in any way that makes sense for your particular application.  For example, you can organize by modules and features or you can nest sub-modules under modules and add features at any level.Screenshot of You can use existing templates while setting up Guide engagements. You can even save the newly created/modified template and use the saved template in the future in order to save time. Once you select the template, you can modify your template–no coding required, but it's there if you want it.Screenshot of Present targeted and timely in-app surveys so you can get more relevant feedback from the right people to better understand their needs and wants, and easily see the results in real-time.