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24 alternatives to The Informant

Real-time usability monitoring for Rails apps

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Informant launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Skylight▲94

   A Smart Profiler (and much more) for Rails Apps

   2015 · skylight.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Restyaboard▲197

   An open source alternative to Trello

   2015 · restya.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Boundary Free▲74

   Server and App Monitoring

   2014 · domaineasy.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Prelang▲82

   Automatic Rails Development

   2014 · prelang.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Payola▲83

   A Rails engine for Stripe

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Appcues▲140

   Build beautiful and simple user onboarding experiences.

   2014 · appcues.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Geofeedia▲80

   Location-based social media monitoring

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Sopler▲83

   A real-time, collaborative to-do list

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Hillo▲154

   Board activity tracking for Trello

   2016 · gethillo.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Curalate▲73

    Analytics For The Visual Web

    2014 · bazaarvoice.com · its alternatives →

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    SocialRadar▲70

    Real-time information about the people around you.

    2014 · socialradar.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    SaveMyTime - Time Tracker▲125

    A new way to track time and analyse productivity

    2016 · savemytime.co · its alternatives →

13. 13
    ANKR▲98

    Finally a stuff-tracker with smart notifications

    2015 · ankr.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Usage Intelligence▲88

    Tool to track how often users engage with your apps

    2015 · data.ai · its alternatives →

15. 15
    UsabilityTools▲78

    Click tracking, visitor recording and user research.

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    VoxImplant▲75

    Real-time communication platform for app developers

    2014 · voximplant.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    T-Tracks▲93

    Healthcare sensors as a service

    2015 · lsstracks.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    AttendanceBot▲99

    Powerful yet simple time and vacation tracking in Slack

    2016 · attendancebot.com · its alternatives →

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    Pushpin▲79

    Building and scaling realtime APIs made easy

    2015 · pushpin.org · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Calibre▲64

    Comprehensive web performance monitoring

    2014 · calibreapp.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    UserApp▲64

    User Management in the Cloud

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Dashable▲98

    Dashable tracks what your team is working on

    2014 · dashable.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Affinio▲64

    Tribe discovery and audience insights for digital strategist

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Reveal▲81

    Runtime inspection for iOS apps

    2014 · revealapp.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →