The no-code onboarding tool that grew from an Istanbul startup studio into a product-adoption platform used by teams at Verizon and Costco - by betting that the people who understand users shouldn't need an engineer to guide them.

Two friends who lived two blocks apart built an onboarding tool, then bet the whole thing on HubSpot - cutting a third of the features to go deeper. It became one of the marketplace's most-installed apps.
EverAfter, Baton, UpdateAI, Usetiful, GUIDEcx and Skalin all set out to fix the messy handoff between a signed contract and a happy customer. Half of them have already been acquired. Here is what each one does - and why the category is consolidating so fast.
The no-code platform that turned software onboarding into a discipline - and gave 'product-led growth' its name.
Enboarder is an HR technology company that builds an experience-driven employee onboarding and 'people activation' platform. Founded in Sydney in 2015 by Brent Pearson, it helps employers design and automate engaging, human-centered journeys for new hires, managers and existing employees across onboarding, transitions and offboarding. In 2025 the company re-architected its product to be AI-native, positioning itself as an 'AI orchestration layer for the employee lifecycle.' More than 400 global companies - including McDonald's, Deloitte, Shopify, Hugo Boss, ING and Eventbrite - use Enboarder, which has raised roughly $50 million in venture funding.