Both are personal video tools — but they solve completely different problems. One reaches everyone who visits your site. The other reaches one specific lead at a time.
If you're comparing heyly.io and Bonjoro, the right question isn't “which is better?” — it's “which job am I trying to do?” Bonjoro records and sends a personal video to one specific person (typically a new lead, signup, or customer). heyly.io puts one pre-recorded video greeting on your website where every visitor sees it. Below: matrix, use cases, FAQ.
You want a video greeting that every website visitor sees — so first-time visitors immediately know who's behind the business. One recording, infinite reach. Set it and update when something changes.
Try heyly.io free →You want to send a personal, one-off video to specific leads, signups, or customers (a new sign-up, a hot prospect, a thank-you to a top customer). It's outbound, 1:1, and the value is personalisation per recipient.
Visit Bonjoro ↗heyly.io is a 1:many website video greeting. You record one short video (30–90 sec), it appears as a bubble in the corner of your site, and every visitor sees the same face. Up to 5 action buttons follow (book a call, WhatsApp, pricing, LinkedIn, email). You install with one script tag. The video plays once per visitor, stays out of the way, and you track who watched + clicked. Built for trust at first impression — when a visitor lands on your site and has no other proof you're real.
Bonjoro is a 1:1 personal video email tool. When a lead fills your form, signs up, or buys, you (or your team) record a short personal video addressed to that specific person — by name, referencing their details — and Bonjoro emails it to them. It's an outbound tool for relationship moments: welcome new signups, thank top customers, re-engage stalled leads. The personalisation per recipient is the whole point.
| Feature | heyly.io | Bonjoro |
|---|---|---|
| Format | 1:many — one video, every visitor sees | 1:1 — one video per recipient |
| Where it lives | On your website (corner bubble) | In an email |
| Trigger | Visitor lands on site | Manual or workflow (form submit, signup, etc) |
| Personalised per person | No — same video for everyone | Yes — each video is unique |
| Action buttons after video | Up to 5, on the page | CTA inside the email |
| Recording effort | Once, set and forget (swap when needed) | Every time, per recipient |
| Free plan | Free forever (1 site, 1k views/30 days) | Free trial (limited videos) |
| Lowest paid tier | €19/mo | From ~$15/mo (entry); team plans higher |
| Best fit | First-impression trust on the website | Personal touch at specific lifecycle moments |
Cold traffic from Google or LinkedIn — they don't know you yet, no proof, no testimonials.
Bonjoro can't help here because there's no recipient to email yet. The visitor hasn't given you their address. heyly.io is exactly designed for this moment — show a face before they decide whether to fill the form.
They left their name and email. You want to make them feel welcomed before the call.
Bonjoro shines here. A 60-second personal video addressing them by name, recorded right after the form submit, is a high-trust moment that heyly.io can't replicate.
Existing relationship, specific person, specific moment.
1:1 personal video email is the right tool. Bonjoro's whole thing.
You want the “human face” advantage without the per-recipient effort.
One recording covers every visitor. No per-lead workload.
Strong outbound relationship motion + cold inbound traffic from Google.
Many teams run both. heyly.io for the first-impression bubble + Bonjoro for the lifecycle videos. They don't conflict, they cover different moments.
No, heyly.io doesn't do 1:1 personal video emails. It's a website widget — one video, everyone sees it. If you need 1:1 outreach video, use Bonjoro (or Loom / VideoForm).
Bonjoro's main flow is email-based. You can technically share the video URL, but it's not designed to live as a persistent corner bubble like heyly.io. If you want a video bubble on your homepage, that's the heyly.io job.
If you have both inbound traffic and an outbound relationship motion, yes — they cover different moments. heyly.io for the bubble (first impression). Bonjoro for the 1:1 lifecycle videos (welcome, thank you, re-engage). Many service businesses run this combo.
heyly.io's free plan is genuinely free forever (1 site, 1k views/30 days). Bonjoro's entry plan is around $15/mo. If you're solo and only need one of the two, heyly.io is cheaper for the website use case. Bonjoro is cheaper if you only need 1:1 video emails.
Both let you record in any language. heyly.io has built-in translation for the surrounding UI (button labels) so the widget can feel native in EE, FI, DE, etc. Bonjoro is mostly English-UI but the video itself is whatever language you record.
2 minutes to record. 30 seconds to swap. Zero developers.
Free forever for one site. No credit card. Upgrade to Pro when you're ready for more.
We use a small amount of browser storage and basic analytics to remember whether you've seen the video greeting and to count widget loads. No third-party trackers, no profiles. Read more.