Adobe Campaign vs. Google Optimize

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Campaign
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Adobe acquired Neolane in July 2013 and later re-named the product Adobe Campaign. Adobe Campaign provides both marketing automation and marketing resource management functionality such as spend & financial management, workflow, and asset management.N/A
Google Optimize
Score 6.7 out of 10
N/A
Google offers the Optimize A/B testing tool for testing website content and versions.N/A
Pricing
Adobe CampaignGoogle Optimize
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Google Optimize
Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adobe CampaignGoogle Optimize
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Adobe CampaignGoogle Optimize
Testing and Experimentation
Comparison of Testing and Experimentation features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Campaign
-
Ratings
Google Optimize
4.9
8 Ratings
52% below category average
a/b experiment testing00 Ratings4.08 Ratings
Split URL testing00 Ratings2.08 Ratings
Multivariate testing00 Ratings4.08 Ratings
Multi-page/funnel testing00 Ratings1.06 Ratings
Cross-browser testing00 Ratings6.44 Ratings
Mobile app testing00 Ratings2.72 Ratings
Test significance00 Ratings1.07 Ratings
Visual / WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings3.07 Ratings
Advanced code editor00 Ratings2.07 Ratings
Page surveys00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
Visitor recordings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Preview mode00 Ratings3.06 Ratings
Test duration calculator00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Experiment scheduler00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
Experiment workflow and approval00 Ratings8.93 Ratings
Dynamic experiment activation00 Ratings6.92 Ratings
Client-side tests00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
Server-side tests00 Ratings2.62 Ratings
Mutually exclusive tests00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Audience Segmentation & Targeting
Comparison of Audience Segmentation & Targeting features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Campaign
-
Ratings
Google Optimize
7.0
8 Ratings
22% below category average
Standard visitor segmentation00 Ratings6.08 Ratings
Behavioral visitor segmentation00 Ratings7.06 Ratings
Traffic allocation control00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
Website personalization00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
Results and Analysis
Comparison of Results and Analysis features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Campaign
-
Ratings
Google Optimize
8.2
8 Ratings
5% below category average
Heatmap tool00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
Click analytics00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Scroll maps00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Form fill analysis00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Conversion tracking00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
Goal tracking00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
Test reporting00 Ratings7.06 Ratings
Results segmentation00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
CSV export00 Ratings9.93 Ratings
Experiments results dashboard00 Ratings9.97 Ratings
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Adobe CampaignGoogle Optimize
Likelihood to Recommend
5.0
(98 ratings)
5.0
(10 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.4
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
5.0
(42 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
5.0
(41 ratings)
8.7
(4 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Adobe CampaignGoogle Optimize
Likelihood to Recommend
Adobe
Multi-Channel Campaign Management: I have found Adobe Campaign to be excellent for managing campaigns across multiple channels, including email, mobile, social media, and web. Its centralized platform allows me to plan, execute, and track campaigns effectively, making it ideal for organizations with diverse marketing channels. For example, when I was running a campaign to promote a new product launch across email, SMS, and social media channels, Adobe Campaign provided me with the tools to orchestrate and track the campaign seamlessly. I could ensure consistent messaging and a cohesive customer experience across different channels.
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Google
It is a little too limited for a full stack experimentation programme. Many times we required development support or tech advise but we were simply unable to get this due to it being google. This was a big problem for us. However it is quite good if you were looking to get started in experimentation and didn’t have the budgets for a wider tool
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Pros
Adobe
  • It allows me to capture leads through various sources, such as website forms or landing pages.
  • It offers a centralized repository where I can securely store and manage customer data, encompassing contact information, preferences, transaction records, and additional relevant data.
  • It provides robust analytics and reporting capabilities.
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Google
  • Easy to follow set up procedures. Once I walk a client through the process, it's effortless for them to emulate on subsequent tests.
  • Lots of geo and user attribute customization features to be able to drill down into specific targeted audiences — all based on the power of Google's immense data system.
  • Google Optimize is the logical choice for many people to start with since most are already familiar with and using GA.
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Cons
Adobe
  • Adobe Campaign does not have a high enough sales intelligence to let us know which landing page format would be the most optimal for the proper development of our mass marketing operations, which in the long run would also help with customer collection.
  • Does not directly track the number of people who enter our website, beyond sending them automated messages depending on whether they entered a certain section of the site. This problem is important, because it does not allow us to get complete tracking results in that area.
  • The platform does not do social media marketing extensively enough to let us create dynamic evaluations on the results of interactions that are obtained within social networks, which creates a huge margin of error in our analytical results messages, and so we have stopped applying social marketing.
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Google
  • Only works for browsers, not for the apps testing.
  • Missing possibility to test complicated features.
  • Audience division in groups is not always accurate.
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Likelihood to Renew
Adobe
Once you go for Neolane you are a bit stuck with it, so we will most likely stay with Neolane. Cost of investment and training are the main factors at work here. We havesimply have invested too much in the product to stop using it after 2 years. That said, my score of 8 does not imply that the product is worthy of getting an 8 but reflects our willingness to renew. Given that upgrading to a new version will cost again a substantial sum, we most likely will keep using the current version we are on which is 6X.
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Google
No answers on this topic
Usability
Adobe
Thanks to this tool we are taking more internal control of the creation and deployment of campaigns with less dependency on an ESP. We can pre-program marketing publications, being able to concentrate on the target audience. It helps me manage email campaigns with real-time tracking.
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Google
Google has always been known to make easy-to-use products. The Google Optimize interface is intuitive and easy to follow for anyone.
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Reliability and Availability
Adobe
Aside from frequent error prompts, the program is quite dependable
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Google
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Adobe
Although there is a lot of material available on the internet to answer questions, I still feel a lack of commitment and delay in the responses of the support, but as a whole, it leaves nothing to be desired. I believe that, in the great majority, companies sin in the desired support, but we cannot generalize. But this one, in particular, has a wide range of specialists and well-qualified management, but I believe that it is not so bad.
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Google
Google has well-documented resources and unlimited use cases that can be found online. Plus, their support is always helpful and available.
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Alternatives Considered
Adobe
As we tried to centralise the marketing automation platform within the enterprise, Adobe Campaign can plug into several instances of Salesforce.com for lead management queues. All other marketing automation platforms can only plug into one instance of Salesforce.com. Adobe Campaign was also able to handle the complexity and challenges of our enterprise data which are a result of years of legacy, mergers and acquisitions and data aggregation.
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Google
Google Optimize being part of the Google stack makes it great in reporting and analysis. Wish Google would add more features like dynamic tests, multi funnel tests, conversion calculator based on the total number of traffic of the page being tested instead of using the websites total traffic. Should integrate form analysis, heatmap, and page analytics.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Adobe
Not everything was great at all times. It was handled accordingly, pricing was reasonable for what was purchased. It was the best value on the market at the time of purchase.
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Google
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Adobe
  • Talking about profits can be subjective if you don't take into account the periodic variations between net and gross profit margins, but fortunately with Adobe Campaign, it is easy to notice these differences quickly.
  • Results have always seemed relative to us, as they vary greatly depending on how much is invested.
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Google
  • We were able to increase our main KPI for conversions by almost 50% by testing button copy.
  • We were able to increase secondary KPIs for conversions by almost 30% by testing form design.
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