Algolia vs. Webtrends Optimize

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Algolia
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Algolia in San Francisco, California offers enterprise search as a service.
$0
per month 10,000 search requests + 1 Million records
Webtrends Optimize
Score 9.7 out of 10
N/A
Webtrends Optimize is a web optimization platform and is offered by the company of the same name. The product competes most often with Adobe Test and Target, Maxymiser, SiteSpect, and Optimizely.N/A
Pricing
AlgoliaWebtrends Optimize
Editions & Modules
Build
$0
per month Up to 10,000 search requests + 1 Million records
Grow
$0.50
per month per 1,000 search requests
Algolia Recommend
$0.60
per month per 1,000 Recommend requests
Premium
Custom
per month Customized pricing
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AlgoliaWebtrends Optimize
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPay as you go, scale instantly, or upgrade anytime for advanced features and capabilities.There is no tiering and no different prices for different tools. The entire feature set is available to all users as standard at one price, agreed up front.
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Features
AlgoliaWebtrends Optimize
Testing and Experimentation
Comparison of Testing and Experimentation features of Product A and Product B
Algolia
-
Ratings
Webtrends Optimize
8.3
1 Ratings
4% below category average
a/b experiment testing00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Split URL testing00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Multivariate testing00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Multi-page/funnel testing00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Cross-browser testing00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Mobile app testing00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Test significance00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Visual / WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Advanced code editor00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Page surveys00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Visitor recordings00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Preview mode00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Test duration calculator00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Experiment scheduler00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Experiment workflow and approval00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Dynamic experiment activation00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Client-side tests00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Server-side tests00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Mutually exclusive tests00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Audience Segmentation & Targeting
Comparison of Audience Segmentation & Targeting features of Product A and Product B
Algolia
-
Ratings
Webtrends Optimize
8.2
1 Ratings
7% below category average
Standard visitor segmentation00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Behavioral visitor segmentation00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Traffic allocation control00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Website personalization00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Results and Analysis
Comparison of Results and Analysis features of Product A and Product B
Algolia
-
Ratings
Webtrends Optimize
8.1
1 Ratings
5% below category average
Click analytics00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Scroll maps00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Form fill analysis00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Conversion tracking00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Goal tracking00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Test reporting00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Results segmentation00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
CSV export00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Experiments results dashboard00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
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User Ratings
AlgoliaWebtrends Optimize
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(44 ratings)
7.4
(17 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.7
(4 ratings)
5.3
(5 ratings)
Usability
6.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Availability
9.6
(5 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
9.4
(5 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
5.6
(3 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.4
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AlgoliaWebtrends Optimize
Likelihood to Recommend
Algolia
Algolia offers a wide range of capabilities that can benefit any business by addressing their specific requirements. Integrating with this platform is seamless, and their extensive knowledgebase and training resources are highly valuable for both developers and UI users. We have already witnessed the advantages of this product and are eagerly anticipating future enhancements as we continue to expand our platform, with Algolia as our primary tool for enhancing our search experience.
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Webtrends Optimize
Webtrends optimize is a marketing solution aimed squarely at transactional and eCom based websites. I would only recommend a colleague to engage with the solution once the marketing dept is at a point where their website is fully optimized in regards to SEO and all the other fundamentals in order to truly build upon what Webtrends can offer. This shows you an easier way of measuring your ROI and the money you will invest with the tool-moving forward.
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Pros
Algolia
  • Easy setup and configuration of fast search results across multiple types of object
  • Can be used to power sales pages, category headings, category product listings, help articles and more within the same search results
  • Managing synonyms, blocked words and other product requirements can be done without engineering support
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Webtrends Optimize
  • Intuitive test set-up makes for a low learning curve.
  • Ability to create custom data tables which enable exporting of visitor level data for more in-depth analysis outside of the Webtrends Optimize platform.
  • Visual Editor WYSIWYG interface enables non-technical users to easily execute basic tests.
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Cons
Algolia
  • Recent pricing model changes made Algolia considerably more expensive. I understand that companies change their models all the time, but my plan almost doubled in price overnight. They let me keep my legacy plan for as long as I wanted, but I had already outgrown it, so a small increase in demand caused big price spikes. It's still cheap for what it is though.
  • The documentation is generally good, but sometimes hard to navigate. I was trying to find examples of how to combine geo-queries with normal ones, and I couldn't find an example, but it wasn't actually hard to figure out.
  • Some of the advanced features can be hard to understand at first. This isn't really a con, as it just means Algolia is loaded with features, but I was a bit overwhelmed the first time I tried to customize an index.
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Webtrends Optimize
  • The cost is a factor. When you're trying to save money, particularly as a startup (a lot of our clients are up-and-comers) it has to be seen as an investment...but the cost to implement the system is fairly large.
  • There's a bit of a steep learning curve, you can't just dive into the program.
  • It's not impossible but it's not as easy as snapping your fingers to easily implement the program cross-platform.
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Likelihood to Renew
Algolia
Algolia is a great tool, we didn't have to build a custom search platform (using Elasticsearch for example) for a while. It has great flexibility and the set of libraries and SDKs make using it really easy. However, there are two major blockers for our future: - Their pricing it's still a bit hard to predict (when you are used to other kind of metrics for usage) so I really recommend to take a look at it first. - Integrating it within a CI/CD pipeline is difficult to replicate staging/development environments based on Production.
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Webtrends Optimize
Difficulty was getting business units to take the time and spend the money to test, and then implement, best options.
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Usability
Algolia
Algolia has a good interface and they have done some improvements. However, some non technical users have a challenging time in the use for the first days of learning. But once the main aspects are learned is a straight forward operation
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Webtrends Optimize
Set up of basic tests that do not use segmentation or targeting is an intuitive experience that can be learned quickly by new users. However, as the need for segmentation and other more advanced capabilities arise, the experience begins to degrade.
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Reliability and Availability
Algolia
Having used Algolia for over 5 years we have experienced zero downtime. I'd say that's pretty good.
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Webtrends Optimize
zero complaints. I'm not aware of it ever failing.
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Performance
Algolia
Performance is always a major concern when integrating services with our client's websites. Our tests and real-world experience show that Algolia is highly performant. We have more extremely satisfied with the speed of both the search service APIs and the backend administrative and analytic interface.
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Webtrends Optimize
Zero complaints. It seemed to do its job quickly and accurately.
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Support Rating
Algolia
It’s non existent. No tech support and no customer service… my application was blocked and is currently inactive causing huge business disruption, and I’m still waiting days later for a response to an issue which could be resolved very very quickly if only they would respond. Very poor from a company of that size
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Webtrends Optimize
The support from the team at Webtrends Optimize is unparalleled. There is always someone to consult should there be any issues.
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Online Training
Algolia
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Webtrends Optimize
Online training was ok. Because every test is a custom test, there's only so much that can be covered in a generic lesson.
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Implementation Rating
Algolia
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Webtrends Optimize
Implementation was pretty straightforward
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Alternatives Considered
Algolia
While AWS's offering is a typically cheaper solution, it requires a lot of work to gain any of the core features of Algolia. The cost of dev time and long-term maintenance would be more than the costs incurred with Algolia, which is why it made the most sense financially. On the engineering side, we could give our stakeholders access to Algolia to adjust the indices themselves, which would allow us to focus on other work.
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Webtrends Optimize
Webtrends Optimize can be used for much more complex tests, allows better conversion tracking and data collection. Visual Website Optimizer (VWO) is suitable for smaller, simple projects. Webtrends Optimize comes with an excellent consultancy that could save you a lot of time and resources
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Scalability
Algolia
Overall is a scalable tool as the environment and the backend functions are the same and many things are done directly on the tool so without the need of further specific developments. However some things could be improved such as documentation for integration that could help in doing whitelabel solutions
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Webtrends Optimize
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Return on Investment
Algolia
  • Users who had abandoned our product (attributing slow search speeds as the reason) returned to us thanks to Algolia
  • We used Algolia as our product's backbone to relaunch it, making it the center of all search on our platform which paid off massively.
  • Considering we relaunched our product, with Aloglia functioning as its engine, we got a lot of press coverage for our highly improved search speeds.
  • One negative would be how important it is to read the fine print when it comes to the technical documentation. As pricing is done on the basis of records and indexes, it is not made apparent that there is a size limit for your records or how quickly these numbers can increase for any particular use case. Be very wary of these as they can quite easily exceed your allotted budget for the product.
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Webtrends Optimize
  • So far we haven't seen an ROI that we can accurately measure due to only running a couple of tests that haven't resulted in direct, site wide changes. However, we have learnt a lot about how to set up the right processes and documentation.
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ScreenShots

Algolia Screenshots

Screenshot of Index & Query Rules Management: Query Rules helps to enhance an engine's ranking behavior for specific queries. Setting up rules can uncover and enable users to respond more specifically to the intent behind users' queries.Screenshot of Query Monitoring: Offers insight into the status, performance and overall activity happening within the search engine.Screenshot of Algolia Analytics: The search bar is a feedback form. Algolia's analytics drives insights from search to click to conversion.Screenshot of Algolia Dashboard: Products to accelerate search and discovery experiences across any device and platform.Screenshot of Advanced front-end libraries, API clients, and extensive documentation to help developers build, deploy, and maintain.Screenshot of To get started users simply choose an index, denote the events, and choose a model.

Webtrends Optimize Screenshots

Screenshot of Reporting dashboard - default viewScreenshot of Specific experiment report - top level overviewScreenshot of Drag & drop segmentation moduleScreenshot of Point & click WYSIWYG Visual EditorScreenshot of Reporting dashboard - specific test or target overviewScreenshot of Reporting dashboard - specific test or target throttle settings