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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Bound

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ABound (formerly Get Smart Content) is a website segmentation and targeting platform that enables marketers to read a website visitor's digital body language and serve relevant content based on the person's stage in the buying journey. Using behavioral, demographic, and firmographic data, Bound creates personalized web experiences for both anonymous and known website visitors to increase the effectiveness of marketing efforts and dramatically reduce the buyer's path to conversion. Bound partners…N/A

    Chartbeat

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AChartbeat delivers real-time analytics, insights, and transformative tools for content teams around the world, to help improve audience engagement, inform editorial decisions, and increase loyalty.N/A
    Pricing
    BoundChartbeat
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BoundChartbeat
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Chartbeat pricing is based on monthly site page views. Discounts are applied to multi-year contracts. The Basic Plan includes the Real-time Dashboard, Historical Dashboard, Heads Up Display, Reports, Big Board, iOS and Android app, and Real-time API endpoints. The Plus Plan includes all of the Basic Plan features, plus ONE of the following Premium features: Headline Testing, Advanced Queries, or Multi-Site View. The Premium Plan includes all of the Basic Plan features, plus ALL Premium features: Headline Testing, Advanced Queries, Multi-Site View, and enterprise-level support and custom trainings.
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    Community Pulse
    BoundChartbeat
    Considered Both Products
    Bound Systems, Inc.
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    Chartbeat, Inc.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    98%
    Would buy again
    47 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    46 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    20 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    24 Answers
    Features
    BoundChartbeat
    Testing and Experimentation
    Comparison of Testing and Experimentation features of Bound and Chartbeat
    Feature
    Bound
    9.7
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Chartbeat
    -
    Ratings
    a/b experiment testing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Split URL testing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multivariate testing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-page/funnel testing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cross-browser testing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile app testing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Test significance10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual / WYSIWYG editor10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced code editor10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page surveys10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visitor recordings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Preview mode10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Test duration calculator10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Experiment scheduler9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Experiment workflow and approval10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic experiment activation9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Client-side tests10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Server-side tests10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mutually exclusive tests10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience Segmentation & Targeting
    Comparison of Audience Segmentation & Targeting features of Bound and Chartbeat
    Feature
    Bound
    9.8
    1 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Chartbeat
    -
    Ratings
    Standard visitor segmentation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Behavioral visitor segmentation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Traffic allocation control9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Website personalization10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Results and Analysis
    Comparison of Results and Analysis features of Bound and Chartbeat
    Feature
    Bound
    9.4
    1 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Chartbeat
    -
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    Heatmap tool10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Click analytics10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scroll maps9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form fill analysis10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Conversion tracking8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Goal tracking9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Test reporting9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Results segmentation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    CSV export10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Experiments results dashboard9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Analytics
    Comparison of Web Analytics features of Bound and Chartbeat
    Feature
    Bound
    -
    Ratings
    Chartbeat
    7.8
    15 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Lead Conversion Tracking00 Ratings6.15 Ratings
    Bounce Rate Measurement00 Ratings6.89 Ratings
    Device and Browser Reporting00 Ratings7.714 Ratings
    Pageview Tracking00 Ratings8.913 Ratings
    Event Tracking00 Ratings8.58 Ratings
    Reporting in real-time00 Ratings9.414 Ratings
    Referral Source Tracking00 Ratings8.414 Ratings
    Customizable Dashboards00 Ratings6.612 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    BoundChartbeat
    Small Businesses
    Google Optimize
    Score6.7 out of 10
    Matomo Analytics
    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Wingify Experimentation (formerly AB Tasty)
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Lead Forensics
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Content Experiments (discontinued)
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Alexa Internet (discontinued)
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BoundChartbeat
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (69 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (60 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (10 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BoundChartbeat
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Bound Systems, Inc.
    I think the customer service and relationship we have with Get Smart Content is great
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    Chartbeat, Inc.
    The main point of benefit is the realtime data. This is vital to our team as we are publishing a lot of content per day, so we have a busy homepage to manage and it's important to know which content is performing well. We also like to get an understanding as quickly as possible - which Chartbeat offers - of where traffic is coming from. Often we will see an example where a page is getting high traffic from Google, for example, and we know that might not need to be placed so prominently on the homepage because the traffic is arriving to us externally anyway. Without that depth of understanding what is performing best and why - updated immediately, unlike in Google Analytics now - our homepage would not be as well optimised for users coming to us direct
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    Pros
    Bound Systems, Inc.
    • Connects easily with other APIs such as Demandbase and Google Analytics.
    • Easily create segments.
    • Easily create segmented content.
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    Chartbeat, Inc.
    • Provides easy at-a-glance look at what people are reading right now
    • Heads-up Display allows you to make sure the homepage is showing the content people want to read
    • Headline testing tool provides fascinating insight into what makes people read a story and improves headline-writing ability
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    Cons
    Bound Systems, Inc.
    • When you set up a campaign you should be able to set up content while in the campaign.
    • You should be able to set up new segments while in the campaign.
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    Chartbeat, Inc.
    • Source of traffic needs improvement. Search and social make sense, but "internal" and "links" is a grey area. It would be helpful to define those with an organization and provide an information icon so users can easily remember what each of those buckets is tracking.
    • More ways to customize the real-time board. For example, with video content, that's great that I can see a user has started a video, but what is the completion rate, was that only on O&O or can that track Facebook, too?
    • Would like to see demo (age) information included as a way to slice the data so I can see what's working with my older and younger demo.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Bound Systems, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Chartbeat, Inc.
    I gave Chartbeat a 5 for a renewal rating, because, while it delivers clear and understandable content, Google Analytics also provides many of the same features for free. For a small to medium website, I believe it would be more cost effective to use Google Analytics. A website with a high amount of traffic, however, could merit spending the money on Chartbeat to maximize their potential.
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    Usability
    Bound Systems, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Chartbeat, Inc.
    I am able to "set it and forget it," keeping it up on my monitor for either constant checking or just keeping an eye on the numbers during the day. I'm also able to keep track of what times are perfect to post a story and which stories rack up the most traffic.
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    Support Rating
    Bound Systems, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Chartbeat, Inc.
    I have had limited experience of support for Chartbeat but whenever I have needed help it has been there. Recently there was an issue of seeing different forms of data in real time - app and otherwise effectively, and the issue was being clearly dealt with and communicated back to us.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Bound Systems, Inc.
    It has the inability to export subject line or ISP complaints that require manual pulling by each campaign when needed. Results from variable tests are also reported only as a percentage of chosen KPI (opens, clicks, etc.). There's no ability to see hard numbers from the tests or other metrics to determine the statistical significance or unintended results (maybe opens increased per the test, but we saw clicks or conversions were lower). On the other hand, Bound performs absolutely great.
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    Chartbeat, Inc.
    Omnilytics is more robust, detailed, and catered for an intermediate media user, while I think Chartbeat is a more user-friendly and beginner-oriented piece of technology. That being said, there is an impressive amount of lift for Chartbeat, and it's evident that simplicity is the key to using a software daily (which is absolutely the point in the content world).
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    Return on Investment
    Bound Systems, Inc.
    • We have seen more traffic going to revenue generating sites after using Get Smart Content. I'm not sure of the dollar amount since that's a separate department, but traffic increasing is great.
    • Engagement on our internal site has increased after implementing Get Smart Content. We are getting more views, comments and likes on our content than before.
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    Chartbeat, Inc.
    • It has helped us save time in report generation and performance analysis.
    • By helping us evaluate our contributors, we're able to get our money's worth.
    • Seeing our numbers on the Big Board fosters healthy competition among brands, motivating us to distribute our stories better.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Bound Screenshots

    Screenshot of Campaign viewScreenshot of Segment viewScreenshot of Segment list

    Chartbeat Screenshots

    Screenshot of Big Board: For newsrooms, the leaderboard-style visualization shows the top stories on the biggest screen.Screenshot of Real-time dashboard: Displays how an audience is connecting with content in the moment – across platforms, channels, and devices.Screenshot of Historical Dashboard: To assess content performance, KPIs, and valuable trends over the long term.Screenshot of Heads Up Display: Shows which homepage articles are the top performers, how stories are trending up or down in traffic, and how far visitors are scrolling down the page.Screenshot of Video Dashboard: Reveals how video content captures viewer attention.Screenshot of Conversion Dashboard: Tracks conversion metrics and insights.