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    Dynamic Yield

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ADynamic Yield is presented as an AI-powered Experience Optimization platform that delivers individualized experiences at every customer touchpoint: web, apps, email, kiosks, IoT, and call centers. The platform’s data management capabilities provide for a unified view of the customer, to allow the rapid and scalable creation of highly targeted digital interactions. Marketers, product managers, and engineers use Dynamic Yield for: Launching new personalization…N/A

    Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Universal Analytics was an enterprise-level analytics solution that was sunset in July of 2024.

    $150,000

    Up to 1 Billion hits/month

    Pricing
    Dynamic YieldGoogle Universal Analytics (discontinued)
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    Google Analytics Premium
    $150,000
    Up to 1 Billion hits/month
    Google Analytics
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Dynamic YieldGoogle Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Dynamic YieldGoogle Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Dynamic Yield by Mastercard
    Chose Dynamic Yield
    We moved from Qubit to Dynamic Yield for a number of reasons. Qubit was very clunky, had limited out-the-box capabilities and thus required a wait for coders to build tests or make small site changes. The features they intended to be quick and easy to use were invariably not, …
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    Dynamic Yield provides more complex and rich capabilities to create personalization.

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    I haven't used any other, so I can't compare.
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    Chose Dynamic Yield
    We found that Dynamic Yield offered the best balance of features, pricing, and support to launch and grow our testing program.
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    Now I have a single centralized tool for several things while before we had to maintain at least 3 tools to do what we are currently doing with Dynamic Yield. Having a single tool helped us a lot also in increasing our level of precision and to avoid fixes across different …
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    [It has] the most confident functionality of use cases. It's hard to implement something and it does not work because of something wrong on the Dynamic Yield side.
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    DY is cheaper and allows for more customization for AB testing
    Incentivized
    Chose Dynamic Yield
    First of all, the other tools we looked at was more focused on A/B testing and personalization but one of the that we loved immediately of Dynamic Yield was the recommendation engine: given that we were missing such a feature in our e-commerce, that really made the difference.

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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    97%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    90%
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    Happy with the feature set
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    91%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    96%
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    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
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    89%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Dynamic YieldGoogle Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Web Analytics
    Comparison of Web Analytics features of Dynamic Yield and Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Feature
    Dynamic Yield
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    Ratings
    Google Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    6.9
    1 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Lead Conversion Tracking00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Device and Browser Reporting00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Pageview Tracking00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Event Tracking00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Reporting in real-time00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Referral Source Tracking00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Customizable Dashboards00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
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    Dynamic YieldGoogle Universal Analytics (discontinued)
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    Matomo Analytics
    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Monetate
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Lead Forensics
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Monetate
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Chartbeat
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Dynamic YieldGoogle Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (107 ratings)
    8.0
    (55 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (26 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (47 ratings)
    10.0
    (23 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Dynamic YieldGoogle Universal Analytics (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Dynamic Yield by Mastercard
    For us, it is well suited for personalization. Since we are hospitality brand, we have different rooms sales inclusion based on different segmentation like Mem or Non-mem, Global or UAE, we have to personalize our landing pages accordingly so that we show the relevant information to relevant audience. The inactivity pop up box and newsletter signup popups work good for us. It does not work well in some scenario like Dynamic Yield offers built-in analytics focused on campaign and test performance, but it’s not a replacement for tools like GA4, Adobe Analytics. It lacks deep funnel tracking or complex reporting capabilities.
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    As I have discussed previously their insights were very useful. The second thing is since it is a Google product you will connect the data very easily from other platforms like Bigquery, Google Drive, etc. and even you can connect Google marketing platform. through this tool, you can track your live campaign how they were performing, and how it will be engaging your customer as well.
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    Pros
    Dynamic Yield by Mastercard
    • Provide fantastic support, both in relation to strategy/best practice and troubleshooting.
    • An easy to use interface, as a user who is relatively new to Dynamic Yield I find that it is an intuitive platform to use.
    • The ability to segment and drill down on data allows for really specific insights which, whilst not necessarily being leveraged on a testing basis, can be super valuable from a greater marketing perspective.
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    • It is an excellent cloud analytics platform that is easy to install and configure and easy to deploy and use, allowing us to measure web traffic and other tools.
    • It is an entirely online tool; it does not take up hard disk space like other desktop tools.
    • Since this tool is draggable, Google is constantly adding more features.
    • Even beginners who do not have a custom dashboard can get information. If there is a problem somewhere on the site that needs to be investigated, Google Analytics 360 will notify you.
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    Cons
    Dynamic Yield by Mastercard
    • Brand templates could need complex CSS/custom code.
    • We'd like to see a little "i" next to specific labels, which elaborates on what is meant. For example, when I hover over "Dynamic allocation," I get something like "An advanced form of A/B testing where the best-performing variations receive higher traffic."
    • Jargon (for example, for audience targeting) can be overwhelming for new users; therefore, clearer, user-friendly explanations are needed.
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    • Generally I think there is a lot you can do within the tool, but as it is a Google product it means there is limited support - something which I think lets all of the platform stacks down
    • There could be more visual signifiers to identify if a feature is a normal or 360 feature. This would mean you can really get to grips with what the extra more advanced elements are
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Dynamic Yield by Mastercard
    implementation took a long time but also, DY has really proven that they are transforming and adapting their platform to be more user friendly and the right technology choice for their brand or company
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    Google Analytics 360 is an upgraded version of the most widely used web/app analytics tracking tools in the market. The price is stable and predictable making it a long-term product of choice. It's easy to use and pairs so well with other Google Marketing Platform products.
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    Usability
    Dynamic Yield by Mastercard
    Setting up strategies, audiences, and experiences is simple and fast. It is incredibly easy to modify the appearance of your site and optimize every aspect with the Dynamic Yield Personalizations. However, while the data visualization on an experience level is easy to modify and analyze, exporting the data in meaningful ways is time consuming.
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    The UI is very easy to navigate and use. The features are well designed and intuitive. As long as the user has a good understanding of basic digital analytics definitions and capabilities, this tool should be quite easy to use. I consider Google Analytics Premium to be the easiest of all of the enterprise solutions out there to use.
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    Support Rating
    Dynamic Yield by Mastercard
    Overall, the support is very good. If you are a partner (my case), they assign you a customer success manager, that helps a lot. Also, there is a technical person to provide support to the partners, again a great help.
    My only "complain" is that with some complex issues, the support may delay in providing you with a solution. Sometimes that can cause some tension with your client.
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    If you purchase Premium through a reseller like LunaMetrics, you are going to be taken care of. The additional amount of support and services that a reseller provides to make sure you have the best experience with the product is the reason why the reseller program exists to begin with. Support doesn't have to be just reactive, it can be proactive as well.
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    Online Training
    Dynamic Yield by Mastercard
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    Discontinued Products
    There is a ton of information online about Google Analytics, but Google Analytics Premium users will have dedicated support and training from Google or an Authorized Reseller.
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    Implementation Rating
    Dynamic Yield by Mastercard
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    If you already have the basic version of GA installed, "getting" GA Premium happens immediately through a virtual flipping of the switch - no need to re-implement. You'll want to expand your use of custom dimensions and metrics (you get 10x the amount with Premium). Ideally, you'll be using a tag management solution to talk with GA Premium, in concert with implementing a dataLayer (to note, Google's Tag Manager platform is covered under the same GA Premium SLA, and it's free). There are some welcomed "configurations" with GA Premium, such as integrating with DoubleClick products, activating data driven attribution models, and building roll-up executive reports - but all of these are easy point and click solutions. In comparison with any other enterprise analytics solution, implementing GA and GA Premium is traditionally easier and more flexible. And if you have any trouble or need an extra set of hands for implementation, GA Certified Partners like LunaMetrics can help
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    Alternatives Considered
    Dynamic Yield by Mastercard
    Dynamic Yield provides far more capability and ready-to-go templates for small-medium sized businesses, as well as decent API implementation for businesses who want to have a deeper integration. The ease of implementation and faster time-to-market is why we chose Dynamic Yield.
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    Unless you have very complex and edge case analytics needs, Google Analytics [360 (formerly Google Analytics Premium)] is likely going to be the best choice. From both a cost and usability stand point, Google wins. Adobe has the edge case when you need to create really custom reports, dimensions, metrics, etc. In my experience, this is rarely the case and you end up biting off more than you can chew. Stick with Google unless you are or plan on hiring an Adobe Analytics expert.
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    Return on Investment
    Dynamic Yield by Mastercard
    • Most tests have had a positive impact on either revenue or conversion rate - quite often in double digits.
    • Dynamic Yield has also helped us to stop some particular initiatives through direct interaction with the customer base via questionnaires or by a test proving negative quicker than rolling out a permanent feature.
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    • It helps me understand which social media platforms are most successful for me - which I should focus on and which I might want to focus less on.
    • I can also see which blog posts people are reading - so I know which topics resonate most. I can write more of those, hopefully gaining more visitors.
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    ScreenShots

    Dynamic Yield Screenshots

    Screenshot of The Dynamic Yield Dashboard, which offers a high-level overview of personalization campaigns, site performance, audiences, product updates, and more. With customers building and managing dozens, sometimes even hundreds of concurrent campaigns, the Dynamic Yield dashboard provides a snapshot of key information and surfaces items for potential optimization from campaigns that require action.Screenshot of Dynamic Yield's customer segmentation engine, used to unify customer data across digital and offline touchpoints. Data can be onboarded from multiple sources to create one cohesive dataset from which to power experiences. Users can collect, store, categorize, and synchronize data from a CRM, ESP, DMP, APIs, or POS.Screenshot of The interface to create cross-touchpoint personalization campaigns and experiments at scale. Users can coordinate independent personalization experiences to deliver a cohesive, consistent customer journey from start-to-finish.Screenshot of Dynamic Yield's Predictive Targeting capabilities, which provides machine-learning optimization. Dynamic Yield’s Predictive Targeting engine will continuously analyze and identify opportunities to serve the most relevant content for each audience segment.