Likelihood to Recommend Is your business an enterprise level business that has more than a half dozen different content types? If so, then you might want to use a dedicated CMS rather than Movable Type. Movable Type is best used on small / medium sized businesses and is not the best solution for a full-fledged CMS. If you're using your content for something other than just displaying a website, then it's probably not for you. Movable Type works great for news/blogging sites. In fact, Daring Fireball, one of the most popular Apple-centric blogs is using Movable Type as its publishing platform.
Read full review It is well suited for heavy-duty A/B testing where management would like to see and quantitatively determine the effect of a change. It is not so efficient to try for a single page simple form, except when the form is part of a larger workflow. The security model is not very well understood, including RBAC and protection against injection attacks.
Read full review Pros Easy to use straight out of the box, very user friendly with an intuitive interface. Great for team use where there are multiple editors and writers fixing and editing each other's works. It's easy to track who last made the latest edits. Stellar support team and system. I've found that Moveable Type's support system is generally more responsive and helpful than WordPress. Read full review Provides quicker release cycle for the way the product cards should be displayed. Provides feedback for new product introduction and how it'll be perceived. Allows rapid blackout from user experience changes that alters traffic flow. Read full review Cons Especially on the older versions, the limited number of well-developed third-party plugins is problematic for efficiently developing a well-functioning website. Versions of movable type which didn't allow pages to be constructed were difficult to create continuity in design and easily editable pages for our editors. The installation process could be simplified to make it easier for those new to a CMS to install. Read full review Can use better interface for managing test, including scheduling and notification. Feels too heavy for simple projects, though this isn't a factor once past the PoC stage. Notification on various aspects can be made more powerful and granular if such a need arise. Read full review Likelihood to Renew I think there are still improvements to be made. I haven't tapped in to the full functionality of the CMS yet but the rating I give it now is only based on what I've been able to use it for
Read full review Alternatives Considered Movable Type can be compared to WordPress. It's easy to use, and I would say Movable Type is actually more user-friendly.
Read full review There is a big difference between the two:
Google Optimize uses Bayesian analysis while Optimizely uses Frequenting. There is a risk of counting multiple visits.
Google Optimize data isn't available instantly (if I remember correctly). Optimizely's analyses dashboard is a lot richer and offers a better experience, though it may get intimidating.
Read full review Return on Investment Provided a blogging platform when we needed one. Helped us compare other blogging platforms as a baseline for what minimums we require and what we don't want. Users often refused to use Movable Type and would go around our official system in order to use my more friendly software. Read full review Almost immediate payoff in terms of the benefit. Easy to justify the TTM benefits to upper management. Still somewhat hard to justify ROI, though this is not my expertise. Read full review ScreenShots Optimizely One Screenshots