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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Ontraport

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AONTRAPORT offers customer relations management services that help with content management (creating and hosting webpages), lead tracking, traditional marketing approaches (e-mail, SMS, social media, direct mail), managing online payments, and workflow automation.

    $29

    per month

    Optimizely Web Experimentation

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AWhether launching a first test or scaling a sophisticated experimentation program, Optimizely Web Experimentation aims to deliver the insights needed to craft high-performing digital experiences that drive engagement, increase conversions, and accelerate growth.N/A
    Pricing
    OntraportOptimizely Web Experimentation
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    OntraportOptimizely Web Experimentation
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional DetailsOntraport offers a variety of plans to choose from based on the features needed. Pricing adjusts with the number of contacts in the database and users in the account. Monthly or annual plans are available, and all plans start with a 14-day free trial. Ontraport offers a Done-With-You Setup and Training Package for getting set up in the account quickly. Users can also access a free video library with step-by-step instructions on getting started and using every feature of the platform.—
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    Community Pulse
    OntraportOptimizely Web Experimentation
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    Ontraport
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    95%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
    89 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    58 Answers
    Features
    OntraportOptimizely Web Experimentation
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Ontraport and Optimizely Web Experimentation
    Feature
    Ontraport
    9.0
    17 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Optimizely Web Experimentation
    -
    Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor8.216 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic content10.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content8.37 Ratings00 Ratings
    Landing pages10.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing9.912 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization8.410 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting6.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    List management10.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences9.813 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Ontraport and Optimizely Web Experimentation
    Feature
    Ontraport
    5.5
    17 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Optimizely Web Experimentation
    -
    Ratings
    Lead nurturing automation7.115 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading2.413 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality management2.614 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks10.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Ontraport and Optimizely Web Experimentation
    Feature
    Ontraport
    7.7
    8 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Optimizely Web Experimentation
    -
    Ratings
    Calendaring6.25 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing9.38 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Ontraport and Optimizely Web Experimentation
    Feature
    Ontraport
    7.1
    4 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Optimizely Web Experimentation
    -
    Ratings
    Social sharing and campaigns7.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social profile integration7.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Ontraport and Optimizely Web Experimentation
    Feature
    Ontraport
    9.3
    16 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Optimizely Web Experimentation
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards10.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports8.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports10.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Ontraport and Optimizely Web Experimentation
    Feature
    Ontraport
    7.3
    15 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Optimizely Web Experimentation
    -
    Ratings
    API3.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizability10.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Testing and Experimentation
    Comparison of Testing and Experimentation features of Ontraport and Optimizely Web Experimentation
    Feature
    Ontraport
    -
    Ratings
    Optimizely Web Experimentation
    8.0
    163 Ratings
    5% below category average
    a/b experiment testing00 Ratings9.0163 Ratings
    Split URL testing00 Ratings8.5135 Ratings
    Multivariate testing00 Ratings8.4139 Ratings
    Multi-page/funnel testing00 Ratings7.9126 Ratings
    Cross-browser testing00 Ratings8.197 Ratings
    Mobile app testing00 Ratings8.075 Ratings
    Test significance00 Ratings8.4147 Ratings
    Visual / WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings8.1133 Ratings
    Advanced code editor00 Ratings7.9125 Ratings
    Page surveys00 Ratings6.217 Ratings
    Visitor recordings00 Ratings8.418 Ratings
    Preview mode00 Ratings7.6145 Ratings
    Test duration calculator00 Ratings7.9112 Ratings
    Experiment scheduler00 Ratings8.2112 Ratings
    Experiment workflow and approval00 Ratings7.890 Ratings
    Dynamic experiment activation00 Ratings7.574 Ratings
    Client-side tests00 Ratings7.896 Ratings
    Server-side tests00 Ratings7.250 Ratings
    Mutually exclusive tests00 Ratings8.280 Ratings
    Audience Segmentation & Targeting
    Comparison of Audience Segmentation & Targeting features of Ontraport and Optimizely Web Experimentation
    Feature
    Ontraport
    -
    Ratings
    Optimizely Web Experimentation
    8.2
    152 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Standard visitor segmentation00 Ratings8.4147 Ratings
    Behavioral visitor segmentation00 Ratings7.6122 Ratings
    Traffic allocation control00 Ratings9.1144 Ratings
    Website personalization00 Ratings7.8111 Ratings
    Results and Analysis
    Comparison of Results and Analysis features of Ontraport and Optimizely Web Experimentation
    Feature
    Ontraport
    -
    Ratings
    Optimizely Web Experimentation
    8.3
    149 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Heatmap tool00 Ratings9.313 Ratings
    Click analytics00 Ratings8.833 Ratings
    Scroll maps00 Ratings8.517 Ratings
    Form fill analysis00 Ratings8.072 Ratings
    Conversion tracking00 Ratings8.744 Ratings
    Goal tracking00 Ratings8.2127 Ratings
    Test reporting00 Ratings7.9137 Ratings
    Results segmentation00 Ratings7.7103 Ratings
    CSV export00 Ratings7.9102 Ratings
    Experiments results dashboard00 Ratings8.049 Ratings
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    Score9.9 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    OntraportOptimizely Web Experimentation
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (20 ratings)
    8.7
    (254 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    9.5
    (51 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (58 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Performance
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    7.3
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (163 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    OntraportOptimizely Web Experimentation
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Ontraport
    Here are some cases where Ontraport is well suited : - When writing emails, you can easily access to preview, manage the changes and go back to what you did before - When using automations, if there's an error, you can go back to a previous version of it. There are also some super tools that allows to see where a clients is on an automation without having to go through the all automation. It is less appropriate when you are several colleague that are addressing an issue on an email/automation as it doesn't allows you to be multiple person on the item.
    Incentivized
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    Optimizely
    I think it can serve the whole spectrum of experiences from people who are just getting used to web experimentation. It's really easy to pick up and use. If you're more experienced then it works well because it just gets out of the way and lets you really focus on the experimentation side of things. So yeah, strongly recommend. I think it is well suited both to small businesses and large enterprises as well. I think it's got a really low barrier to entry. It's very easy to integrate on your website and get results quickly. Likewise, if you are a big business, it's incrementally adoptable, so you can start out with one component of optimizing and you can build there and start to build in things like data CMS to augment experimentation as well. So it's got a really strong a pathway to grow your MarTech platform if you're a small company or a big company.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Ontraport
    • Dashboards for our daily stats.
    • The email follows up and broadcasts are simple and easy.
    • Sales and marketing can now see the impact they have working together. Nobody can point finger anymore.
    • They have the best customer support. I can't tell you how many times they have walked me through the problems that I created.
    • Amazing email inboxing.
    Incentivized
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    Optimizely
    • The Platform contains drag-and-drop editor options for creating variations, which ease the A/B tests process, as it does not require any coding or development resources.
    • Establishing it is so simple that even a non-technical person can do it perfectly.
    • It provides real-time results and analytics with robust dashboard access through which you can quickly analyze how different variations perform. With this, your team can easily make data-driven decisions Fastly.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Ontraport
    • Wish they had more options for their forms. Would really like to use multi-step forms.
    • A lot of times their forms load slowly on the website. Would like to see them speed up their services.
    • Their broadcasting options are legacy. There are better options out there for sending broadcast messages.
    Incentivized
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    Optimizely
    • JavaScript is hard to implement sometimes especially for JQuery elements
    • ROI reporting should be part of the overall experimentation reporting
    • CMP integration: where we can easily show status of test on the HPT request
    • CMS integration
    • More widgets like social proof banners, etc.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Ontraport
    My client was already using Ontraport and had a decent investment in the tool. As soon as we turn around the revenue situation with my client's products, we will be ditching OAP immediately, despite the significant re-implementation cost we are going to face moving to a new system. I am part of a high-end, professional marketing group, and the overwhelming sentiment with these other professionals is that one should run away from this as fast as humanly possible. I thought their words were just ungrounded opinion, and I deeply regret that I did not heed them more closely before sinking still more time and effort into OAP.
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    Optimizely
    I rated this question because at this stage, Optimizely does most everything we need so I don't foresee a need to migrate to a new tool. We have the infrastructure already in place and it is a sizeable lift to pivot to another tool with no guarantee that it will work as good or even better than Optimizely
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Ontraport
    The software is just easy to use. The UI is fairly intuitive. The help system is pretty good. I find it is pretty quick to get my work completed and if I don't document my things well, I can always figure out how I did something when I need to make changes. When I have a problem the tech support is easy to deal with and when things need to get escalated they are resolved quickly.
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    Optimizely
    Optimizely Web Experimentation's visual editor is handy for non-technical or quick iterative testing. When it comes to content changes it's as easy as going into wordpress, clicking around, and then seeing your changes live--what you see is what you get. The preview and approval process for sharing built experiments is also handy for sharing experiments across teams for QA purposes or otherwise.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Ontraport
    No answers on this topic
    Optimizely
    I would rate Optimizely Web Experimentation's availability as a 10 out of 10. The software is reliable and does not experience any application errors or unplanned outages. Additionally, the customer service and technical support teams are always available to help with any issues or questions.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Ontraport
    Most of the time OP runs fine. But I've had to submit more support tickets this year do to messages, seq.'s or rules not running correctly. Also experienced slow response times moving in and around OP.
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    Optimizely
    I would rate Optimizely Web Experimentation's performance as a 9 out of 10. Pages load quickly, reports are complete in a reasonable time frame, and the software does not slow down any other software or systems that it integrates with. Additionally, the customer service and technical support teams are always available to help with any issues or questions.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Ontraport
    The techs are reasonably savvy, highly courteous and want to do right by their customers. Unfortunately, the product they are supporting is so deeply flawed that there's only so much they can do when your legitimate business requirements are simply not supported.
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    Optimizely
    They always are quick to respond, and are so friendly and helpful. They always answer the phone right away. And [they are] always willing to not only help you with your problem, but if you need ideas they have suggestions as well.
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    In-Person Training
    Ontraport
    I went to their Ontrapalooza event, and it opened my mind as to how the software can be used.
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    Optimizely
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Ontraport
    No answers on this topic
    Optimizely
    The tool itself is not very difficult to use so training was not very useful in my opinion. It did not also account for success events more complex than a click (which my company being ecommerce is looking to examine more than a mere click).
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    Implementation Rating
    Ontraport
    If you know your business, ONTRAPORT is easy
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    Optimizely
    In retrospect: - I think I should have stressed more demo's / workshopping with the Optimizely team at the start. I felt too confident during demo stages, and when came time to actually start, I was a bit lost. (The answer is likely I should have had them on-hand for our first install.. they offered but I thought I was OK.) - Really getting an understanding / asking them prior to install of how to make it really work for checkout pages / one that uses dynamic content or user interaction to determine what the UI does. Could have saved some time by addressing this at the beginning, as some things we needed to create on our site for Optimizely to "use" as a trigger for the variation test. - Having a number of planned/hoped-for tests already in-hand before working with Optimizely team. Sharing those thoughts with them would likely have started conversations on additional things we needed to do to make them work (rather than figuring that out during the actual builds). Since I had development time available, I could have added more things to the baseline installation since my developers were already "looking under the hood" of the site.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Ontraport
    Task management was the main thing that separated ONTRAPORT for me. Keeping things accountable. As well, I felt the campaign builder was slicker, and that the contact management was more robust. Custom fields are very customizable.
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    Optimizely
    The ability to do A/B testing in Optimizely along with the associated statistical modelling and audience segmentation means it is a much better solution than using something like Google Analytics were a lot more effort is required to identify and isolate the specific data you need to confidently make changes
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Ontraport
    With the new lower priced options, it's now easier for newer businesses to start with a more basic version and upgrade as they need more features.
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    Optimizely
    We can use it flexibly across lines of business and have it in use across two departments. We have different use cases and slightly different outcomes, but can unify our results based on impact to the bottom line. Finally, we can generate value from anywhere in the org for any stakeholders as needed.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Ontraport
    • We are providing better customer service as a direct result of Ontraport. We can track where all of our customers are, what pages/sites/modules they are visiting with ease and tailor our communication accordingly.
    • Our marketing funnel has become vastly improved, meaning that our ROI for marketing has gone up. Sales this April are double what they were last year.
    • Our team works better together because we all have a better idea of what the other needs and when. The tasks that we can assign in Ontraport mean nothing gets missed, creating a better customer and employee experience.
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    Optimizely
    • We're able to share definitive annualized revenue projections with our team, showing what would happen if we put a test into Production
    • Showing the results of a test on a new page or feature prior to full implementation on a site saves developer time (if a test proves the new element doesn't deliver a significant improvement.
    • Making a change via the WYSIWYG interface allows us to see multiple changes without developer intervention.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Ontraport Screenshots

    Screenshot of Manage, track, sort and add to a contact listScreenshot of Design professional emails, forms and landing pages with block formatsScreenshot of Utilize the Support Center's in-depth advice on maximizing Ontraport's features

    Optimizely Web Experimentation Screenshots

    Screenshot of AI-Powered Experimentation with Opal:

- Instant Test Ideas: Generates high-quality A/B test ideas based on any goals and audience insights.
- Smarter Experimentation: The AI can suggest impactful variations, reducing guesswork and increasing test velocity.
- More Than Just Ideas: From hypothesis generation to analyzing results, Opal helps optimize every stage of the experimentation process.Screenshot of the new Visual Editor with an AI Variation Development Agent

Create simple or advanced website changes fast without writing a line of code with our AI Development Agent.

Use natural language to build out your ideas and apply brand styles to your experiments instantly.Screenshot of Advanced Audience Targeting:

- Delivers personalized experiences by targeting users based on behaviors, attributes, and real-time conditions.
- Defines precise audience segments using first-party data, geolocation, and device type.
- Can test and optimize for different audience groups to maximize impact and engagement.Screenshot of Variation Template

Library of experience templates that you can access right within the Visual Editor. Customize these templates or create your own to easily reuse throughout your experimentation program.

- Offers pre-built templates for common test setups.
- Standardized variations and maintains brand integrity with reusable templates.
- Templates can be customized visually or tweak them with code for full flexibility.Screenshot of Web Experimentation Results Page:

- Data visualizations help interpret experiment performance.
- Displays which variations are winning with built-in statistical significance calculations.
- Results can be filtered by audience segments, events, and conversions to uncover key trends.Screenshot of the custom code editor for JavaScript & CSS changes, used to build complex tests.