Optimizely One vs. Sitecore Experience Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Optimizely One
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Optimizely One is an operating system for marketing and digital experience platform. It powers the entire marketing lifecycle—from planning to analysis and everything in between—through a single unified workflow, and accelerates every step of the process with AI.N/A
Sitecore Experience Platform
Score 7.3 out of 10
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Pricing
Optimizely OneSitecore Experience Platform
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Optimizely OneSitecore Experience Platform
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Optimizely OneSitecore Experience Platform
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Optimizely One
-
Ratings
Sitecore Experience Platform
8.0
1 Ratings
0% below category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Optimizely One
-
Ratings
Sitecore Experience Platform
6.8
1 Ratings
10% below category average
WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Admin section00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Page templates00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Publishing workflow00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Optimizely One
-
Ratings
Sitecore Experience Platform
6.8
1 Ratings
4% below category average
Content taxonomy00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
SEO support00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Community / comment management00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Digital Experience Platform
Comparison of Digital Experience Platform features of Product A and Product B
Optimizely One
-
Ratings
Sitecore Experience Platform
7.4
1 Ratings
22% below category average
Campaign management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Cloud enablement00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Content aggregation00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Content classification00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Multi-channel content personalization00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
DXP Third-Party Integrations00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Digital asset management00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Optimizely OneSitecore Experience Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Optimizely OneSitecore Experience Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
Optimizely
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.
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Sitecore
We need to spend a lot of time to learn things in Sitecore Experience Platform. I used it for 6 years and there was always something new to learn. Try to start using shortcuts as soon as you start working on it as it really saves a lot of time. Sitecore Experience Platform has maximum number of features which is good but then you need to spend time learning them all
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Pros
Optimizely
  • 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.
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Sitecore
  • Sitecore has a decent supply of out of the box components and capabilities that can be fairly easily styled to meet business needs without much customization needed. This often helps speed to market.
  • Sitecore has had the flexibility of offering on-premise hosting or cloud hosting to meet different needs of clients, though recently they have strongly pushed their cloud-based hosting. This is in alignment with the industry and very helpful for organizations that aren't looking to add another product to the portfolio of packages that their internal IT teams need to manage
  • Sitecore has a capable UI for editing content. Though some competition may do better in this regard, Sitecore's editing interface is fully capable.
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Cons
Optimizely
  • 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.
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Sitecore
  • Searching something is difficult, we need to backtrack a lot within Sitecore Experience Platform
  • I found Sitecore Experience Platform to be a bit slow, it takes time to load things
  • Its difficult to work with when we need every page and components to have translations
  • Publish items and subitems is possible but sub-sub items need to be published manually or we need to create scripts
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Usability
Optimizely
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Sitecore
Implemented for various projects such as:›Market and sales intelligence Competitor tracking Management moves Social media tracking Customized information sourcing. Use web-scraping and parsing for data harvesting where the search is keyword-based and, the content and data extractions are required from various websites•Implemented for diverse requirements:›Social media tracking›Image recognition›Pricing comparison›Competitor content mapping›e-Commerce products’ cataloging, etc.
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Support Rating
Optimizely
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Sitecore
1. Customized software development & maintenance. 2. Technology Consulting - Consulting-based services for technology solutions data engineering or cloud solutions. 3. Used for tapping into multiple data sources such as CRM and marketing automation systems and, creating automated data extracts with a high-end visual representation of data. 4. Implemented for scheduling an existing report to automatically refresh and be delivered to specific users at a specific regular interval.
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Alternatives Considered
Optimizely
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.
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Sitecore
All of these platforms have their pros and cons. Selecting the best fit is a matter aligning corporate need vs features provided. Have a .NET shop with an advanced marketing team looking to push UX forward and willing to pay a premium, then Sitecore may be the right fit. Have an organization centered around Java and only looking for basic CMS capabilities or looking for a budget-friendly option, then there may be better options beyond Sitecore.
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Return on Investment
Optimizely
  • 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.
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Sitecore
  • We faced issues while integrating it with other tools like Marketo and salesforce
  • Difficult to manage translations in this CMS
  • Easy to create user roles, categories, page structure and tags
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ScreenShots

Optimizely One Screenshots

Screenshot of Admin CenterScreenshot of Optimizely Content Management System Content EditorScreenshot of Optimizely Content Management System Content PreviewScreenshot of Integrations App DirectoryScreenshot of Reporting DashboardScreenshot of Optimizely’s SSO solution allows users to centrally authenticate across and gain access to all Optimizely products without the need for repeated logins. Support for local login and multi-factor authentication is also provided.