Optimizely Web Experimentation vs. Userlytics

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Optimizely Web Experimentation
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Optimizely Web Experimentation empowers teams to conduct experiments (without having to rely on developer resources) in order to test various user interactions, make website changes backed by data, and personalize customer experiences.N/A
Userlytics
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Userlytics headquartered in San Francisco provides their suite of usablity testing tools for UI or website developers (or deliverers of similar digital assets) on a pay-as-you-go / per participant basis, or a subscription basis.
$3,450
per year
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Top Pros
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Features
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Testing and Experimentation
Comparison of Testing and Experimentation features of Product A and Product B
Optimizely Web Experimentation
7.9
150 Ratings
5% below category average
Userlytics
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Ratings
a/b experiment testing9.0150 Ratings00 Ratings
Split URL testing8.5122 Ratings00 Ratings
Multivariate testing8.5127 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-page/funnel testing7.9116 Ratings00 Ratings
Cross-browser testing7.986 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile app testing7.966 Ratings00 Ratings
Test significance8.4136 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual / WYSIWYG editor7.9121 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced code editor7.9114 Ratings00 Ratings
Page surveys6.317 Ratings00 Ratings
Visitor recordings8.418 Ratings00 Ratings
Preview mode7.7133 Ratings00 Ratings
Test duration calculator7.4101 Ratings00 Ratings
Experiment scheduler8.1101 Ratings00 Ratings
Experiment workflow and approval7.781 Ratings00 Ratings
Dynamic experiment activation7.565 Ratings00 Ratings
Client-side tests8.188 Ratings00 Ratings
Server-side tests7.344 Ratings00 Ratings
Mutually exclusive tests8.074 Ratings00 Ratings
Audience Segmentation & Targeting
Comparison of Audience Segmentation & Targeting features of Product A and Product B
Optimizely Web Experimentation
8.3
142 Ratings
4% below category average
Userlytics
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Ratings
Standard visitor segmentation8.5137 Ratings00 Ratings
Behavioral visitor segmentation7.9113 Ratings00 Ratings
Traffic allocation control9.1135 Ratings00 Ratings
Website personalization7.9103 Ratings00 Ratings
Results and Analysis
Comparison of Results and Analysis features of Product A and Product B
Optimizely Web Experimentation
8.3
138 Ratings
2% below category average
Userlytics
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Ratings
Heatmap tool9.313 Ratings00 Ratings
Click analytics8.833 Ratings00 Ratings
Scroll maps8.517 Ratings00 Ratings
Form fill analysis8.065 Ratings00 Ratings
Conversion tracking8.744 Ratings00 Ratings
Goal tracking8.2117 Ratings00 Ratings
Test reporting7.9126 Ratings00 Ratings
Results segmentation7.793 Ratings00 Ratings
CSV export7.892 Ratings00 Ratings
Experiments results dashboard8.049 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Optimizely Web ExperimentationUserlytics
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(238 ratings)
7.6
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.4
(51 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.9
(58 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(7 ratings)
4.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
7.3
(6 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(16 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
3.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(11 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
6.0
(1 ratings)
2.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.9
(148 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
2.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Optimizely
Best for CRO initiatives, including testing variations of landing pages,
user flows, and product pages. Optimizely may not be suitable for more complex machine
learning models. To analyze the effect of the feature usage the way we will do in our solution. Using the audience to measure the success of the features Also, to the best of my knowledge, Optimizely is the only tool that can do all this.
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Userlytics
Userlytics would be appropriate to use if you were investigating UX on your website, or wanted to identify any pain points which could be causing lower conversion rates. Not only will it be a way to gain direct user feedback, but it enhances your visual ability to see how a user progresses through your website. It is well suited if you have less time to conduct moderated user research at a facility or a client doesn't quite have the budget for that. It may be less appropriate if a client wants a bigger project with larger budgets and more time. In this case, moderated, face-to-face research may be more appropriate.
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Pros
Optimizely
  • Powerful Stats Engine that drives conclusivity of outcomes and helps generate trust in results when shared to leadership and stakeholders.
  • Customizable metrics with various tags, properties, and attributes that allow users flexibility in what and how they architect their Optimizely analytics.
  • Flexibility for different levels of tech expertise, I live in the tool as an expert JavaScript and front-end developer, someone else might use solely the visual editor to click and make changes without knowledge of how to code.
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Userlytics
  • Excellent customer service
  • Fast response rate
  • Implementing new features
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Cons
Optimizely
  • Google Tag Manager. Our challenge, it's a strange use case, but our challenge is that we don't have Google Tag Manager, so we can't integrate with GA4. And that's been a bit of a bummer. So I would like to be able to integrate with GA4 even without Google Tag Manager.
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Userlytics
  • User interface
  • Mobile support
  • Consolidation of Results
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Likelihood to Renew
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
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Userlytics
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Usability
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.
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Userlytics
I think it's very user friendly. I think it gives you a chance to get a feel for websites you may not previously have experience with nor have otherwise experienced. It's also a great way to give input and help shape functionality of business you may enjoy or have further interest in
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Reliability and Availability
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.
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Userlytics
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Performance
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.
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Userlytics
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Support Rating
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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Userlytics
They give their best and also reply to queries immediately
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In-Person Training
Optimizely
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Userlytics
Well trained Professionls
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Online Training
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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Userlytics
Decent but not comprehensive
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Implementation Rating
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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Userlytics
Even though it takes time to set up. The work is diligent and out of the quality is great
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Alternatives Considered
Optimizely
Optimizely Web Experimentation was more robust and able to handle the broad array of sites we run than VWO. It has been a great platform to easily add additional sites onto, but still providing a universal overview of all of them, making management a simple task.
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Userlytics
We used WhatUsersDo. However, the tool currently got bought out by a bigger company and were removing the remote research tool. We chose to use Userlytics as it stacked up well against competitors.
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Scalability
Optimizely
It's incredibly flexible and adapts well to organizations of all sizes, whether you’re running a single site or managing multiple departments and platforms. The ability to deploy experiments seamlessly across different environments is a huge plus, especially for growing businesses. While it’s highly scalable, the last point would depend on the right team leveraging its full potential.
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Userlytics
Delay to get output
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Return on Investment
Optimizely
  • increased conversions/revenue from implementing successful experiments
  • time saved by not guessing and going back and forth with stakeholder
  • Used to collect click data while our GTM is down. Giving my team eyes on click data as a work around
  • able to push a winning test to 100% of users until devs can get to project, so fast implementation of a win
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Userlytics
  • Definitely positive, I would say about 30%.
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ScreenShots

Optimizely Web Experimentation Screenshots

Screenshot of the visual editor, used to make changes to the appearance and layout of a website.Screenshot of the results dashboard that displays experiment results.Screenshot of the integrations page, where integrations can be enabled.Screenshot of Advanced Audience Targeting: Custom Real-Time Segments provide customers with the ability to create rapidly-updating segments which can be used as audiences for testing or personalization. These segments can be based on profile data, omni-channel behaviors, and AI-based observations.Screenshot of AI Content Suggestions: AI-powered suggestions in the Visual Editor accelerate ideation.Screenshot of Extensions for Edge: reusable elements minimize developer dependency when launching multiple tests with the same element.

Userlytics Screenshots

Screenshot of Testing for all digital assets on desktop and mobile devicesScreenshot of Downloadable, advanced metricsScreenshot of Shareable video clips and resultsScreenshot of Sentiment analysisScreenshot of AI UX AnalysisScreenshot of AI based audio transcriptions