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    Semrush

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASemrush is a relatively popular search engine optimization tool set from the company of the same name based in Pennsylvania and founded in 2008. Largely the platforms relies on competitive intelligence, and features SEO staples like backlink checking, keyword analysis to refine SEO and PPC campaigning and locate low-cost / high-yield keywords, analysis of competitors who co-occupy desired ad and listing spaces, domain vs. domain analysis, as well as site audit and domain tracking. Semrush can…

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    VWO

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AVWO is an A/B testing and conversion optimization platform that enables growing businesses to conduct qualitative and quantitative visitor research, build an experimentation roadmap and run continuous experiments on their digital properties. With its 5 capabilities Plan, Track, Test, Analyze, and Target, it brings the entire CRO (conversion rate optimization) process at one place. VWO helps online businesses follow the process- and data-driven conversion…

    $49

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    SemrushVWO
    Editions & Modules
    Pro
    $139.95
    per month
    Guru
    $249.95
    per month
    Business
    $499.95
    per month
    Subscription
    $99.00
    per month
    TESTING
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    The classic VWO A/B testing solution
    CONVERSION OPTIMIZATION
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    The all-in-one platform for all your optimization needs
    ENTERPRISE
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    Customized solution with advanced AB testing and conversion optimization capabilities
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SemrushVWO
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details17% discount for annual pricing.—
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    SemrushVWO
    Considered Both Products
    Semrush
    No answer on this topic
    Wingify Pvt Ltd
    Chose VWO
    VWO is much more powerful than Google Optimize, in that there's more customizability and better data collection.
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    SemrushVWO
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of Semrush and VWO
    Feature
    Semrush
    8.0
    154 Ratings
    4% above category average
    VWO
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    Ratings
    Keyword analysis8.6154 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backlink management8.4147 Ratings00 Ratings
    SERP ranking tracking8.4150 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page grader7.9129 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitive analysis8.5149 Ratings00 Ratings
    Site audit / diagnostics8.0150 Ratings00 Ratings
    Site recommendations7.7139 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task management6.491 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of Semrush and VWO
    Feature
    Semrush
    8.2
    140 Ratings
    8% above category average
    VWO
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    Ratings
    Local SEO8.1128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social SEO8.0106 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile SEO8.5113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global SEO8.1114 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Semrush and VWO
    Feature
    Semrush
    8.4
    125 Ratings
    0% below category average
    VWO
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    Ratings
    Multi-domain support8.1115 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with web analytics tools8.7119 Ratings00 Ratings
    Testing and Experimentation
    Comparison of Testing and Experimentation features of Semrush and VWO
    Feature
    Semrush
    -
    Ratings
    VWO
    7.5
    11 Ratings
    11% below category average
    a/b experiment testing00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Split URL testing00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Multivariate testing00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Multi-page/funnel testing00 Ratings6.41 Ratings
    Cross-browser testing00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Test significance00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Visual / WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Advanced code editor00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Visitor recordings00 Ratings6.41 Ratings
    Preview mode00 Ratings6.41 Ratings
    Test duration calculator00 Ratings6.41 Ratings
    Audience Segmentation & Targeting
    Comparison of Audience Segmentation & Targeting features of Semrush and VWO
    Feature
    Semrush
    -
    Ratings
    VWO
    8.2
    1 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Standard visitor segmentation00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Behavioral visitor segmentation00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Traffic allocation control00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Website personalization00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Results and Analysis
    Comparison of Results and Analysis features of Semrush and VWO
    Feature
    Semrush
    -
    Ratings
    VWO
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Heatmap tool00 Ratings6.41 Ratings
    Click analytics00 Ratings6.41 Ratings
    Scroll maps00 Ratings6.41 Ratings
    Conversion tracking00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Goal tracking00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Test reporting00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Results segmentation00 Ratings5.51 Ratings
    Experiments results dashboard00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
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    Yoast
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SemrushVWO
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (154 ratings)
    7.7
    (108 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    8.7
    (20 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (10 ratings)
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.9
    (17 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    9.1
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    8.2
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    User Testimonials
    SemrushVWO
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Semrush
    This is suited to plan for keywords in a single market, but it struggles when you need to consolidate several markets. It is well-suited to discover new keywords directly related to the ones being used currently to expand the content the company is creating to get better results.
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    Wingify Pvt Ltd
    It works better for either small or big companies because small companies can start with the free plan which is very decent and has everything they need. Also for big companies who get the best paid plans they get a lot of premium functionalities, the insight module, outstanding reports. But for medium size companies who can only afford the basic paid plan, it may not be the best tool as it is very limited. For example, they cannot analize a/b tests for new and ruturning visitors, neither based on the users device category.
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    Pros
    Semrush
    • Great visuals for keyword position tracking, love that you can see the page that is ranking
    • Enjoyed the auto-generated reporting feature (specifically in the context of keyword position tracking)
    • Shows many different and useful views for competitive research
    • Great templated keyword research tools for those who are not as hands-on with SEO
    • I LOVE the Keyword Magic Tool for honing in on longtail, high-opportunity keywords
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    Wingify Pvt Ltd
    • VWO is pretty easy to implement on websites and doesn't require a heavy technology lift
    • The VWO interface is pretty intuitive and let's non-technical users make variants for testing
    • The VWO reporting dashboard is excellent for determining statistical significance and understanding whether differences in conversion rates are meaningful or not
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    Cons
    Semrush
    • Extra seats can be expensive, as [an] agency with multiple team members this can be frustrating
    • Backlink data is not great, misses out a lot of backlinks (better off using a specialist backlink tool like Link research tools LRT)
    • Tracking multiple keywords, across multiple clients can be costly
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    Wingify Pvt Ltd
    • The user interface within VWO does take a bit of time to get used to, especially as it pertains to switching back and forth between tests. When running multiple experiments on a site at a time, a clear and succinct dashboard for everything in one place would be helpful (as opposed to needing to switch between A/B, multivariate, etc).
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Semrush
    I [previously] used Semrush for many years and I cannot find any other tool being so complete and easy to use.
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    Wingify Pvt Ltd
    It's great value and we think we've ironed out all the major teething troubles. However, if we experience any more bugs or problems that significantly slow us down then we're seriously considering switching to Optimizely, which I haven't personally tested but have heard great things about from my CRO peers
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    Usability
    Semrush
    The interface is a little less intuitive than it could be. The data is often available but filtering and manipulating the data can be a little difficult at times. Expanded comparisons would be helpful since most of the time seeing more than a few competitors at a time allows for a better sense of how to forecast.
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    Wingify Pvt Ltd
    I gave Visual Website Optimizer a rating of 8 because it is overall a great product to use. Setting up and keeping track of various tests is easy and straight forward. The only reason why this product is not rated higher is because the support documents online leave a lot of room for improvement.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Semrush
    Semrush available when you need it!
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    Wingify Pvt Ltd
    I have not experienced an application error or unplanned outage with VWO.
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    Performance
    Semrush
    SemRush performs well with few errors!
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    Wingify Pvt Ltd
    VWO doesn't appear to slow down our website at all, though some customers with adblockers like UBlock Origin have been known to not see entire pages if VWO is making changes to the page at a macro level (background, font, etc). This is rare though.
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    Support Rating
    Semrush
    I'm in a FB group for Semrush paid users and it amazing! They are fast to respond, take suggestions and help with questions. I have not felt alone in using this product at all. Highly recommend their support team. When I had an issue I can jump into the group and they will help get me the right person to help or even tag their programmers to look at something that is going on. Love the group!
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    Wingify Pvt Ltd
    While their online document support is lacking a simple email to their support team will almost always get responded to the next day. It has however taken more than one email to explain the problem to the support team till they understood the problem. The solution I was given also only half fixed the problem the rest I figured out on my own.
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    Online Training
    Semrush
    No answers on this topic
    Wingify Pvt Ltd
    Training was good, just limited to the onboarding process. They walked through all of the steps it takes to get started in VWO and each of the modules, along with giving us ideas for starting our first test. I feel like it could be better if there was a guided process within the VWO program to continue to educate you along the way, and a way to turn that off for experienced users.
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    Implementation Rating
    Semrush
    I did it by myself and do not have a comment!
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    Wingify Pvt Ltd
    Overall, the implementation of VWO is straightforward. If you've got a straightforward way of deploying code to all of your test pages, either a good CMS or a TMS, then implementation should be a breeze. There is no tweaking to be done to the code itself, and once deployed it has the flexibility to cope with different VWO modules (tracking, conversion analysis, session analysis) without modification.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Semrush
    We have used both Ahrefs and Semrush extensively at our agency and Semrush remains the tool of choice. We find that Semrush has the largest selection of tools & features to use, with the highest accuracy, and provides top-tier analysis recommendations. It's really is the ultimate all-in-one tool when comparing other performance measurement tools in the digital marketing space.
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    Wingify Pvt Ltd
    There are significant differences in each platform when it comes to Optimizely and vwo. From a functionality and performance perspective they each have their pros and cons. It is important to go through the feature sets of each and ensure the solution you select will work specifically with your business objectives and conversion rate optimization goals
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    Scalability
    Semrush
    Semrush is flexible and scalable software which can be deployed across multiple departments and sites as needed.
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    Wingify Pvt Ltd
    The product seems infinitely scalable for our needs (small business) and we've never had any issue with loading VWO-edited elements. I will say, though, that online customers with ad blockers have been known to not see certain VWO elements as their third-party scripts are disabled.
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    Return on Investment
    Semrush
    • Using Semrush on behalf of our clients, we have seen some impressive growth in organic visibility, traffic, conversion and revenue, across multiple industries.
    • The site checks available with Semrush have helped us to pitch and sell our services, securing new clients.
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    Wingify Pvt Ltd
    • The ability to offer a CRO service is greatly enhanced by VWO, as it allows us to run tests for clients
    • The editor means to some extent we don't need much developer resource to run the tests, lowering costs of doing so
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