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GTmetrix

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13 Reviews and Ratings

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What is GTmetrix?

Gtmetrix is an analytics tool focused on determining website performance with features like page load speed details, video capture, and the ability to test from multiple regions around the world.

Categories & Use Cases

Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features GTmetrix has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 13 ratings of GTmetrix's features
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Top Performing Features

  • a/b experiment testing

    Create and test variations of a website, changing site elements such as headlines, CTAs, images, page design and layout, technical SEO changes, and new feature additions and collect statistical results of each variation’s conversion rates or other metrics.

    Category average: 8.9

  • Split URL testing

    Test out larger design changes by splitting your site traffic across two different landing pages to identify which site performs the best. It can be used to test the impact and feasibility of things such as new designs, personalization efforts, and new site architecture.

    Category average: 8.4

  • Cross-browser testing

    Preview your experiments across multiple browsers at once.

    Category average: 7.2

Areas for Improvement

  • Multi-page/funnel testing

    Create an experiment that makes changes across multiple pages, like a funnel or a site-wide experience.

    Category average: 8

  • Multivariate testing

    Ability to test multiple site design changes at once across one or multiple variations and identify which variation impacts conversion rates, or other predefined goals, the most.

    Category average: 8.3

  • Test duration calculator

    Automatic calculation of the estimated test duration needed to gain statistically significant results.

    Category average: 7.9

Reviews

What users are saying about GTmetrix.
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GTmetrix rocks!

Petra Blankwaard
CEO (Chief Executive Officer) in Professional Services at Indigo Webstudio (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use GTmetrix to optimize WordPress websites of customers and ourselves. In the past we used another provider, but GTmetrix worked better and we have had a paid subscription ever since. What is nice about GTmetrix is ​​the option to choose a test server in your own region, the waterfall view and the feedback in the reports, which are very detailed. We only had to ask for support once and even the support is excellent :) Keep up the great work!

Pros

  • Scan settings are flexible
  • No restrictions in number of scans
  • Detailed reports

Return on Investment

  • GTmetrix helps to discover and apply potential performance improvements faster than other tools

One of the best tool for website performance analysis.

Incentivized
Rahul Kumar
Senior Executive in Corporate at FlipPaisa.com (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using GTmetrix in our organization for many years. It works really great. It gives a wide analysis of the site performance using many advanced options and many vital options, so we may use it to know where we are lacking the site performance and with the help of their nice documentation and detailed report, it is an easy process to resolve the issues and improve the site performance. It also helps in the SEO in an indirect manner.

Pros

  • Its user interface is easy to use and well documented.
  • It gives complete analysis and detailed report of the site performance.
  • It uses many factors while determining the score, so it is a reliable & efficient service.
  • It allows us to use the custom region, device, or/and browser settings according to our requirements, so we can analyze the performance on many devices/locations directly from GTmetrix.

Cons

  • They might consider improving their checking process speed, it often takes a huge time to display the performance report. This is even longer for non-logged-in users.
  • Previously two different options of Google's Pagespeeds and Yahoo's lighthouse were shown in the report section, now only combined report is shown. I personally like the two reports from different sources.
  • Non-tech savvy persons might not find it so easy to use.

Return on Investment

  • GTmetrix gave us a positive impact. However, I'm not the best person to share the exact Numbers.
  • It helps us to improve some of our web pages performance drastically.

Alternatives Considered

Google PageSpeed Insights and Alexa

Other Software Used

Google Cloud DNS, Google Compute Engine, TeamViewer

GTMetrix: When Pageload Speed Issues Need to be Addressed

Incentivized
Frank WatsonView profile
CEO in Marketing at Kangamurra Media (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The product provides solid information about page load speeds, addressing any issues that slow the process. They also provide detailed information on performance such as first paint as well as structure and waterfall. Great tool for seeing how changes to a webpage impact various important elements. I use it often to check new pages, as well as a handful of important transactional pages that needs to be quick and clean to ensure more sales.

Pros

  • Fast return of page load issues
  • Great actionable insights
  • Great guides to improve web page engagement

Cons

  • Deeper knowledge of page elements and their importance
  • Knowing which areas will have great impact beyond time of load speeds
  • Should drop any elements that do not reach a certain level of impact - to save distraction and get important issues dealt with

Return on Investment

  • None
  • Provides info to act on
  • Easy to use and assign tasks to address issues found

Alternatives Considered

Google PageSpeed Insights

Other Software Used

Semrush, Google Analytics, Google PageSpeed Insights, Google Search Console

GTmetrix give you the technical data you need to stay up to speed

Incentivized
Jeff SmithView profile
Owner Principal in Marketing at Montana SEO Services, LLC (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

  • Quickly assess the general technical health of a page or site.
  • Quickly Identify areas that can be improved.

Cons

  • I have been using GTmetrix for several years. I have the free account and I honestly cannot think of one thing that I could suggest improvements for. I am not afraid to critique when due. However, in this instance there really is nothing that I can say that I dislike or would like to see different. The interface is easy to understand and use. The information that is produced from scanning a URL is well organized and well presented.

Return on Investment

  • A great free tool that is does what it is meant to do very well.
  • Due to its simplicity and speed it is highly efficient.

Alternatives Considered

SEMRush, SEO PowerSuite, Ahrefs Site Explorer and Google PageSpeed Insights

Other Software Used

SEMRush, SEO PowerSuite, Yoast Wordpress SEO Plugins

GTmetrix is the best tool to help you speed up your website. Beautiful, easy-to-read results.

Incentivized
Sanjit MandalView profile
Digital Marketing Strategist in Professional Services at California SEO Professionals (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

  • Reporting
  • Recommendations

Cons

  • A few more test locations
  • Save more runs when logged in

Return on Investment

  • Speeding up load times can improve SEO.
  • Increase conversions, as there is less time to wait for the page to load.

Alternatives Considered

SolarWinds Pingdom and Google PageSpeed Insights

Other Software Used

Google PageSpeed Insights, SolarWinds Pingdom

Usability