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Overview

What is VWO?

VWO 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…

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VWO has proven to be a valuable tool for conducting A/B and multivariate testing to improve conversion rates for clients. Users have …
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VWO at use!

7 out of 10
March 05, 2022
Incentivized
We wanted to quickly deploy A/B tests and run multivariate tests as well. We were previously relying on full deploy cycles and modifying …
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Popular Features

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  • Multivariate testing (8)
    8.8
    88%
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Pricing

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Subscription

$99.00

Cloud
per month

TESTING

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Cloud
The classic VWO A/B testing solution

CONVERSION OPTIMIZATION

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Cloud
The all-in-one platform for all your optimization needs

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $49 per month
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Product Demos

Technasium Meesterproef vwo 2017 - 7 Infitite runner demo

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Demo LO Eigen Koers| CSG De Lage Waard - locatie havo/vwo

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PWS Arne en Ruben 6 VWO - demo RED-cel

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Demo freerunning BSM vwo 6 jan 2014

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Examentraining Engels VWO LES 2 DEMO

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Demo Kijk- en luistertoetsen Engels

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Features

Testing and Experimentation

These features enable companies to plan, set up, and execute different types of tests (e.g. A/B, A/B/n, multivariate, split URL tests).

7.6
Avg 8.6

Audience Segmentation & Targeting

A set of tools used for website optimization experiments (e.g. A/B, A/B/n, funnel, split URL, multivariate tests) that can help users segment their audience in to different groups for the purpose of exposing specific audiences to tests or personalization efforts.

8.2
Avg 8.8

Results and Analysis

Tools that allow users to evaluate the results of website optimization tests (e.g. A/B, A/B/n, multivariate, and split URL tests), or view visitor interaction with webpages and specific site elements.

7
Avg 8.6
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Product Details

What is VWO?

VWO 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 optimization to boost their conversion rates.

With features like heatmaps, surveys, visitor recordings, and others, VWO enables businesses to develop an in-depth understanding of on-site visitor behavior. VWO facilitates conducting research-driven A/B testing to optimize web experience across desktop, mobile, and other devices, to deliver a unique experience based on visitor preferences.

According to the vendor, VWO has helped more than 4,500 brands across the globe to run over 600,000 experiments to date. VWO’s global customer base includes brands like Vodafone, Samsung, Toyota, and eBay.


VWO Features

Testing and Experimentation Features

  • Supported: Multivariate testing

Additional Features

  • Supported: A/B Testing
  • Supported: Split Testing
  • Supported: Code Editor
  • Supported: Multi-Page Tests
  • Supported: Geo Behavioral Targeting
  • Supported: On-Page Survey
  • Supported: Self Hosting
  • Supported: Comprehensive Reporting
  • Supported: Revenue Tracking
  • Supported: Integrated Heatmaps, Clickmaps and Scrollmaps
  • Supported: DIY Visual Editor (WYSIWYG)
  • Supported: Advanced jQuery based API
  • Supported: Enterprise Level Security
  • Supported: Log Observations
  • Supported: Testing for Mobile and Tablet Websites
  • Supported: Advanced Segmentation
  • Supported: Cross-Browser Previews
  • Supported: Mobile App A/B

VWO Screenshots

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VWO Integrations

VWO Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

VWO starts at $49.

Adobe Target, Optimizely Web Experimentation, and AB Tasty are common alternatives for VWO.

Reviewers rate Multivariate testing highest, with a score of 8.8.

The most common users of VWO are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

VWO has proven to be a valuable tool for conducting A/B and multivariate testing to improve conversion rates for clients. Users have successfully implemented and tested different hypotheses for conversion rate optimization goals, including running simultaneous tests across multiple mobile devices. The platform allows users to watch recordings of visitors who have dropped out of the ecommerce funnel, making it easy to select relevant recordings. VWO is widely utilized across organizations with multiple teams and publishing groups for format testing, optimizing sales funnels, and testing changes to website booking journeys. Additionally, users leverage VWO's valuable insight tools such as heat maps, click maps, and geo-targeting initiatives for in-depth analysis and data-driven decision-making. The platform's ease of use, flexible editing without coding, customizable tracking methods, and comprehensive visibility of ongoing tests have made it a popular choice among users looking to increase website conversion and prioritize development based on test results. Whether it's A/B testing marketing content, paid landing pages, or website pages, or reducing page load times and making data-driven decisions, VWO has proven its effectiveness in helping users optimize their websites for improved conversions and user experiences.

Attribute Ratings

Reviews

(1-5 of 5)
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Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our marketing team uses VWO as our primary A/B testing tool. We are able to use VWO to make changes to copy and imagery and measure the success of conversions for those tests. VWO solves a major problem for us -- which is that we no longer have to rely on IT and deployments in order to do some basic to moderate A/B testing on our websites.
  • 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
  • VWO can be difficult to implement more advanced A/B tests (such as modifying page layouts or forms)
  • VWO can cause a slight slowdown and flicker of the website for users, though it is often not noticeable to the untrained eye
  • The statistical engine sometimes declares a winner too soon and if you were to check back a week or two later, it may have changed its decision as to the winning variant
Our marketing team does a lot of creative testing around messaging and imagery. VWO is well suited for this type of testing and can yield great results if you define your conversion goals correctly. However, when we have tried to do more substantial/advanced changes through VWO (such as re-positioning content or modifying elements in a form), we have had some challenges and not been able to get the desired tests working correctly.
Testing and Experimentation (19)
47.368421052631575%
4.7
a/b experiment testing
90%
9.0
Split URL testing
100%
10.0
Multivariate testing
80%
8.0
Multi-page/funnel testing
70%
7.0
Cross-browser testing
90%
9.0
Mobile app testing
N/A
N/A
Test significance
80%
8.0
Visual / WYSIWYG editor
80%
8.0
Advanced code editor
100%
10.0
Page surveys
N/A
N/A
Visitor recordings
70%
7.0
Preview mode
70%
7.0
Test duration calculator
70%
7.0
Experiment scheduler
N/A
N/A
Experiment workflow and approval
N/A
N/A
Dynamic experiment activation
N/A
N/A
Client-side tests
N/A
N/A
Server-side tests
N/A
N/A
Mutually exclusive tests
N/A
N/A
Audience Segmentation & Targeting (4)
90%
9.0
Standard visitor segmentation
100%
10.0
Behavioral visitor segmentation
80%
8.0
Traffic allocation control
100%
10.0
Website personalization
80%
8.0
Results and Analysis (10)
62%
6.2
Heatmap tool
70%
7.0
Click analytics
70%
7.0
Scroll maps
70%
7.0
Form fill analysis
N/A
N/A
Conversion tracking
90%
9.0
Goal tracking
90%
9.0
Test reporting
80%
8.0
Results segmentation
60%
6.0
CSV export
N/A
N/A
Experiments results dashboard
90%
9.0
Platform Integration Features
N/A
N/A
  • We were able to increase clicks-throughs to our application by 25% by running A/B tests on our home page creative
  • We were able to increase conversion rates on our form submissions by 10% by modifying language on multiple pages of our application
  • Negatively, our team had to spend a lot of time to do more advanced tests and those tests never worked correctly so we lost out on those hours which could have been dedicated to something more productive (in hindsight).
September 25, 2018

VWO is the Bees Knees!

Parker Boyack | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
VWO is used by our digital marketing department. We use it for a variety of scenarios. In the past we used other tools for heatmaps and visitor journey recordings but after working with VWO for quite a while and seeing their new platform, we have switched all our tools and consolidated to the VWO platform.
  • Very easy to use
  • Great customer support
  • Effective tool in launching, monitoring, and analyzing UX tests
  • No cons
  • No cons
  • No cons
VWO is more of an enterprise level tool. I wouldn't be as likely to recommend it to those with smaller marketing budgets and teams. But for larger sized companies it is great and will be a useful addition to a marketing stack. Ideally there should be some responsibility and accountability assigned to team-members as it can easily fall through the cracks and go unused.
  • The tool is fairly priced and has enabled our team to launch large-scale tests that otherwise would be very difficult and costly to run.
  • For only a few thousand dollars a month we have saved tens of thousands in potentially lost revenue from test results we have discovered through VWO
  • We are able to save a significant amount of money on UX tools by consolidating to the VWO platform
VWO has come a long way since we first started using their software. With their new full-featured conversion optimization platform, we are able to connect things at a deeper level than ever before. Because of this we have ended our contracts with several vendors in order to consolidate data and testing efforts in one central location.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We used Visual Website Optimizer only in the Web team. We performed regular website optimization, that is to say, we attempted to increase our conversions for specific, predetermined website goals.
  • Very easy to implement
  • Very simple and intuitive to use
  • Very inexpensive compared to other tools.
  • VWO fails in allowing complex functionality, such as customer segmentation. It does allow you to target specific segments based on cookies, but these filters must be added to individual tests and can not be stored as universal variables. You must create cookies that contain individual customer attributes, or use the generic, predefined attributes such as geolocation, browser type, time of day, day of week, etc....
  • Reporting is not as thorough as it seems to be in some other tools.
I think it is best for organizations just starting out on optimization. It is so simple to use, easy to implement, and inexpensive. The other, more expensive tools such as Maxymiser and Monetate, would likely be too complex for fledgling optimization practices. Cut your teeth and figure out your processes first on VWO, then you can always move to the more expensive tools later when you've honed your team and process.
  • It has allowed us to figure out our optimization practice at a very affordable price.
  • It has helped strategically in having a quantitative and methodical context to argue design decisions.
It was simpler to use and offered slightly more functionality than the free Google tool.
Now that we've been doing optimization for a few years, we're ready to move on to more advanced practices, such as better segmentation and predictive targeting. For this, the more expensive tools make it easier.
Ahmad Rahman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
AMD has used VWO across multiple web properties by various teams within the organization globally. The platform provides a very easy to use A/B/n/MVT testing platform which is hosted on a content delivery network (CDN) for reliability and performance and can be used by almost anyone. It also provides the ability to display personalized content using various methods.
  • Easy to use
  • Great support, fast and accurate
  • Easy to implement
  • Performance
  • New features - though they tend to release updates frequently
  • User workflow - to provide approval process with limited permissions for various users
As long as you can add some javascript code to your website template or page(s), this product should be well suited for all websites. The ease of use of the admin interface should also make this accessible and suitable for all types of users, regardless of their web coding knowledge or lack thereof.
  • increased efficiency in creating tests
  • increased efficiency in analyzing results
  • improved users experiences as a result
We have used other platforms, but would not like to comment on those.
Low cost, great support, functionality, features, and continued product development.
  • Implemented in-house
Yes
  1. Implement on development platform
  2. Test
  3. Implement on production platform
  4. Test
Change management was minimal
  • Customizing the provided javascript to be launched from within another javascript file
Very easy, and great support in case you find any challenges.
Fast, efficient, accurate, and insightful. Often giving suggestions on how to do something better than originally planned based on their experiences.
Yes
The vendor accepted the bug, and worked with us to resolve very quickly, which is rolled out to benefit all users.
Everytime.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Visual Website Optimizer allows you to create several types of tests easily.
  • The menus are very easy to navigate and it walks you though the process of creating tests.
  • It is very easy to see your currently running tests and see how each one of your tests are performing.
  • During test setup some of the goals don't always work properly.
  • The difference between an A/B test and a Split URL test are not well defined.
  • The online documentation is hit or miss. Sometimes it is very helpful and other times it is extremely difficult to find out what you are trying to do.
  • We have increased conversion rate on several lead generating sites.
  • It has helped us streamline our sites.
Visual Website Optimizer is a easy to use and powerful tool for testing web pages. We use it to test lead generation websites to increase the number of people that complete a form. Before we decided to go with Visual Website Optimizer we did research into other options and found Visual Website Optimizer to be one of the best.
If a colleague asked about Visual Website Optimizer that first thing I would tell them is make sure they have a goal to test. This is not a tool for testing any website. You need a well defined end goal, however if you have a goal then Visual Website Optimizer makes it very easy to set up your first test and it even lets you know when you have a winner.
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.
No
  • The A/B Testing tool is super easy to use.
  • In an A/B Test it is very easy to edit your different test variations even if you don't have web development experience.
  • It is very easy to see running tests and their result.
  • Visual Website Optimizer takes a lot of the guess work out and tells you when you have a winning variation.
  • The Split URL Testing is not as easy to set up as you would expect.
  • The online support docs can sometimes be confusing and offer little information.
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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