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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
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Popular Features

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  • Multivariate testing (8)
    8.8
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Subscription

$99.00

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TESTING

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The classic VWO A/B testing solution

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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

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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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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.

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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

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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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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.

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Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
As a Product Marketing Manager, my team and I use VWO to create landing page A/B tests to test messaging changes for specific verticals and understand what messaging drives better conversion rates.
  • Duplicate pages to run A/B tests
  • Set clear success criteria for tests
  • Quickly in-app editor to make simple changes on pages to test variables
  • Test tagging
  • Test categorization
It's excellent for making no-code changes in landing pages to test variables like a copy, color, and button placement. It empowers users to set up and tests independently and validate hypotheses without technical help. It's not suited for guided usability tests.
Ernie DeCoite | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We used VWO for landing page testing and customization as an agency on behalf of our clients. VWO was easy to implement and easy to use. The subscription allows for unlimited experiments and customizations which is nice. The WYSIWYG editor makes setting up tests and customizations easy. We used it for two years.
  • Landing page experiments: A/B, multi-variant, etc.
  • Landing page customizations.
  • Visual Editor doesn't work great with all sites.
  • Integration with Google Analytics.
Landing page testing, Conversion Rate Optimization, and Customization. That's pretty much it in a nutshell. Essential parts of the marketing playbook. VWO does a pretty good job with all three. If you are dealing with particularly big sites with lots of traffic and want to be running many experiments at a time, then the free Google Optimize isn't necessarily well suited. The biggest advantage that VWO offers is the ability to run unlimited experiments etc at a price point that is much cheaper than the price for Optimize in Google 360. It's just as full-featured at a significantly lower price. If you're running on a smaller scale, then the free Google Optimize product makes more sense.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use VWO primarily for its A/B testing functionality, secondarily for its ability to edit website content on the fly and implement flexible customer experience surveys. We use VWO in our EBSCO Mags business line, a B2B magazine agent. It allows us to implement A/B tests based on user behavior and other criteria and it allows the marketing department to make changes to the website before the Web Development team is able to implement permanent changes.
  • A/B testing. VWO users are able to use all sorts of criteria to trigger and serve an A/B test, and the editor functionality is extremely flexible in editing page content.
  • Surveys. We're looking to expand our surveys with the new logic functionality that VWO is beta testing.
  • Web content editing that circumvents the web development "wait time". If marketing needs something simple changed on a webpage, all we have to do is go in VWO and edit or hide it.
  • Continued learning. I think that quarterly product update calls would help us understand what's new in the VWO universe.
VWO is great if you're looking to learn more about your customers' online behavior, even if you've never had any kind of formal A/B website testing plan.
Dominic Walker | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
VWO is mainly used within the marketing and IT department as a tool to increase website conversion. VWO allows us to quickly test researched hypotheses with the results changing our development priority. The management of VWO is split between the marketing function and IT, meaning everyone has full sight of what is currently being tested on our main consumer website.
  • Good reporting tools.
  • Easy to use UI, you don't have to be a developer.
  • Reasonable pricing.
  • Any advancements on the split testing are also welcome.
  • Integration with Formissimo would be beneficial!
I would say to anyone that VWO is best used to help build a business' case for the change on a website or run split testing. For example, simple A/B testing like language or placement changes to a key CTA is what VWO does so well. As a nontechnical person, it's built in such a way that, even if all the implementation is beyond me, I at least feel like I get it!
Michel Zurkirchen | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
VWO is used within our digital department to run A/B tests and to personalise our website for visitor segments. I personally also find it useful to watch recordings of visitors that have dropped out of our ecommerce funnel. VWO makes it easy to select these recordings, instead of having to manually go through a great number of irrelevant recordings.
  • When designing A/B variations I can choose to either use the visual editor or to make the changes using code. I particularly like using jQuery.
  • VWO offers the ability to keep long term track of the performance of your goals.
  • I can easily identify recordings of users that dropped out of a funnel and watch those.
  • There is live chat to get support, with great response times and which is very helpful.
  • You are forced to create observations and hypotheses when creating a test, which is a great way to make sure that you are actually testing something worthwhile.
  • You can group tests together so that you can rule out interaction effects between tests that you are running at the same time.
  • The heatmaps within A/B tests are overlayed on the live website. Unfortunately, these don't work properly when scrolling down the site.
  • I am missing an overview of all my custom conversions. I can only see a list of frequently used goals while setting up an A/B test, which may or may not include all custom conversions.
It is well suited for exactly what you would expect. To gain insight into what visitors are doing on your website and to improve your website based on these insights through testing. Given my experience so far, I would say it is less suited to deal with websites that use AJAX. The insight gathering tools are still valuable, but the testing tools quickly become complicated.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
VWO is used by the UX & CRO department of our digital marketing agency to facilitate running A/B tests on client websites. It solves the business problem of not needing to much developer resource to run tests, allowing our team members to mostly set up tests themselves rather than needing complex code.
  • Quick to set up AB tests on sites, with multiple variations allowed and the ability to use segments to control who sees the test.
  • Easily links with GA for accurate analysis
  • Heatmaps are included which allow you to see differences between test variations
  • Setting up multivariate tests can be very difficult, particularly if you want to test something which requires custom code rather than using the VWO editor.
  • Using the VWO editor to create tests can create excessive amounts of code to do quite simple changes, compared to if custom code written by a developer was used.
  • The heatmaps could be more detailed, and seeing how far users had scrolled would be useful.
  • Integration with more tools, such as Hotjar, would be very handy
VWO is useful when you need to run AB tests on websites which have been set up well. Problems can arise when the tests are more complicated, especially multivariate tests, or when the website is quite old/doesn't function as well as it should. Then tests can become quite buggy. It can also be difficult previewing tests via the preview tool, as that sometimes doesn't display the test correctly. It is also difficult allowing clients to preview live tests when there is more than one variation. The test can be set live to the client's IP, but to guarantee them seeing a specific variation it has to be set to 100%, so you can only show one variation at a time.
February 22, 2019

Our VWO review

Mark Harding | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
VWO was used within our digital team primary by myself and the developers, mainly for user research, collecting and analyzing the user feedback within surveys. The other main functionality we used was for MVT and AB testing throughout our UK website. With detail, reporting was helpful for board meetings and quickly grabbing data for presentations.
  • Great customer service and support.
  • Easy to use testing tool.
  • Clear and simple reporting of stats/data.
  • There is a lot to the tool that can add confusion.
  • Lots of guides that sometimes are confusing too.
  • Although there's great service, sometimes you are dealing with different people about one issue. Might be the time difference.
VWO is a great testing platform. We found it straightforward to set up and implement throughout the whole functionality of VWOs testing.
The tool is well laid out and should there be any confusion, there are plenty of helpful prompts, an editor which really anyone can use and the reporting is again very clear and easy to understand.
Where it is less appropriate is when traffic levels are low, however, this would apply to many other testing tools.
February 22, 2019

VWO review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
In my organization, we manage the UX and CRO on our client's websites and use VWO to give us the ability to AB test on the sites. It only gets used by the UX and CRO team, and not in other departments. Mainly it helps us by giving us the ability to test the impact of making changes on websites, so we can build the changes in house and direct traffic to the appropriate percentage of users, with less time required for the clients.
  • Ability to direct test traffic to specific user types, devices, IP addresses allows easier test previewing and allows you to direct relevant traffic to the tests.
  • It is easy to set up new sub-accounts and sub-users so relevant people can view relevant accounts.
  • Ability to send preview links and QR codes of test variations.
  • The idea of having heatmaps with test variations are great. However, I find the VWO heatmaps largely unreliable, and don't show much data.
  • The previews links are really important so we can send our tests to clients before setting them live. However, they are really unreliable and are quite difficult for clients to use. You have to ensure the client clears their cookies and views the test in incognito, which is fine, but even after doing this it does not always work.
  • Building tests can be quite awkward as the code editors are overlaid over the view of the page, so you can't instantly see what the changes to the code do to the page -- you have to close the code editor, then select to correct variation. If you then find something isn't right, you find yourself repeating this a lot.
This is a great tool to use if you are wanting to change something on your site, but want to make sure it is the best thing to do for the user. You can use this tool to track user conversion and engagement on the website to track the success of the changes you are made. Although, if the changes are quite large on the page/site, it may not be appropriate to do this on VWO, as it can break and cause more issues on your site. For instance, major changes to the page, such as new navigation, may be too big for VWO.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It's being used to analyze our marketing and e-commerce site. We use A/B testing, recordings, heatmaps and surveys to gather information about how users are able to use our sites and what they are understanding. A/B testing has been valuable in getting buy-in from decision makers as we are able to directly prove the effectiveness of the changes we are proposing.
  • Visual editor for A/B testing is really solid, especially if your site is fairly static. It gets a bit tougher when you have very dynamic content but it's still much easier than having our dev team make two versions of a page and try and split traffic.
  • Recordings and Heatmaps are invaluable assets for figuring out how well certain pages are working. While they don't replace standard user testing they can supplement it very well and reinforce your position to make a design change.
  • Support has been fairly quick to resolve rather complex issues, even with a bit of a language barrier a lot of the time. Discussing technical challenges over chat is not easy but I can usually get these difficult challenges ironed out in a day or so.
  • I don't really use the "plan" features much. They seemed nice at first but they are too slow and cumbersome to use in practicality. I don't like being forced to use it to do testing.
  • Goal tracking seems limited. I'd love to be able to use advanced e-commerce goals (like how many people bought a specific product) for my test but have to use overall revenue and 3rd party tracking like GA to fill in the gaps.
  • Dynamic content is really hard to edit. Anything built on a modern JS framework is hard because manipulating multiple states on the same page starts to get really complex. There's a lot of workarounds, and I haven't found a better solution, but it's not as easy as point and click if you have something more complex than a static site.
I wouldn't recommend VWO to non-enterprise users. Hotjar does a lot of the tracking equally as well at a fraction of the cost and there are split testing options out there that are much, much cheaper. It's convenient if you have the budget to have it all in one place, but if you don't, then doing it on two different platforms is still workable. If I'm price sensitive I'd probably explore some other options in combination with Hotjar.
December 07, 2018

Ups and Downs with VWO

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use VWO for A/B testing smaller features on site (e.g. hiding some text) and split testing with larger features (e.g. layout and image changes). It's primarily used by engineering currently, but we are trying to move priorities to product and marketing (with some constraints) for the majority of tests. It allows us to make business decisions around the wording of text that's shown, or the user experience around a new UI.
  • General overview of which test variation is doing better
  • Simple A/B and Split URL tests
  • Simple testing mechanics (e.g. blanking the page before simple tests are run like with the WYSIWYG editor)
  • UI/UX for finding certain options are confusing. Even having used the tool for a bit, can't remember where certain editing options are .
  • Bugs with the visual editor and preview mode (having to refresh the page until it works)
  • More complicated tests (which may involve mechanics specific to certain companies)
Good: Simple tests like hiding and showing a button, text, etc. Adding text onto the page Changing the color of things Split tests where the whole page can change Bad: Complicated tests regarding custom JavaScript that's run (there may be asynchronous actions happening in that script that we need the page blank for until those actions finish) Want a smarter visual editor (e.g. we can change the layout and the test would still work, by class or id selectors)
Bart Maas | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
VWO is being used by the marketing department to test websites in different countries that Laudius is active in.
We coin a hypothesis and then set up the test through VWO. In our case, we mostly use A/B testing and split run testing. The main goal for us is to improve on mini conversions; for example: get more people from the product page to the signup page or get more people to sign up for information.
  • Setting it up is easy. You can do it either through Google Tag Manager or directly inside the code.
  • Support is very good; we always get a fast and in depth response.
  • The VWO editor is intuitive and is often easy to use
  • Some detailed parts of the editor are difficult to understand (regarding select parent). But after getting the explanations from the support it is solved and now we know how to set up that type of test.
One test in which VWO came in very handy was when we were discussing the way the price block on the course page should be visible. We debated all possibilities, but agreed that the only way forward was to let the numbers speak. There were four or five different opinions and we decided to test them all by setting up a split run test. The outcome was surprising in terms of the best performing setup as well as the huge difference it made in terms of turnover.

Another good example of a test was the name of a certain product. Several possibilities were added and there was a clear winner with a much higher conversion rate (which wasn't the name we previously had).

We cannot do all tests because certain pages do not have enough traffic. It will take too long before any results will be ready.
November 17, 2018

VWO Review

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our company has several online products which are operated by different teams. Members of these teams who are responsible for product development (we simply call them our customers) along with our UX team come to our department with their ideas and tweaks on how to enhance their product and then we discuss together what should be A/B tested before they would go into any kind of development. After a test has finished we evaluate the results together and decide upon them whether to apply the tested changes or not.
  • Visitor segmentation. There is a good amount of metrics that can be used to target those visitors you desire.
  • Estimation service. The provided results sometimes look strange. It is hard to figure out if the estimated run-time of a test is a result of a buggy calculation or you simply put in the wrong numbers for calculation.
We like to use VWO for testing smaller changes which don't necessarily require coding skills as it can speed up the creation and execution of our tests.
Dobs Totev | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use VWO to track conversion funnels and perform A/B testings mainly. We use it across departments but mainly most of the VWO's features are being used by the eCommerce team. They use it to track performance, conversion and so on, whereas the product design team uses mainly the A/B testing functionality to perform tests using the inbuilt editor to make small design or text changes. It helps us decide which idea leads to more conversion and which one doesn't work.
  • A/B Testing. The tool is very advanced and the editor allows you to make live changes to the existing website
  • Heatmaps. We love to see where people click the most and which CTAs trigger the most conversion
  • Funnels and Goals. You get clear details of what steps people take to reach the end goal
  • The recordings feature. It's practically useless. You have so many videos to go through to actually identify what is happening that it's a waste of time.
I think it's suitable for web-based applications but I wouldn't use it for mobile apps. For mobile apps, I would use Mixpanel.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our marketing department uses it to A/B test new website organizations, promotions, and product page layouts. It lets us make temporary changes to our website strategy, see the effects, and then decide whether or not to commit to them on the live site for our entire audience.
  • Live previews of changes as you make them
  • Direct HTML access or a simple UI, as needed
  • Google Analytics integration
  • The first-party analytics are harder to use than the Google Analytics integration and show more inconsistent results - would be nice if these were improved
  • The web editor is sometimes slow to load or reflect changes, and occasionally locks up
  • Preview screenshots seem to be spliced together, so they often show multiple instances of the site header spaced down the page
It's the best A/B testing solution we could find for our own website and it's mostly very good at what it does. It has some usability issues on occasion, and the interface can be clunky, so it's not the easiest thing to pick-up-and-go, despite appearances; simple changes should be easy enough for a beginner to make but it takes some time with the interface to understand all its quirks.
Mark Pitt | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
VWO is being used by the marketing team to conduct A/B tests on our website. Our objectives are to increase loan applications and lead capture from downloadable guides.
  • Calculates test duration - VWO instantly calculates the duration your test will need to produce a significant result based on the level of certainty you require.
  • Editor - The page editor is very useful for making simple edits to use for A/B tests. It makes the job of editing HTML very easy with no technical expertise needed.
  • Reporting - real-time reports for test are kept very simple and are very easy to understand.
  • Mandatory hypotheses - VWO recently made it mandatory to add a hypothesis to each test. I dislike the structure I am given to write each hypothesis so I simple fill it empty text.
Very good if you want to carry out simple tests which are not too technically demanding. There is not a huge learning curve for newcomers who are using the platform.
Shubham Gupta | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use VWO to conduct A/B testing, anything from moving elements on the page, testing new CTA verbiage to straight up redesigning the whole page. This is a fantastic choice if you want to conduct some serious UX testing and gain insight on how users behave on your site using heatmaps. It's a great option if you want to be able to set up AB testing experiments for a website fairly quickly!
  • AB testing
  • Removing Outliers from the data and provide actionable insights
  • Provide lots of options as a filter to target a specific audience set
  • Heatmap and Visual recording of all the test
  • Provide a Mobile app or an improved version of Mobile web.
  • Send alerts of any actionable results happening on my AB test
  • Algorithm to sample and remove outlier needs a lot of improvement

VWO isn't perfect, but it is a great tool if your organization is looking to get its feet wet with Conversion Rate Optimization. They are developing great tools and features, as well as providing a library of testing ideas and case studies in case you're having trouble thinking of what to test.

Their results reporting isn't iron-clad, but for many efforts it's good enough. I personally am not a big fan of how "confident" they are in their declaring winners - I've seen tests where one day it says a variation is a winner at 100% confidence, then the next day that's down to 81% (think about that for a second).

However, for most new testers, it's a great tool and definitely a lot easier to use than a tool like Google Optimize.

The price point is very reasonable as well, making it accessible to companies of all sizes.

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our growth department works with clients using VWO to address potential areas in which their e-commerce sites could attract and keep more customers. It's the primary tool that we use to turn conversion rate optimization proposals into concrete data that we can then use to inform clients and make actionable recommendations.
  • Organization and management of multiple A/B tests paused or running at once is very well laid out and intuitive.
  • Heatmaps have provided a huge amount of actionable data in focused testing areas.
  • A/B test overview data is very easy to make inferences from because of its simple and visually outstanding presentation.
  • The Chrome extension tends to have issues loading Heatmaps. It's not uncommon to go to a Heatmaps page and have to refresh the page at least once in order for the extension to load correctly.
  • The visual editor for making variations for A/B tests feels clunky and often doesn't appear in the final version (previewing the variation as a page on its own) as it does in the editor. At times the undo button has caused erratic behavior such as duplicating or "redoing" several of the same action at once rather than stepping backward.
  • Overall, if there were any way to decrease the amount of time that the Chrome extension takes to load, I could see workflow across several areas being greatly improved.
I would say the primary determinant of Visual Website Optimizer's usefulness is the amount of data coming from the website(s) you're analyzing. In the case of sites less focused on conversions or those with less traffic, data can be volatile and/or confounding (your hypothesis might be strong but the data isn't actionable). I would recommend its use for any conversion-focused sites that have a relatively predictable and steady flow of traffic.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I am currently using Visual Website Optimizer for clients to test large business questions, test out new products and/or features, and continuously optimize and improve their websites and other marketing channels. The business problems vary from client to client and is very dependent upon the business context and particular industry.
  • When QAing experiments, it is extremely quick as goals fire immediately greatly reducing the time it takes to QA.
  • Dashboards are easy to understand.
  • The enterprise package has comprehensive add ons.
  • Redirect experiments are difficult to create and the wildcard rules are often incorrect and can create problems for the user of the platform as well as the visitors.
  • The main dashboard for experiments is actually based on cumulative transactions, not conversion rates of the specific variations which is confusing for newer users. Not communicated very well.
  • The support and resources center are not very robust and often I find myself with more questions than answers.
Basic A/B testing of websites as well as redirect experiments - If you are testing CTA colour, headlines, etc. and are just starting out your experimentation program, this will be very beneficial and help get you started. Conversely, if you are looking for a more robust solution, are more familiar with experimentation, and need more technical questions answered, it may not necessarily be the best place to start.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The Online Growth team is using VWO for A/B testing the website. The main goal is to increase website conversions, specifically for people to sign up for a trial of our cloud software. The plan for A/B testing is to also increase the conversion rate of our trial users to become paid users by A/B testing specific pages in our software. We're testing copy and images and integrate the data with Google Analytics for a wider view of the results.
  • The support has been fantastic and they really do all they can to explain or help you set up experiments or account settings. The chat access is awesome because I can get help immediately while I'm setting up my account, whereas other companies only have email support, which disrupts my flow.
  • The options for testing is practically endless. They've thought of almost everything! I've trialed other A/B testing tools which did have limits on how I could set up the tests, which is one of the reasons why I chose VWO instead even though the other ones were cheaper.
  • The additional features besides A/B testing made this a very useful and valuable tool, such as heat maps, form analysis and website surveys, where I didn't have to purchase other tools, and they were pretty full featured in themselves that I didn't find much shortcomings that would make me look elsewhere for a better solution.
  • I have to admit, the phone support was difficult for me to use because of the language "barrier". I use that in quotes because even though they know English fluently, the thick Indian accents made it very very difficult for me to understand what they were saying, and I was trying really really hard to understand.
  • Their visual editor didn't work as well as I had hoped for. For some copy changes, doing a direct text edit didn't work. They ended up giving me code to use in their CSS editor, which inadvertently, messed up our popup trial signup form (which we didn't realize it was messing it up until months later).
  • I think the "quota" amounts are pretty low, especially when using them for their research features, when compared to the competitors I was trying out.
I think VWO is great for small to small-medium sized companies, because of the breadth if features it offers, but at a higher price tag than the lower priced competitors. I think they're trying to compete with the bigger A/B testing platforms that charge much more such as Optimizely. I think the lower priced options are suitable for small companies with smaller budgets. VWO can get pretty expensive if you want their advanced features, which a company of any size could use but may stay away from because of the higher pricing.
Sergio Cano | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Visual Website Optimizer (VWO) helps our clients test different versions of landing pages and websites in order to increase revenue and lead goals before going fully into production. This allows up to prevent any issues when fully launching, so we have a deeper understanding of what is working and what is not.
  • Heat maps between variations
  • Recorded Sessions
  • Surveys
  • The editor is a little buggy
For setting up more advanced A/B tests beyond just Google Optimize.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The product team uses it to A/B test copy, images and design across our website. It allows us to roll out and test features quickly instead of having to go through the dev team for minor requests. Once the A/B test is concluded, we put the change in the dev queue.
  • Easy to design and implement tests
  • Hypothesis feature makes it easy to keep track of tests
  • The A/B test designer doesn't always work well with pages that involve multiple steps to get to (i.e., the last page of an order flow)
  • The dashboard doesn't seem to change based on what level subscription you have, which is confusing
Suitable for companies that have a decent amount of web traffic and want to quickly and easily test out new features without going through their dev team. Less appropriate for companies that with small web traffic (won't get statistical significance) or whose websites are very complex (in which case the tests may break design).
August 24, 2018

My VWO experience

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
VWO is used within one division of our company, CRO (conversion rate optimization). We use it to run tests on our clients' websites and improve their performance.
  • Setting up tests is fairly easy, setting up URL's, saved goals, and experiment-wide JS
  • Predictive text for CSS
  • Good response time with general questions about the product, live chat is much appreciated
  • There should be a preview button within the visual/code editor. Sometimes I need to see a page outside of the VWO window and it is a hassle to back out of the editor, click on the preview tab, open a preview, go back to the variation tab, and reopen the the editor.
  • Sometimes hard to remember where certain settings are in the menu layout. Customize traffic allocation can be difficult to find, and the 'other' tab in settings is not the most intuitive name.
  • Opening the test editor should be more prominent, since that is the main tool used for developers.
It is a good option for our clients that don't want to pay Optimizely prices to perform A/B testing. VWO support is responsive. Knowledge base can be a bit hard to search sometimes, if you have a very specific issue that you are trying to solve
Iram Cesani | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The VWO platform is being used across our entire organization. We are on eCommerce only business models so mastering the UX/UI is vital. We are using this to A/B test copy, visuals, check out, carts, and overall landing page experiences. We are narrowing down all the pain pints of our site as we go into a site re-design next year.
  • Images: Which pictures interact best with the end user over others
  • Copy: A/B testing copy as an overlay on top of photos or below. Placement of copy is crucial to mobile first strategies and above the fold landscapes.
  • Videos: A//B testing videos and video length. Trying to cap the engagement rate against time being watched. Also A/B testing where videos are best placed. Are they best used in the home page or product page or both.
  • Visually, for people who are not familiar with the platform- can be overwhelming. Copy outruns the visual capacity and can cause fear of use.
  • Training: a university type excercose is also recommended. Though VWO can be used for many functions- an in-depth course should be offered and/or required. Especially for how A/B tests run.
Functionality is great. Each test is its own environment. They are bracketed off and do areat job with which is active and non-active.
August 24, 2018

VWO Trial

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Currently being used by the IT department to run small to medium scale multi-variant tests with the aim to improve conversion rate of the website
  • Easy to use dashboard/interface
  • Relatively quick/simple to install VWO on site
  • Easy to quickly setup variants
  • Lack of default reporting information - goals have to be specified per campaign
  • In coding view for variants - lack of live preview of changes
Ideal for quick small scale MVTs where simple goals are defined such as revenue. We used VWO to test adding a visual navigation to our homepage which saw a conversion rate increase of nearly 4% which has allowed us to continue the "visual navigation" theme through onto other areas of our website.
Bianca Alexandra Darie | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Visual Website Optimizer is being used only by the marketing team with a continuous process of website optimization
  • All in one platform: The fact that Visual Website Optimizer offers all the features available in one platform facilitates the research work of marketers a lot.
  • A/B Test feature: Within the A/B test feature, users have the possibility to analyze the results not just on a summary level, but on a detailed one, too. The best part always comes from the detailed report, which offers a clearer view of the performance of the test.
  • Support team: Visual Website Optimizer has a great support team for their users. Fast, knowledgeable, friendly people that you can lay your trust in them that by the end of the day (if not quicker,) they will be there with a solution for you. The support team can assist you in any difficulty you might face at that specific moment with clear directions, both by email or a call.
  • Surveys are a great way to get insights from your website visitors. The current version offers you the possibility to do so, but in a very basic way: question -> answer -> the end. My recommendation would be to upgrade this feature by adding branching logic to each answer.
  • Customers of Visual Website Optimizer can allocate visitors to their sub-accounts by designating 'testing visitors' or 'research visitors'. Both of them are equally distributed among the different features. But my recommendation would be to have the option to allocate visitors from the 'research visitors', for example, by each individual feature. To know from the start that 100% of research visitors will be distributed depending your needs. e.g. 25% recordings + 25 heatmaps + 30% surveys + 5% forms + 15% Track features.
  • It would be great if the Heatmap feature would have the option to save the created reports in a PDF form. This will allow any additional user of the VWO account to overview them on a later point.
It is a great way to start testing and showing the results of conversion optimization efforts. It is priced right and has the right features to improve client ROI on websites and display/paid search landing pages.
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