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Optimizely Web
October 04, 2019

Optimizely Web

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Optimizely

Optimizely is used by a select few teams to quickly test both new product features, as well as tweaks to existing product features. It allows us to optimize customer conversion and retention through iterative changes to the product. Ultimate, Optimizely allows us to obtain valuable information about our product, so that we can continue to improve the customer experience.
  • Easy to use for less technically inclined individuals
  • Ability to target very specific audiences
  • Ability to change traffic allocation of an experiment at any time
  • Limited flexibility for developers (Optimizely Web)
  • Certain usages can result in performance degradation and/or page flickering, which is detrimental to the user experience
  • Lack of support for persistent / longer running experiments in Optimizely Web
  • Increase conversions from implementing successful experiments
  • Time saved on testing new user experiences
I have not used other products similar to Optimizely. I was not involved in the decision to evaluate Optimizely or other similar products.
Optimizely Web is well suited for individuals or organizations that are interested in improving conversion. A prime example is on a marketing page, where the ultimate goal is to get the user to sign up. Optimizely allows even individuals with less technical knowledge of the product to implement and test changes that can have a large impact on conversion. Optimizely Web is less appropriate for improving retention as long running experiments can be tricky to run. Optimizely Full Stack aims to address this issue and provides a much richer experience for engineers and developers.

Optimizely Web Experimentation Feature Ratings

7.8
a/b experiment testing
9
Split URL testing
Not Rated
Multivariate testing
7
Multi-page/funnel testing
Not Rated
Cross-browser testing
Not Rated
Mobile app testing
Not Rated
Test significance
Not Rated
Visual / WYSIWYG editor
Not Rated
Advanced code editor
8
Page surveys
Not Rated
Visitor recordings
Not Rated
Preview mode
7
Test duration calculator
Not Rated
Experiment scheduler
Not Rated
Experiment workflow and approval
Not Rated
Dynamic experiment activation
Not Rated
Client-side tests
8
Server-side tests
Not Rated
Mutually exclusive tests
Not Rated
7.8
Standard visitor segmentation
9
Behavioral visitor segmentation
7
Traffic allocation control
8
Website personalization
7
8.0
Heatmap tool
Not Rated
Click analytics
8
Scroll maps
Not Rated
Form fill analysis
Not Rated
Conversion tracking
Not Rated
Goal tracking
8
Test reporting
8
Results segmentation
8
CSV export
8
Experiments results dashboard
8
Platform Integration Features ()
Not Rated

Using Optimizely

Optimizely is easy to use for developers and non-developers alike. It provides the ability to quickly and easily iterate, while also allowing more fine grained control for power users.

Optimizely Reliability

Optimizely Web works well at a small scale, but may require extensive coordination amongst many cross-cutting groups to successfully run experiments in a large product.