VWO

vwo.com
Customer Success
1-2 Weeks

Digital Experience Optimization Platform

How to Replace VWO

Overview

VWO is a comprehensive experimentation and optimization platform that enables businesses to test, observe, and personalize digital experiences across websites and mobile apps. The platform combines A/B testing, behavioral analytics, personalization, and feature rollouts to help companies decode customer behavior and maximize conversions.

Features

129 features across 18 categories

AI(7)

AI-Based Text RecommendationsAIPremium

Generate alternate text recommendations for existing copy on your website

VWO CopilotAIPremium

AI-powered assistant that suggests what to test, creates variations, and reveals key insights

VWO Copilot - AI-powered Idea GenerationAIPremium

Create a continuous testing pipeline with AI-generated ideas

VWO Copilot - AI-powered Report SegmentationAIPremium

Auto-generate key cohorts to dive deeper into campaign reports analysis

VWO Copilot - AI-powered Segment TargetingAIPremium

Effortlessly craft complex targeting segments just by prompting VWO Copilot

VWO Copilot - AI-powered Variation CreationAIPremium

Bring ideas to life by editing campaign variations and experiences through chatting with VWO Copilot or voice input

VWO Copilot - Page Groups Auto GenerationAIPremium

Use VWO Copilot to generate regex patterns that include multiple page URLs for campaigns

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Analytics(3)

Funnel Tracking

Connect multi-step user journeys to experiments for comprehensive, end-to-end funnel tracking

Goals/Metrics

Configure and track unlimited goals in your VWO account

Metric Attribution Window

Attribute conversions within a defined time span using either fixed time window or session boundaries

Also in: Hugging Face, Notion, Smartsheet

Behavior Analytics(6)

Form Analytics

Analyze form interactions to understand user behavior and drop-off points

Funnels

Track multi-step user journeys and identify conversion bottlenecks

Heatmaps

See how visitors engage with your website using visual heatmap representations

Mobile App Insights

Track visitor activity in mobile apps to resolve UX bottlenecks and convert better

Session Recordings

Watch how visitors interact with your website to identify conversion roadblocks

Surveys

Gather qualitative feedback from your website visitors

Campaign Management(8)

Guardrails

Monitor critical KPIs with guardrail metrics and disable underperforming variations automatically

Multi-Page Campaigns

Apply the same experience to multiple pages with a single click

Mutually Exclusive Groups

Ensure that users don't participate in two or more running tests to eliminate result noise and bias

Scheduling

Schedule tests at specific time/date or create recurring schedule to run tests

Selective-Page Campaigns

Apply changes only on the page you edited, even if the campaign includes multiple pages

Testing Objective Selection

Choose between 'Better' or 'Better or Equivalence' objectives when creating campaigns

Traffic Allocation

Allocate traffic for tests and distribute allocated traffic among various variations

Version History

View the changes made to your campaign over its lifetime

Data Management(5)

Data360

Collect, enrich, and unify visitor data to amplify customer-centric growth

Offline Data

Integrate offline customer data to build comprehensive customer profiles

Third Party Data Integration

Integrate customer data from third-party sources for enriched targeting and personalization

User Attributes

Observe and track user demographic and behavioral attributes

User Events

Track custom user events to understand customer behavior evolution

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Deployment(3)

Feature Rollouts

Launch features with more control and certainty to targeted audiences

Self HostingPremium

Host VWO library and campaign setting files on your servers, easing dependency on VWO servers

Web Rollouts

Quickly release new website experiences without depending on developers

Also in: Kubernetes Dashboard, Hugging Face, Bitwarden

Editor(10)

Add Campaign JS

Run custom code for the entire campaign regardless of which variation users see

Add/Edit Elements

Add new or edit UI elements to your webpage

Code Editor

Make advanced modifications to any aspect of your website using HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and jQuery

Custom Code Blocks

Incorporate modifications into code blocks and configure triggers to precisely control when changes execute

Editor Library Elements

Library of customizable pre-designed UI elements like list item, content block, buttons, etc.

Save Elements to Library

Use click-and-save feature to store UI elements like text blocks, buttons, banners, and pop-ups for future reuse

Save Modifications to Library

Save and reuse modifications made to web elements to easily apply the same changes without recreating

Sitewide JS

Add custom code that gets executed before any campaign code executes across your site

Visual Editor

Powerful WYSIWYG point-and-click visual editor to create and edit variations without IT dependency

Widgets Library

Create customizable banners, pop-ups, and other web page elements with images and forms directly within Visual Editor

Experimentation(10)

A/B Testing

Build and compare variations of your website to analytically determine the better performing version

Advanced Split URL Redirection ConfigPremium

Support for regex and custom code based redirection in Split URL Testing

Cross Domain Testing

Run tests on multiple domains within user journey where user tracking and goals can be on one or more domains

Feature Testing

Test anything across your digital properties and features

Mobile App Testing

Run omnichannel experiments to optimize mobile app products and monetize users

Multi Arm Bandit

Expose better performing variation to more users before reaching statistical significance

Multivariate Testing

Simultaneously modify multiple variables to test a hypothesis and determine the best-performing combination

Server-side Experimentation

Run omnichannel experiments to optimize products and monetize users from the backend

Split URL Testing

Compare various versions of your website hosted on multiple URLs by distributing traffic among them

Web Testing

Run sophisticated experiments on web experiences to boost conversions

Integrations(2)

Integrations API

Pull data via integrations from your tools into VWO

Offline Data Integration

Seamlessly integrate offline customer data into VWO

Notifications(1)

Alerts

Set email alerts for account administrators to receive notifications for VWO campaign-related activities

Personalization(3)

Personalization

Release thousands of tailored experiences to delight every customer segment

Personalized Text

Personalize text on your webpage with customer-specific behavioral or demographic data

Social Proof & Urgency Messaging

Build variations with social proof nudges driven by event-based variables

Reporting(16)

Compare User SegmentsPremium

Simultaneously visualize and compare two or more user segments in reports

Conditional FiltersPremium

Filter reports deeply by combining multiple filter conditions

Device Filters

Filter reports based on the device your users use

Download Summary CSV

Download the summary report to see high level information about test data

Geo Filters

Filter reports for specific geographies

Goal ComparisonPremium

Compare multiple goals within the same report

Interconnected Heatmaps and Session Recordings

Compare user behavior between control and variation using heatmaps and session recordings in test reports

Operating System Filters

Filter reports based on the operating system your users use

Query Parameter Filter

Filter reports based on query parameters

Reporting Dashboard

See the results of your experiments on a Bayesian-powered reporting dashboard

Saved Report Filters

Save your report filter as a segment and reuse it to slice reports faster in future

Share Report

Share reports with other VWO account users or people without VWO access

Time Based Filters

Filter reports based on user arrival time or day of the week

Traffic Source Filters

Filter reports based on where users came from

User Type Filters

Filter reports based on new or returning users to study their behavior separately

UTM Parameter Filters

Filter reports based on UTM parameters such as source, medium, campaign etc.

Statistics(3)

Bayesian Statistics

Real-time statistical analysis using Bayesian methods to determine test significance

Fixed Horizon Tests

Calculate results only after the entire sample size has been collected for highly accurate results

Sequential Testing

Enable sequential testing for the stats engine to make in-built adjustments for peeking errors

Targeting(25)

Advanced Targeting LogicPremium

Use brackets to create logic of targeting with multiple conditions for complex segmentation

Attributes List TargetingPremium

Precisely target audience by matching a list of values with cookies, JavaScript variables, or any other identifier

Behavioral TargetingPremium

Target based on events, user behavior, and actions taken by users on your website

Browser TargetingPremium

Target users based on their browser

Conditional TargetingPremium

Create advanced user segments by combining multiple targeting conditions using AND and OR

Cookie Based TargetingPremium

Target users based on cookie values customized based on varying business needs

Custom Attribute TargetingPremium

Target user groups based on custom user properties or attributes configured using VWO Data360

Custom Event TargetingPremium

Target user groups based on custom events representing user activity configured using VWO Data360

Device Targeting

Target users based on the device they use with basic or advanced options

Geo TargetingPremium

Target users from specific geographies or personalize website content for specific locations

GTM Data Layer Variable TargetingPremium

Target users based on GTM Data Layer variable values available on the page

IP Based TargetingPremium

Target users based on IP address

Javascript Variable TargetingPremium

Target user groups based on custom events that occur on your website using Javascript variables

Multi-Device Campaigns

Tailor modifications to specific devices or apply them consistently across all devices

Operating System Targeting

Target users based on their desktop OS with basic or advanced options

Query Parameter TargetingPremium

Target users based on their query parameters

Saved User SegmentsPremium

Access previously created user segments for efficient reuse in tests without repeated creation

Screen Resolution TargetingPremium

Target users based on their screen resolution

Time Based TargetingPremium

Target users on your test page based on their arrival time and day of the week

Traffic Source Targeting

Target users based on the traffic source that directed them to the test page

URL Targeting

Target users based on the URLs they land on

User Agent Values TargetingPremium

Target users based on user-agent values

User Intent TargetingPremium

Target users based on their intent of visiting your website using referral URLs

User Type Targeting

Target returning users or new users accessing your website for the first time

UTM Parameter TargetingPremium

Target users based on UTM parameters such as UTM source, medium, campaign etc.

Team Collaboration(1)

Program Management

Build a roadmap of optimization ideas with constant collaboration among teams

Technology(3)

Asynchronous SmartCode

VWO SmartCode with asynchronous loading for minimal performance impact

SDK and APIs

Secure, lightweight SDKs in 8+ languages enable complex back-end tests across devices

VWO SmartCode

High-performance script that powers your entire experimentation cycle with minimal impact on page load time

Testing(2)

Multi-Browser QA

Preview your tests across multiple browsers and validate them before launching

Preview Variation(s)

Conduct quality review of variations by previewing them to verify modifications before going live

Triggers(21)

A/B Test Variation TriggerPremium

Trigger a campaign immediately or after a visitor sees a specific A/B test variation

Advanced Exit Intent TriggerPremium

Trigger a campaign immediately or after a visitor is trying to close the page

Advanced Page Scroll TriggerPremium

Trigger a campaign immediately or after a visitor has scrolled a certain percentage of the page

Advanced Page Viewed TriggerPremium

Trigger a campaign immediately or after a visitor has viewed a certain number of pages

Advanced Time Spent TriggerPremium

Trigger a campaign immediately or after a visitor has spent a certain amount of time on a page or session

Advanced Trigger LogicPremium

Use brackets to create trigger logic with multiple conditions

Basic Exit Intent Trigger

Trigger a campaign when a visitor is trying to close the page

Basic Page Scroll Trigger

Trigger a campaign after a visitor has scrolled more than 50% of the page

Basic Page Viewed Trigger

Trigger a campaign when a visitor has viewed at least 1 page in a session

Basic Time Spent Trigger

Trigger a campaign after a visitor has spent more than 10 seconds on the page or 60 seconds in a session

Campaign Activation Trigger

Control activation of campaigns using manual triggers by custom conditions in your website code

Click Element TriggerPremium

Trigger a campaign immediately or after a visitor has clicked on an element

Conditional TriggersPremium

Create advanced triggers by combining multiple trigger conditions using AND and OR

Engagement TriggerPremium

Trigger a campaign immediately or after there is engagement on the page

Event-Based TriggersPremium

Trigger a campaign based on Data360 Events

Form Submission TriggerPremium

Trigger a campaign immediately or after a visitor has submitted a form

Goal Based TriggerPremium

Trigger a campaign immediately or after a particular goal configured in VWO is completed

Javascript TriggerPremium

Write custom triggers using JavaScript to fire a campaign based on an event or specific user action

New Session TriggerPremium

Trigger a campaign immediately or after a new session is created

Saved TriggersPremium

Access previously created triggers for efficient reuse in campaigns without repeated creation

Widget Triggers

Control when a widget appears, how often it appears, or does not appear when dismissed

Pricing

Growth

Custom
  • Visual & Code Editor
  • Unlimited Variations & Metrics
  • Basic AI CoPilot Features
  • Enhanced Targeting
  • URL, Device, Traffic Source, New vs Return, OS
  • Download & Share Report Summary
  • Enhanced Support - Email & Chat 24x5 with 8 hour response
  • No Data Retention Restriction

Pro

Custom
  • Everything in Growth
  • Advanced Targeting & Reporting
  • URL, Device, Traffic Source, New vs Return, OS, Geo, UTM and more
  • Advanced AI CoPilot Features
  • Variation Creation, Page Group Generation
  • Targeting & Reporting Guardrails
  • Metrics Multi Variate Testing
  • Pull Data via Integrations
  • Download & Share Report
  • Phone Support - 24x5 with 6 hour response

Enterprise

Custom
  • Everything in Pro
  • Dedicated CSM & 1:1 Training
  • All Targeting & Reporting Options
  • Mutually Exclusive Groups
  • Single Sign On (SSO)
  • API Access
  • 24x7 Support with 4 hour response

Cost Calculator

Pricing data not available for VWO. Check their website for current pricing.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a VWO alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 129 features.

Buy VWO

Better Value
Monthly costContact Sales
3-year totalVaries
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$156,000
Maintenance$2,340/mo
3-year total$240,240
Dev time~13 months

Buying VWO saves ~$240,240 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 129 features and a BuildScore of 3/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

8 known integrations

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