ABsmartly vs. Google Content Experiments (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ABsmartly
Score 9.7 out of 10
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ABsmartly is an A/B testing and experimentation tool for use across web, email, and apps, both server-side and client-side. The ABSmartly platform is designed for product teams and PLG-driven organisations who want to make data-driven decisions. The ABsmartly platform caters to various testing scenarios, including feature flags, split testing, multi-variant, multi-page, multi-platform, SEO tests, cross-device testing, among others. ABsmartly was founded by experimentation…N/A
Google Content Experiments (discontinued)
Score 7.3 out of 10
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Google Content Experiments was a tool that can be used to create A/B test from within Google Analytics. It has been discontinued since 2019, and Google now recommends using its Google Optimize service for A/B testing.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsABsmartly has an events-based pricing model, clients have unlimited experiments, metrics and platform users, and they pay per event. ABsmartly has no pricing tiers or packages, so all customers get all features, including the advanced Group Sequential Testing engine, real time data processing, and collaborative tools. ABsmartly handles the infrastructure costs and provides the platform, however if clients wish, they can handle the infrastructure on their side. ABsmartly's event-based plans start at €60,000/year for 50 Million events per month. ABsmartly includes onboarding, standard training and support at no extra cost. ABsmartly has 2 categories of billable events: Exposure events An exposure event happens every time a call is made to check which variant (of an experiment or a feature flag) to show a visitor. The number of exposure is dependent on the number of unique visitors, the number of experiments and the number of exposure per experiment. Exposure Events = {# unique visitors} x {# experiments} x {# experiment exposures} Goal events A goal event happens every time a goal is triggered by a visitor of an application. A goal is what is used to create an experimentation metrics and they usually represent an action taken by visitors, a click on a button, a conversion, a cancellation, etc. The number of goals events is dependent on the number of unique visitors, the number of goals and the number of goals exposures. Goal Events: = {# unique visitors} x {# goals} x {# goal triggers}
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
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Google Content Experiments (discontinued)
Chose Google Content Experiments (discontinued)
Google Content Experiments is a free tool and the leading tool in the industry. It's pretty simple to set up a test and use content experiments to monitor objectives once Google Analytics is installed. Less experienced team members can run tests with some training. There are …
Chose Google Content Experiments (discontinued)
It frankly was down to cost. Other platforms offer better targeting etc., however, we found that unless we could demonstrate early value - we didn't get budget sign off. Our teams aren't usually large enough to justify the cost and time to invest in a more complex platform - so …
Chose Google Content Experiments (discontinued)
Google Website Optimizer was a better product but has been discontinued. We have also used Test and Target , which has more features but we have been doing fine with Google Content Experiments. Most testing situations can be handled with Google Content Experiments.
Chose Google Content Experiments (discontinued)
Google Content Experiment cannot compete with Adobe Test and Target, Quadratics or even Optimizley. It is harder to use with no editing interface, so pages must be actually developed. It doesn't allow for any advanced segmenting or multivarient testing. But it is free, so …
Chose Google Content Experiments (discontinued)
I have not used any alternatives. I only use Content Experiments because it is in GA.
Chose Google Content Experiments (discontinued)
Google CE is free, Optimizely isn't plus only until recently I found out that Optimizely can work with multiple goals, however, this was found by meeting their employees at a trade show and not via their website.
Chose Google Content Experiments (discontinued)
We'd use content experiments as a complimentary testing tool alongside more comprehensive testing packages out there. As a free testing tool it does the job for basic A/B testing.
Chose Google Content Experiments (discontinued)
If you are looking for a more advanced great value for money solution I would recommend investigating Visual Website Optimizer. For a more powerful enterprise level solution with the option to have a fully managed service I would recommend Maxymiser.
Chose Google Content Experiments (discontinued)
Google Content Experiments provides significantly more insight, historical data and analysis than Unbounce. However, if you do need a solution that offers a WYSIWYG editor, landing page hosting, and limited reporting and testing, Unbounce is a good all-in-one solution and that …
Chose Google Content Experiments (discontinued)
GCE isn't better or worse than any of these, it's just different. When I have the time to build a new page, setup the testing scripts, and go - then I'll use GCE. If I'm doing multivariate I use VWO. If I'm testing a quick button or headline change, I use Optimizely or UnBounce.
Chose Google Content Experiments (discontinued)
Google CE does a great job streamlining tools and features. Optimizely does not offer nearly the same amount of tools or resources that G CE does. I would use CE in the future but stay away from Optimizely. Google also has a lot more resources for accruing knowledge on it …
Features
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Testing and Experimentation
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Ratings
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9.2
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11% above category average
a/b experiment testing00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Split URL testing00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Multivariate testing00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Multi-page/funnel testing00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Cross-browser testing00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Mobile app testing00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Test significance00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Visual / WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Advanced code editor00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Page surveys00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Visitor recordings00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Preview mode00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Test duration calculator00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Experiment scheduler00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Experiment workflow and approval00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Dynamic experiment activation00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Client-side tests00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Server-side tests00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Mutually exclusive tests00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Audience Segmentation & Targeting
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Ratings
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10.0
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16% above category average
Standard visitor segmentation00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Behavioral visitor segmentation00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Traffic allocation control00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Website personalization00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Results and Analysis
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Ratings
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9.9
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16% above category average
Click analytics00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Form fill analysis00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Conversion tracking00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Goal tracking00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Test reporting00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Results segmentation00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
CSV export00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Experiments results dashboard00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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Dynamic Yield
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Score 8.3 out of 10
Dynamic Yield
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
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Google Content Experiments is suited for large and small organizations, no matter your organizational goals. It is not recommended for organizations that are only interested in qualitative data, as there are other tools for receiving specific user experience feedback. It is also not recommended that you implement tests without some sort of goal in mind.
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Pros
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  • When you need to measure against event-based goals
  • If you need to see how the test variations performed against secondary goals
  • Given that the the platform requires you actually code a new page with a unique URL, this tool can be good for radical redesigns.
  • Great insights into other information about your testing groups, like whether or not they're mobile, screen size, browser, or really any dimension available in GA.
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Cons
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  • You can only optimise for one goal, so if you have several conversions, like phone call and email you need to do it manually.
  • It seems not to work that well for pages with lower amounts of traffic - not great for new or niche sites.
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Likelihood to Renew
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Content Experiments just makes it is simple and easy to implement A|B tests. We will be evaluating other tools in search of a more robust system for multivariate and cross-page testing, such as Optimizely or Visual Website Optimizer. However, for basic testing, you can't really beat it.
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Support Rating
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Using the free tool, overall "live support" is limited. However, there are plenty of online resources to get started. If you need handheld support, it is best to upgrade the service or hire a developer through one of Google's partner agencies. There could be more support for understanding what makes a test useful or not.
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Alternatives Considered
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Google Website Optimizer was a better product but has been discontinued. We have also used Test and Target , which has more features but we have been doing fine with Google Content Experiments. Most testing situations can be handled with Google Content Experiments.
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Return on Investment
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  • Doing good experiments/Optimize has helped to take out the guesswork of the things we want to implement.
  • We have done fairly complex changes such as changing navigation and managed to see improvements outcomes immediately before we have to request developer.
  • Our teams have become more data centric in how they approach changes.
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Screenshot of ABsmartly platform overviewScreenshot of ABsmartly Group Sequential Testing time savings and efficiency gainsScreenshot of ABsmartly's Experimentation TemplatesScreenshot of ABsmartly interaction detection - interactions rarely happen but good to know if they doScreenshot of ABsmartly feature flag creationScreenshot of ABsmartly health checks