Adobe Target vs. Airship

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Target
Score 8.8 out of 10
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Adobe Test and Target is an A/B, multi-variate testing platform which Adobe acquired as part of the Omniture platform in 2009. It is now part of the Adobe Marketing Cloud. It offers tight integration with Adobe analytics and content management products.N/A
Airship
Score 8.5 out of 10
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The Airship Experience Platform provides an end-to-end solution for unifying experiences across channels and capturing value across the entire customer lifecycle.N/A
Pricing
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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 feeOptional
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Adobe Target
Chose Adobe Target
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This tools are very important to create a new visual experience to Adobe Target.
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We have integration and use cases for both solutions, personalization at Marketo and use cases based on data from adobe analytics
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I still use Optimizely as it helps with project managing. We have been using that for quite sometime and we have recently started using Adobe Target Platform and are testing both of them to see which one would work the best for us. In terms of reporting Adobe Target has been …
Chose Adobe Target
Ease of use, integration with Analytics eliminated any waiting periods. Easier to implement and has more features in one place.
Chose Adobe Target
For us, the decision was very straightforward. We chose to invest in the Adobe stack and utilize tools that are developed to integrate together and complement each other. Ex: Adobe Target 'A4T' integration within Adobe Analytics. Optimizely appears to be a great tool, but …
Chose Adobe Target
Google Optimize - Way better than Adobe, even the free version. It automatically work with Google Analytics, and tracks revenue out of the box. Fantastic. Use this.

Optimizely - As a paid service, this is another good option. Tracks revenue out of the box, good heatmapping, most …
Chose Adobe Target
Previously, we had the opportunity to work with some similar services and to be honest we had a disastrous experience because they were not what we were looking for, but since Adobe Target was implemented it has proven to be a highly professional service for our company.
Chose Adobe Target
In my personal opinion, Optimizely is a clear choice here while Google Optimize is for the low-budget minded decision-makers and Evergage for the COE more geared toward personalization; however, in our case we were already locked into using Target prior to my arrival. I don't …
Chose Adobe Target
I have used Optimizely for A/B testing. Optimizely makes it easier to set up almost any type of testing experiment. Optimizely is also strongly recommended for a limited number of users and when you want to optimize the cost. Optimizely was selected over Adobe Target since the …
Chose Adobe Target
I have not used another product like Adobe Target.
Chose Adobe Target
We seriously considered another software but because we use so many other Adobe products this made the most sense for us. If you are not dependent on other Adobe software and are a smaller company, in my opinion, Target may not be the best fit.
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Target has far superior functionality, it integrates with Adobe Analytics and is easy to build tests.
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It fits on top of our comprehensive data stack
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Many of the same features, but Adobe Test and Target was much more expensive.
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Usability and implementation is harder with other products than with Test and Target.
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Chose Adobe Target
We have looked at Optimizely but at this point are sticking with Test & Target. We like the integration it has with our Analytics tools such as Ad Hoc and SiteCatalyst. Also, we feel that Adobe has some interesting products that we would like to dig into in the future such as …
Chose Adobe Target
I have used Google Analytics on my personal website but I can't compare it with Test and Target, because Google Analytics is free which will do less than what Adobe Test and Target does.
Chose Adobe Target
While my organization has been using Adobe Test & Target, I have had the chance to evaluate Optimizely, another tool that allows for multivariate testing with a smooth interface. The reason I like to stick with Adobe Test & Target is its ability to interface and interact with …
Airship
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They are the only Application/Push vendor we have used since I started w/ the company about 4 years ago. I believe we have sued them since 2016 or so.
Chose Airship
Airship allows for more uses for a better value and is more of a focused outreach for the parishioners, and much easier to use with mobile devises.
Chose Airship
We've tested a bunch of different CRM tools over the years and Airship has been a winner for its functionality, features, cost, and ability to integrate with other softwares that we use. It has been great for SMS and mobile in particular. It could certainly be a one stop shop …
Chose Airship
Airship have a very different set of features, we could not find an exact match of it.
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Easy user interface and seamless integration. Great Customer engagement
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Airship allows for more uses for a better value and is more of a focused outreach for the parishioners, and much easier to use with mobile devises.
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We use Sailthru for emails. We have not used them for pushes so I can't compare the two.
Chose Airship
The above mentioned products were evaluated for initial RFQ process however Airship was awarded for the robustness and ease of use, and its strategy aligns with Vodafone's App usage engagement
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Airship is superb in customer support against all others. Even though I feel CleverTap may be a better choice but probably will not be as easy as Airship when setting them up and operating it. As for MoEngage, the last experience I had was simply not good enough, but that was …
Chose Airship
I have also worked with Vibes, Salesforce, Pendo, and Swrve for mobile app marketing efforts, and I always come back to airship as delivering the best Push and In-App messaging capabilities. If you want a full service platform for Push and In-App messaging rather than …
Chose Airship
There was a time when we went off Urban Airship and went to Spreed. We were using Spreed's app, so there was much better integration on push notifications. The push notification took readers directly into the story. When we moved from Spreed to our own native app, we went back …
Features
Adobe TargetAirship
Testing and Experimentation
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Adobe Target
8.6
Ratings
5% above category average
Airship
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a/b experiment testing10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Split URL testing8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Multivariate testing9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-page/funnel testing8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Cross-browser testing8.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile app testing8.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Test significance7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual / WYSIWYG editor8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced code editor8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Page surveys9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Visitor recordings8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Preview mode9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Test duration calculator9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Experiment scheduler9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Experiment workflow and approval7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Dynamic experiment activation8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Client-side tests9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Server-side tests8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Mutually exclusive tests7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Audience Segmentation & Targeting
Comparison of Audience Segmentation & Targeting features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Target
8.5
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0% below category average
Airship
-
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Standard visitor segmentation8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Behavioral visitor segmentation8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Traffic allocation control8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Website personalization9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Results and Analysis
Comparison of Results and Analysis features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Target
9.0
Ratings
7% above category average
Airship
-
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Heatmap tool9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Click analytics9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Scroll maps9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Form fill analysis9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Conversion tracking9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Goal tracking8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Test reporting9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Results segmentation8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
CSV export9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Experiments results dashboard8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Adobe TargetAirship
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
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8.9
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Likelihood to Renew
6.3
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Usability
8.5
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6.0
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Availability
6.1
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Performance
8.0
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Support Rating
3.5
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9.0
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In-Person Training
8.1
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Online Training
6.1
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Implementation Rating
7.2
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User Testimonials
Adobe TargetAirship
Likelihood to Recommend
We recommend this application because it allows us to segment and track the traffic of our domain under an analysis of their behavior, ranging from counting the number of clicks they make on a single element to the most complete action within our page in real time.
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Well-Suited for: 1. Mobile App Notifications: Ideal for targeted push notifications in apps. 2. Customer Segmentation: Effective for personalized marketing campaigns based on user data. 3. Event-Triggered Automation: Great for automated messaging based on user actions. 4. A/B Testing: Useful for optimizing campaign messages and strategies. Less Appropriate for: 1. Non-Mobile Channels: Less effective if the primary focus is on non-mobile communications like email or direct mail. 2. Basic Email Marketing: Other platforms might be better suited for simple, broad email campaigns without complex segmentation or personalization needs.
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Pros
  • Because the software is established there is lots of online help available and most of the bugs have been worked out
  • Adobe has a vast supply of resources if your pockets are deep enough.
  • The dashboard is easy to follow and is getting more user-friendly. You no longer have to be an HTML wizard to implement changes.
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  • Setting up the target audience within Airship using attributes is one of my favorites.
  • Airship has a very user-friendly interface with detailed documentation for self-help. I also enjoy the training sessions, articles and reports Airship organized as those are very insightful and useful.
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Cons
  • There should be some more clarity around what makes a test significant. While this can be decided by the client themselves, some direction from the tool would be helpful.
  • Also, if there was an easier way to organize campaigns and search for them it would be helpful. Right now there is just a long list of campaigns and you have to rely on search to find a specific campaign. What if you don't know the name of the test?
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  • The automated A/B testing winner selection and application should be added
  • The flexibility of message shape, specifically incorporating transparency so messages do not need to be a rectangular shape
  • Faster and more reliable servers around the globe
  • Making more detailed use cases and tutorials to be followed can simplify things for users
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Likelihood to Renew
Once you get started with your testing program, you realize that it is necessary to continue. You must keep optimizing in order to remain a vital competitor in today's marketing world. Even if you're not using Test & Target or any other user experience testing software, you ought to be performing comparison tests on your own, simply by routing your audience to different experiences and quantifying the aggregate of the results.
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Usability
The recent UI update is a complete mess. It is difficult to navigate and find features that previously existed. The reactiveness of the page depending on window size is also ridiculous and it is absurd that depending on how large your window is, entire columns of functions will disappear with no indication that they are missing. The usability of the tool has fallen off a cliff.
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The interface takes a bit getting used to in order to know how to take advantage of everything. Some of the analytics that are available are particularly hard to find, so it's important to pay attention when customer support reviews everything, but everything I'd want and need in terms of Push and In-App messaging is all there.
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Reliability and Availability
i don't think we use the full functionalities of the tool, but to use the full functions, it's almost impossible (Too hard)
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Performance
The bottleneck is never the software program
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Support Rating
On several occasions, we have had the need to ask for help from the Adobe Target support team, and I must say that they have provided us with an excellent experience, as they take care of solving the problems quickly and with high precision
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I have not had to interact much with customer support as I have been able to find the vast majority of the answers I'm looking for within their documentation, which I very much appreciate because it saves me a lot of time. Customer support has been responsive and helpful for the most part during the couple of interactions I've had.
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In-Person Training
The instructor that came to train us was awesome and this training was very useful. I would recommend it for anyone who is going to be using this software. I only mark it lower because it is an added expense to an already expensive product, and a lot of the training covered the "Target" portion of the software (which again, we didn't use)
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Online Training
The training was very easy to understand, however it would have been more useful to my development team than me. It was also primarily over-the-phone, which is never as easy to follow as in-person. We ended up scheduling and paying for an in-person training session to supplement the online/phone training because it wasn't helpful enough.
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Implementation Rating
Implement using a global mBox on the page so you can change any and everything over the traditional method. Traditional method is good if you do not have technical web dev resources, do not know Javascript/jQuery, or you have money to blow on mBox calls. Global deployment reduces mBox calls and allows you to touch many parts of the page easily. A lot more customizable
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Alternatives Considered
For us, the decision was very straightforward. We chose to invest in the Adobe stack and utilize tools that are developed to integrate together and complement each other. Ex: Adobe Target 'A4T' integration within Adobe Analytics. Optimizely appears to be a great tool, but for us aligning with the Adobe suite, ensuring that future product enhancements and tools would work well together was a very important key factor in our decision
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I have also worked with Vibes, Salesforce, Pendo, and Swrve for mobile app marketing efforts, and I always come back to airship as delivering the best Push and In-App messaging capabilities. If you want a full service platform for Push and In-App messaging rather than configuring these channels through something that is no cost such as Firebase, then i would recommend Airship.
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Return on Investment
  • This is something we've been working to improve on, as far as how we're calculating and tracking this, but Target has had a substantial ROI on our business.
  • I will say specific to our efforts, we could have probably done similar work if not the same work using a different testing tool (Optimizely for example), but Target has been good for us.
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  • The ROI has increased more than approx. 50% (exact details to be confirmed) based on cross-channel orchestration
  • Using push notifications alone, we have seen a huge increase in app engagement which was a challenge before to nudge users to get back to the App after initial download
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