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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Chartbeat

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/AChartbeat delivers real-time analytics, insights, and transformative tools for content teams around the world, to help improve audience engagement, inform editorial decisions, and increase loyalty.N/A

    OpenText Optimost

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AOpenText Optimost is designed to help companies deliver engaging, profitable websites and campaigns and includes self-service capabilities. Optimost also provides white glove consulting to help companies test confidently when the stakes and complexity are highest; immediately when speed is of the essence, and to match the perfect content to every customer.N/A
    Pricing
    ChartbeatOpenText Optimost
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ChartbeatOpenText Optimost
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsChartbeat pricing is based on monthly site page views. Discounts are applied to multi-year contracts. The Basic Plan includes the Real-time Dashboard, Historical Dashboard, Heads Up Display, Reports, Big Board, iOS and Android app, and Real-time API endpoints. The Plus Plan includes all of the Basic Plan features, plus ONE of the following Premium features: Headline Testing, Advanced Queries, or Multi-Site View. The Premium Plan includes all of the Basic Plan features, plus ALL Premium features: Headline Testing, Advanced Queries, Multi-Site View, and enterprise-level support and custom trainings.—
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    Community Pulse
    ChartbeatOpenText Optimost
    Considered Both Products
    Chartbeat
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    OpenText
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    47 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    46 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    20 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    24 Answers
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    Features
    ChartbeatOpenText Optimost
    Web Analytics
    Comparison of Web Analytics features of Chartbeat and OpenText Optimost
    Feature
    Chartbeat
    7.4
    13 Ratings
    8% below category average
    OpenText Optimost
    -
    Ratings
    Lead Conversion Tracking6.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bounce Rate Measurement6.68 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device and Browser Reporting6.912 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pageview Tracking7.812 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event Tracking7.17 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting in real-time9.112 Ratings00 Ratings
    Referral Source Tracking8.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Dashboards7.710 Ratings00 Ratings
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    ChartbeatOpenText Optimost
    Small Businesses
    StatCounter
    Score9 out of 10
    Google Optimize
    Score6.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Siteimprove
    Score10 out of 10
    AB Tasty
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Alexa Internet (discontinued)
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Google Content Experiments (discontinued)
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ChartbeatOpenText Optimost
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (67 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (9 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (58 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.1
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ChartbeatOpenText Optimost
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Chartbeat
    The main point of benefit is the realtime data. This is vital to our team as we are publishing a lot of content per day, so we have a busy homepage to manage and it's important to know which content is performing well. We also like to get an understanding as quickly as possible - which Chartbeat offers - of where traffic is coming from. Often we will see an example where a page is getting high traffic from Google, for example, and we know that might not need to be placed so prominently on the homepage because the traffic is arriving to us externally anyway. Without that depth of understanding what is performing best and why - updated immediately, unlike in Google Analytics now - our homepage would not be as well optimised for users coming to us direct
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    The ease of implementation combined with the managed services result in a tool that virtually anyone can use - implementation is less than 10 lines of code added to the relevant pages of the website (we simply added it to our master page template to have it available on any page) and from there the customer can be as involved or not involved as they wish. At BSI we are very hands on with the testing programme - usually developing and designing the tests ourselves and having HP build them, but if we wanted to HP to develop, design and build and limit our role to QA and review that is an option.
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    Pros
    Chartbeat
    • Provides easy at-a-glance look at what people are reading right now
    • Heads-up Display allows you to make sure the homepage is showing the content people want to read
    • Headline testing tool provides fascinating insight into what makes people read a story and improves headline-writing ability
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    OpenText
    • Because it is a managed service the need for intervention by our internal IT group was removed. This allowed us to control the pace of the testing programme without being influenced by IT resource allocation
    • The client and technical account managers are very good at suggesting tests or potential improvements
    • HP regularly holds custom forums which are always informative and provide an opportunity to learn from and network with peers and industry leaders
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    Cons
    Chartbeat
    • Source of traffic needs improvement. Search and social make sense, but "internal" and "links" is a grey area. It would be helpful to define those with an organization and provide an information icon so users can easily remember what each of those buckets is tracking.
    • More ways to customize the real-time board. For example, with video content, that's great that I can see a user has started a video, but what is the completion rate, was that only on O&O or can that track Facebook, too?
    • Would like to see demo (age) information included as a way to slice the data so I can see what's working with my older and younger demo.
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    • The dashboard interface is difficult to navigate, but I understand that they are currently developing/testing a new much more user friendly interface
    • The cost can be a barrier for some organisations, but for us it is worth it. Also they are in the process of releasing a less expensive self authoring testing tool.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Chartbeat
    I gave Chartbeat a 5 for a renewal rating, because, while it delivers clear and understandable content, Google Analytics also provides many of the same features for free. For a small to medium website, I believe it would be more cost effective to use Google Analytics. A website with a high amount of traffic, however, could merit spending the money on Chartbeat to maximize their potential.
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    OpenText
    We have not only renewed our subscription three years running, but we have added the self authoring tool and are looking to expand the subscription so that we can take advantage of the managed services on a global level.
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    Usability
    Chartbeat
    I am able to "set it and forget it," keeping it up on my monitor for either constant checking or just keeping an eye on the numbers during the day. I'm also able to keep track of what times are perfect to post a story and which stories rack up the most traffic.
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Chartbeat
    I have had limited experience of support for Chartbeat but whenever I have needed help it has been there. Recently there was an issue of seeing different forms of data in real time - app and otherwise effectively, and the issue was being clearly dealt with and communicated back to us.
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Chartbeat
    Omnilytics is more robust, detailed, and catered for an intermediate media user, while I think Chartbeat is a more user-friendly and beginner-oriented piece of technology. That being said, there is an impressive amount of lift for Chartbeat, and it's evident that simplicity is the key to using a software daily (which is absolutely the point in the content world).
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    We evaluated Optimost again Adobe's similar offering (Target). The big difference between the two and the reason why BSI choose Autonomy was the managed service aspect. The idea that once the code was deployed on the site IT no longer had to be involved gave my team full ownership of the testing programme. With the Adobe product, the involvement of the internal IT group would have been required to launch each test - and this would have decreased the number of tests we could run each month. Back in the day I also used offermatica/omniture and this too required IT involvement.
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    Return on Investment
    Chartbeat
    • It has helped us save time in report generation and performance analysis.
    • By helping us evaluate our contributors, we're able to get our money's worth.
    • Seeing our numbers on the Big Board fosters healthy competition among brands, motivating us to distribute our stories better.
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    • Use HP Optimost was the primary driver behind a 40% increase in UK classroom training courses booked online read more details here: http://www.autonomy.com/work/news/details/hsx6767d
    • HP Optimost testing led to a 9% increase in sales by improving the BSI Shop's checkout funnel in 2012
    • HP Optimost is integral to the success of BSI's continuous improvement testing programme
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    ScreenShots

    Chartbeat Screenshots

    Screenshot of Big Board: For newsrooms, the leaderboard-style visualization shows the top stories on the biggest screen.Screenshot of Real-time dashboard: Displays how an audience is connecting with content in the moment – across platforms, channels, and devices.Screenshot of Historical Dashboard: To assess content performance, KPIs, and valuable trends over the long term.Screenshot of Heads Up Display: Shows which homepage articles are the top performers, how stories are trending up or down in traffic, and how far visitors are scrolling down the page.Screenshot of Video Dashboard: Reveals how video content captures viewer attention.Screenshot of Conversion Dashboard: Tracks conversion metrics and insights.