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    Contentsquare

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AContentsquare is a digital experience analytics cloud designed to help companies understand hidden customer behaviors, and use those insights to drive more successful experiences. It includes functionality from the former Clicktale heatmap, session recording, and A/B testing tool and now boasts a suite of customer journey analytic capabilities.N/A

    Google Optimize

    Score6.7 out of 10
    N/AGoogle offers the Optimize A/B testing tool for testing website content and versions.N/A
    Pricing
    ContentsquareGoogle Optimize
    Editions & Modules
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    Google Optimize
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ContentsquareGoogle Optimize
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    ContentsquareGoogle Optimize
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    Contentsquare
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    Google
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    ContentsquareGoogle Optimize
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Contentsquare and Google Optimize
    Feature
    Contentsquare
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Google Optimize
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Results and Analysis
    Comparison of Results and Analysis features of Contentsquare and Google Optimize
    Feature
    Contentsquare
    9.7
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Google Optimize
    8.2
    8 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Heatmap tool8.01 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Click analytics10.01 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Scroll maps10.01 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Conversion tracking10.01 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Goal tracking10.01 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Session Recording and Replay10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Segmentation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form fill analysis00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Test reporting00 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Results segmentation00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    CSV export00 Ratings9.93 Ratings
    Experiments results dashboard00 Ratings9.97 Ratings
    Testing and Experimentation
    Comparison of Testing and Experimentation features of Contentsquare and Google Optimize
    Feature
    Contentsquare
    -
    Ratings
    Google Optimize
    4.9
    8 Ratings
    50% below category average
    a/b experiment testing00 Ratings4.08 Ratings
    Split URL testing00 Ratings2.08 Ratings
    Multivariate testing00 Ratings4.08 Ratings
    Multi-page/funnel testing00 Ratings1.06 Ratings
    Cross-browser testing00 Ratings6.44 Ratings
    Mobile app testing00 Ratings2.72 Ratings
    Test significance00 Ratings1.07 Ratings
    Visual / WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings3.07 Ratings
    Advanced code editor00 Ratings2.07 Ratings
    Page surveys00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Visitor recordings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Preview mode00 Ratings3.06 Ratings
    Test duration calculator00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Experiment scheduler00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Experiment workflow and approval00 Ratings8.93 Ratings
    Dynamic experiment activation00 Ratings6.92 Ratings
    Client-side tests00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Server-side tests00 Ratings2.62 Ratings
    Mutually exclusive tests00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Audience Segmentation & Targeting
    Comparison of Audience Segmentation & Targeting features of Contentsquare and Google Optimize
    Feature
    Contentsquare
    -
    Ratings
    Google Optimize
    7.0
    8 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Standard visitor segmentation00 Ratings6.08 Ratings
    Behavioral visitor segmentation00 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Traffic allocation control00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Website personalization00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
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    ContentsquareGoogle Optimize
    Small Businesses
    Fullstory
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Google Content Experiments (discontinued)
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Quantum Metric
    Score8 out of 10
    AB Tasty
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Glassbox
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Google Content Experiments (discontinued)
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ContentsquareGoogle Optimize
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (14 ratings)
    5.0
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.5
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ContentsquareGoogle Optimize
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Contentsquare
    ContentSquare [(Clicktale)] is best suited to deep dive understanding of how web users truly consume your web pages. For example, when a traditional analytics software informs you on exit rates, ContentSquare [(Clicktale)] helps you to understand if users left without interacting with their last page or if they in fact spent time reading, scrolling, clicking it.
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    Google
    It is a little too limited for a full stack experimentation programme. Many times we required development support or tech advise but we were simply unable to get this due to it being google. This was a big problem for us. However it is quite good if you were looking to get started in experimentation and didn’t have the budgets for a wider tool
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    Pros
    Contentsquare
    • Heat Maps - we used and liked CrazyEgg in the past, and it was a cheaper tool that was easy to use. ClickTale gives us additional capabilities with better data about scroll reach, mouse movements, clicks and a summary report that shows what parts of our pages are getting attention. A product manager asked us yesterday for insights on how his product page was performing, and we were easily able to send him the reports in the heat map section.
    • Visitor recordings - We get good data on our website using analytics tools like GA, HubSpot and ClickTale, but it is very helpful to watch actual visitor recordings for certain visitor segments. If we add a new page or new feature to our website and notice a trend, we can easily drill down and watch visitors and see how they are interacting with the page.
    • Conversion funnels - We do a lot of our analysis in Google Analytics and you can set up conversion funnels in GA if you know how to do it. The problem is you can't segment the data and the aggregated data is not as helpful. ClickTale makes it very simple to do conversion funnels, and you can segment them with just a few clicks.
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    Google
    • Easy to follow set up procedures. Once I walk a client through the process, it's effortless for them to emulate on subsequent tests.
    • Lots of geo and user attribute customization features to be able to drill down into specific targeted audiences — all based on the power of Google's immense data system.
    • Google Optimize is the logical choice for many people to start with since most are already familiar with and using GA.
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    Cons
    Contentsquare
    • It's a bit difficult to navigate form heatmaps of one page on my sites to those of another.
    • It would be useful to have data on what percentage of clicks for each link are bounces. If this is available already, it is not very easy to find.
    • I have slight doubts about the accuracy of ClickTale's data based on some industry related articles I've read (i.e. http://redant.com.au/tool-reviews/clicktale-review-technology/). For the most part I feel like the data I'm getting is accurate, because it roughly corresponds to what I'm able to see on Google Analytics. It would be nice to see ClickTale address some of these issues.
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    Google
    • Only works for browsers, not for the apps testing.
    • Missing possibility to test complicated features.
    • Audience division in groups is not always accurate.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Contentsquare
    At my former company I was able to upgrade our initial subscription level from bronze to gold without any problems after the first year. Unfortunately, the company I am presently with doesn't have a Clicktale subscription. I would have absolutely no hesitation in strongly recommending Clicktale to my current company if I ever get even a remote chance to do so. Clicktale is used in some of the statistics I use on my resume in an effort to quantify my results as a certified usability analyst. Clicktale has made a significant difference in my value to any team I work with.
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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Contentsquare
    I had some issues interacting with viewing recordings of a specific page by many users but my impression was that this was going to be fixed.
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    Google
    Google has always been known to make easy-to-use products. The Google Optimize interface is intuitive and easy to follow for anyone.
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    Support Rating
    Contentsquare
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Google has well-documented resources and unlimited use cases that can be found online. Plus, their support is always helpful and available.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Contentsquare
    ClickTale is now a step ahead of the competition since it delivers insights based on pre-defined business KPIs and customer journeys that we have set up. We can also segment our traffic and easily sift through the many recordings finding the ones that match our lookup criteria. This paired with a good and reliable PII masking helps us with insight collection and drive business decisions which other solutions don't have. The new non-Flash interface is clean and simple to use and has all the functionalities centralized.
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    Google
    Google Optimize being part of the Google stack makes it great in reporting and analysis. Wish Google would add more features like dynamic tests, multi funnel tests, conversion calculator based on the total number of traffic of the page being tested instead of using the websites total traffic. Should integrate form analysis, heatmap, and page analytics.
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    Return on Investment
    Contentsquare
    • Rarely was actionable insight taken from the ClickTale tool that resulted in a better user experience on our website. We made small changes on different aspects of our webpages that typically did not show an improvement over the previous versions.
    • The dedicated time and resources in the ClickTale tool did not justify the investment. The heat maps can be helpful but they are based on mouse clicks (Google Analytics can help with that). Watching recordings can get time consuming and don't always provide enough data for an actionable takeaway.
    • If you take the approach of identifying a potential problem on your website first, then using the ClickTale tool to dig deeper in the issue, you might find the tool helpful. However, make sure you gather enough data on the potential issue before making changes to your site (and monitor the changes afterward).
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    Google
    • We were able to increase our main KPI for conversions by almost 50% by testing button copy.
    • We were able to increase secondary KPIs for conversions by almost 30% by testing form design.
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