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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Opal

    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Opal is a platform for brands, used to plan, create, and calendar their content - across teams and channels. Opal aims to enable tight alignment and high levels of efficiency. Marketing teams from companies such as Starbucks, Microsoft, and Target use Opal to collaborate, plan, and visualize, while ensuring an always-unified brand voice. Users can: Plan every facet of the brand experience, to ensure consistency throughout every moment and across every…

    $8.29

    per month

    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AOptimizely Content Marketing Platform brings teams together in a single, AI-powered workspace to share plans, collaborate on assets and execute campaigns.N/A
    Pricing
    OpalOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Editions & Modules
    Opal Pro
    $8.29
    per month
    Opal
    Free Forever
    Teams Pro
    Custom Pricing
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    OpalOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    94%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    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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    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    88%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    OpalOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Content Creation
    Comparison of Content Creation features of Opal and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Opal
    -
    Ratings
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    7.1
    37 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Ideation00 Ratings8.026 Ratings
    Approval workflows00 Ratings7.334 Ratings
    Content collaboration00 Ratings8.133 Ratings
    Content calendar00 Ratings6.130 Ratings
    Network for content licensing/production00 Ratings6.017 Ratings
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of Opal and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Opal
    -
    Ratings
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    6.7
    33 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Content hub00 Ratings7.326 Ratings
    Forms / Gated content00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Embedded CTAs00 Ratings8.019 Ratings
    Content distribution00 Ratings8.227 Ratings
    Content promotion00 Ratings6.021 Ratings
    Content automation00 Ratings7.822 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Opal and Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Feature
    Opal
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    Ratings
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    7.5
    27 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Audience profiling and targeting00 Ratings8.23 Ratings
    Closed-loop tracking and reporting00 Ratings6.620 Ratings
    Content performance analytics00 Ratings6.924 Ratings
    Campaign optimization dashboard00 Ratings7.120 Ratings
    Competitive analytics00 Ratings8.612 Ratings
    User Ratings
    OpalOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (5 ratings)
    7.3
    (38 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (33 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    OpalOptimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    OPAL
    I honestly cannot recommend this tool enough. Opal is such a valuable tool for brand content creators and there is nothing like it available. If you're serious about content marketing and have a need to find ways to collaborate, plan and provide more visibility among teams, then Opal really is the only way to go. One more thing that's not being mentioned: The tool is simply amazing but it's only as amazing is the team behind the tool. Their customer support and willingness to quickly be in touch when needed is a key feature within itself. Seriously, such a good team of people.
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    Optimizely
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    Pros
    OPAL
    • Content planning: you can look at one asset and see how it is being used across multiple channels by multiple teams.
    • Content collaboration: it is really easy to see what other people and teams are contributing to an asset, or how they are using it. We can also duplicate content that was created by another team to use as a starting point in our own content collaboration.
    • High level/big picture overview: Opal allows us to see content that is being created, planned and scheduled very easily; it goes beyond social content (which we can also see in Sprinklr) to show us content created across multiple channels.
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    Optimizely
    • The CMP really is useful for us not only to manage the processes behind how we create content that we serve in different platforms like websites, landing pages, emails, social media, but it also help us as a team that is scattered around the globe to be able to be connected all the time to be able to see what we're working on, to be able to share assets as well. We are not reinventing the wheel to be able to show to other people within the organization what is happening at any given point. We use it not only for assets now, but we use it also for things like planning our webinars, planning our face-to-face events, so it truly is the heart of our marketing organization within the business.
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    Cons
    OPAL
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    Optimizely
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    Usability
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    Reliability and Availability
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    Performance
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    Support Rating
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    Online Training
    OPAL
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    Alternatives Considered
    OPAL
    You get for what you paid for. Opal has more features
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    Optimizely
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    Scalability
    OPAL
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    Optimizely
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    Return on Investment
    OPAL
    • Opal allows for more discipline in marketing as teams are better aligned on messaging and big moments.
    • Opal cuts down on communication breakdowns and mistakes, which in the end leads to more happy customers.
    • I think Opal provides the team with more confidence as everyone is on the same page. With everything in one place rather than communications being lost in emails, etc., everyone is more efficient and can work knowing that there is one source of truth.
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    Optimizely
    • The program has allowed us to meet our content goals more easily (e.g.: we publish X articles per month and track where each article is at).
    • It's helped us improve the accuracy of our information. We have SEO, content strategists, and legal teams involved in the workflow now because it's easy to manage.
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    ScreenShots

    Opal Screenshots

    Screenshot of Preview content exactly as it will appear in market to the audience. Collaborate with teammates and track changes in the  Chat & Activity window.Screenshot of View scheduled Moments across all campaigns on the Calendar -- by day, week, or month.Screenshot of Plan marketing content and campaigns using Boards, a free-form space for brainstorming, briefing, and scenario planning.

    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform Screenshots

    Screenshot of Opal, Optimizely's AI, which acts as an extension to the marketing workforce. Use cases include building comprehensive campaign and content briefs, suggesting how to best execute a campaign, creating on-brand content for any channel and providing suggestions for ongoing optimization.Screenshot of Marketing Work Request Prioritization. This streamlines and prioritizes marketing requests with dynamic intake forms, automatic routing, and integrated workflows to ensure that requested work gets completed.Screenshot of Digital Asset Management. With Optimizely Content Marketing Platform's integrated asset repository, marketers can upload, organize, and share assets within the same platform where content planning, creation, and collaboration take place.Screenshot of a Visual Calendar. Optimizely's Content Marketing Platform provides visibility into marketing activities - from content to events to campaigns - with flexibility to support changing timelines.Screenshot of the Calendar. This offers visibility into planned and scheduled content and campaigns with the ability to save and share views.