Thrive Leads vs. UserTesting

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Thrive Leads
Score 9.4 out of 10
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Wordpress specialist Thrive Themes offers Thrive Leads, providing opt-in forms and conversion optimization functionality.N/A
UserTesting
Score 8.0 out of 10
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UserTesting helps UX researchers, designers, product teams, and marketers gather actionable insights through research, testing, and feedback. With a network of real people ready to share their perspectives, UserTesting enables organizations to make customer-first decisions at scale.N/A
Pricing
Thrive LeadsUserTesting
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Thrive LeadsUserTesting
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses
Convert Experiences
Convert Experiences
Score 9.9 out of 10
Smartlook
Smartlook
Score 8.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Contentsquare
Contentsquare
Score 7.2 out of 10
Optimal
Optimal
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Contentsquare
Contentsquare
Score 7.2 out of 10
Optimal
Optimal
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Thrive LeadsUserTesting
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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8.2
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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8.2
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Usability
9.0
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8.1
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Availability
-
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9.1
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Performance
-
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9.1
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Support Rating
9.0
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8.3
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Implementation Rating
-
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4.6
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Configurability
-
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7.3
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Product Scalability
-
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7.3
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Vendor post-sale
-
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9.1
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Vendor pre-sale
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9.1
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User Testimonials
Thrive LeadsUserTesting
Likelihood to Recommend
Thrive Leads is really well suited for solopreneur service providers, ecommerce brands, and small to medium businesses. I wouldn't recommend Thrive Leads as an enterprise level solution, but I don't think they're trying to be that, either. Thrive Leads will help you if you don't have a whole marketing department (or if you are the one guiding a marketing VA) to do a better job of capturing leads and building your email list, which is the life blood of small online busines.
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When working with general market customers. For example, a person between the ages of 30 and 60 who has a checking account and a mortgage with their primary bank, as long as they don't get too specific about a particular bank.
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Pros
  • Capture contact data
  • Segment contacts
  • Integrate with Activecampaign in a straightforward way
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  • Product Manager who follows up on your UserTesting usage and gives advice/support when you need it.
  • UserTesting University is a great platform to learn how to use UT and general information about research.
  • UserTesting can find participants quickly, so you won't need to wait long before you can start the analysis.
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Cons
  • The form creator is WYSIWYG, but not 100%
  • If computer is slow, forms are slow to load
  • Form loading can sometimes affect Google page speed insights
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  • A centralized platform to recommend products and use cases would be handy so that users can suggest what they could use more of.
  • Integration with newer payment methods and gift card services could expand the user base.
  • Some products are business-critical and thus require sophisticated testing. This service could be added.
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Likelihood to Renew
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I'm actually trying to get a license for my current job at my current company (recently moved to a new company). I gave it this rating because I am about to go to our executive to ask that we purchase it! I know that there will be value because we are forecasting a high volume of research next year
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Usability
Thrive Leads can be easily used by anyone who has the basic skills to work within the WordPress environment and who has the knowledge about lead capture and segmentation. As a lead capture tool, I think it's use is restricted to obtaining contact information in different settings, which it does flawlessly.
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It can be difficult to organize our tests and go back and find information. I think the AI tools are helping and will help with this, but for now it is time consuming to sort through all of the tests and information and then synthesize it and share it with others. It just takes a lot of time.
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Reliability and Availability
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Never encountered any problems
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Performance
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Perfectly fine. Never had any problems.
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Support Rating
In general, the support is great. When living in a different time zone, the support can seem slow but it's not. Most of the time, any issues I have get sorted out quickly and if it's not the first time, it generally gets fixed on the second go. Their knowledge base is good too although sometimes it's hard to search. Not usually their fault, more that users don't title their problems better.
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I've used the "power hour," as I think it's called. This really helped me gain a greater understanding of my specific needs and wants from the platform. This excellent service points to the excellent relationship UserTesting provides its clients. I would recommend this service to any of my colleagues.
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Implementation Rating
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From a technical perspective, the implementation was extremely smooth. Most of the change management / implementation hurdles were clearing use of the tool through our various security, legal, and information privacy teams. Once these concerns were addressed (UserTesting.com was very helpful in providing all the needed documentation), the implementation process was very simple and we were able to get going right away.
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Alternatives Considered
Both Leadpages and ClickFunnels are great products but because they are so specific in many ways they didn't allow me to use them right across an entire website. Thrive Leads has integrated their products so well that you can use them on any wordpress site and of course with all other Thrive products. I also found the cost much better and the constant updating of the software means it's always up-to-date with the market.
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UserTesting is probably the most polished with the largest tester pool, fastest turnaround, and great tools for both moderated and unmoderated tests. Userlytics is a solid alternative, especially for the budget-conscious. It supports usability testing on lots of devices, and you can do both moderated and unmoderated sessions. The UI isn’t as seamless as UserTesting’s, but it gets the job done and it's pretty flexible in terms of study setup and participant targeting.
Trymata is the most basic, but it’s relatively straightforward and affordable. You still get session recordings and written responses, but lacks dashboard polish or advanced features. It’s great for smaller teams or one-off tests.
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Scalability
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The package we have limits the number of people who can set up tests. This prevents us from scaling the use of the platform.
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Return on Investment
  • Grew our email list quickly through opt in offers
  • Decreased time to build campaigns manually
  • Increased donations from email subscribers
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  • We can build tests and gather the insights from those tests to validate our products at a breakneck pace.
  • By quickly validating our assumptions, we can adjust or refine our designs to ensure the final results are more user-focused.
  • Recently, by testing and comparing two different flows for a form, we were able to create the right solution that gave us better leads compared to the former form. This results in better leads, better data about the user, and better support at the end for this user.
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ScreenShots

UserTesting Screenshots

Screenshot of UserTesting's several solutions for gathering rich customer experience narratives.Screenshot of Interactive Path Flows
Built on recent research in data mining, the Interactive Path Flow aggregates interaction data across multiple participant sessions to visualize the customer journey, surface unexpected behaviors, and locate key moments in the customer journey.Screenshot of Keyword Mapping
Similar keywords are automatically grouped based on overall sentiment (positive, negative, or neutral) to identify themes. Highlight reels associated with each keyword are grouped together, to discover the why behind each sentiment.Screenshot of Video capture and live streaming
Digital and real-world customer experiences are recorded on desktop and mobile devices or live streamed for in-platform viewing.Screenshot of Audience targeting
Audiences are specified by screening contributors from UserTesting’s global network of contributors or connecting to any preferred network.