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Acquia Cloud vs Optimizely comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Acquia Cloud
Ranking in Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)
14th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Optimizely
Ranking in Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)
13th
Average Rating
9.2
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Web Analytics (12th), Feature Management (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) category, the mindshare of Acquia Cloud is 3.3%, down from 4.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Optimizely is 3.8%, up from 2.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Optimizely3.8%
Acquia Cloud3.3%
Other92.9%
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user674091 - PeerSpot reviewer
Digital Delivery Lead at a leisure / travel company with 10,001+ employees
It provides a consolidated platform to manage content for the content editors.
Hosting support is the most valuable feature. Acquia provides a standard for the support and the incident requests. Their knowledge of Drupal as a CMS has enabled us to focus on developing business outcomes rather than focusing on the IT operations. Acquia has provided a resilient hosting infrastructure that allows our people to focus on delivering value to our customers.
it_user623373 - PeerSpot reviewer
AB Testing and Web Optimization Specialist at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
It's given us a powerful tool that's doesn't limit our test ideas by the confines of code we can or cannot use.
Ease of building the test via HTML, Java, and CSS. It's given us a powerful tool that's doesn't limit our test ideas by the confines of code we can or cannot use The thoroughness of results has helped our company make better decisions for our website. Decisions that help our customers with their…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Acquia has provided a resilient hosting infrastructure that allows our people to focus on delivering value to our customers."
"Customer service is wonderful."
"ROI: Infinite! (Got 3X conversion improvement using suggestions given by the product during the free evaluation period)"
"Customer service is the best in the testing industry; transparent support along with a very strong community."
"Customer service is excellent!"
"Optimizely is a great product that has inspired a great community and is the standard for A/B testing."
"Dead simple A/B testing with no code knoweldge needed."
"Optimizely can work for a lot more things than only testing; it is a pretty easy yet powerful tool."
 

Cons

"The automation tools need to improve."
"There were previously issues with experiments saving as expected in Classic."
"When testing images or anything involving JavaScript or more than text, they can really slow down the load performance of a page."
"Does not allow multipage variants (i.e. allows only variants in elements inside one page)."
"Exporting statistics provide more statistical data."
"Verifying goals could be easier."
"Better communication with 3rd party implementation"
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Healthcare Company
10%
University
10%
Retailer
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Construction Company
10%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

What is the structure of Acquia Cloud DXP?
Unlike many digital experience platforms, Acquia Cloud Platform actually separates its two main actions and their many features so it's easier for users. Maybe you were browsing their site and got...
Can Acquia Cloud be used to migrate from another CMS?
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Do you think Acquia Cloud is expensive?
So the price of different Acquia Cloud services doesn't really differ that much based on locations, though, of course, it's cheapest in the US. But my opinion on the matter is, the personal and the...
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