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IBM Watson Customer Experience Analytics vs Optimizely comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

IBM Watson Customer Experie...
Ranking in Web Analytics
20th
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Customer Data Analysis (3rd), Customer Experience Management (13th)
Optimizely
Ranking in Web Analytics
13th
Average Rating
9.2
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) (14th), Feature Management (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Web Analytics category, the mindshare of IBM Watson Customer Experience Analytics is 1.7%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Optimizely is 4.4%, up from 3.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Analytics Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Optimizely4.4%
IBM Watson Customer Experience Analytics1.7%
Other93.9%
Web Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

MC
Techincal Pre-sales Specialist - Collaboration & Customer Engagement Solutions at GBM
Great granular DOM level with excellent analytics and reporting
There are three valuable areas: One of them is the granular DOM level where it captures behaviors on the application. Another is the analytics, because you don't need to provide it with a rule to identify the issues, it will analyze the usage of all the customers accessing that site and see if there are any abnormalities and it will identify unexpected changes in the pattern and that there is something wrong that needs to be checked out. That is extremely useful. Finally, the ability to create meaningful reports and dashboards to tell stories. The reports enable you to re-target customers if they've had any problems.
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

"You can let your imagination think about a use case and if it's related to customer behavior on the district channels, it can most probably be done."
"The ability to create meaningful reports and dashboards to tell stories."
"ROI: Infinite! (Got 3X conversion improvement using suggestions given by the product during the free evaluation period)"
"Dead simple A/B testing with no code knoweldge needed."
"Customer service is excellent!"
"Customer service is wonderful."
"Optimizely is a great product that has inspired a great community and is the standard for A/B testing."
"Customer service is the best in the testing industry; transparent support along with a very strong community."
"Optimizely can work for a lot more things than only testing; it is a pretty easy yet powerful tool."
 

Cons

"The technical side requires development skills during implementation. This could be simplified."
"An area that can be improved is on the technical side where you identify an event."
"Verifying goals could be easier."
"Exporting statistics provide more statistical data."
"Does not allow multipage variants (i.e. allows only variants in elements inside one page)."
"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."
"Better communication with 3rd party implementation"
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Large Enterprise5
 

Also Known As

IBM Coremetrics Digital Marketing Optimization aSuite, IBM Tealeaf, IBM Coremetrics Web Analytics
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

IMM, Whogohost Ltd., Stonyfield, Grupo WTW, Big Scary Cranium, Brockenhurst College, SiteMinis, RCI Banque Espana
Sony, SalesForce, FICO, Trulia, ABC, Fox Interactive Media, The Guardian, CBS, Walt Disney Company, Clorox, Livestrong
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