Unbounce is a landing page builder with A/B testing capabilities, built for marketers who want to launch and test without a developer. Optimizely is a digital experience optimization platform combining web experimentation, feature experimentation, CMS, and personalization for large organizations. Alternatively, consider CROforce if you want a fully-managed, done-for-you CRO service.
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| A/B testing | |||
| Multivariate testing | |||
| Split URL testing | |||
| A/A testing | |||
| Feature tests | |||
| Price testing | |||
| Shipping tests | |||
| Full-site testing | |||
| Client-side testing | |||
| Server-side testing | |||
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| Code editor | |||
| AI test builder | |||
| AI traffic optimization | |||
| Widget/component library | |||
| Flicker-free delivery | |||
| SPA support | |||
| Popups and sticky bars | |||
| AI copywriting | |||
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Unbounce and Optimizely are both self-serve platforms that require your team to operate them. CROforce is a fully managed A/B testing service where an expert team handles strategy, design, development, execution, and analysis on your behalf.
Unbounce's A/B testing is limited to pages built and hosted within its platform. It can't run tests on your existing website: no homepage, no product pages, no checkout flow. Teams that want to optimize beyond campaign landing pages need a separate tool. Optimizely runs on any website, but its value is bundled into a digital experience platform (DXP) that includes CMS, personalization, and data tools. For teams focused on experimentation, that scope adds cost and complexity that rarely matches the use case. Setting it up also typically requires developer involvement or external agency support before a single test can run.
CROforce works on any website platform via a single snippet. Our expert team handles integration and setup, so nothing waits on a developer or implementation project.
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Unbounce's A/B testing is limited to pages built and hosted within its platform. It can't run tests on your existing website: no homepage, no product pages, no checkout flow. Teams that want to optimize beyond campaign landing pages need a separate tool. Optimizely runs on any website, but its value is bundled into a digital experience platform (DXP) that includes CMS, personalization, and data tools. For teams focused on experimentation, that scope adds cost and complexity that rarely matches the use case. Setting it up also typically requires developer involvement or external agency support before a single test can run.
CROforce works on any website platform via a single snippet. Our expert team handles integration and setup, so nothing waits on a developer or implementation project.
Unbounce supports A/B testing of its own landing page variants and Smart Traffic, an AI tool that routes visitors to the best-performing page. It doesn't support multivariate testing, server-side experiments, A/A testing, feature flags, or any testing on your existing website. Optimizely covers a broad spectrum: A/B, multivariate, split URL, A/A, server-side, and feature testing. It doesn't support price or shipping tests natively, and getting value from that range requires a team with strong technical and experimentation expertise.
CROforce supports A/B, multivariate, A/A, split URL, server-side, feature, price, and shipping tests with no caps on concurrent experiments, and a team of CRO experts building and monitoring each one.
Unbounce has transparent, tiered pricing with A/B testing available from $112/month and a 14-day free trial. Costs are capped by monthly visitor volume, with overage fees above plan limits. Optimizely's entry pricing sits near $36,000 per year based on available third-party data, with annual contracts standard and no free trial. Costs scale significantly with traffic and the modules required.
CROforce is the most affordable managed option of the three. The self-serve plan starts at $234/month (billed annually), and the managed service starts at $1,365/month, covering strategy, test execution, design, and development. Both come with a 14-day free trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee, with no annual commitment required.
Unbounce is self-serve and fast to get started with for landing page campaigns, but how much you get out of it depends on your team's ability to ideate, build, and act on test results. Testing velocity is tied entirely to internal bandwidth. Optimizely is also self-serve. Its testing program is only as strong as the internal team running it. Without dedicated CRO, development, and data resources, teams often underutilize the platform while still paying for it.
CROforce removes that dependency. A dedicated CRO expert, developer, and analyst runs your entire testing program as an extension of your team. Most customers are running experiments within days of onboarding and see conversion improvements within the first month.
