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◆ OPTIMIZE PILOT VS OPTIMIZELY

Enterprise experimentation, without the enterprise invoice.

Optimizely built the category and still charges Fortune-500 prices to match. Optimize Pilot covers the same experimentation surface (visual editor, multivariate, MAB, Bayesian + sequential math) for $399/mo Performance, plus Competitor Radar, Navigator AI, and an MCP server — none of which ship with any Optimizely tier.

◆ KEY DIFFERENCES

What changes when you switch.

  • Comparable experimentation surface: visual A/B, multivariate, MAB, Bayesian + sequential math.
  • $399/mo Performance vs Optimizely Enterprise starting at $50K/yr.
  • Competitor Radar + Navigator AI included — Optimizely is A/B only.
  • MCP server means your AI assistant can operate directly on your experiments.
  • One-line JS snippet; no IT review, no 6-week implementation.
◆ FEATURE-BY-FEATURE

The head-to-head table.

FEATURE
OPTIMIZE PILOT
OPTIMIZELY
Visual A/B editor
Included
Included
Multivariate tests
Performance tier
Enterprise tier
Multi-armed bandit
Included
Included
Bayesian + sequential math
Default
Included
Competitor Radar
Included
Navigator AI recommendations
Included
First Officer AI chat
Growth+
MCP server
Included
SEO + rank tracking
Performance tier
Accessibility scanning
Growth+
Typical entry price
$149/mo
$50K/yr Enterprise
Implementation time
< 5 min
4–6 weeks
◆ TYPICAL SWITCHERS

Who usually makes the switch.

Growth teams at Series A–B companies that inherited Optimizely from a previous regime, or bought in during a committee-led vendor review that assumed they'd never run experiments without a dedicated CRO team. They switch when the renewal number gets compared to the number of experiments actually shipped last year — which for most mid-market Optimizely accounts is a painful ratio. Optimize Pilot lands at roughly 1/10th the cost and adds capabilities (Radar, Navigator, MCP) Optimizely doesn't ship at any price.

◉ VS OPTIMIZELY

Run them side-by-side. Keep the winner.

14-day Optimize Pilot trial. Run it next to Optimizely for two weeks. Keep whatever ships more wins.

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