VWO provides A/B testing, personalisation, and behaviour analytics to optimise website conversion rates through data-driven experimentation.

VWO

What it does

VWO combines A/B testing, multivariate testing, and personalisation with session recordings and surveys for comprehensive conversion optimisation.

You'll love

You want an established, full-featured CRO platform that handles testing, personalisation, and behaviour analytics rather than stitching together point solutions.

Pricing

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4596

/ year

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393

/ month

Use cases

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Running multivariate tests on checkout flows

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Personalising homepage content by visitor segment

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Analysing behaviour with heatmaps and recordings

Ideal for

Enterprise CRO teams running structured programmes, e-commerce companies optimising checkout, SaaS businesses improving trial conversion systematically.

Alternatives for

VWO

Looking for other options? These are tools I've personally used with clients or tested extensively. Some might better suit your budget, tech stack, or team size. Consider this a shortlist if you need alternatives.

B2B website foundations
OmniConvert
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OmniConvert

OmniConvert combines A/B testing, personalisation, and customer surveys to optimise conversion rates for e-commerce and SaaS companies.

How to automate with

VWO

Tools like Zapier, n8n and Make.com are incredibly powerful, but they can feel overwhelming when you’re just getting started. Since you can connect almost anything, it’s hard to know where to begin.

Read my guide on automation
Zapier
Tool

Zapier

No-code automation connecting 5,000+ apps to move data and trigger actions excellent for quick wins when you need integrations that just work.

n8n
Tool

n8n

Open-source automation with self-hosting ideal when you need complete control, want to own infrastructure, or have technical teams building workflows.

Make
Tool

Make

Visual automation platform with advanced logic and error handling more powerful than Zapier when you need control over complex, branching workflows.

Considerations before you buy

VWO

VWO is the comprehensive CRO platform it does A/B testing, personalisation, surveys, recordings, and analytics in one tool. The testing engine is robust with proper statistical methods. The personalisation features let you show different content to different segments. The behaviour analytics provide context for test results. Pricing is custom but expect several thousand pounds annually. Compare against: Optimizely for more enterprise power, OmniConvert for European mid-market, or Google Optimize (discontinued). Choose VWO when you're building a proper experimentation programme and want one vendor for testing, personalisation, and analytics. The implementation requires development resources for complex tests. Best for mid-market to enterprise companies with traffic volume where systematic optimisation justifies platform investment.

Ultimate guide to using

VWO

My personal notes on how to use this tool.

Overview of the VWO platform

VWO Testing

Client-side A / B, split-URL and multivariate experiments all run here.

VWO Insights

Heatmaps, clickmaps, recordings, funnels, form analytics and on-site surveys supply behavioural research from the same interface.

VWO Personalise

Rules-based content targeting and audience-level personalisation campaigns.

VWO Full Stack

Server-side testing, feature flags and mobile SDKs for product-level experimentation.

VWO Deploy

Roll out winning variations to every visitor instantly without waiting for a development release.

VWO Plan

Idea backlog, prioritisation and workflow management to organise your experimentation programme.

Setting up VWO on your site

Install the script

Copy the JavaScript snippet into the <head> tag or publish it through your tag manager.
Verify installation with VWO’s checker so data flows before proceeding.

Define goals and funnels

Create global goals for key conversions such as purchases or lead submissions.
Build funnel steps to track drop-off points and reuse these metrics across all experiments.

Validate the setup

Use preview mode to confirm the snippet loads without layout shifts.
Run a short dummy test and check that data appears in reports before launching real experiments.

Creating and running experiments

Variation design with the visual editor

Open the target page, adjust text, images or layout and save each version.
For advanced changes jump into the code editor to inject custom HTML, CSS or JavaScript.

Audience targeting and traffic split

Choose who sees the test by device, location, referral or custom attribute.
Allocate traffic evenly or bias towards control for low-risk roll-outs.

Goal configuration

Attach primary and secondary goals that match the hypothesis, for example form completion, clicks on CTA or time on page.

Launch the test

Review all settings, schedule the start if required and activate.
VWO immediately divides visitors and begins recording results.

Monitoring and analysing results

Real-time reporting

Track conversion rates, uplift percentages and probability-to-beat-control as data accumulates.
Use the duration estimator to ensure a statistically sound run length before drawing conclusions.

Behaviour insights

Switch to heatmaps and recordings filtered by variation to observe interaction differences.
Collect qualitative evidence that explains the quantitative outcome.

Segmentation

Break down results by device, geography or visitor type.
Confirm the winning variant performs consistently across key segments.

Deploying winners and next steps

Roll-out with development or VWO Deploy

Hand winning changes to developers for permanent implementation, or use VWO Deploy to serve the variation to one hundred per cent of visitors immediately.

Iterate and personalise

If results are inconclusive, refine the hypothesis and test again.
Leverage VWO Personalise to deliver segment-specific experiences based on insights gained.

Personalisation and advanced features

VWO Personalise

Create customised content or offers for defined audiences without splitting traffic.

VWO Full Stack

Run experiments inside application logic or mobile apps and toggle features with flags for gradual release.

Surveys and polls

Collect visitor feedback at critical points and connect responses to session recordings for richer context.

Best practices for success with VWO

  • Formulate a clear hypothesis for every test and record it in VWO Plan.
  • Run experiments for a complete business cycle to account for variability.
  • Segment results before declaring a winner to catch hidden swings in performance.
  • Archive inactive tests so the snippet remains lightweight.
  • Use insights to drive continuous optimisation: test, learn, implement and repeat.

Following these steps will help you harness VWO as an end-to-end optimisation system, uniting data, testing and deployment in a single cohesive workflow.

My review of

VWO

Overview of the VWO platform

VWO Testing

Client-side A / B, split-URL and multivariate experiments all run here.

VWO Insights

Heatmaps, clickmaps, recordings, funnels, form analytics and on-site surveys supply behavioural research from the same interface.

VWO Personalise

Rules-based content targeting and audience-level personalisation campaigns.

VWO Full Stack

Server-side testing, feature flags and mobile SDKs for product-level experimentation.

VWO Deploy

Roll out winning variations to every visitor instantly without waiting for a development release.

VWO Plan

Idea backlog, prioritisation and workflow management to organise your experimentation programme.

Setting up VWO on your site

Install the script

Copy the JavaScript snippet into the <head> tag or publish it through your tag manager.
Verify installation with VWO’s checker so data flows before proceeding.

Define goals and funnels

Create global goals for key conversions such as purchases or lead submissions.
Build funnel steps to track drop-off points and reuse these metrics across all experiments.

Validate the setup

Use preview mode to confirm the snippet loads without layout shifts.
Run a short dummy test and check that data appears in reports before launching real experiments.

Creating and running experiments

Variation design with the visual editor

Open the target page, adjust text, images or layout and save each version.
For advanced changes jump into the code editor to inject custom HTML, CSS or JavaScript.

Audience targeting and traffic split

Choose who sees the test by device, location, referral or custom attribute.
Allocate traffic evenly or bias towards control for low-risk roll-outs.

Goal configuration

Attach primary and secondary goals that match the hypothesis, for example form completion, clicks on CTA or time on page.

Launch the test

Review all settings, schedule the start if required and activate.
VWO immediately divides visitors and begins recording results.

Monitoring and analysing results

Real-time reporting

Track conversion rates, uplift percentages and probability-to-beat-control as data accumulates.
Use the duration estimator to ensure a statistically sound run length before drawing conclusions.

Behaviour insights

Switch to heatmaps and recordings filtered by variation to observe interaction differences.
Collect qualitative evidence that explains the quantitative outcome.

Segmentation

Break down results by device, geography or visitor type.
Confirm the winning variant performs consistently across key segments.

Deploying winners and next steps

Roll-out with development or VWO Deploy

Hand winning changes to developers for permanent implementation, or use VWO Deploy to serve the variation to one hundred per cent of visitors immediately.

Iterate and personalise

If results are inconclusive, refine the hypothesis and test again.
Leverage VWO Personalise to deliver segment-specific experiences based on insights gained.

Personalisation and advanced features

VWO Personalise

Create customised content or offers for defined audiences without splitting traffic.

VWO Full Stack

Run experiments inside application logic or mobile apps and toggle features with flags for gradual release.

Surveys and polls

Collect visitor feedback at critical points and connect responses to session recordings for richer context.

Best practices for success with VWO

  • Formulate a clear hypothesis for every test and record it in VWO Plan.
  • Run experiments for a complete business cycle to account for variability.
  • Segment results before declaring a winner to catch hidden swings in performance.
  • Archive inactive tests so the snippet remains lightweight.
  • Use insights to drive continuous optimisation: test, learn, implement and repeat.

Following these steps will help you harness VWO as an end-to-end optimisation system, uniting data, testing and deployment in a single cohesive workflow.

Playbooks

VWO

is part of

B2B website foundations

This tool is part of tactical playbooks that walk you through every stage of this engine. Read the full guides to learn how to implement the framework, set up your infrastructure, and execute the tactics that drive results.

Playbook

B2B website foundations

Most B2B websites confuse visitors instead of guiding them. Clear structure helps buyers self-educate, compare solutions, and decide to engage. Build pages that answer questions, establish credibility, and make taking the next step obvious.

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