Software · head to head
Akita vs VWO
The short version
- Only VWO has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Akita starts at $49 a month with no free tier, only a 14 day trial; VWO growth plan restricted to 1 workspace and 0 custom attributes
- They diverge on capability: Akita covers Health scores, VWO covers A/B testing.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Akita and VWO actually diverge.
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Akita
- Health scores
- Customer segments
- Lifecycle stages
- Alerts
- Custom metrics
- Salesforce
- HubSpot
- Intercom
Only in VWO
- A/B testing
- Multivariate testing
- Heatmaps
- Session recordings
- Analytics
- Google Analytics
- Slack
- SSL encryption
Both cover
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Akita
- Centralising customer data and product activity for a customer success teamnot VWO
- Building health scores to flag at-risk accountsnot VWO
- Segmenting customers and triggering automated playbooksnot VWO
- Identifying expansion revenue opportunitiesnot VWO
- Task and workflow management for CSMsnot VWO
VWO
- A/B testing and multivariate testingnot Akita
- Conversion rate optimisationnot Akita
- Behavioural analytics and session recordingsnot Akita
- Feature experimentation and progressive rolloutsnot Akita
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Akita
- Starts at $49 a month with no free tier, only a 14 day trial
- Tier breakdown above the entry price is not published
VWO
- Growth plan restricted to 1 workspace and 0 custom attributes
- Single Sign-On (SSO) and API access limited to Enterprise tier only
- Growth plan offers only 8-hour first response time for support
Pricing, plan by plan
Akita
$160/month- Starter$160/month
- Health scores
- Basic integrations
- Alerts
- Professional$400/month
- Unlimited integrations
- Custom metrics
- API
VWO
FreeNo published plan breakdown. See the VWO review.
Which should you pick?
Choose VWO if
- You need a/b testing.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android, Server-side.
- You also want multivariate testing.
Questions people ask
- Is Akita or VWO better?
- Neither clearly leads. Akita starts at $160/month and VWO at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Akita or VWO?
- VWO has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $160/month for Akita and Free for VWO.
- Does Akita or VWO run on more platforms?
- Akita runs on Web. VWO runs on Web, iOS, Android, Server-side.
- Can I use VWO for free?
- Yes. VWO has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Akita starts at $160/month.
- What is Akita best used for?
- Akita is most often used for centralising customer data and product activity for a customer success team, building health scores to flag at-risk accounts, segmenting customers and triggering automated playbooks, identifying expansion revenue opportunities. Of those, centralising customer data and product activity for a customer success team and building health scores to flag at-risk accounts are not what VWO is typically brought in for.
- What can Akita do that VWO cannot?
- Akita covers Health scores, Customer segments, Lifecycle stages, Alerts. VWO covers A/B testing, Multivariate testing, Heatmaps, Session recordings. Both handle Web support.
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