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Experimentation and personalization · September 2026 Edition

Optimizely CMS vs Statsig

One of twelve models named Optimizely CMS first on the direct prompt; zero named Statsig. Optimizely CMS was named by twelve of the twelve models and Statsig by ten and Optimizely CMS carries 47 labels and Statsig 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Optimizely CMS

criticized challenger

By Optimizely, San Francisco, United States, founded 2010. Named in eight categories this edition.

Statsig

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share8%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate51%14%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#7A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels4721A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Optimizely CMS reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.VWO was named alongside these two in eleven of the twelve direct answers. VWO vs Optimizely CMS · VWO vs Statsig · Mida vs Optimizely CMS

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the experimentation and personalization page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Optimizely CMSFirst choices, of twelve modelsStatsig
Direct107 against Optimizely CMS
Paraphrase104 against Optimizely CMS
Comparative60
Budget-constrained014 against Optimizely CMS · 1 against Statsig
Scale-constrained211 against Optimizely CMS
Negative008 against Optimizely CMS · 2 against Statsig
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Optimizely CMS and Statsig were named in the same answer forty-eight times, of the 195 answers naming Optimizely CMS and the 79 naming Statsig. In those answers Statsig took the first choice three times and Optimizely CMS twelve.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Optimizely CMS and Statsig stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
Optimizely CMS Statsig first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Optimizely CMS on the left and Statsig on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Optimizely CMS and Statsig stood in it.

Optimizely CMS first, Statsig not the choice

1 of 12 modelsStatsig was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniOptimizely CMS alternatives: Kameleoon, VWO

Neither was named

11 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Mutiny alternatives: AB Tasty, Abmatic AI, Mida, VWO
Gemini 3.5 FlashVWO alternatives: Abmatic AI, Markettailor, Userled, Webflow Optimize
Perplexity SonarVWO alternatives: Convert, Mutiny
Grok 4.1 FastVWO alternatives: Convert Experiences, Kameleoon, Personyze
Mistral SmallPersonyze alternatives: Abmatic AI, VWO
DeepSeek V4 FlashVWO alternatives: Convert Experiences, Kameleoon, Mutiny
Llama 4 MaverickPersonizely, Personyze, VWO
Qwen 3.7 FlashKameleoon, VWO alternatives: Mutiny, Personizely
Kimi K2VWO alternatives: Intellimize, Mutiny
GLM 4.7 FlashXConvert Experiences alternatives: Kameleoon, VWO
MiniMax M2.5Personizely, Personyze alternatives: Convert

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Optimizely CMS leads by two points.
Optimizely CMS2%#9 of 15
Statsig0%#10 of 15
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Optimizely CMS leads by four points.
Optimizely CMS8%#5 of 14
Statsig4%#7 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Optimizely CMS leads by forty-three points.
Optimizely CMS45%#1 of 11
Statsig2%#7 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Optimizely CMS

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Major Structural / Commercial Red Flags ... Optimizely ... Extreme pricing opacity ... Security incidents” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“High Cost, Declining Support, Rigid Platform... Be very cautious | Optimizely (for SMB/mid-market)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Platforms to Avoid or Be Very Cautious About ... 1. Optimizely (Now part of Episerver)” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Deepest experimentation infrastructure - considered the enterprise standard for A/B testing... The most mature experimentation platform” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice
“The category reference point for statistical rigor... Choose Optimizely if: You need the most rigorous experimentation program” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Optimizely — best-in-class statistical rigor + feature experimentation; needs some engineering support; enterprise pricing” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice

What the models said about Statsig

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of five in this category shown.

“Proceed with awareness of roadmap ... some product teams have expressed concern over its long-term roadmap” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Major ownership instability ... per-event pricing penalizes experimentation culture” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“But require devs (no visual editors), best if you have engineering resources.” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · soft negative
“I'd recommend starting with Statsig if you have technical resources” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“I'd suggest evaluating Statsig or VWO first” Kimi K2 · scale prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.