ABsmartly

Amsterdam experimentation platform from ex-Booking.com engineers, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certified

Quick Overview

Company ABsmartly B.V.
Category A/B Testing Alternatives
Headquarters Amsterdam, Netherlands
EU Presence EU (Netherlands)
Data Location Not stated as EU-specific — the published sub-processor list names Amazon Web Services for cloud hosting, location "USA", with no EU region specified; on-premises deployment is offered as an alternative
Open Source No
Compliance ISO/IEC 27001:2013 (certified information security management system) and SOC 2 Type II; also states GDPR and HIPAA compliance with independent penetration testing
Pricing No public price list; the pricing page redirects straight to a demo request, and plans are sold as yearly subscriptions quoted per customer
Free Option No free trial; a paid 30-day Proof of Value ahead of a yearly subscription
Replaces Optimizely, LaunchDarkly, Statsig

Detailed Review

ABsmartly is the closest thing to a second Kameleoon in this category: a dedicated, full-stack experimentation platform rather than a bundle bolted onto marketing software, built specifically to compete with Optimizely, Statsig and LaunchDarkly on engineering-grade experimentation.

It was founded by Jonas Alves, who spent seven years architecting the experimentation platform behind Booking.com, scaling it past 1,000 concurrent experiments — a pedigree not many European vendors here can claim. Its headline feature is Group Sequential Testing, which lets a team check results daily without inflating false positives, reaching significance 20% to 80% faster than a fixed-horizon test.

The company is ABsmartly B.V., registered at Keizersgracht 520 H in Amsterdam.

Unlike most of this category, ABsmartly states its security posture rather than leaving it implicit: its information security management system is certified against ISO/IEC 27001:2013, and the platform is also SOC 2 Type II, GDPR and HIPAA compliant, with independent penetration testing stated. That combination — ISO 27001 plus SOC 2 — is matched only by Kameleoon among the tools in this directory, which states HIPAA compliance as well.

The gap is transparency about infrastructure and price. ABsmartly's own sub-processor list names Amazon Web Services as its cloud host with no EU region specified, so "Dutch company" does not automatically mean "EU-hosted data" the way it does for Varify.io.

There is no public pricing page — it redirects straight to a demo request — and no free trial, only a paid 30-day Proof of Value ahead of a yearly subscription. On-premises deployment is offered for teams that want to sidestep the hosting question entirely, at the cost of running it themselves.

What ABsmartly does well

  • ISO/IEC 27001:2013 and SOC 2 Type II, matched only by Kameleoon in this category
  • Group Sequential Testing reaches significance 20-80% faster than fixed-horizon tests
  • Built by the team that scaled Booking.com to 1,000+ concurrent experiments
  • On-premises deployment available for teams that want the data entirely in-house
  • States GDPR and HIPAA compliance, with independent penetration testing

Where ABsmartly falls short

  • No public pricing at all; the pricing page redirects straight to a demo request
  • No free trial; the 30-day Proof of Value is paid
  • Named cloud sub-processor (AWS) is US-based with no EU region stated
  • Not open source; marketers get a visual editor only through the LaunchPad browser extension

Standout feature. Its ISO 27001 and SOC 2 combination, paired with Group Sequential Testing, targets the same engineering buyer as Optimizely Full Stack.

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • ISO/IEC 27001:2013 and SOC 2 Type II, matched only by Kameleoon in this category
  • Group Sequential Testing reaches significance 20-80% faster than fixed-horizon tests
  • Built by the team that scaled Booking.com to 1,000+ concurrent experiments
  • On-premises deployment available for teams that want the data entirely in-house
  • States GDPR and HIPAA compliance, with independent penetration testing

Cons

  • No public pricing at all; the pricing page redirects straight to a demo request
  • No free trial; the 30-day Proof of Value is paid
  • Named cloud sub-processor (AWS) is US-based with no EU region stated
  • Not open source; marketers get a visual editor only through the LaunchPad browser extension

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is ABsmartly?

ABsmartly is the closest thing to a second Kameleoon in this category: a dedicated, full-stack experimentation platform rather than a bundle bolted onto marketing software, built specifically to compete with Optimizely, Statsig and LaunchDarkly on engineering-grade experimentation.

It was founded by Jonas Alves, who spent seven years architecting the experimentation platform behind Booking.com, scaling it past 1,000 concurrent experiments — a pedigree not many European vendors here can claim. Its headline feature is Group Sequential Testing, which lets a team check results daily without inflating false positives, reaching significance 20% to 80% faster than a fixed-horizon test.

Where is ABsmartly based?

ABsmartly operates from Amsterdam, Netherlands, which places it under EU (Netherlands). Compliance: ISO/IEC 27001:2013 (certified information security management system) and SOC 2 Type II; also states GDPR and HIPAA compliance with independent penetration testing.

What does ABsmartly cost?

No public price list; the pricing page redirects straight to a demo request, and plans are sold as yearly subscriptions quoted per customer. No free trial; a paid 30-day Proof of Value ahead of a yearly subscription.

Who is ABsmartly best for?

Product and engineering teams that want Booking.com-grade experimentation. Its ISO 27001 and SOC 2 combination, paired with Group Sequential Testing, targets the same engineering buyer as Optimizely Full Stack.

What are the drawbacks of ABsmartly?

No public pricing at all; the pricing page redirects straight to a demo request. No free trial; the 30-day Proof of Value is paid. Named cloud sub-processor (AWS) is US-based with no EU region stated. Not open source; marketers get a visual editor only through the LaunchPad browser extension.

Is ABsmartly a good alternative to Optimizely?

ABsmartly is built as a European alternative to Optimizely: Amsterdam experimentation platform from ex-Booking.com engineers, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certified. It will not be a like-for-like feature match in every respect, so check the review above for where the two genuinely differ before switching.

How does ABsmartly compare to other A/B Testing Alternatives tools?

ABsmartly is one of several European A/B Testing Alternatives tools we cover. It is most often compared with Optimizely, LaunchDarkly, Statsig.

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