COMPARISON

Opal vs. AirOps AI - Stop juggling tools. Start dominating AI search.

Evaluating AirOps? Here’s how Opal helps teams move faster, with clarity and measurable results.

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Don't buy use cases. 
Buy Outcomes. 

 

You're a marketing leader, you know the drill: endless software evaluations, the pressure to choose the right solution, and the nagging fear of investing in a platform that won't deliver measurable impact.

The market is flooded with tools promising AI-driven content, but when most are just bolt-on solutions, they add more complexity than clarity. You need speed, precision, and results — not more fragmented workflows.

Optimizely Opal, teamed  with Optimizely Content Marketing Platform (CMP), is built to cut through the noise, giving you the integrated power to accelerate content creation, ensure brand consistency, and win in the new era of AI search.

Can you relate?

Three  common frustrations when evaluating content pipeline tools:

Long onboarding and reliance on technical teams:

Tools like AirOps require extensive setup, constant prompt engineering, and deep technical knowledge, slowing down your marketing team.

AI that produces content but doesn’t connect to workflows or outcomes:

 Generating content is one thing; integrating it seamlessly into your campaigns, approvals, and performance tracking is another. AirOps leaves you with a content factory, not a content system.

Multiple tools for content, data, approvals, and analytics:

The promise of efficiency crumples when you're forced to stitch together disparate systems for every stage of your content lifecycle.

Opal vs AirOps: What you *actually* need to move faster

 

How Opal delivers

AirOps approach

Unified platform

A  single source of truth for all content, campaigns, and data.

Opal connects to CMSes, DAMs, CDPs, analytics tools, and creative tools, acting as a central marketing hub.Single-use tools = overcomplicated workflows and integration management.
Brand-aware AI

AI that understands your brand, context, and performance data from the start.

Add your company’s brand guidelines and Opal does the rest - ensuring every output is on brand, in compliance, and performant for smarter content at scale.Requires manual setup and prompt writing for every workflow; AI outputs often lack deeper brand context without extensive configuration.
No code needed

Empower marketers and creators to build and execute without technical blockers.

Opal’s no-code, natural language agent builder and intuitive UI enable rapid agent and workflow creation. You’re also not locked into OOTB agents – customize or build your own!

Workflows often require logic building and API know-how, creating reliance on technical teams.
Enterprise governance

Robust permissions, governance, and reliability for global brands.

Opal provides enterprise-grade governance, permissions, and uptime SLAs, ensuring brand safety and operational consistency.

Users report potential credit limits and reliability snags, lacking the proven stability for large-scale operations.
AI search optimization

Comprehensive strategy to dominate Generative Engine Optimization (GEO).

Opal addresses GEO from every angle – content, website set-up, etc., helping you future-proof for evolving AI Search landscapes.Primarily focuses on helping your content get cited, a narrower approach to AI Search.

Hear what the industry experts have to say

Optimizely has been recognized by top analyst firms, with a total of 12 leadership positions across all products.

Innovative product strategy: Optimizely evolved its stand-alone AI-enabled features into a network of AI agents automating the entire content production and delivery process. It reduced potential AI risks by enhancing its compliance and security features with role-based access control, which is ideal for large enterprises.

2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Content Marketing Platforms

Recogized a leader

 

2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Content Marketing Platforms

Recognized A Leader

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Ikke bare analytikerne elsker oss, men det gjør kundene våre også.

Men ikke bare ta oss på ordet - sjekk hva de har å si.

What we’re most excited about is leveraging Opal and Optimizely CMP to automate campaign management from ideation through production to activation — using Opal to quickly and easily create complex campaign briefs, tasks and workflows. We see Opal as a key driver in scaling our content strategy, aligning our entire marketing motion and achieving even greater impact with our GTM campaigns.

John Habib

Director, Content Strategy, Diligent

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I’ve used Optimizely Opal for competitor analysis, landing page and copy creation, and experiment reporting. Now, I’m keen to let her take on the tasks I’d rather not do!

Michael Richter

Manager Conversion Optimisation & UX | E-Commerce TUI Hotelbrands, Robinson Club

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Let's clear things up

Make your next campaign your fastest and smartest yet.

Don’t spend another week stuck in content chaos or fragmented workflows.

See how Opal helps you move faster, achieve clarity, and deliver measurable impact across all your marketing efforts.

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