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We performed a comparison between Amazon Pinpoint and Salesforce Marketing Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"From my experience, Amazon Pinpoint's most valuable feature is its ability to deploy outbound projects quickly. It is easy to use when setting up outbound campaigns, allowing us to deploy solutions rapidly. It is easy to learn."

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"Datorama is part of Salesforce Marketing Cloud, which is quite a valuable feature that provides customer analytics.""Marketing Cloud has improved our productivity and our team enjoy using it.""The automation is great. It saves us a lot of time and it makes us move faster.""It is a great solution. I like its stability, scalability, and performance.""We use Marketing Cloud for marketing campaigns and engaging customers. It is a business-focused application for a specific area of business, which is acquiring customers.""Salesforce is constantly evolving and have a good release cycle.""Salesforce allows for the integration of different data sources.""The most valuable features of Salesforce Marketing Cloud are the ease of use of the basic features."

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Cons
"In my opinion, Amazon Pinpoint needs improvement in several areas. It lacks many features that competitors like Genesys offer. For example, we cannot set up multiple campaign plans or switch campaigns from one set of customers to another. Additionally, reporting functionality needs to be improved."

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"It should contain artificial intelligence, in my opinion.""When you use your iPhone or Android phone, Salesforce is not as user-friendly as it could be. That UX needs to be improved.""We'd like to see more integrations with third-party products.""The customization of Salesforce, a generic CRM software, has room for improvement.""The quality of support for this solution has been decreasing over time and the support team are sometimes more focused on closing tickets that resolving issues. Often the support team is not well trained or aware of the new features or products released by Salesforce.""The performance is sometimes sluggish, but I think that's to be expected with a heavy CRM tool because they're running reports in real-time on the data that you have entered.""Salesforce Marketing Cloud should be linked to an email ID, so the features after 15 days can update on the opportunity. You should not have to update them manually to the next step.""We need a development environment for Marketing Cloud. Currently, there is no development environment for this solution. Other Salesforce products, such as Sales and Service Cloud, have a development environment in which the developers can do some things and then post them in production. Currently, everything happens in the production for Marketing Cloud. There is only one environment, and the developers and the end-users have to work in the same environment, which seems to be challenging. If Salesforce can bring a developer environment for Marketing Cloud, it will be good."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Amazon Pinpoint itself is inexpensive. However, additional services that may be required in conjunction with it, such as custom reporting services, can be costly."
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  • "Its licensing is on an annual basis. Customers are okay with its licensing cost, and they don't find it expensive."
  • "We did a yearly license. We negotiated and got a great deal. I don't think we would have gotten far with the regular price, but they negotiated, so it was worth that."
  • "The licensing cost for the solution is on a yearly basis."
  • "Salesforce has different versions of the solution and some are more suitable for smaller clients. However, Salesforce is expensive."
  • "The solution is paid for monthly."
  • "It is a license per user."
  • "My company pays to use this solution."
  • "This solution is priced in the medium to high price range."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:From my experience, Amazon Pinpoint's most valuable feature is its ability to deploy outbound projects quickly. It is easy to use when setting up outbound campaigns, allowing us to deploy solutions… more »
    Top Answer:Amazon Pinpoint itself is inexpensive. However, additional services that may be required in conjunction with it, such as custom reporting services, can be costly.
    Top Answer:In my opinion, Amazon Pinpoint needs improvement in several areas. It lacks many features that competitors like Genesys offer. For example, we cannot set up multiple campaign plans or switch campaigns… more »
    Top Answer:Datorama is part of Salesforce Marketing Cloud, which is quite a valuable feature that provides customer analytics.
    Top Answer:The price is expensive. When comparing available products, such as those on Amazon, it's evident that AWS components are significantly cheaper. This is especially true since our systems run on the AWS… more »
    Top Answer:Salesforce Marketing Cloud should include more point-and-click functionality. Currently, you need help from a technical developer to design email templates. Most people using Salesforce Marketing… more »
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    Overview

    Amazon Web Services offers a highly scalable, low-latency, globally distributed architecture. Amazon Pinpoint is built on this architecture, allowing you to send messages to your customers through multiple channels with confidence. You can use these channels to send messages to recipients all around the world.

    Salesforce Marketing Cloud is a comprehensive marketing automation platform that enables businesses to create personalized and targeted marketing campaigns across multiple channels. 

    With its robust set of tools and features, marketers can easily manage and automate their email marketing, social media advertising, mobile messaging, and customer journey mapping. 

    The platform offers advanced segmentation capabilities, allowing marketers to segment their audience based on various criteria and deliver tailored messages to each segment. 

    Additionally, Salesforce Marketing Cloud provides powerful analytics and reporting features, enabling marketers to track the performance of their campaigns and make data-driven decisions. 

    With its user-friendly interface and seamless integration with other Salesforce products, Marketing Cloud offers a seamless and efficient marketing automation solution for businesses of all sizes.

    Sample Customers
    Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
    American Express, Financial Conduct Authority, KPN, Merck KGaA, Peterborough City Council, The Chapar, ADP, Financial Times, Stanley Black & Decker, SureFlap, Western Union, Philips
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Computer Software Company17%
    Retailer7%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company38%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Marketing Services Firm8%
    Non Profit8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization46%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Manufacturing Company4%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise66%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise24%
    Large Enterprise46%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise52%
    Large Enterprise35%
    Buyer's Guide
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    May 2024
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    Amazon Pinpoint is ranked 8th in Marketing Management with 1 review while Salesforce Marketing Cloud is ranked 1st in Marketing Management with 51 reviews. Amazon Pinpoint is rated 6.0, while Salesforce Marketing Cloud is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Amazon Pinpoint writes "Helps to manage outbound campaigns such as automated outgoing calls to end users". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Salesforce Marketing Cloud writes "Easy to deploy, stable, and scalable". Amazon Pinpoint is most compared with Adobe Campaign and Marketo, whereas Salesforce Marketing Cloud is most compared with Marketo, Oracle Eloqua, HubSpot Marketing Hub, SAP Marketing Cloud and SAS Marketing Automation.

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