We performed a comparison between Salesforce Marketing Cloud and SugarCRM Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Marketing Automation solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"The solution is very, very scalable."
"It is very easy to use from a marketing standpoint."
"Email automation is most valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the 'Accelerators', which are expert-taught subject matter webinars on items such as personalization of emails and SMS to contacts and prospects."
"The most valuable feature of Salesforce Marketing Cloud is the ability to sell the products we have made to customers. Overall the solution is very useful for business."
"The most valuable features of Salesforce Marketing Cloud are that it performs well and gives me what I need. It's the most friendly interface system for CRM I've worked with. Additionally, it integrates fairly well with different kinds of AI and ML to allow you to receive more out of your application."
"The solution is user-friendly."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is its low cost."
"The most valuable feature is relation capability, which allows us to relay customers with invoice orders."
"It works well with Jira. You can customize it to fit your needs."
"The most valuable features of the SugarCRM platform include its flexibility in customizing fields, layouts, and dashboards."
"The most valuable features of Sugar Enterprise are the exports of graphics, statuses, complaints, and tasks."
"I found that the tool is more complex than expected. It requires a deeper understanding to utilize its capabilities thoroughly."
"I've noticed on one-to-one leads, the customer objection option is not available."
"The encryption and decryption have room for improvement."
"They can perhaps simplify the dashboards. In my opinion as an end-user, reports could also be simplified, but it also depends on how your company is set up. It depends on how the processes are set up within your company natively. It is linked to the way you do business. So, it varies."
"Clarity around new features could be improved when they are released."
"The majority of my clients are happy, but when it comes to the CDP of Salesforce, the client gets confused. They have no clue that Salesforce has a CDP platform too. If my clients want to go ahead with the same vendor, Salesforce, they get confused about the different marketing suites which are available. There is no clear marketing done for the suites available for the clients, this is where the client is facing the real challenges."
"The general setup and understanding of how to use it can be improved. There should be easier self-service for setting up dashboards. Currently, we have someone setting them up for us. I wish it was easier."
"The solution can be difficult to set up for non-technical individuals."
"It lacks customization, and this is the main reason that we are switching to a different solution."
"You cannot include all your entities under one instance at the moment."
"I would like to see more integration on a mobile platform in the next release."
"While it is already user-friendly, a slight enhancement in UI design, especially in terms of color combinations, could make the platform more visually appealing and comfortable to use."
"Sugar Enterprise could improve by removing bugs and glitches. For example, a comment was made but in the comment section, it was never displayed. However, the problems we faced might not be the fault of the solution."
"In the next release, I would like to see personalization of information about customers or specific businesses or opportunities."
Salesforce Marketing Cloud is ranked 1st in Marketing Automation with 51 reviews while SugarCRM Platform is ranked 7th in Marketing Automation with 11 reviews. Salesforce Marketing Cloud is rated 8.4, while SugarCRM Platform is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Salesforce Marketing Cloud writes "Easy to deploy, stable, and scalable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SugarCRM Platform writes "User-friendly and allows for creating your own modules". Salesforce Marketing Cloud is most compared with Marketo, Oracle Eloqua, HubSpot Marketing Hub, Amazon Pinpoint and SAP Marketing Cloud, whereas SugarCRM Platform is most compared with Salesforce Sales Cloud. See our Salesforce Marketing Cloud vs. SugarCRM Platform report.
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