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We performed a comparison between Marketo, Oracle CRM, and Salesforce Marketing Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"The most valuable features are the Marketo emails, both sending and tracking.""I like that the solution is flexible.""The smart campaign looks quite interesting and useful.""The most valuable feature of this solution is Smart Campaigns.""It is a very user-friendly solution. I'm mainly working on Design Studio, which is useful for companies in tracking repeat users. The progressive proofing is also useful. It is not available in other solutions.""The product has been stable.""The main feature of Marketo is sending out emails, so that would be the most valuable feature.""The most valuable feature is the scoring."

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"Oracle CRM is a versatile solution with many features and functionalities that makes it a suitable solution for many different business use cases.""Case management, incident management, and request management features are valuable.""The most valuable feature of Oracle CRM is the organization it provides.""It has a wide variety of use cases.""The most valuable features of the solution are that it is user-friendly and the fact that the database handling is much better, like any other Oracle solution.""Oracle CRM helped us better understand the customer journey.""Everything related to insights and dashboards is valuable. It is great for tracking all the effort and generating reports.""CRM's performance is good, we've never faced any issues with it."

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"Datorama is part of Salesforce Marketing Cloud, which is quite a valuable feature that provides customer analytics.""The Journey and CloudPages and automation are all great.""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.""We haven't had any issues with integration.""If you want to be able to communicate with your client using email, WhatsApp, and push notifications, know if the client opened the communication or not, and create and automate their journey, Marketing Cloud is very good.""It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution...I rate the technical support a ten out of ten.""Salesforce allows for the integration of different data sources.""It is straightforward to set up."

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Cons
"Revenue management, attribution, and ABM can all be improved.""Its APIs need to be more flexible because there are some things that are not available in the API.""Adobe, the parent company, needs to improve on getting more information published to allow users to educate themselves on how to use the solution.""Marketo should give more power to the users for data manipulation.""The user experience needs improvement, particularly in terms of ease of use and navigation between projects.""For the moment, we migrated some of our processes to Marketo and implemented them there. We had some difficulties related to this.""I had an issue while integrating JavaScript with forms. When you embed JavaScript, you can either embed it in a landing page or some other self-contained management system like WordPress. Currently, it provides you access to CSS, where you can customize your form design, but there is no option for JavaScript modification for a particular form. This area needs to be improved where you can integrate JavaScript, and it has the JavaScript functions for that particular form. There are a lot of other areas of improvement. In the design area, they can give us more testing options instead of relying on email testing alone. It would be great if they can provide responsive testing where email clients can be tested within Marketo. It would be also helpful if they can implement some in-built options for users or forms for blocking a generic email ID such as Yahoo or Gmail. Similarly, it would be helpful to have JavaScript features and forms as well as the option to add Google analytics and a header and footer for the landing pages.""It could be more scalable."

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"I would like to remove all manual work and get the benefits of the function that Oracle provides without any manual interference or paperwork.""The product is not intuitive.""The interface could be more user friendly. It is currently not intuitive, and it can be better. The onboarding process for the end users of this solution could be easier, and there should be a few more things for user knowledge and training. It takes a lot of technical knowledge to get used to it.""It’s complex to customize the tool.""This solution is only available on-premises. It could be improved by offering a cloud/SaaS option which is more scalable.""Oracle CRM can improve integration and performance.""With Oracle CRM, people report some usual downtime and frequent outages.""We noticed that sometimes it can be slow, and then we have to refresh the whole system."

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"Salesforce could benefit by implementing further integration with more platforms.""The product could use a little bit of BI in the sense of rule-based building.""User management could be better.""It should contain artificial intelligence, in my opinion.""Managing large volumes of data takes too long.""The encryption and decryption have room for improvement.""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.""Marketing Cloud should change the script language that it uses because it's not good. It's tricky and difficult to develop."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "I'm not sure about the cost because I don't get into this aspect. Clients normally take care of that. I only know that it is costly, and I don't think there are any additional costs to the licensing."
  • "The licensing cost usually depends on the users."
  • "The solution is expensive compared to others."
  • "It is expensive. We have a yearly license."
  • "The initial pricing was excellent, but the pricing for renewals is not as good."
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  • "It is not cheap. It is more suitable for big companies."
  • "We were able to get a ten-year contract for a very good discount with our three platforms together with Oracle."
  • "We have annual licenses to use this solution that are quite expensive. For example, we have approximately four types of licenses and we have one annual contract for the number of licenses we use for Oracle CRM and the loyalty system."
  • "There are licenses needed to use this solution and they are managed by our product team."
  • "Every year, we have new users, and we get new licenses. It depends on various things such as the number of users and expansion of our business lines."
  • "The licensing is on a yearly basis."
  • "The cost of a license with support is slightly higher than a regular license."
  • "The costing for this solution is very high. It targets top tier companies. This solution can be split up into multiple modules to cater to the low tier customers."
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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:I like that the solution is flexible.
    Top Answer:The user experience needs improvement, particularly in terms of ease of use and navigation between projects.
    Top Answer:The use cases for the solution involve project management tools, planning, and collaboration with team members.
    Top Answer:The product’s pricing is very high. I rate the pricing an eight out of ten.
    Top Answer:Improvements are required around the microservices offered by the product. Improvements are needed in the new kind of… 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… more »
    Top Answer:Salesforce Marketing Cloud should include more point-and-click functionality. Currently, you need help from a technical… more »
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    Overview

    Marketo is an all-in-one marketing solution that was created by marketers for marketers. Founded in 2007, Marketo is branded as marketing software that is easy, powerful and complete.

    Organizations have access to multiple marketing and sales tools when they use this solution, such as Marketing Automation, Consumer Engagement Marketing, Real-Time Personalization, and Marketing Management.

    On demand CRM with contextual intelligence, adaptive business planning, and analytics. Supports cloud integration with Outlook and mobile devices, as well as sales and marketing applications. Multi-tenancy or single-tenancy options available.

    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
    Marketo has a customer base of thousands of companies, including Sony, Citrix, BrightTALK, Curves International, HootSuite, Hyundai, SanDisk, and Samsung Electronics.
    Turk Telekom, yoo Ltd , Mobilitec, Sanipex Group, ec4u expert consulting AG, Hover Automotive India Pvt. Ltd., Lawn Tennis Association, Geodis, Freedom Technology
    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
    Computer Software Company21%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Healthcare Company6%
    Manufacturing Company6%
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    Comms Service Provider20%
    Government20%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company14%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Government8%
    University8%
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    Computer Software Company42%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Marketing Services Firm8%
    Pharma/Biotech Company4%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization46%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Manufacturing Company4%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business45%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    Large Enterprise30%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise56%
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    Small Business41%
    Midsize Enterprise6%
    Large Enterprise53%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise64%
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    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    Large Enterprise46%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise52%
    Large Enterprise35%
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