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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Marketo Engage

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Marketo Engage (acquired by Adobe in 2018) is a marketing automation platform whose basic features include email marketing, drip nurturing, landing pages, and lead scoring, but other editions offer additional advanced features. Typical customers are B2B firms with complex sales cycles.N/A

    Adobe Workfront

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Workfront, acquired by Adobe in late 2020, is a web-based project-management tool. It is designed for both IT and marketing teams, but can be implemented for any kind of project. Workfront offers all the features standard to project management platforms, as well as resource allocation, automation, and agile workflow.N/A
    Pricing
    Adobe Marketo EngageAdobe Workfront
    Editions & Modules
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    Adobe Marketo EngageAdobe Workfront
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe Marketo EngageAdobe Workfront
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Marketo Engage
    Marketo is more robust
    Incentivized
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Workfront
    Adobe Workfront offers a more organized UI with more personalization options. The approval and proofing flows are more convenient for us as we produce much of our creative work using other Adobe products. Overall, Workfront offers a clean and streamlined user experience that …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Workfront
    I didn't select Workfront, honestly. I'm sure it was selected because of its ability to track time to the smallest measure, but I firmly believe that teams would be better served by any of the communication enablement applications listed above. Which is a fancy way of saying …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    91%
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    93%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    174 Answers
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    69 Answers
    Features
    Adobe Marketo EngageAdobe Workfront
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Adobe Marketo Engage and Adobe Workfront
    Feature
    Adobe Marketo Engage
    7.6
    1074 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Adobe Workfront
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    Ratings
    WYSIWYG email editor7.8976 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic content7.3955 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content7.0927 Ratings00 Ratings
    Landing pages7.2995 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing7.8979 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization7.0939 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting7.61037 Ratings00 Ratings
    List management8.51032 Ratings00 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences8.5931 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Adobe Marketo Engage and Adobe Workfront
    Feature
    Adobe Marketo Engage
    8.2
    1036 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Adobe Workfront
    -
    Ratings
    Lead nurturing automation8.51009 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading8.4985 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality management7.5983 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks7.8930 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead segmentation and distribution8.954 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Adobe Marketo Engage and Adobe Workfront
    Feature
    Adobe Marketo Engage
    6.9
    962 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Adobe Workfront
    -
    Ratings
    Calendaring6.1785 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing7.6918 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Adobe Marketo Engage and Adobe Workfront
    Feature
    Adobe Marketo Engage
    6.8
    614 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Adobe Workfront
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    Social sharing and campaigns6.4606 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social profile integration7.2375 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Adobe Marketo Engage and Adobe Workfront
    Feature
    Adobe Marketo Engage
    6.5
    1036 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Adobe Workfront
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    Dashboards6.2978 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports6.81018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports6.5962 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Adobe Marketo Engage and Adobe Workfront
    Feature
    Adobe Marketo Engage
    7.6
    1026 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Adobe Workfront
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    API7.9890 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals7.4759 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizability7.5908 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com8.4883 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM7.4316 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM6.5210 Ratings00 Ratings
    Third-party software integrations8.348 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Adobe Marketo Engage and Adobe Workfront
    Feature
    Adobe Marketo Engage
    -
    Ratings
    Adobe Workfront
    7.3
    421 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Task Management00 Ratings8.5421 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings7.4379 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings6.5331 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings8.0372 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings7.5377 Ratings
    Team Collaboration00 Ratings8.1400 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings6.9271 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings7.2279 Ratings
    Document Management00 Ratings7.3378 Ratings
    Email integration00 Ratings7.2323 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings5.7312 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings7.7299 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management00 Ratings7.3300 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings7.1258 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Adobe Marketo Engage and Adobe Workfront
    Feature
    Adobe Marketo Engage
    -
    Ratings
    Adobe Workfront
    6.3
    240 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Quotes/estimates00 Ratings6.6133 Ratings
    Invoicing00 Ratings6.0115 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting00 Ratings6.7230 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software00 Ratings5.9103 Ratings
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    Score8 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Score7.3 out of 10
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    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Adobe Marketo EngageAdobe Workfront
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (1244 ratings)
    8.5
    (474 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.5
    (147 ratings)
    6.5
    (63 ratings)
    Usability
    5.0
    (99 ratings)
    6.4
    (19 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (25 ratings)
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (30 ratings)
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (92 ratings)
    10.0
    (12 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (12 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.7
    (29 ratings)
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (37 ratings)
    8.3
    (10 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.0
    (6 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    7.9
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    1.1
    (9 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.0
    (10 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.4
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (7 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe Marketo EngageAdobe Workfront
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    Adobe Marketo Engage is an excellent tool for hosting registration forms and sending out tokenized emails based on a particular person's information within your database. For example, if someone attends an event or webinar and indicates that they'd like to learn more about your product, then Adobe Marketo Engage can easily trigger a specific email template to that person that will be personalized with tokens about them. The pixel tracking that can be applied to any web page is also very helpful. If you want to focus on a more 1:1 type of follow up with a Lead, then the automated emails are not going to be as useful.
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    Adobe
    Since I work remotely from my laptop, when I am finished with work, I enter my hours and submit my time at the end of the week. It's quick, it's easy, and it helps me keep a record of how many hours of vacation and sick time I have used. But when I am on the go, it is a hassle to record my time on my phone because of the lack of responsive design.
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • Adobe Marketo Engage excels at automating complex marketing workflows and delivering personalized customer experiences at scale.
    • Adobe Marketo Engage enables marketers to create targeted campaigns, schedule automated email sequences, and personalize content based on user demographics and interactions, resulting in more relevant customer engagement.
    • Adobe Marketo Engage provides robust analytics and reporting, allowing teams to track campaign performance, monitor conversion rates, and measure return on investment(ROI).
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    Adobe
    • Fosters communication between team members.
    • Serves as a virtual "to do list" for me personally - I can track where I am with projects and what there is left to do, and when it's completed.
    • Sharing documents between team members that can be updated.
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • The most important thing is the UI; it still looks very old and should be updated to meet current market design standards.
    • Admin Complexity: It should be easy to setup at the first go.
    • Tool Navigation: Navigation should be more easier.
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    Adobe
    • The product itself is very complicated and difficult to be stood up
    • Sharing and proofing workflows require multiple steps and layers
    • It may just be my organization, but the build feels a bit clunky and difficult to navigate, which deters many teams from using the tool effectively
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    We're likely to renew for several reasons:
    • Now that it's been implemented, I can't imagine not having marketing automation and the easy interface that Marketo provides to run our campaigns
    • Marketo's community and customer service is fantastic; I know that when I need help, I'll get it
    • Marketo continues to improve the product, so I know that I can expect it to be even more useful in the future
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    Adobe
    Workfront is sometimes a bit clunky to use, but overall it works well for our teams when it comes to project management and collaboration across multiple, involved teams. It also has flexibility that allows us to adapt it to diverse use cases, some of which aren't necessarily always the first things that one would think of using workfront for.
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    Usability
    Adobe
    In some aspects, the tool can feel quite clunky in parts. But with the rich feature set it has, it's understandable. There is a lot of room for improvement for the user interface. The system itself doesn't have a slick or modern feel, so the usability could feel nicer to use with these areas considered.
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    Adobe
    Workfront is overly complex, but it is functional as a tool to keep track of projects. It is a shame that sometimes it takes a lot of clicks to find anything. Workfront is slowly modernizing its interface but at the same time, hides certain information away thus making the experience feels worse.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Adobe
    Marketo provides different way and abilities to connect. If you are having product support or unexplained errors you can get someone on Marketo support 24 hours a day. One of Marketo's greatest assets in my opinion however would be the community. Often times our company is just looking for case success stories from someone else. In the community you can search for problems you are currently facing and see others having the same issue and solutions for those issues. If not, you can pose a question to the whole community and champions of the product and others can chime in to provide suggestions to fix your needs. The community is truly a 24/7 place to get your answers quickly.
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    Adobe
    I have found that Adobe Workfront is a reliable resource, because in the post 6 years of using it, rarely has it been unavailable to our team. I think I could count on one hand the number of times the site has been down over my time using it with my team.
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    Performance
    Adobe
    There are times when it is slightly slow for us, where we sit on a screen waiting for it to load. This could be our internet since we have had the same issue occasionally with other systems, but it is enough to make you crazy.
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    Adobe
    I think overall, Adobe Workfront performs well. There have been some times when it doesn't load or run as quickly as our team would like. This is frustrating when it is such a crucial tool that our team utilizes on a daily basis. It can show our workflow when it lags.
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    Support Rating
    Adobe
    On multiple occasions we've had Marketo support (technical and license based) issues. Technical issues were minor and resolved within a day. License based issues (even things encouraged by Marketo for partners, like provisioning another license) took WEEKS. They actually took so long to respond that the client we were working with withdrew from the contract because they were no longer convinced Marketo was capable of supporting their business. As an agency trying to sell the software, you can only explain away so much before they just made us look silly.
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    Adobe
    I know that this particular company has it's own Adobe Workfront employee that builds out things they need from the software, and meets with them regularly to troubleshoot. I'm not part of this process, but it's refreshing to see Adobe provide this level of customer service to people, and they're expedient.
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    In-Person Training
    Adobe
    Our account rep stopped out in Lincoln, NE to ensure we were properly set up and running. This was very much appreciated. I was very, very new at this point, so I can't comment very much on the extent of what was taught because I was still brand new to the company and the system
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    Adobe
    It was from my boss, not a rep from AtTask.
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    Online Training
    Adobe
    I had never used Marketo prior to taking this job so online training was my starting point. I was able to follow along, it was interesting and quickly and efficiently taught me what I needed to know without a lot of fluff. It was far from boring and really helped me get my hands dirty with Marketo.
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    Adobe
    The training is very easy to use and you can simply choose the topics included in the course(s) that are most important to your training needs. After each training course, you are tested on what you have learned. If you need a refresher course, they provide Course Catalogs as well as instructor-led courses & workshops.
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    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    1. Have a content marketing plan to run in parallel with the marketing automation installation--you'll need a lot of content to make full use of Marketo's capabilities. 2. Work with sales (and ISRs) to define and document a workflow--build your Marketo installation around how you do business--not figure out how to apply your business to the tools 3. Spend time of data cleaning--both an initial project as well as a strategy for ongoing data management. We found some change manaement issues (no more appending ZZZ to the first name to identify contacts who have left the company, for example, or prohibiting the entry of "info@company.com" email addresses). 4. Find some champions in the sales and ISR teams. You'll have both fans and detractors--work with the fans to build some success stories
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    Adobe
    Most people learn as you go, a lot of this stuff requires trial and error throughout so my suggestion is to provide as much information in the upfront and keep it as simple as possible. You can add other tools and features as you go but everyone should have the basics down so no bad habits can start to develop. Be persistent with everyone, and don't be afraid to correct and talk through steps again so everyone is on the same page
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    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    Adobe Marketo Engage is one of the best email sending platforms I have worked with, because there is so much you can do on a lead scoring area and also then connect this to other platforms such as Salesforce. It allows for seamless reporting and working alongside sales colleagues. We chose Adobe Marketo Engage because it allows for more sophisticated audience segmentation and management of ongoing large scale nurture flows across a number of complex criteria.
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    Adobe
    Much increased functionality and templating aspects. While I liked JIRA's setup, the Workfront is so much more flexible. The moving away from Jira i was able to show the possibilities of what a full pm software could accommodate and how it all connected in. Also, the pluses of connectivity with the Adobe suite for our creative teams were excellent. From providing updates within other programs, it allowed a much more fluid working process and instant communication.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Adobe
    The total cost is a little bit higher than we expected.
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    Adobe
    As I stated earlier, I didn't have to pay for Workfront myself- I'm a user under a large organization. I know it's not cheap to implement, I don't know how the price scales for a small-business, but I do like the product enough that I'm going to look into it in the future for my own company.
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    Scalability
    Adobe
    We look at scaleability in a few different ways. First, the speed while using Marketo has remained relatively the same as our database has grown. Though I would say Marketo is slow at times, it has not gotten slower over the last few years. If anything, it has improved, and they are working to improve it. Second, the amount of programs we have developed in Marketo has exponentially grown as well. Marketo has allowed us to drastically increase our output without having to drastically increase our headcount.
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    Adobe
    Our organization has thousands of users that use Workfront and it seems to hold up very well. I have not encountered any issues using it and I think it makes it very easy for multiple people to be involved in a project and keep things organized and clear for everyone involved.
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • Adobe Marketo Engage automation capabilities have reduced the amount of manual work required to execute campaigns, allowing our marketing team to focus more on strategy and customer engagement rather than repetitive administrative tasks.
    • The platform has helped us generate more qualified leads through personalized campaigns and lead scoring, enabling our sales team to focus on prospects with the highest likelihood of converting.
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    Adobe
    • Increased efficiency in threaded updates to Outlook emails - no time wasted looking for things in email vs Workfront - they automatically are in both places.
    • Time tracking allows us to average out how much time tasks & deliverable types take, allowing better long-term forecasting.
    • Planning has given us a system of record for campaigns, allowing us to easily find historic plans and/or view calendar views of upcoming ones.
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    ScreenShots

    Adobe Marketo Engage Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Contact Timeline in Adobe Marketo EngageScreenshot of the Audience Feature in Adobe Marketo EngageScreenshot of Progressive Profiling in Adobe Marketo EngageScreenshot of the Insights Dashboard in Adobe Marketo EngageScreenshot of Sources in Adobe Marketo EngageScreenshot of Metrics in Adobe Marketo Engage

    Adobe Workfront Screenshots

    Screenshot of Tasks in Adobe WorkfrontScreenshot of Work Requests in Adobe WorkfrontScreenshot of Review Functionality in Adobe WorkfrontScreenshot of Adobe Workfront Planning