Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization vs. Salesforce Experience Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
Score 8.9 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Bloomreach is presented as an agentic platform for personalization. Powering autonomous search, conversational shopping, and autonomous marketing, Bloomreach personalizes the entire customer experience. From retail to financial services, hospitality to gaming, businesses can use Bloomreach to create experiences that drive growth and loyalty. Bloomreach states that they currently drive personalization for 1,400+…N/A
Salesforce Experience Cloud
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Salesforce Marketing Cloud Engagement (formerly Salesforce Experience Cloud or Salesforce Community Cloud) is an online forum powered by Salesforce that enables businesses to connect with their employees, customers, partner organizations, and prospects. Designed to help facilitate communication and information sharing, customers can ask questions and request help, administrators can integrate data from third-party apps, and employees can collaborate across projects and…N/A
Pricing
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for PersonalizationSalesforce Experience Cloud
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for PersonalizationSalesforce Experience Cloud
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional DetailsBloomreach pricing is quote-based. Bloomreach pricing is customized to the number of customers served, product catalog size, and the number of events executed – such as how many emails or SMS messages are sent.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for PersonalizationSalesforce Experience Cloud
Features
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for PersonalizationSalesforce Experience Cloud
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
7.8
87 Ratings
3% above category average
Salesforce Experience Cloud
-
Ratings
WYSIWYG email editor8.377 Ratings00 Ratings
Dynamic content7.683 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content7.182 Ratings00 Ratings
Landing pages6.748 Ratings00 Ratings
A/B testing8.083 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization8.474 Ratings00 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting8.385 Ratings00 Ratings
List management7.571 Ratings00 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences7.862 Ratings00 Ratings
Lead Management
Comparison of Lead Management features of Product A and Product B
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
7.5
71 Ratings
4% below category average
Salesforce Experience Cloud
-
Ratings
Lead nurturing automation8.060 Ratings00 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading7.457 Ratings00 Ratings
Data quality management7.366 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated sales alerts and tasks7.238 Ratings00 Ratings
Campaign Management
Comparison of Campaign Management features of Product A and Product B
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
7.3
64 Ratings
2% below category average
Salesforce Experience Cloud
-
Ratings
Calendaring7.459 Ratings00 Ratings
Event/webinar marketing7.345 Ratings00 Ratings
Social Media Marketing
Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
7.5
48 Ratings
1% above category average
Salesforce Experience Cloud
-
Ratings
Social sharing and campaigns7.241 Ratings00 Ratings
Social profile integration7.932 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
7.5
85 Ratings
3% above category average
Salesforce Experience Cloud
-
Ratings
Dashboards6.885 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports8.382 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports7.581 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
7.8
112 Ratings
5% above category average
Salesforce Experience Cloud
10.0
1 Ratings
19% above category average
API7.5106 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Role-based workflow & approvals8.168 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizability7.576 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Salesforce.com7.010 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM7.611 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with SugarCRM7.68 Ratings00 Ratings
Third-party software integrations7.851 Ratings00 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
-
Ratings
Salesforce Experience Cloud
10.0
1 Ratings
20% above category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
-
Ratings
Salesforce Experience Cloud
9.3
1 Ratings
21% above category average
WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Admin section00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Page templates00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Library of website themes00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Publishing workflow00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Form generator00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
-
Ratings
Salesforce Experience Cloud
8.6
1 Ratings
20% above category average
Content taxonomy00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
SEO support00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Community / comment management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Results and Analysis
Comparison of Results and Analysis features of Product A and Product B
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
-
Ratings
Salesforce Experience Cloud
8.0
1 Ratings
0% above category average
Conversion tracking00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Test reporting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Funnel Analysis00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
User Segmentation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Digital Experience Platform
Comparison of Digital Experience Platform features of Product A and Product B
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
-
Ratings
Salesforce Experience Cloud
10.0
1 Ratings
10% above category average
Campaign management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Cloud enablement00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Content aggregation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Content classification00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Multi-channel content personalization00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Customer data analytics00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
DXP Third-Party Integrations00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Multi-website management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Digital asset management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Editorial workflows and task management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for PersonalizationSalesforce Experience Cloud
Small Businesses
Vbout
Vbout
Score 10.0 out of 10
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
PFL Direct Mail Platform
PFL Direct Mail Platform
Score 9.0 out of 10
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
PFL Direct Mail Platform
PFL Direct Mail Platform
Score 9.0 out of 10
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
User Ratings
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for PersonalizationSalesforce Experience Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(175 ratings)
9.1
(55 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.6
(54 ratings)
8.3
(8 ratings)
Availability
8.4
(17 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.2
(16 ratings)
9.1
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
7.8
(138 ratings)
7.7
(17 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.3
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.2
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.8
(2 ratings)
9.4
(4 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.2
(17 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.9
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for PersonalizationSalesforce Experience Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Bloomreach
Bloomreach is a great solution, and I have already recommended it to a previous colleague! On the whole it it intuitive and easy to pick up, so is a great solution when you need to get started and make progress early on. It's perfect for delivering ongoing automations to customers based on attributes or activity as well as delivering one off mail shots.
Read full review
Salesforce
For well-suited, this product is great for your external clientele groups that you would not necessarily want to have a high user fee rate for. So basically general public or a group that will be authorized to come in and just do a few things here and there, but you don't necessarily want them access to all of your systems and your data points for groups that it would not be a great use for. I'd say probably your high level internal staff, they're going to be using a lot of the backend functionality automations, evaluating data, managing data, and doing custom inputs. That's just not what's intended for.
Read full review
Pros
Bloomreach
  • The product recommendations engine allows for us to create a personalised experience for every customer across the 3m emails we send each month. This ensure that our customers remain connected to our brand.
  • The customer data platform attached to Bloomreach Composable Personalization Cloud provides an all-in-one solution for our business intelligence needs. Allowing up-to-date purchasing, behaviour, and engagement reporting from our email to website activity.
  • The ability to integrate with Meta and other paid ad formats allows for us to create a connected omnichannel experience for users, ensuring we are providing the right message, to the right person, at the right time, in the right place.
Read full review
Salesforce
  • Complete integration with the Salesforce ecosystem. Data displayed in your Community portal reflects records from a Sales Cloud organization
  • Highly customizable. A Community Cloud portal can be totally customized both visually and with different funcionalities with little to no coding skills required
Read full review
Cons
Bloomreach
  • While Importing the offline data, sometimes the auto detection is failed to detect the csv file
  • While we import with wrong mapping, even after pressing escape before the import starts, its not cancelling the import. it start running. It would be great if it stops the import
  • it would be great if we receive email for successfully finished imports too
Read full review
Salesforce
  • The documentation for implementing Experience Cloud can be a bit confusing as their rebranding hasn't made it's way into all articles, resulting in different terminology being used to refer to the same thing
  • Some things are not as intuitive regarding their customizability, so there's a bit of a learning curve (i.e. Lightning apps can't be used to customize layouts in Experience Cloud)
Read full review
Likelihood to Renew
Bloomreach
We are extremely satisfied with Bloomreach. It is a central and indispensable pillar of our personalization and data-driven marketing strategy. The platform provides us with unparalleled scalability across 27 countries and guarantees high availability and stable performance, even when working with an enormous volume of data.The fact that the platform is intuitive and allows a wide range of our teams (from CRM to UX) to work effectively with personalization significantly reduces our dependence on IT support and accelerates campaign deployment.Given the robustness of the architecture and the positive results we are generating across channels, renewing the contract is a logical step to ensure our future organic growth.
Read full review
Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Usability
Bloomreach
In my time working with Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud, I always liked to work with it. It is crucial that you get support from experts from the beginning to show you how to work with the vast amount of options and activities to choose from. The learning curve is also well-rounded because of its user-friendly interface and highly skilled customer support.
Read full review
Salesforce
Usability is pretty streamlined, especially if you're familiar with other Salesforce products, but even if not, take it from me, as I just entered the technological space about two years ago, that this product is pretty simple to learn. You don't have to jump in with your head underwater. Small wins and learnings along the way are what foster long-term understandings and enable your evolution alongside the product. I definitely recommend Salesforce Trailhead along with it
Read full review
Reliability and Availability
Bloomreach
It has always been available with great response times. Honestly in almost 5 years there was like one outage and I have to admit that it was solved so quick that I don't even know if it's fair to even call it that. Bloomreach is extremely reliable, can't fault it.
Read full review
Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Performance
Bloomreach
ten out of ten, Bloomreach has revolutionised our marketing capabilities. It has allowed us to get real time data insights from our customers, and then put these into action. Previously it would be a very time consuming and slow process for us to get any sort of campaign out but not anymore, this has lead to increased conversions and revenue
Read full review
Salesforce
It's delivered on our original requirements and we've found ways to grow its usage. We continue to build on our original success and we can report our data out to leadership to show a true return on investment which is great for growing support and expanding uses for the system.
Read full review
Support Rating
Bloomreach
I would rate Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization’s support an 8 out of 10. The team is responsive, knowledgeable, and proactive in helping us implement and scale our use of Engagement, and their guidance has been valuable in accelerating time-to-value. There’s still some room for improvement around more hands-on guidance with complex use cases (like weblayer prioritization or advanced reporting), but overall the support has been strong and dependable.
Read full review
Salesforce
We have weekly calls with our Salesforce reps. They bring new ideas to the table and help with taxonomy builds. They have also answered many questions and connected us to the right people for us to grow our knowledge and utilization of the platform. They are a good partner overall in comparison.
Read full review
In-Person Training
Bloomreach
The team was really helpful in explaining
Read full review
Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Bloomreach
It gives clear overview in each and every concepts
Read full review
Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Bloomreach
None it went smoothly
Read full review
Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Bloomreach
Bloomreach is far superior than SFMC as that platform requires too much technical knowledge. Ometria is very good and I would say is quite similar to Bloomreach although I would say Ometria is a smaller company. Dotdigital is also very powerful but not more so than Bloomreach. This being said, Dotdigital and HubSpot does have telephone support which is amazing and something I would like to see from Bloomreach in future or at least shorter wait times for customer support live chat.
Read full review
Salesforce
Salesforce Experience Cloud was selected due to its tight integration with our existing Salesforce CRM platform. Customization of the portal was much, much simpler compared to Sharepoint - especially with role-based security parameters that are ultimately inherited based on attributes within the Salesforce CRM platform. Salesforce Experience Cloud was a natural fit for this customer-facing purpose.
Read full review
Scalability
Bloomreach
there is an option of multiple projects per organisation, customers and assets can be copied across. Multiple sites can be managed in one project, different activities organized under initiatives. Splitting work into sensible units is therefore well possible. The billing is based on number of tracked and number of stored events, no package-based deals. It should therefore be well scalable from a small e-store to a large corporation.
Read full review
Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Bloomreach
  • Emails, banners, and weblayers brought us an increase in conversion and additional profit.
  • From a marketers perspective, it allows us to reach far and wide and see how well a campaign is doing in real-time.
  • Knowing the customer allows improved communication and personalize our recommendations.
  • Bloomreach Engagement has created revenue uplift with acquisition and conversion.
  • The most effective tool out there when ROI is in question.
Read full review
Salesforce
  • Improved online admission application completion rates from mid-60%s to mid-80%s.
  • Positive user experience from start-to-finish to leverage one data system for all prospective student data
  • Fewer data integrations transforming and loading sensitive student data by leveraging Salesforce Community Cloud to access already existing data
Read full review
ScreenShots

Bloomreach - The Agentic Platform for Personalization Screenshots

Screenshot of funnels that simplify targeting.Screenshot of retention-based insights about impact of changes in a product and the impact of major marketing campaigns.Screenshot of web layers with A/B testingScreenshot of the drag and drop campaign editorScreenshot of the WYSIWYG Email editor & Fully customisable Email templatesScreenshot of the CRM with 360° customer behaviour history