Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud vs. Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud
Score 8.6 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Bloomreach personalizes the e-commerce experience. Its data engine unifies real-time customer and product data so businesses understand what customers really want. By connecting that understanding to every channel, the e-commerce experience becomes limitless — reflecting a changing customer as they shop. Amplified by the speed and scale of Loomi, Bloomreach's AI for e-commerce, this creates endless new paths to purchase. Bloomreach products include:N/A
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
Marketing Cloud is an AI-powered, cloud-based digital marketing platform within the Salesforce Customer 360 ecosystem. Marketers can segment their audience, deliver personalized messages, track campaign performance, engage leads and accounts, and optimize strategies based on real-time insights.
$1,250
per month per installation
Pricing
Bloomreach Commerce Experience CloudSalesforce Marketing Cloud
Editions & Modules
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Account Engagement
$1,250
per month
Engagement
$1,250
per month
Intelligence
$3,000
per month
Loyalty Management
$20,000
per month
Personalization
$100,000
per year
Data Cloud for Marketing
$108,000
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Bloomreach Commerce Experience CloudSalesforce Marketing Cloud
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional DetailsBloomreach pricing is quote-based.
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Community Pulse
Bloomreach Commerce Experience CloudSalesforce Marketing Cloud
Considered Both Products
Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud
Chose Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud
Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud is probably most unique in its lightweight yet robust architecture. Its scenarios, even ones relying on webhooks and complex logic, run really quickly as well as reliably. Compared to Salesforce Marketing Cloud, it offers a more modular …
Chose Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud
From a functionality perspective, Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud is on par or better than both alternatives at a much better price level.
Chose Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud
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. …
Chose Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud
I think Bloomreach has better visual design than the ones I already worked on, however it could be to the fact that it's a newer product, so they have had a chance to build it from the scratch. Creating scenarios is also easier and quicker. I think Salesforce is more convenient …
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
Chose Salesforce Marketing Cloud
Salesforce Marketing Cloud stands out for its comprehensive features, scalability, and seamless integration capabilities. Compared to other platforms, its unified suite of tools for email, social media, mobile, and advertising enables streamlined cross-channel campaign …
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Bloomreach Commerce Experience CloudSalesforce Marketing Cloud
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud
7.5
53 Ratings
4% below category average
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7.9
158 Ratings
2% above category average
WYSIWYG email editor7.748 Ratings8.1110 Ratings
Dynamic content7.749 Ratings8.2140 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content7.448 Ratings7.7100 Ratings
Landing pages6.722 Ratings7.6108 Ratings
A/B testing7.851 Ratings8.4139 Ratings
Mobile optimization7.341 Ratings7.598 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting7.652 Ratings8.3119 Ratings
List management7.141 Ratings7.5116 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences8.135 Ratings8.184 Ratings
Lead Management
Comparison of Lead Management features of Product A and Product B
Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud
7.4
40 Ratings
4% below category average
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7.6
112 Ratings
2% below category average
Lead nurturing automation8.133 Ratings7.7100 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading6.933 Ratings7.3100 Ratings
Data quality management7.436 Ratings7.6104 Ratings
Automated sales alerts and tasks7.016 Ratings7.692 Ratings
Campaign Management
Comparison of Campaign Management features of Product A and Product B
Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud
7.1
34 Ratings
7% below category average
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7.9
103 Ratings
4% above category average
Calendaring7.132 Ratings7.993 Ratings
Event/webinar marketing7.123 Ratings7.987 Ratings
Social Media Marketing
Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud
7.2
29 Ratings
4% below category average
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6.8
80 Ratings
10% below category average
Social sharing and campaigns7.526 Ratings7.276 Ratings
Social profile integration6.816 Ratings6.432 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud
7.4
53 Ratings
1% below category average
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7.6
112 Ratings
1% above category average
Dashboards7.553 Ratings7.6107 Ratings
Standard reports7.150 Ratings7.8111 Ratings
Custom reports7.550 Ratings7.488 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud
7.6
80 Ratings
0% above category average
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7.6
112 Ratings
0% above category average
API7.875 Ratings7.681 Ratings
Role-based workflow & approvals6.936 Ratings8.278 Ratings
Customizability7.543 Ratings7.399 Ratings
Integration with Salesforce.com7.25 Ratings8.7101 Ratings
Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM7.34 Ratings7.88 Ratings
Integration with SugarCRM7.53 Ratings6.77 Ratings
Third-party software integrations7.425 Ratings7.314 Ratings
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User Ratings
Bloomreach Commerce Experience CloudSalesforce Marketing Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(144 ratings)
8.0
(316 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.4
(7 ratings)
9.5
(112 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(54 ratings)
6.1
(35 ratings)
Availability
8.5
(14 ratings)
10.0
(11 ratings)
Performance
8.4
(13 ratings)
9.6
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(107 ratings)
4.0
(35 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.8
(2 ratings)
5.0
(4 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(2 ratings)
8.1
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.8
(4 ratings)
3.0
(17 ratings)
Configurability
8.2
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.7
(2 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.2
(14 ratings)
7.9
(24 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(2 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.7
(2 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Bloomreach Commerce Experience CloudSalesforce Marketing Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Bloomreach
Bloomreach has great support. So when you feel a bit lost or stuck on a problem, there is always somebody to help you out with your problem. Not just in a chat, but also on zoom call where you can explain or show your problem. Also they always check if the problem is solved the other day and if everything is working as I need.
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Salesforce
Salesforce Marketing Cloud does an excellent job at collecting and storing leads. Once the leads are qualified by workflows and automations established against your qualifiers, you can begin to segment, target, send communication, and track the efficacy of your campaigns. Being that Salesforce Marketing Cloud is an extension of Salesforce CRM, there is little work that needs to be done to ensure that your SQL are migrated to your CRM once they are ready to do so. The seamlessness between the two systems is paramount to the success of our organization.
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Pros
Bloomreach
  • All in one. We have experience working with other CDP/Marketing suites and it is really difficult to connect their different modules. Bloomreach Engagement has been built to be a single product which makes everything easy to use
  • Fast and real-time. Other platforms struggle with getting real-time volumes or segmenting based on real-time events, that is not the case with Bloomreach Engagement
  • GCP partnership. Being deployed over GCP and having BigQuery as raw data export makes really easy to expand and connect with existing stacks
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Salesforce
  • Filter relevant content so you can priorize those that are more relevant and resolve it first
  • Measure the traffic in the different social networks, as well as the response rate, average response time and other relevant metrics
  • Configure automation rules to order the work of those who must interact with the customer
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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
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Salesforce
  • The email builder does not offer any way to catch/check bugs across different email service providers
  • Creating SQL is not as easy as drag-and-drop; a lot of technical knowledge is required
  • Salesforce Marketing Cloud is sold as a marketing tool, but to be honest, you need a LOT of technical IT support to run the tool
  • Einstein metrics are across the board; if you have multiple audiences in one instance of Salesforce Marketing Cloud you can't segment the data.
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Likelihood to Renew
Bloomreach
So far, Hippo is our ideal tool given its use of open standards which helps us to have a clear overview of what's coming next in the future Hippo releases. We are very confident in the future-readiness of the product
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Salesforce
As of right now we have not seen any other program that integrates as seamlessly into our Salesforce platform. We have barely scratched the surface of all the features and use cases. It would be irresponsible to make a move to another platform in the near future. We have not come up against any limitations that would prompt a need to switch
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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.
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Salesforce
You won't find another solution that has as many features as Salesforce Marketing Cloud Interaction Studio. We all know Salesforce, we all know how big they are and it's not for nothing... Their tools do most of the things you want, need and even imagine. Using it is complicated, but the usability is infinite.
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Reliability and Availability
Bloomreach
99% of the time the site is available for when we need to use. With any cloud based software there will be occasion that there is an outage but this is communicated effectively and dealt with quickly. This has never got in the way of what we need to do in our day to day work and wouldn't be thought of as a problem
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Salesforce
Upgrades and timing of the upgrades were communicated well and planned during off hours for our work. If we did have a campaign scheduled during that time, it would kick-off after the system was back active. There were a few unplanned system down times, but it was a rare occurrence and those times were also short in duration.
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Performance
Bloomreach
The search API is very fast (150ms), even considering we have nearly 2 million products in our catalog. The console pages where you do your configuration, add ranking rules and synonyms are sometimes a bit slower to load, but your customer would not notice any of that. The reports pages are also not the fastest, but definitely okay
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Salesforce
Though the make up of MA apps is not built this way today, it would be nice to see them become more real-time. The integration between Salesforce and Pardot is not a true real-time integration. If I modify something in Salesforce, those changes are not automatically reflected in Pardot immediately. There is a delay of about 15 minutes before the systems sync. This delay, although not long, is less than ideal We would love the systems to be integrated real time such that changes are propagated from one system to the other immediately.
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Support Rating
Bloomreach
When I get through to support they are absolutely amazing but I think sometimes the wait can be too long. From experience I also know HubSpot and Dotdigital allow for live calls or call-backs which gives you that extra layer of support and satisfaction. That alone would have taken this score to a 9.
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Salesforce
They're fast and knowledgeable. You will always know what's the status of your request and they usually follow up with phone calls to ask you questions or provide updates. Sometimes it takes them a couple of days to investigate, especially if you have custom "situations" like my company usually does but at least they are very good at managing time expectations.
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In-Person Training
Bloomreach
The team was really helpful in explaining
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Salesforce
The trainers at the Pardot user conference (Elevate and Connections) were very knowledgeable and presented the material well. Again, the content was targeted to more of a new user audience, and was not really relevant for folks who had been using the product for 2+ years.
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Online Training
Bloomreach
It gives clear overview in each and every concepts
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Salesforce
Pardot's online training touches on all topics briefly and vaguely without much indepth exploration into how a final outcome could look, such as Nurturing Campaigns, Email templates, landing page templates, etc... The only true way to uncover Pardot's full capabilities is to have Front End design and coding experience. Without this key skill set, I would not recommend Pardot to another business.
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Implementation Rating
Bloomreach
None it went smoothly
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Salesforce
From an IT perspective, once you set up the Javascript beacon and start collecting data there is a waiting game. During this time you can start labeling your site actions which can be labor intensive for a single person, but you don't really have the final end-users on the platform yet. We did a lot of training so users were experienced, but it wasn't until they had their first tasks to accomplish that they started using the system and had questions. I'd recommend setting up some immediate goals for an end-user to start segmenting for the purpose of displaying message campaigns so you can jump start end-user action.
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Alternatives Considered
Bloomreach
Bloomreach is a really easy to use platform compared to other CRM systems and allow faster integration to the other data sources. It allowed deduping services and the ammonization feature for data protection is really easy to set up which fields contain personal information and therefore remove the data when a customer request it.
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Salesforce
Salesforce Marketing Cloud stands out for its comprehensive features, scalability, and seamless integration capabilities. Compared to other platforms, its unified suite of tools for email, social media, mobile, and advertising enables streamlined cross-channel campaign management and personalized marketing at scale. We chose Marketing Cloud for its industry leadership, robust ecosystem, and tight integration with Salesforce CRM, allowing us to deliver exceptional marketing solutions and drive measurable results for our clients efficiently.
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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.
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Salesforce
Salesforce Marketing Cloud helps create profiles for each subscriber. The Contact Builder feature stores information about every subscriber, including whether they're an active customer, their purchase history from the last year, and their email engagement metrics. It also identifies the likelihood of a subscriber churning, aiding in creating personalized campaigns to boost company revenue.
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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.
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Salesforce
  • Salesforce Marketing Cloud allows us to more efficiently reach out to a higher number of prospects.
  • Salesforce Marketing Cloud allows us to nimbly communicate important messages in a timely fashion to facilitate conversion.
  • Salesforce Marketing Cloud allows us to track who is opening our messages so that we can stop sending to those not interested and focus on the most engaged audiences.
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ScreenShots

Bloomreach Commerce Experience Cloud Screenshots

Screenshot of Funnels that simplify targeting.Screenshot of Retention provides insights about impact of changes in a product and the impact of major marketing campaigns.Screenshot of Web layers with A/B testingScreenshot of Drag and drop campaign editorScreenshot of WYSIWYG Email editor & Fully customisable Email templatesScreenshot of CRM with 360° customer behaviour history

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Screenshots

Screenshot of Pardot Analytics - Pardot's reporting and analytics can be used to perform true revenue impact analysis and closed-loop reporting.Screenshot of Pardot Email Analytics - The reach and impact of  email marketing efforts are displayed in real-time with advanced reporting and analytics by device, and email client.Screenshot of Pardot Forms and Landing Pages - Pardot's form and landing page builders are used to turn online traffic to leads with targeted offers and content marketing.Screenshot of Pardot Email Marketing - Lead nurturing flows are defined via an interface that enables definition of the simplest or most complex segmented and targeted campaigns.