BrowserStack vs. Salesforce Agentforce Marketing

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BrowserStack
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
BrowserStack is a test platform built for developers and QAs to expand test coverage, scale and optimize testing with cross-browser, real device cloud, accessibility, visual testing, test management, and test observability. BrowserStack states it currently powers over a billion tests a year for customers who include Amazon, Paypal, Well Fargo Bank, Nvidia, MongoDB, Pfizer, GE, Discovery, React JS, Apache, JQuery and several others rely on BrowserStack to test their web and mobile apps.
$0
per month Unlimited users and 5000 free screenshots
Agentforce Marketing
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
Marketing Cloud is a cloud-based digital marketing platform, used by 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
BrowserStackSalesforce Agentforce Marketing
Editions & Modules
Percy - Free
$0
per month Unlimited users and 5000 free screenshots
App Percy - Free
$0
per month 5000 free screenshots and 100 minutes of infrastructure
Test Observability - Unlimited Free
$0
Accessibility Testing - Free
$0
Test Observability - Observability Pro
$0.01
per month per test execution
Percy - Desktop
$0.02
per month per screenshot
App Percy - Visual Core
$0.02
per month per screenshot
Percy - Desktop & Mobile
$0.02
per month per screenshot
App Percy - Visual Cloud
$0.03
per month per screenshot
Live - Desktop
$39
per month per user
Live - Desktop & Mobile
$49
per month per user
App Live - Individual
$49
per month per user
Automate - Desktop
$129
per month 1 parallel test
Live - Team
$175
per month 5 users
App Live - Team
$175
per month 5 users
Accessibility Testing - Team
$199
per month 5 users
Automate - Desktop & Mobile
$225
per month 1 parallel test
App Automate - Device Cloud
$249
per month 1 parallel test
App Live - Team Pro
$289
per month 5 users
App Automate - Device Cloud Pro
$299
per month 1 parallel test
Automate - Enterprise
Contact sales team
Percy - Enterprise
Contact Sales
App Automate - Enterprise
Contact Sales
App Live - Enterprise
Contact sales team
Live - Enterprise
Contact sales team
App Automate - Device Cloud Pro + Visual Cloud
Contact Sales
App Percy - Enterprise
Contact Sales
Test Observability - Enterprise
Contact Sales
Accessibility Testing - Enterprise
Contact Sales
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
BrowserStackAgentforce Marketing
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
BrowserStackSalesforce Agentforce Marketing
Features
BrowserStackSalesforce Agentforce Marketing
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
BrowserStack
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
7.5
171 Ratings
2% below category average
WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings7.7122 Ratings
Dynamic content00 Ratings7.9153 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings6.9112 Ratings
Landing pages00 Ratings7.7121 Ratings
A/B testing00 Ratings7.3151 Ratings
Mobile optimization00 Ratings6.9111 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings7.6132 Ratings
List management00 Ratings8.2129 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings7.595 Ratings
Lead Management
Comparison of Lead Management features of Product A and Product B
BrowserStack
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
8.1
124 Ratings
4% above category average
Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings8.5109 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings8.1110 Ratings
Data quality management00 Ratings7.6116 Ratings
Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings8.3101 Ratings
Campaign Management
Comparison of Campaign Management features of Product A and Product B
BrowserStack
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
7.5
114 Ratings
1% above category average
Calendaring00 Ratings7.7103 Ratings
Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings7.497 Ratings
Social Media Marketing
Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Product A and Product B
BrowserStack
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
7.6
88 Ratings
3% above category average
Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings7.683 Ratings
Social profile integration00 Ratings7.639 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
BrowserStack
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
7.8
124 Ratings
6% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings8.2118 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings7.7123 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings7.5100 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
BrowserStack
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Marketing
7.6
124 Ratings
2% above category average
API00 Ratings6.990 Ratings
Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings7.089 Ratings
Customizability00 Ratings7.0111 Ratings
Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings7.9113 Ratings
Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM00 Ratings8.714 Ratings
Integration with SugarCRM00 Ratings8.211 Ratings
Third-party software integrations00 Ratings7.324 Ratings
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User Ratings
BrowserStackSalesforce Agentforce Marketing
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(244 ratings)
8.0
(328 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(19 ratings)
8.1
(114 ratings)
Usability
7.8
(23 ratings)
8.3
(37 ratings)
Availability
9.7
(5 ratings)
10.0
(11 ratings)
Performance
5.4
(78 ratings)
9.6
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
7.7
(24 ratings)
7.0
(36 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.3
(1 ratings)
5.0
(4 ratings)
Online Training
4.2
(3 ratings)
8.1
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.8
(8 ratings)
3.0
(17 ratings)
Configurability
8.3
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.9
(4 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.3
(3 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.8
(6 ratings)
7.3
(39 ratings)
Professional Services
8.9
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.0
(4 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.3
(4 ratings)
7.0
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
BrowserStackSalesforce Agentforce Marketing
Likelihood to Recommend
BrowserStack
As per my experience, BrowserStack is more suited for those organizations that have a remote work culture and also for those who need multiple device testing. Also, it is beneficial for those organizations that do not want to spend more on physical devices, as the devices update frequently in the market. It is not appropriate for those organizations which have lesser need of multi- device testing as the subscription model may not be feasible for them. Also a small organization with less number of employees would not opt for BrowserStack as it would be costlier for them.
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Salesforce
I think the product, by definition, is meant for marketing — and we use it exactly for that, for running campaigns. That’s the best-suited use case for the product. I don’t think it’s really meant to be used for anything else — that’s just not how it’s designed.
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Pros
BrowserStack
  • Reliable cross-browser, cross-device testing
  • integration with JIRA to add screenshots directly to bugs etc
  • Live mobile device testing for an extra layer of confidence
  • Customer support has been very consistent and reliable
  • User interface is incredibly simple to use and easy to train new users on
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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
BrowserStack
  • Integrating a low-code or no-code product is difficult to use on an on-prem network with restrictions.
  • Automate setup could be more seamless, with packages to integrate in existing project.
  • Does not support different file types for uploading. Restrictions on the type of files.
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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
BrowserStack
It's almost the 3rd year for us and it's renewal time for us. So yes, we are already discussing how many licenses we need to increase as users are increasing internally. So it's 100% sure that we are already planning renewal this year as well BrowserStack with live and app automate.
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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
BrowserStack
So many options that it can be a little overwhelming, but the core functions are easy to find and use and it's usually not too hard to figure things out for the more complex tasks. Very easy to boot up a device and a specific browser from the dashboard to begin a manual website test.
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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
BrowserStack
I rated BrowserStack's availability a 10 because it is consistently reliable, with minimal to no downtime or unplanned outages. The platform is accessible whenever needed, ensuring uninterrupted testing. Its robust infrastructure and proactive monitoring ensure a seamless experience, allowing us to meet deadlines without delays caused by availability issues and all
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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
BrowserStack
The tests are fast considering the fact that they're Appium tests. I've seen tests reliably pass or fail when they're supposed to, with next to zero issues on the BrowserStack side of things. Tests launch only seconds after I kick off them off from my CLI.
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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
BrowserStack
I've not had much direct interaction with the BrowserStack support team. The help and community are great and we've not run into any issue that has really required us to reach out. I guess having a stable and easy to use system means you may never need to contact support.
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Salesforce
They are really responsive and more than not solve the problem or give you insight to how you can manage the solution yourself. I do find however sometimes a long delay on the more complex issues when they need to loop in other departments. but overall a good experience with support
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In-Person Training
BrowserStack
Yes, it was online training on meet, and trainer looks like skilled and technical strong, he has covered end to end all the features and he has answers all the queries. because of this trainings we are able to implement it by our own in the organization, thank you for support and training.
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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
BrowserStack
It was a quick training from the support of browserstack, it was nice and easy to understand, thanks again for the support given by the team. and regularly I used to receive mails for training from support for any new feature they launch, I was able to spread same training to all my team and dev.
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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
BrowserStack
I rated the implementation satisfaction an 8 because while it went smoothly overall, there were some challenges during the initial learning phase and integration with existing tools. Key insights include the importance of providing sufficient training upfront and ensuring seamless integration with other systems to minimize disruptions and improve adoption speed.
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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
BrowserStack
BrowserStack products has been found better for low code automations and visual regression techniques. We have been struggling to maintain the API endpoint sanity tests and writing a lot of code for them while releasing the builds, while we chose BrowserStack accessibility solutions, we found it a way easier than we thought and worked it up.
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Salesforce
We use Salesforce Marketing Cloud for lead management, generating reports, tracking customer and dealer information, inputting orders, and more. I prefer HubSpot for email marketing and automation because it is easier to use and the emails are designed much better. We currently use Salesforce and HubSpot, and we are very happy to have both, as they have different pros/cons.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
BrowserStack
No Vendors were involved, directly dealt with Browserstack
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Salesforce
was not involved with this part but i have not heard about clompaints
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Scalability
BrowserStack
I may not be the best person to answer this as I am only using it for 1 department and at 1 site but will still try my best As far as Scalability for Devices for Mobile Automation is concerned, it gets a Solid 10, as the users can run cases on upto 10 device parallel and also have the best choices of devices to choose
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Salesforce
Prior to this, we had no solution and literally were doing things on paper in a world where technology is outpacing paper. Having this process optimized has made it easier for the sales and marketing people to change information. From the training perspective, it has allowed us to see holes in where we could create additional support training, so the ROI here has been a lot more than just the optimization of a process.
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Professional Services
BrowserStack
Not used
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Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
BrowserStack
  • It reduced the cost of buying multiple devices as we have multiple devices access in it
  • Easily accessible from anywhere due to it cloud availability
  • Introducing this to our client also helped us in building trust as well as winning their confidence during deliverables
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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

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Agentforce Marketing 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.