Demandbase One vs. Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Demandbase One
Score 7.8 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Demandbase is presented as a pipeline AI platform used by GTM teams to automate growth. It creates a unified view of data, insights, actions, and outcomes, so B2B enterprises can align and execute their account-based GTM strategies.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
Demandbase OneSalesforce Marketing Cloud
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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
Demandbase OneSalesforce Marketing Cloud
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsThe Demandbase One for Sales and Marketing platform fee covers the essential software and services. In addition, there’s a flat fee per user.
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Community Pulse
Demandbase OneSalesforce Marketing Cloud
Considered Both Products
Demandbase One
Chose Demandbase One
Demandbase has its own intent data, and we can also integrate other party intent data like Bombora, but that is optional. We like their office hours so that we do not need to spend an extra dollar to get expert help. The price point is also very justified for everything we get …
Chose Demandbase One
ZoomInfo has begun to offer similar tools but also provided data purchasing. Demandbase is much more focused on intent-based marketing and advertising than ZoomInfo. I do not believe that the two products fit the same niche entirely, but it appears that intent-based information …
Chose Demandbase One
We have reviewed over half a dozen ABM Platform companies but Demandbase stood out the most because their platform is intuitive and many of our business partners recommended them. After seeing a few demos from Demandbase, we were confident that we were making the right choice. …
Salesforce Marketing Cloud

No answer on this topic

Features
Demandbase OneSalesforce Marketing Cloud
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
Demandbase One
6.0
46 Ratings
23% below category average
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
-
Ratings
Automated routing and prioritization6.538 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer interaction histories6.542 Ratings00 Ratings
Syndicated content4.13 Ratings00 Ratings
Personalization6.239 Ratings00 Ratings
Engagement data tracking6.946 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad Campaigns
Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Product A and Product B
Demandbase One
6.6
32 Ratings
15% below category average
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
-
Ratings
Ad campaign creation7.330 Ratings00 Ratings
Display advertising7.030 Ratings00 Ratings
Contextual advertising6.524 Ratings00 Ratings
Social advertising6.025 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad reporting and analytics6.531 Ratings00 Ratings
Audience Segmentation & Targeting
Comparison of Audience Segmentation & Targeting features of Product A and Product B
Demandbase One
6.9
48 Ratings
9% below category average
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
-
Ratings
Standard visitor segmentation7.048 Ratings00 Ratings
Behavioral visitor segmentation6.845 Ratings00 Ratings
ABM sales intelligence6.946 Ratings00 Ratings
Intent Data
Comparison of Intent Data features of Product A and Product B
Demandbase One
7.1
49 Ratings
5% below category average
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
-
Ratings
3rd party intent signals7.245 Ratings00 Ratings
Downstream intent signals6.744 Ratings00 Ratings
Account identification7.349 Ratings00 Ratings
ABM Integrations
Comparison of ABM Integrations features of Product A and Product B
Demandbase One
6.8
42 Ratings
11% below category average
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
-
Ratings
Automated workflow & orchestration6.842 Ratings00 Ratings
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Demandbase One
-
Ratings
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7.5
170 Ratings
1% below category average
WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings7.7121 Ratings
Dynamic content00 Ratings7.8152 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings7.0111 Ratings
Landing pages00 Ratings7.5120 Ratings
A/B testing00 Ratings7.4150 Ratings
Mobile optimization00 Ratings6.9110 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings7.7131 Ratings
List management00 Ratings8.0128 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings7.594 Ratings
Lead Management
Comparison of Lead Management features of Product A and Product B
Demandbase One
-
Ratings
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7.9
123 Ratings
1% above category average
Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings8.1108 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings7.9109 Ratings
Data quality management00 Ratings7.6115 Ratings
Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings8.2100 Ratings
Campaign Management
Comparison of Campaign Management features of Product A and Product B
Demandbase One
-
Ratings
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7.5
113 Ratings
1% above category average
Calendaring00 Ratings7.8102 Ratings
Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings7.396 Ratings
Social Media Marketing
Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Demandbase One
-
Ratings
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7.3
87 Ratings
2% below category average
Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings7.582 Ratings
Social profile integration00 Ratings7.138 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Demandbase One
-
Ratings
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7.7
123 Ratings
5% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings8.0117 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings7.7122 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings7.499 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Demandbase One
-
Ratings
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7.5
123 Ratings
1% above category average
API00 Ratings7.189 Ratings
Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings7.288 Ratings
Customizability00 Ratings7.0110 Ratings
Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings7.9112 Ratings
Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM00 Ratings8.513 Ratings
Integration with SugarCRM00 Ratings7.610 Ratings
Third-party software integrations00 Ratings7.023 Ratings
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User Ratings
Demandbase OneSalesforce Marketing Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
6.2
(222 ratings)
8.0
(328 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
5.8
(30 ratings)
8.2
(114 ratings)
Usability
6.7
(91 ratings)
8.0
(37 ratings)
Availability
7.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(11 ratings)
Performance
7.3
(2 ratings)
9.6
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(50 ratings)
7.0
(36 ratings)
In-Person Training
6.0
(1 ratings)
5.0
(4 ratings)
Online Training
9.9
(2 ratings)
8.1
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(11 ratings)
3.0
(17 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.4
(39 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Demandbase OneSalesforce Marketing Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Demandbase
Demandbase One is well-suited for ABM Marketing, providing intent-based account details, account scoring methods, and understanding account intent. It also enables creating a list of accounts and individuals for retargeting based on specific filters. Easy to integrate with Salesforce, LinkedIn, Google Ads, and multiple other channels. Advertising through the Demandbase channel is more effective for advertisers who use retargeting with the intent list.
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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
Demandbase
  • The Demandbase UI is user-friendly, easy to navigate and super intuitive.
  • Ad Targeting and budgeting is very concise, the platform tells you how much reach and spend you can expect for each campaign.
  • Person-based ad targeting, they are one of the only platforms that offers this which is a game changer.
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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
Demandbase
  • Under the "highlighted" section there are only 6 accounts to see. It would be nice to have more than 6.
  • The engagement is rated in "minutes" while that's not really what is being scored. It's a little confusing as to how their engagement is scored.
  • It would be nice to be able to mute or hide of some contacts that we have already spoken to so that it opens space for other prospects.
  • Overall happy with the product
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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
Demandbase
Relatively inexpensive service for a decent current awareness service. They have added little in sales functionality in the past year as they focused on building a marketing version of the product. Except for the addition of broader European coverage last spring (thin Equifax records), the database was static over the past year.
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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
Demandbase
InsideView was extremely user-friendly. I was able to quickly understand how to efficiently use the software and get the most out of the service. I only had a short time to quickly learn how to use the functions offered by InsideView, and I felt confident within the first day of my understanding and ability to successfully use this tool.
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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
Demandbase
Seems to always work.
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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
Demandbase
It's pretty fast.
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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
Demandbase
We had an intro session with a customer success rep and were given a rundown of the platform and it was absolutely perfect. The rep was able to show us advanced search options and shortcuts that cut our search time.
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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
Demandbase
She was fine, but we only had one session
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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
Demandbase
Seeing the demo during the sales cycle, not much training was needed due to this application being plug and play.
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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
Demandbase
We had to work with InsideView for some custom configurations example we have a custom field in Salesforce called ha location that needed let's say NJ to spell out New Jersey and make certain fields mandatory. They were easy to work with though.
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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
Demandbase
We selected Demandbase based on their premium B2B DSP, their integrations with third party ad sites and our CRM and tech stack. Their intent signals and ability to integrate the data we have in Demandbase to GCP through their DataStream product to build our own models and leverage in our own dashboards has been extremely beneficial
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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
Demandbase
No answers on this topic
Salesforce
was not involved with this part but i have not heard about clompaints
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Scalability
Demandbase
No answers on this topic
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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Return on Investment
Demandbase
  • Save me time doing company research from an average of 25 mins to an average of 7 mins for large ICP accounts.
  • Save me time by integrating the contact research without jumping out of InsideView to do it in a separate app.
  • A morning 10 mins scan of the target company news feed gave me a high level view of the most important news that I need to know regarding my prospect accounts and their respective industries.
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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

Demandbase One Screenshots

Screenshot of Demandbase's B2B DSP, used to optimize for B2B outcomes with Self-Serve and Managed options that allow for complete control over who, how, and where ad impressions are targeted and delivered to accounts.Screenshot of Demandbase One™'s account-based GTM command center, powering the revenue stack. Its AI-driven engine unifies first and third-party data, streamlines cross-channel execution, and connects all marketing tools with the same data, insights, and workflows.Screenshot of the sales intelligence interface. Account executives and SDRs/BDRs can be more timely and more relevant with sales intelligence, engagement insights, and accurate company and contact data.Screenshot of Screenshot of where AI can be used to find and prioritize accounts looking to buy products and solutions. The AI helps to identify accounts that fit an ideal customer profile (ICP) with a Qualification Score. It then displays which accounts are showing patterns of buying behavior with a Pipeline Predictive Score. And lastly, it displays accounts showing interest in products and competitors using intent data derived from more than 1 trillion B2B signals a month.Screenshot of

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.