eTrigue DemandCenter vs. Adobe Marketo Engage

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
eTrigue
Score 6.0 out of 10
N/A
eTrigue DemandCenter is a marketing automation and channel marketing-as-a-service platform. Its key features include CRM integration, email marketing, real-time lead alerts, A/B email testing, and litmus email visualization testing.
$600
per month
Adobe Marketo Engage
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Adobe 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
Pricing
eTrigue DemandCenterAdobe Marketo Engage
Editions & Modules
eTrigue DemandCenter pricing begins at:
$600
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
eTrigueAdobe Marketo Engage
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
eTrigue DemandCenterAdobe Marketo Engage
Considered Both Products
eTrigue
Chose eTrigue DemandCenter
Constant Contact offered now tracking, lead alerts. Marketo wasn't as flexible-- for example not easy to schedule campaigns in advance, to launch in the future. Also liked the interface and the DemandCenter lead alert format more than Marketo.
Chose eTrigue DemandCenter
we talk to users of Marketo and Eloqua and they tell us that both are complex to use and difficult and time consuming to make changes - they also require full time administrators - eTrigue is refreshingly easy to use - does not require a full time administrator - has most of …
Chose eTrigue DemandCenter
eTrigue is more intuitive and easier to use. With Marketo you need extensive training and/or consulting or a dedicated, trained headcount. Eloqua is expensive and even more complex.
Chose eTrigue DemandCenter
eTrigue is far better than other marketing systems we have used because of the drag-n-drop, advanced search, ability to launch campaigns when all assets are not ready, and THE BEST SUPPORT I HAVE EVER USED. We tried Marketo and Pardot, then tested Act-on. With the other …
Chose eTrigue DemandCenter
In 2010, we evaluated Marketo and Pardot alongside eTrigue. And eTrigue was considered the 'Cadillac' of MA tools. More recently, we've checked out Eloqua and Hubspot. All of these are more-or-less clones, having all the same core features. Except for HubSpot, which should be …
Adobe Marketo Engage
Chose Adobe Marketo Engage
Of all the options I've used, Marketo is the most customizable and allows you to have the most control over how it's used. While you can get base level functionality out of any of the marketing automation tools I've tried, if you're looking to do anything unique or innovative, …
Top Pros
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Features
eTrigue DemandCenterAdobe Marketo Engage
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
eTrigue DemandCenter
6.3
16 Ratings
21% below category average
Adobe Marketo Engage
8.1
979 Ratings
4% above category average
WYSIWYG email editor7.015 Ratings7.5888 Ratings
Dynamic content6.013 Ratings7.6865 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content8.612 Ratings7.8843 Ratings
Landing pages7.015 Ratings8.1905 Ratings
A/B testing6.010 Ratings7.9891 Ratings
Mobile optimization5.011 Ratings7.8863 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting4.016 Ratings8.1947 Ratings
List management6.015 Ratings8.8944 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences7.04 Ratings9.0854 Ratings
Lead Management
Comparison of Lead Management features of Product A and Product B
eTrigue DemandCenter
6.3
16 Ratings
20% below category average
Adobe Marketo Engage
8.7
947 Ratings
12% above category average
Lead nurturing automation6.015 Ratings8.8922 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading7.012 Ratings8.8897 Ratings
Data quality management6.014 Ratings8.7895 Ratings
Automated sales alerts and tasks6.014 Ratings8.7850 Ratings
Campaign Management
Comparison of Campaign Management features of Product A and Product B
eTrigue DemandCenter
6.8
14 Ratings
11% below category average
Adobe Marketo Engage
7.9
876 Ratings
4% above category average
Calendaring8.611 Ratings7.5708 Ratings
Event/webinar marketing5.014 Ratings8.3836 Ratings
Social Media Marketing
Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Product A and Product B
eTrigue DemandCenter
6.6
11 Ratings
13% below category average
Adobe Marketo Engage
7.4
545 Ratings
1% below category average
Social sharing and campaigns5.011 Ratings7.5536 Ratings
Social profile integration8.38 Ratings7.3375 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
eTrigue DemandCenter
6.7
16 Ratings
11% below category average
Adobe Marketo Engage
7.5
949 Ratings
0% above category average
Dashboards7.016 Ratings7.3891 Ratings
Standard reports6.016 Ratings7.8929 Ratings
Custom reports7.013 Ratings7.4884 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
eTrigue DemandCenter
4.8
15 Ratings
45% below category average
Adobe Marketo Engage
8.5
939 Ratings
11% above category average
API6.011 Ratings8.5807 Ratings
Role-based workflow & approvals6.012 Ratings8.5685 Ratings
Customizability6.014 Ratings7.9831 Ratings
Integration with Salesforce.com9.011 Ratings9.1808 Ratings
Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM1.06 Ratings8.6271 Ratings
Integration with SugarCRM1.06 Ratings8.2173 Ratings
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User Ratings
eTrigue DemandCenterAdobe Marketo Engage
Likelihood to Recommend
6.0
(24 ratings)
8.5
(1129 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.7
(21 ratings)
9.0
(146 ratings)
Usability
8.9
(4 ratings)
8.0
(98 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(25 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(1 ratings)
9.0
(30 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(4 ratings)
8.8
(89 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(12 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
6.7
(29 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.4
(3 ratings)
10.0
(37 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(6 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
1.8
(9 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(10 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(7 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
eTrigue DemandCenterAdobe Marketo Engage
Likelihood to Recommend
eTrigue
The platform is most scalable-- works for small and large companies alike. Key for most of our clients is the little to no IT support required to implement and run the platform. I would definitely explore this when looking at a marketing automation platform beyond the "batch and blast" solutions. We've yet to have an issue working with our clients' sales and/or marketing teams to implement. And most of our clients work in the platform independent of the programs we run; are able to set up acampaign, upload lists and/or pull for CRM, and run reports on their own in very short turn.
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Adobe
Adobe Marketo Engage is great for lead gen because of the out of box solutions. We import leads from Google, LinkedIn, Meta, Tradeshows, and web forms. It allows me to track leads from the moment they enter the system to the point where they become customers. I use it to score leads, segment them, and nurture them with targeted content. It's especially useful as a B2B organization.
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Pros
eTrigue
  • Really easy to use. We can build a campaign in about 30 minutes and our new hires can learn to use it very quickly.
  • Free phone support.
  • I can always get someone to help me and they actually return calls quicker than most all companies.
  • We are able to create campaigns before we finish all the assets. We can launch, then change the flow and add assets when they are ready.
  • Integration with Google AdWords is very easy to setup, and has lots of ROI and campaign peformance reporting.
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Adobe
  • Like I have said Marketo has been very helpful by helping us to connect us with our customers and keeps them coming back, hence saving time, effort and resources.
  • Let AI build predictive audience and segments easily.
  • Personalize experience with active listening and triggered content.
  • 24/7 responsive support and service team.
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Cons
eTrigue
  • I've never been too crazy about the reporting within DemandCenter. There is always a solution for any type of report I'm seeking, but it involves report designing (choosing data points dragging/dropping columns & rows) which is made difficult by the lack of descriptions & values for the data points. To their credit, they did release a new suite of simplified (and pretty) reports, dubbed "Marketing Effectiveness". Relegating the older, complicated (yet super-flexible) reports as "Business Analytics".
  • The UI will be a little unfamiliar at first. That is, where you think you should be clicking, you'll need to double-click or drag-and-drop. And I would say DemandCenter has always (and still does) have an issue with UI elements that are "windows within windows" or modal windows with scrolling. But, at least these UI components are consistent throughout the entire application - so once you're used to it, you can actually achieve some pretty impressive speeds.
  • One of DemandCenter's greatest features is being squished down to uselessness: Derived Data. As mentioned, I scrub our data on a regular basis, and this means filling/appending data, or extrapolating to fill missing data. DC released a feature called "Derived Data" that scours useful info from the prospect's IP address (mostly geographical info). Now, while you can create campaign & list conditions based on derived data, there is no easy way to simply extract that oh-so-valuable derived Country or State and have it map those values to the standard fields. Or at least let you export derived data. They have plans to fix this - but for now it's like dangling candy in front of a baby.
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Adobe
  • Marketo's email editor is basic in comparison to other cheaper alternatives out there.
  • Marketo doesn't work as well in B2C scenarios as it does in B2B. One of the painpoints of this is it's difficult to showcase a selection of product recommendations based on purchase behaviour without a very time consuming workaround. It's manageable if you're only selling a handful of products, but it's inefficient when dealing with a large catalogue.
  • Marketo's form and landing page builder are also behind the times. Perhaps not as bad as the Salesforce Marketing Cloud platform, but for an enterprise company the product should be much better.
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Likelihood to Renew
eTrigue
We have tried other systems and eTrigue is the easiest to use, easiest to train new people on, and most responsive support team we have ever experienced. They ask our input on new features they are developing, and have implemented some of our suggestions in their product rollouts. We get new features almost every month. We get live support without any cost, and they return our phone calls within an hour every time. They treat us like a true partner.
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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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Usability
eTrigue
Having used Marketo, Act-On, and Pardot, eTrigue is MUCH easier to use and easier to train new team members to use.
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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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Reliability and Availability
eTrigue
No answers on this topic
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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Performance
eTrigue
No answers on this topic
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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Support Rating
eTrigue
Been very happy with their responsiveness and ability to resolve issues
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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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In-Person Training
eTrigue
No answers on this topic
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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Online Training
eTrigue
No answers on this topic
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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Implementation Rating
eTrigue
You will need to think about which users you want to have each role, and the features allowed in each role. You should watch the training videos before you get live training. It saved us several hours as they had already answered 90% of our questions.
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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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Alternatives Considered
eTrigue
Constant Contact offered now tracking, lead alerts. Marketo wasn't as flexible-- for example not easy to schedule campaigns in advance, to launch in the future. Also liked the interface and the DemandCenter lead alert format more than Marketo.
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Adobe
Prior to Marketo, we used SharpSpring. I will say that SharpSpring is more intuitive to use than Marketo, but it has much less functionality. If you have the time to really learn Marketo, it has much more to offer as well as many more options to customize the solution to your exact needs.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
eTrigue
No answers on this topic
Adobe
The total cost is a little bit higher than we expected.
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Scalability
eTrigue
No answers on this topic
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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Return on Investment
eTrigue
  • We get the upper hand on follow-up with return visitors... not by reverse DNS lookup or pattern match but by direct cookie validation. Inside sales productivity is boosted by 33% easy with eTrigue.
  • The alerts and data are lightning fast, giving marketing immediate feedback on campaign data and prospects.
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Adobe
  • Generated a 35% higher return on investment (ROI) in demand generation in the company.
  • The focus on the accounts that presented a greater sales potential, allowed us to prioritize and reduce costs by 20 Million USD.
  • Being personal and optimized. reduced efforts towards a more personalized customer experience, in working hours by almost 100 h.
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ScreenShots

eTrigue Screenshots

Screenshot of Drag and drop campaign builder includes the statistics from each stepScreenshot of Prospect profiles show individual prospect detail, including activity, demographics and engagementScreenshot of Dashboards quickly show the results of marketing effortsScreenshot of Dashboards and reports quickly show the results of marketing effortsScreenshot of Highly configurable real-time lead alerts notify sales (or others) when prospects are taking specific actionsScreenshot of The home page quickly shows results that are configurable to each user.

Adobe Marketo Engage Screenshots

Screenshot of Marketo Lead Scoring - Marketo dynamically scores leads in real-time and can trigger a timely sales call based on website or other activity. Lead scores are integrated with a connected CRM.Screenshot of Marketo Moments - A mobile app designed to deliver timely, actionable insights.Screenshot of Simple or advanced workflows, built using drag-and-dropScreenshot of Lead nurturing can be performed without having to be a programmerScreenshot of Visualizations - display the revenue influence of each program and channelScreenshot of Marketo Sales Insight, which filters out the noise