lemlist vs. Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
lemlist
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
lemlist is an outreach platform that helps to start conversations that get replies from prospects. Sales teams of all sizes, startups, lead gen agencies, and entrepreneurs can use lemlist to grow relationships with their customers.
$59
per month per seat
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
lemlistSalesforce Marketing Cloud
Editions & Modules
Email outreach
$59
per month per seat
Sales engagement
$99
per month per seat
Outbound agency
Custom Quote
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
lemlistSalesforce Marketing Cloud
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
lemlistSalesforce Marketing Cloud
Features
lemlistSalesforce Marketing Cloud
Lead Management
Comparison of Lead Management features of Product A and Product B
lemlist
9.1
4 Ratings
17% above category average
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7.9
123 Ratings
1% above category average
Lead nurturing automation9.54 Ratings8.1108 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading8.73 Ratings7.9109 Ratings
Data quality management9.04 Ratings7.6115 Ratings
Automated sales alerts and tasks9.04 Ratings8.2100 Ratings
Automated follow-ups9.34 Ratings00 Ratings
Lead segmentation and distribution9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Lead Management Integrations
Comparison of Lead Management Integrations features of Product A and Product B
lemlist
9.1
4 Ratings
20% above category average
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
-
Ratings
Integrations with advertising platforms10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrations with CRMs9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrations with data storage tools8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrations with lead automation tools8.64 Ratings00 Ratings
Conversion Rate Optimization
Comparison of Conversion Rate Optimization features of Product A and Product B
lemlist
9.4
3 Ratings
13% above category average
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
-
Ratings
KPI analytics9.13 Ratings00 Ratings
Drop-off analytics10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
A/B tests9.13 Ratings00 Ratings
Form Building
Comparison of Form Building features of Product A and Product B
lemlist
9.3
4 Ratings
11% above category average
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
-
Ratings
Drag & Drop editing9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Branding customization9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Different question types10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Conditional logic paths9.13 Ratings00 Ratings
Embedded calculations10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Form templates9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom code10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Web embedding10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile responsiveness8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Date picker8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
File upload9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Dynamic content8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
lemlist
-
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
Campaign Management
Comparison of Campaign Management features of Product A and Product B
lemlist
-
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
lemlist
-
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
lemlist
-
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
lemlist
-
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
lemlistSalesforce Marketing Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(4 ratings)
8.0
(328 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(114 ratings)
Usability
9.3
(4 ratings)
8.0
(37 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(11 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(36 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(4 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
3.0
(17 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.4
(39 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
lemlistSalesforce Marketing Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
lemlist
Well Suited Scenarios - 1. To generate a lead base or cliental. 2. To get the email addresses and the social media accounts of people who might be relevant for your business like Linkeln accounts of people. 3. You can directly send leads to lemlist via Linkedln Area's of improvement - 1. Having a detailed and more diverse filter to find leads. 2. I would like to use lemlist as a crm tool.
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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
lemlist
  • Elite Inbox Deliverability
  • Simple Cold Email Campaign Setup
  • Rapid Customer Support
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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
lemlist
  • Cost is higher than other tools.
  • Platform hangs sometimes.
  • Innovation in features as competition grows.
  • Increase personalization options
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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
lemlist
There are a lot of cold email solutions on the market, and Lemlist is one of the more expensive solutions. However, Lemlist is a strong contender due to the fact you can do mulri-channel and gather prospect data so easily and effectively
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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
lemlist
I give these rating because i am a witness itself. So 10 as always this tool is perfect and i would love to use it more over the coming years and to see this upgrade more and add more features, So far now it really helps my business generating ROI and our investment, So far its our own backbone for our Email Marketing and Everything about GTM's.
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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
lemlist
No answers on this topic
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
lemlist
No answers on this topic
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
lemlist
No answers on this topic
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
lemlist
No answers on this topic
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
lemlist
No answers on this topic
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
lemlist
No answers on this topic
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
lemlist
We switched because lemlist was something that our manager had used in the past in his last org. and he recommended us to go for a trial version to make the final decision of which services we want to use. Lemlist was equally good and was a cheaper alternative, as we are a startup the overall cost of using a service is also something we need to keep in mind.
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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
lemlist
No answers on this topic
Salesforce
was not involved with this part but i have not heard about clompaints
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Scalability
lemlist
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
lemlist
  • Higher Inbox Deliverability
  • Better Speed to Lead
  • Overall User Satisfaction
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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

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.