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Salesforce Marketing Cloud
Formerly Pardot, Evergage, ExactTarget, MyBuys, Datorama, etc.

Overview

What is Salesforce Marketing Cloud?

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.

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Popular Features

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  • A/B testing (139)
    8.4
    84%
  • Email deliverability reporting (119)
    8.3
    83%
  • Dynamic content (140)
    8.1
    81%
  • List management (116)
    7.5
    75%

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Pricing

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Account Engagement

$1,250

Cloud
per month

Engagement

$1,250

Cloud
per month

Intelligence

$3,000

Cloud
per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $1,250 per month per installation
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Product Demos

Pardot Engagement Studio: How-to Demo

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How to Use Pardot Salesforce Engage

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Pardot Demo: A Pardot Introduction for Beginners

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Pardot Marketing Automation Demo

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Inspire Meaningful Moments Through Salesforce Marketing Cloud | Salesforce Demo

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement: B2B Marketing Automation Overview Demo

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Features

Email & Online Marketing

Using software to manage lists, send emails, automate email campaigns, and track results.

7.9
Avg 7.8

Lead Management

The process of tracking and managing prospective customers from lead generation to conversion.

7.6
Avg 7.7

Campaign Management

Users can schedule campaigns and/or events with reminders, announcements, etc.

7.9
Avg 7.6

Social Media Marketing

Using social media networks to help amplify marketing endeavors.

6.8
Avg 7.5

Reporting & Analytics

Users can report on and analyze usage, performance, ROI, and/or other metrics of success.

7.6
Avg 7.5

Platform & Infrastructure

Features related to platform-wide settings and structure, such as permissions, languages, integrations, customizations, etc.

7.6
Avg 7.6
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Product Details

What is Salesforce Marketing Cloud?

Salesforce Marketing Cloud is a marketing platform that helps companies of all sizes get to know their customers through unified profiles, personalize offers across any channel with AI, and build lasting relationships that drive business growth. Marketing Cloud provides data that is actionable, personalization that scales, and marketing that is connected.

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Features

Email & Online Marketing Features

  • Supported: WYSIWYG email editor
  • Supported: Dynamic content
  • Supported: Ability to test dynamic content
  • Supported: Landing pages
  • Supported: A/B testing
  • Supported: Mobile optimization
  • Supported: Email deliverability reporting
  • Supported: List management
  • Supported: Triggered drip sequences

Lead Management Features

  • Supported: Lead nurturing automation
  • Supported: Lead scoring and grading
  • Supported: Data quality management
  • Supported: Automated sales alerts and tasks

Campaign Management Features

  • Supported: Calendaring
  • Supported: Event/webinar marketing

Social Media Marketing Features

  • Supported: Social sharing and campaigns
  • Supported: Social profile integration

Reporting & Analytics Features

  • Supported: Dashboards
  • Supported: Standard reports
  • Supported: Custom reports

Platform & Infrastructure Features

  • Supported: API
  • Supported: Role-based workflow & approvals
  • Supported: Customizability
  • Supported: Integration with Salesforce.com
  • Supported: Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM
  • Supported: Integration with SugarCRM
  • Supported: Third-party software integrations

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.

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesAll

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

Salesforce Marketing Cloud starts at $1250.

Adobe Marketo Engage, HubSpot Marketing Hub, and Act-On Software are common alternatives for Salesforce Marketing Cloud.

Reviewers rate Integration with Salesforce.com highest, with a score of 8.7.

The most common users of Salesforce Marketing Cloud are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I think that all of the marketing platforms I have evaluated and used in the past serve different markets and purposes. Salesforce Marketing Cloud was more palatable to our team because of our existing tech stack where we had Salesforce CRM already deployed and in use. Compared to Marketo and Hubspot, Salesforce Marketing Cloud is a bit dated in terms of the UI/UX and the overall experience but still meets the needs of our organization. Mailchimp, however, isn't even playing in the same arena and is meant for small organizations and companies that don't have a need for a full fledged offering that SFMC brings to the table.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Hubspot is more user friendly, more intuitive, and has functionality built in from the start that allows you to get things off the ground faster than SFMC. I use SFMC because that is the current platform at my employer.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Mailchimp is great for simple email use. It's straightforward and great for beginners in the email space. It does not offer nearly as much in the way of complexity as Salesforce Marketing Cloud does, so is limited with what it can do. Salesforce Marketing Cloud is much more powerful.
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Pardot LeadDeck (discontinued)
It has more features and a fuller capacity for all things marketing. Pardot was clunky and lacked a good email builder. It wasn't my choice to select this software, but I see its value, and the team has benefitted from it. We hope they continue to improve functionality and customization in the future.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Salesforce Marketing Cloud is a more comprehensive product than HubSpot Marketing Cloud. It integrates better with multiple channels, is a powerful audience builder, and is an efficient AI. However, Salesforce Marketing Cloud is also more expensive and requires Salesforce.com integration. HubSpot is great for small-scale scenarios, though.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
Score 3 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Not to sound like I am completely against Salesforce Marketing Cloud, I believe HubSpot has worked alot on their marketing platform to simplify the interface along with keeping the rich functions a marketing platform would want. Campaign monitor is a bit more basic, but perfect for mass email campaigns! It gets the job done for us!
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Overall, 80 percent of the features and boiler plate and standard across all these tools. Salesforce leads in integrations and global scalability. But lacks in User interface and ease of use.


Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Salesforce Marketing Cloud offers many opportunities for personalization and supports big data integration. It features powerful tools like SQL for data and AMPscript for email creation. If someone wants to master the platform, it might require some initial learning, which I find very important. Email marketing specialists can improve their skills by completing Trailhead courses.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use these both in conjunction together now rather than rivals as the data that can be held in both does differ slightly and one platform email maker is slightly better so we do a lot of the creative in one platform and then have it link in and have all the data flow into the other platform so that we get the best of both.
Nicoline Tordrup Lage | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Salesforce Marketing Cloud is intuitive and does what it needs to do. The functions are easy to find, and the automation options work smoothly. You find an intuitive workspace in both HubSpot and Marketo Engage, and the options in these programs look similar to Salesforce Sales Cloud. Adobe Campaign is slightly more difficult to use but has better segmentation options.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Pardot has a tighter integration with Salesforce CRM compared to Marketo. This allows for more seamless data transfer. MCAE has a slightly more user-friendly interface compared to Marketo, which can make it easier for non-technical users to navigate. From the cost perspective, MCAE has lower costs for the same features that Marketo has.
Juan Pablo De Sabato | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Both products have a very similar approach on the Engagment part. At least at the time we used Hootsuite, it didn't had integration with Instagram, so that was a big win when we changed to Social Studio. Also, the automation tools of Social Studio were a great diferential in every day work.
Andrey Lokshin | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Salesforce is faster and has better and more logical visualisation. Salesforce is evolving and has more relevant products from one vendor. Salesforce proved its course to AI supported user activity. AI module exists in Salesforce Marketing Cloud Interaction Studio, sure will be developed deeper to get the product feature of AI co-work to help you with sales and leads convertion to save your time and reward efforts. S Salesforce Marketing Cloud Interaction Studio is less focused on project management, team messaging but if we talking about sales it is generally external activity money comes from.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The breadth of the services and features Salesforce Marketing Cloud Interaction Studio offers stacks up against its competitors and makes it an ideal choice. The future scope of Salesforce Marketing Cloud Interaction Studio is more impressive than its alternatives and the past customer database is huge. It has a great analysis engine and support team.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The two product are pretty similar in their functionality. If you already use salesforce products, the interaction studio is a little easier to adapt. You also don't need to maintain an integration like you would with Marketo Engage. I also feel like the interaction studio was more visual and the data was easier to understand.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
None were evaluated, we use many Salesforce as core to our CRM and use many products, it is blind yes to us.
Shubham Rawat | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We find lots of challenges while using Pipedrive such as 1. Integrating with other software is not really good. 2. Data export feature is very confusing. 3. UI is not at all user-friendly. 4. Mobile applications have lots of bugs. 5. Salesforce is really good with respect to automation and account management stuff compare to other software.
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