Great for single and automated sends, slow performance hinders this at times.
February 19, 2024

Great for single and automated sends, slow performance hinders this at times.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • Marketing Cloud Personalization

Overall Satisfaction with Salesforce Marketing Cloud

We use SFMC primarily to store customer data for use in email sends and automation. As a data storage and email creation software, it serves its purpose quite well. However, it can often be slow and is quite difficult to use. The integration of ExactTarget (what SFMC used to be called before it was acquired by SalesForce) makes it so that it can be very difficult to use, with some things feeling arcane and lots of googling required.
  • Data Storage.
  • Email Sends.
  • Email Automations.
  • Email Personalisation.
  • Performance.
  • Ease of Use.
  • Navigation
  • Higher Email Engagement.
  • Stronger Opens and Click metrics.
  • Larger response to campaigns leading to higher ROI.
Due to the ability to bring your data, SFMC is as scalable as needed. Once you start getting to larger send volumes, it allows for send throttling to stop ISPs from tagging you as Spam, which is necessary for larger companies with large audiences.
Unfortunately, we do not use many of the AI-driven features of SFMC; however, doing it manually and through test-and-learn strategies has allowed us to focus our ability to segment customers into better groups to send marketing efforts toward.

Do you think Salesforce Marketing Cloud delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Salesforce Marketing Cloud's feature set?

Yes

Did Salesforce Marketing Cloud live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Salesforce Marketing Cloud go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Salesforce Marketing Cloud again?

Yes

Suited to: Email/Push/SMS sends and automating communication to a customer base. Along with more regular boutique email/push/SMS sends. It is not suited to Small businesses that send infrequently or do not require automated sends. There are better, cheaper alternatives that would be easier to use.

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Feature Ratings

WYSIWYG email editor
8
Dynamic content
8
Ability to test dynamic content
8
Landing pages
8
A/B testing
8
Mobile optimization
8
Email deliverability reporting
8
List management
8
Triggered drip sequences
8
Data quality management
8
Social sharing and campaigns
8
Social profile integration
8
Dashboards
8
Standard reports
8
Custom reports
8
API
8
Role-based workflow & approvals
8
Customizability
8
Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM
8
Integration with SugarCRM
8
Third-party software integrations
8