Salesforce.com Inc

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Composite Score

8.9 /10

CX Score

9.1 /10

109 Reviews Write a Review

Claim Software

What is Salesforce Marketing Cloud?

Salesforce Marketing Cloud develops marketing automation and analytics software for email, mobile, social and online marketing. It also offers consulting and implementation services.[26] The software is sold primarily on a multi-year subscription basis. The price of the subscription is based on what features are enabled, number of users and level of customer service.

Company Details

Need Assistance?

We're here to help you with understanding our reports and the data inside to help you make decisions.

Get Assistance

Awards & Recognition

Salesforce Marketing Cloud won the following awards in the Marketing Platforms - Enterprise category

Filter By

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Conflict Resolution

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

6 Top Rated Capabilities

8 Top Rated Features

2023

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation

2023

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022

5 Top Rated Capabilities

7 Top Rated Features

2022

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
Download the entire Product Scorecard to access more information on Salesforce Marketing Cloud.

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

89 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

{y}

{name}

Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Salesforce Marketing Cloud?

3% Negative

5% Neutral

92% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Effective Service
Saves Time

Feature Ratings

Average 87

Advanced Campaign Management

Marketing Analytics

Social Media Marketing Management

Email Marketing Automation

Community Marketing Management

Marketing Asset Management

Marketing Workflow Management

Advanced Data Segmentation

Mobile Marketing Management

Multi Channel Integration

Marketing Operations Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Reviews

Madhukesh G.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2022

Quite customisable as compared to other players

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Salesforce Marketing Cloud from other similar products?

Marketing Campaign Management and data analysis

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Campaign Management

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing as of now, but it is pricey.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you have budget, go for this one.

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Effective Service
Saves Time
Respectful

Ron D.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2022

Dream CRM: Salesforce.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Salesforce Marketing Cloud from other similar products?

Some of the most potent marketing tools ever created are contained in this online SAAS. The program is most effective in settings where bulk email communication that is individualized yet appropriate for B2C circumstances is required. The product Pardot is amazing for B2B solutions. Although end customers can configure and operate the product, it is better to collaborate.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

SFMC was the first email platform I ever worked on. The platform's great ability to be highly customized through the use of Ampscript functions, content areas, and data extensions, as well as its ability to segment and cohort sizable amounts of user data with the power of having a full-featured SQL editor to do so, were unquestionably its strongest features.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The main drawbacks of using this program are essentially the same as those of using any Salesforce platform or interface. These are for the uninitiated: - Some of the most expensive software that performs similar functions on other platforms - Due to the vast array of possibilities and capabilities offered by the Salesforce platform, navigation can be a little challenging, If you are aware of the costs involved in utilizing Salesforce.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

One of the most integrated, reliable, and feature-rich CRMs I've used and installed is Salesforces. I can customize Salesforce in a plethora of ways for companies. One of the most reliable platforms available today, this product is a great choice for any sales organization. By keeping track of all sales-related data, this CRM benefits businesses.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Emma A.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2022

Intelligent customer journey builder

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Salesforce Marketing Cloud from other similar products?

Salesforce Marketing Cloud has the capability of managing customer relationships and the extremities associated with the same. Today it stands out as the most advanced and marketing automation tool that combines the efforts of all marketing and business teams

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Email Studio by Salesforce is the most prominent email marketing tool that allows us to include more personalisation in our efforts. And what makes it more exciting is the drag-and-drop functionality that simplifies the entire email creation process

What do you dislike most about this product?

It's a heavy marketing automation tool and sometimes it loads slowly but it is expected since it runs reports in real-time on the data that I have entered

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Salesforce Marketing Cloud has emerged as the ultimate tool for marketers across varied industry verticals because it collects information from all the diffrerent channels in one place to create a one-to-one journey between your brand and the customers

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

What is Salesforce Marketing Cloud?

Company Details

Need Assistance?

Awards & Recognition

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

89 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Salesforce Marketing Cloud?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Advanced Campaign Management End-to-end marketing campaign management; customer journey mapping, campaign initiation, monitoring, and dynamic reporting and adjustment

Marketing Analytics Predictive analytics, machine learning, data ingestion and visualization; data segmentation; assign attributes to unstructured data; work from segmented data.

Social Media Marketing Management Ability to push content and pull leads from popular social media networks and manage social properties; aggregate and analyze social data for trend reporting.

Email Marketing Automation End-to-end management of email marketing: email templates, email previews, spam testing, A/B tracking, multivariate testing, and email metrics tracking.

Community Marketing Management Branded customer communities

Marketing Asset Management Content repository functionality (or tight ECM integration) for marketing assets and campaign collateral (static, multimedia, e-commerce related, etc.).

Marketing Workflow Management Ability to visually edit workflows and create business rules for them.

Advanced Data Segmentation Categorization, static and real-time list building, addition of custom configurable attributes to leads, contacts and accounts.

Mobile Marketing Management Includes ability to manage SMS, mobile application marketing, and push notifications on a variety of end user devices.

Multi Channel Integration End-to-end marketing campaign management functions such as customer journey mapping, campaign initiation, monitoring, and adjustment for multiple channels.

Marketing Operations Management Project management tools for marketers (timelines, performance indicators, budgeting/resourcing tools, etc.).

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Reviews

Madhukesh G.

Quite customisable as compared to other players

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Ron D.

Dream CRM: Salesforce.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Emma A.

Intelligent customer journey builder

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

1
Since last award

1
Since last award

1
Since last award

Feature Ratings

Advanced Campaign Management

Marketing Analytics

Social Media Marketing Management

Email Marketing Automation

Community Marketing Management

Marketing Asset Management

Marketing Workflow Management

Advanced Data Segmentation

Mobile Marketing Management

Multi Channel Integration

Marketing Operations Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration