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Amazon Pinpoint vs Salesforce Marketing Cloud comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on May 21, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon Pinpoint
Ranking in Marketing Management
9th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
Ranking in Marketing Management
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
63
Ranking in other categories
Social CRM (4th), Marketing Automation (1st), Social Media Management Solutions (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Marketing Management category, the mindshare of Amazon Pinpoint is 2.4%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Salesforce Marketing Cloud is 14.9%, down from 16.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Marketing Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Salesforce Marketing Cloud14.9%
Amazon Pinpoint2.4%
Other82.7%
Marketing Management
 

Featured Reviews

MS
Director AWS at NeuraFlash India Pvt Ltd
Offers personalized campaigns with journey orchestrator and good support
Claiming a Pinpoint number should be more integrated with Amazon Connect. A phone number claimed from Pinpoint should be compatible with Amazon Connect. Enhancing the experience of contact centers by bringing the Pinpoint console into the Amazon Connect console, so users do not have to navigate to Pinpoint separately, would improve the process.
GauravSingh2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Targeted email journeys have boosted campaign insight and now need better data access and support
I feel that Salesforce Marketing Cloud can be improved in how the data views are accessed; it would be better to have something more physical. With data extensions, you can view them directly, but for data views, it is very difficult as you can only send it out or load it into data extensions. Improvements can also be made in the connections to different external tools such as Azure or AWS. Customer support can be improved in Salesforce Marketing Cloud, as sometimes it is not clear what the issue is or how to approach solving it, and it also takes time to resolve issues.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The Journey Orchestrator helps create personalized campaigns based on customers."
"From my experience, Amazon Pinpoint's most valuable feature is its ability to deploy outbound projects quickly. It is easy to use when setting up outbound campaigns, allowing us to deploy solutions rapidly. It is easy to learn."
"This solution has improved organization brand awareness with prospects and clients."
"I recommend Salesforce Marketing Cloud; it is easier to implement and cost-effective."
"The Journey Builder and the Email Studio features are most valuable."
"Salesforce Marketing Cloud is a fantastic solution, but be aware of its technicalities when installation."
"Its licensing is on an annual basis, and customers are okay with its licensing cost, and they don't find it expensive."
"I think the product's best feature is its analytics, as that's where customers derive value. The second thing is its ease of implementation."
"Salesforce Marketing Cloud integrates with multiple systems seamlessly, enabling effective lead management."
"The most valuable features of Salesforce are the automation and the ability to create dashboards which provide a wider picture of what is going on."
 

Cons

"Claiming a Pinpoint number should be more integrated with Amazon Connect."
"In my opinion, Amazon Pinpoint needs improvement in several areas. It lacks many features that competitors like Genesys offer. For example, we cannot set up multiple campaign plans or switch campaigns from one set of customers to another. Additionally, reporting functionality needs to be improved."
"Salesforce Marketing Cloud is expensive; it can be more affordable, but it doesn't matter where we implement or use it for our organization since we are able to manage well so far."
"User management could be better."
"Query Studio in Salesforce Marketing Cloud needs to be improved because not all queries are supported and we cannot debug the AM Script or SSJS code, which makes code debugging manual."
"The analytics feature needs some improvement."
"The encryption and decryption have room for improvement."
"The pricing is a bit high."
"A few of our clients found using Salesforce Marketing Cloud challenging after they upgraded, they were finding it difficult to just move to the newer version of Salesforce and they were complaining about the customer support because they did not help them out."
"We'd like to see more integrations with third-party products."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Amazon Pinpoint itself is inexpensive. However, additional services that may be required in conjunction with it, such as custom reporting services, can be costly."
"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
"The licensing cost for the solution is on a yearly basis."
"The solution is paid for monthly."
"It's not cheap, which is why I recommend that you use Marketing Cloud to create automated journeys. If you plan to use Marketing Cloud just to send emails, use another tool."
"This is a low cost solution suited to larger organizations."
"Salesforce is an expensive solution."
"This solution is priced in the medium to high price range."
"The solution is a bit expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
19%
Financial Services Firm
13%
University
11%
Performing Arts
9%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise34
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon Pinpoint?
I rated the pricing as five out of ten. Pinpoint is moderately fairly priced yet slightly higher than expected. Users must carefully evaluate pricing options and carrier limitations in their countr...
What needs improvement with Amazon Pinpoint?
Claiming a Pinpoint number should be more integrated with Amazon Connect. A phone number claimed from Pinpoint should be compatible with Amazon Connect. Enhancing the experience of contact centers ...
What is your primary use case for Amazon Pinpoint?
Campaigns, specifically voice outbound campaigns and SMS campaigns, are integrated with marketing CRM or ERP systems to automate and put custom solutions. They also integrate with contact center te...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Salesforce Marketing Cloud?
I did not work on any pricing or implementation aspects but learned on my own when dealing with Revenue Cloud products.
What needs improvement with Salesforce Marketing Cloud?
Regarding areas for improvement, the realization of value from Salesforce Einstein's predictive AI features is a notable challenge. Although the implementation partner highlighted these capabilitie...
What is your primary use case for Salesforce Marketing Cloud?
As a consultant, I partner with organizations to optimize their use of Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC). My engagement often begins pre-implementation, where I lead the requirements gathering proc...
 

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Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
American Express, Financial Conduct Authority, KPN, Merck KGaA, Peterborough City Council, The Chapar, ADP, Financial Times, Stanley Black & Decker, SureFlap, Western Union, Philips
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