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We performed a comparison between HubSpot Marketing Hub, Pardot, and Salesforce Marketing Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"We can choose the necessary stages as per the lead, and update it accordingly, then proceed it further.""If we are having any difficulties, I can easily reach out to support executives and have a resolution. I am not sure if we paid for the technical support.""It's my understanding that the initial setup is a straightforward process.""HubSpot Marketing Hub is efficient and offers visibility. It also helps to track leads. I like the tool's Gmail functionality.""HubSpot Marketing Hub has kept me updated with alerts.""As a CRM tool, it looks good.""Technical support is helpful and responsive.""HubSpot is a very helpful solution."

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"It's easy to create email templates and landing pages.""I have not had any issues with the product's stability. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.""It has made email marketing quicker and easier.""Campaign tracking is a valuable feature.""The product is stable.""The solution can be easily integrated with Salesforce.""The most valuable feature is the customization of the solution.""The tracking and automation of outbound messaging is the solution's most valuable aspect."

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"The Journey and CloudPages and automation are all great.""The Journey Builder and the Email Studio features are most valuable.""I like the user interface it has a nice look and feel.""You can schedule reports, there's a lot of supporting tools, and you have access to all that information.""Marketing Cloud offers a 360 customers experience as it integrates with Service Cloud and Sales Cloud, the CRM portion of Salesforce. The different platforms integrate easily which makes it easy to manage customer communication using a single point of truth.""If you want to be able to communicate with your client using email, WhatsApp, and push notifications, know if the client opened the communication or not, and create and automate their journey, Marketing Cloud is very good.""The solution is very, very scalable.""The most valuable feature is the 'Accelerators', which are expert-taught subject matter webinars on items such as personalization of emails and SMS to contacts and prospects."

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Cons
"The solution does not enable one to know with certainty if another opened an email he had sent.""They should increase the ease of actually creating the contacts and the workflows and enhance that aspect.""There are issues with the consistency of notifications.""HubSpot is mainly for enterprise clients and there is a lot of competition. There are better solutions, such as Eloqua and Marketo. This solution needs to improve the analytics for social media monitoring to a level that it can compete with other solutions available in the market. There are some limitations with the features compared to other solutions.""The search and questions aren't as intuitive as I would expect from a platform like this.""They're not the cheapest.""The way the staff uses the system sometimes leads to processes not being followed.""Years ago, these tools used to allow you to see the exact location of people that were clicking on things. I guess they quit doing it for privacy reasons, but that was very helpful information and I miss seeing it in those reports. I thought that this tool could do it when we left Act-On to go to HubSpot, but when we moved over they stopped doing it."

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"Needs to improve list building.""When we compare it to other automation tools, in Pardot, I'm not able to see any drag-and-drop options. We have to work on an HTML template itself.""Lacks sufficient free custom fields.""For new people, the installation of the tool can be difficult.""​Technical support has been quick and helpful every time.""The solution lacks integration with Instagram, which is our top problem with the product.""Pardot must be synced with Salesforce.""The solution is quite expensive, at least, for smaller teams."

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"The customization of Salesforce, a generic CRM software, has room for improvement.""The performance is sometimes sluggish, but I think that's to be expected with a heavy CRM tool because they're running reports in real-time on the data that you have entered.""I've noticed on one-to-one leads, the customer objection option is not available.""The cost is always a concern for anyone using a SaaS product.""It should contain artificial intelligence, in my opinion.""If you want to use advanced features in Salesforce Marketing Cloud, they are extremely difficult to use.""An additional feature needed would be better capacity for personalization.""The dashboards should be more intuitive, as there are far too many items on them. You're not always sure what you're looking for."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Have sufficient content before signing up for the 30-day trial."
  • "We are on an annual license for this solution. There have many different versions to meet the needs of their customers, such as professional enterprise and basic versions. They charge for the particular feature or components which are available in the license you have."
  • "I believe an individual license costs $50 per month."
  • "HubSpot Marketing Hub provided me with the startup package with 90% off, but it's still hundreds of dollars a month instead of thousands of dollars a month. There is an additional cost for training and onboarding which is hundreds of dollars. It is expensive and should be reduced."
  • "The platform itself will typically cost anywhere from $50,000 to $80,000 per year."
  • "HubSpot Marketing Hub is less expensive than one of its competitors."
  • "HubSpot Marketing Hub's pricing is reasonable. It is about 800-900 dollars a month. It may be pricey for smaller clients, but for the bigger ones, it's only a small part of their monthly revenue."
  • "At present, the pricing seems reasonable, but with our plans to scale, I anticipate that it could become a bit steep."
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  • "​Make sure you do not pay for features that you may not need​."
  • "We pay about $4000 a month."
  • "The price of this solution is expensive. However, you are going to receive good value for money. They could improve by reducing the price."
  • "It is a competitively priced product, considering what it provides."
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  • "Its licensing is on an annual basis. Customers are okay with its licensing cost, and they don't find it expensive."
  • "We did a yearly license. We negotiated and got a great deal. I don't think we would have gotten far with the regular price, but they negotiated, so it was worth that."
  • "The licensing cost for the solution is on a yearly basis."
  • "Salesforce has different versions of the solution and some are more suitable for smaller clients. However, Salesforce is expensive."
  • "The solution is paid for monthly."
  • "It is a license per user."
  • "My company pays to use this solution."
  • "This solution is priced in the medium to high price range."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:I find HubSpot Marketing Hub's user interface very intuitive and easy to navigate, which is something I really… more »
    Top Answer:In terms of drawbacks, I've found that HubSpot Marketing Hub lacks in-depth analytics and reporting features and… more »
    Top Answer:We mainly use HubSpot Marketing Hub for creating email marketing campaigns, which it's pretty effective at. We've… more »
    Top Answer:The solution can be easily integrated with Salesforce.
    Top Answer:If it's not used, it becomes expensive software at the end of the day. From a price point, it is in the mid-price range… more »
    Top Answer:I do not like the solution. The product must enable users to make a smart list and embed it into each program instead of… more »
    Top Answer:Datorama is part of Salesforce Marketing Cloud, which is quite a valuable feature that provides customer analytics.
    Top Answer:The price is expensive. When comparing available products, such as those on Amazon, it's evident that AWS components are… more »
    Top Answer:Salesforce Marketing Cloud should include more point-and-click functionality. Currently, you need help from a technical… more »
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    Overview
    HubSpot is an inbound marketing platform, integrating blogging, social media monitoring and publishing, contacts, SEO, email marketing, marketing automation, and analytics in one easy to use and powerful platform. HubSpot's customers worldwide leverage the company's software and services to transform their marketing from outbound (cold calls, email spam, trade shows, TV ads, etc) to inbound lead generation, enabling them to leverage remarkable content and an integrated experience to deliver leadS. Aimed at optimizing inbound marketing by helping promote useful and original content, HubSpot also offers free marketing advice on its blog. HubSpot's inbound marketing software gives organizations the tools necessary to run successful inbound marketing campaigns. Through HubSpot, companies can monitor social media, create optimized landing pages, control SEO campaigns, monitor email marketing, and curate their blog. Integrated on a single platform, companies can automate their inbound marketing efforts to close customers. Integrates with existing HubSpot accounts or individual business needs.
    Pardot, a salesforce.com Company, is an easy-to-use B2B Marketing Automation suite that helps sales and marketing teams maximize efficiency and increase revenue. Pardot's lead management software features CRM integration, email marketing, lead nurturing, lead scoring, and ROI reporting to help marketing and sales teams work together to generate and qualify sales leads, shorten sales cycles, and demonstrate marketing accountability.

    Salesforce Marketing Cloud is a comprehensive marketing automation platform that enables businesses to create personalized and targeted marketing campaigns across multiple channels. 

    With its robust set of tools and features, marketers can easily manage and automate their email marketing, social media advertising, mobile messaging, and customer journey mapping. 

    The platform offers advanced segmentation capabilities, allowing marketers to segment their audience based on various criteria and deliver tailored messages to each segment. 

    Additionally, Salesforce Marketing Cloud provides powerful analytics and reporting features, enabling marketers to track the performance of their campaigns and make data-driven decisions. 

    With its user-friendly interface and seamless integration with other Salesforce products, Marketing Cloud offers a seamless and efficient marketing automation solution for businesses of all sizes.

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