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Iterable vs Oracle Eloqua comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Iterable
Ranking in Marketing Automation
7th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle Eloqua
Ranking in Marketing Automation
6th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Marketing Automation category, the mindshare of Iterable is 1.2%, down from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Eloqua is 5.9%, down from 7.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Marketing Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Eloqua5.9%
Iterable1.2%
Other92.9%
Marketing Automation
 

Featured Reviews

TR
Digital Marketing Manager at Nestle
Marketing team has automated personalized lifecycle emails and now creates more engaging campaigns
The best features Iterable offers are automation and simplicity in use. Iterable is dynamic and allows us to engage customers at all stages of the customer journey. Iterable has allowed our customer communication to be automated. With thousands of customers, the ability to automate email communication has saved our team incredible amounts of time. While Iterable is used largely by our marketing team, we do have individuals who are less tech-savvy with limited coding experience, yet confident in navigating the platform. Iterable is very user-friendly and has maintained its simplicity. Iterable has saved our team an incredible amount of time and manual labor through automation of emailing. With the creative and engaging content created in Iterable, customers are more likely to engage than previously, hence increasing customer engagement. We have saved between sixty to seventy percent of our time through automation. Iterable has allowed us to automate email campaigns to customers by planning a series of emails six months prior to their delivery.
VK
Application Development Team Lead at Accenture
Customizable design tools empower users to develop campaigns effortlessly
One improvement I would suggest for Oracle Eloqua is establishing data modeling capabilities where you can link various custom data objects to create multiple tables together, allowing access to data through SQL queries for better manipulation. I've found that when you get into very granular data analysis or complex segmentation, the current filter-based approach can become cumbersome. The filter wizard can only handle a certain number of conditions at a time, which can force you to build multiple 'shared filters' and combine them. An integrated SQL editor, or a more flexible data query tool, would allow for more efficient and sophisticated data manipulation

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Using Iterable has helped me manage my customer workflows very well, as the process is smooth and quick, and whenever I set up the workflows, the data events trigger immediately, making it a user-friendly workflow setup."
"Iterable has positively impacted our organization as we have seen an improvement since geolocation features improved our weekly email conversion rate by 300%."
"Iterable helped my team and key metrics significantly, allowing us to save up to 30% of the time, and the speed of overall operation efficiency has improved."
"Iterable saves our time and has better customer relationship benefits, making a very good relationship with our customers because once we have already created the workflow, client communication has been automatically done and our work, work pressure, and work stress have been reduced, creating a very good impact on a better work environment."
"Iterable positively impacts my organization because it is our main platform that we use in order to communicate with our customers, so its value is one hundred percent."
"Miro Business - Enterprise has been a lifesaver for us, increasing team collaboration by 70 to 80% and saving our time and resources."
"Iterable allows us to trigger SMS messages through Twilio based on real-time user events such as abandoned actions, incomplete transactions, account or subscription changes, inactivity or re-engagement milestones."
"After implementing Iterable, I saw retention rates of certain user cohorts compared to users who went through Iterable's campaigns versus those who didn't, and the retention rate of the users who experienced those campaigns was about twenty percent higher than those who didn't."
"The main value of this solution is its support of really large databases."
"Eloqua10 is a great tool for marketing automation for both B2B and B2C companies."
"Oracle Eloqua is easier to use compared to Salesforce Marketing Cloud because Salesforce requires their own scripting called AMPScript, while in Oracle Eloqua, you only need CSS, HTML, and occasionally JavaScript."
"The solution is good for B2B email marketing."
"Oracle Eloqua helps us track data and quickly schedule emails; it is a wonderful tool for working with emails."
"If invested in properly, a worthwhile and extremely beneficial tool that I would advocate to any company looking for something that really delivers functionality and results"
"Eloqua is a fantastic tool for managing your communication strategy and your contact strategy."
"In Oracle Eloqua, the most valuable feature from the marketer's user experience perspective is the design editor, which is very feasible, allowing a marketer to design emails and landing pages in a very short amount of time through drag and drop of email components, making them ready to use instantly."
 

Cons

"Although the platform is powerful, advanced use cases require a learning curve and deeper analytics and performance optimization at scale could further enhance its value."
"I feel it can be improved with some new versions and some latest updates."
"Iterable has a straightforward and impressive setup, but there are some nuances relating to how the setup works when operating in different markets."
"That is something that is currently frustrating."
"I would like more training and resources on how to use Iterable."
"However, the challenge occurs when a large number of users are simultaneously on the whiteboards, but otherwise, there is no problem with scalability."
"Iterable can be improved regarding handling attributes, as it has limited limitations on event attributes and profile attributes."
"When I consider needed improvements, I find that the limitation in handling many brands in a single project can be problematic, which affects the use of custom event data within Handlebar logic, and the foldering option for snippets and lists needs improvement."
"Some times new features get rolled out too soon, but the good thing is they constantly adapt to the demands of their customers."
"​Reporting is very clunky and not user friendly.​"
"Some areas of Oracle Eloqua that could be improved include enhancements for campaign features, such as the ability to filter contacts based on date intervals or related functionalities that currently require installing apps from the Oracle App Market."
"The dashboards or the data which we get from insights reports could be improved."
"Crashes can occur due to integration with different systems, including third-party tools such as Zapier and SixSense."
"There are some limitations with the platform in terms of creativity."
"Not suited for small companies."
"The solution does not have a good database architecture."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The tool is pricey compared to products like Marketo."
"Oracle Eloqua can be expensive compared to alternatives."
"It's quite expensive."
"Our licensing costs are yearly."
"The solution is expensive."
"Oracle Eloqua's pricing is medium."
"Oracle Eloqua is quite an affordable solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
19%
Outsourcing Company
18%
Construction Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Construction Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Healthcare Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise21
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Iterable?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been very good.
What needs improvement with Iterable?
One area where Iterable could be improved is usability when Journeys become very complex. It is a powerful tool, but managing many branches, conditions, and campaigns can be quite complex and diffi...
What is your primary use case for Iterable?
My main use case for Iterable was lifecycle marketing and cross-channel customer engagement. I used it to manage onboarding, activation, and retention campaigns across channels like email, push not...
What needs improvement with Oracle Eloqua?
Some areas of Oracle Eloqua that could be improved include enhancements for campaign features, such as the ability to filter contacts based on date intervals or related functionalities that current...
What is your primary use case for Oracle Eloqua?
In my company, I work with Oracle Eloqua and do not use it internally. My usual use cases for Oracle Eloqua include day-to-day work, where I'm currently working on implementation-related tasks, spe...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Eloqua?
I am not sure how to answer that. We take care of emails and fetch the data regarding that only. I have not explored many other options given by Oracle Eloqua.
 

Comparisons

 

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Eloqua, Oracle Marketing Cloud
 

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