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Iterable vs SAS Marketing Automation comparison

 

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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

Iterable
Ranking in Marketing Automation
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAS Marketing Automation
Ranking in Marketing Automation
18th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Marketing Automation category, the mindshare of Iterable is 1.2%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAS Marketing Automation is 1.5%, down from 2.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Marketing Automation Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Iterable1.2%
SAS Marketing Automation1.5%
Other97.3%
Marketing Automation
 

Featured Reviews

Abhishek Sahoo - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Writer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Unified journeys have boosted personalization and collaboration but advanced analytics still need work
I would like to highlight some information that could make Iterable even better, which I discovered during my tenure with Iterable. For example, more out-of-the-box advanced analytics and attribution views would strengthen its appeal to users. Second, additional guided templates for complex lifecycle journeys would be beneficial to avoid overwhelming users with too much complexity or tactics. Lastly, continued investment in performance optimizations for large-scale workflows is essential. It is crucial to focus on mid to large organization scales and serious lifecycle marketing personalization for customer engagement. If these points are addressed, it could help many users like me and others look forward to a better platform. Iterable challenges I have faced include a steep learning curve for advanced use cases; basic campaigns are easy to launch, but advanced and personalized campaigns or event-based logic take considerable time, which is a challenge for new users. Another challenge is reporting and analytics at a deeper level; while the reporting is good, deeper analysis often necessitates exporting data or integrating with BI tools. Lastly, I have noticed that UI performance can lag with very complex journeys, especially in highly branched workflows, leading to a heavy interface that can slow down the loading times.
reviewer1549071 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Solution Architecht at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Highly customizable but should have more out-of-the-box features
The product is highly customizable, but the marketing and business teams want a lot of things to be built out of the box. A lot of features that could be out of the box aren't there. The main concern is to keep the system in such a way that it provides you with some out-of-the-box features and some customizable features as well. An example would be stratification or stratified sampling of customers. It's something that is not part of the product. It's something I have built using this product. If something like this is available out of the box as part of the product, you don't have to particularly manage that. For the outbound campaigns, there should be dynamic offer or treatment assignments.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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 has positively impacted my organization by helping us market our services and reach out to a larger number of clients, which helps us improve our services and understand how large our customer base is."
"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."
"Iterable has positively impacted my organization, as it enhanced campaign execution speed, increased engagement and conversion rates through personalization, reduced our dependency on engineering for routine campaign changes, and improved collaboration between marketing and technical teams."
"You can enable it for business users or marketing users to use it in a self-service way. So, the technical team is needed to build the features or processes, and then those processes can be used in a self-service way by your non-technical users."
"SAP Marketing Automation is user-friendly. The interface is nice and clear. You can see the different diagrams and define various filters and targets. You can also export the customer information you collect to make the campaign. It's easy to understand how this information is entered. There are also a lot of platforms that show the results of campaigns. You can customize your data and define different reports, but SAS also provides a standard report."
 

Cons

"Iterable challenges I have faced include a steep learning curve for advanced use cases; basic campaigns are easy to launch, but advanced and personalized campaigns or event-based logic take considerable time, which is a challenge for new users."
"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."
"The product is highly customizable, but the marketing and business teams want a lot of things to be built out of the box. A lot of features that could be out of the box aren't there. The main concern is to keep the system in such a way that it provides you with some out-of-the-box features and some customizable features as well."
"You need to buy connectors to integrate Marketing Automation with various suppliers. For example, if I want to see the data through Power BI, I need a connector to see the data directly. Otherwise, you need to do everything manually. You have to download information from SAS and then save a text file, and then I can import it into Power BI. I would like Marketing Automation to have this native functionality without the need to pay more for connectors."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I'm not aware of the full cost. The financials are not with me. In terms of additional costs, there are always OpEx and CapEx. That's one way to look at it. You also need separate hardware to deploy the product."
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Company Size

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Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise2
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Iterable?
My experience with the pricing is that it is reasonable.
What needs improvement with Iterable?
At the moment, there is nothing I wish worked better or was missing in Iterable.
What is your primary use case for Iterable?
My main use case for Iterable is marketing, including both email marketing and online marketing. I use Iterable mainly for building and personalizing our marketing emails, making it easy to create ...
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