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Marketo vs Oracle Eloqua comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 6, 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

Marketo
Ranking in Marketing Automation
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
Marketing Management (7th)
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 Marketo is 8.0%, down from 12.3% 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 (%)
Marketo8.0%
Oracle Eloqua5.9%
Other86.1%
Marketing Automation
 

Q&A Highlights

AS
Community Manager at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)
Jul 17, 2014
 

Featured Reviews

Anika Gaur - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Digital Solutions Analyst at Rich Products
Effective lead management and useability with room for reporting improvements
Customer support could be more helpful. The reporting could be better, with more engaging reports and the ability to collaborate more objects, like opportunities. Incorporating AI features similar to tools like HubSpot and Salesforce account engagement would be beneficial. Additionally, Marketo should work on automating tools and updating the product since it looks similar to how it did five years ago.
Mayilsamy Subramanian - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
Oracle implementation provides seamless CRM integration and detailed performance metrics for effective marketing strategy
The most valuable feature of Oracle Eloqua is its user-friendliness, making it easier for developers or individuals new to Oracle Eloqua to access all components. It's user-friendly compared to other marketing tools with straightforward navigation, and for example, if someone is transitioning from Marketo or Salesforce Marketing Cloud to Oracle Eloqua, they can quickly understand the components, such as segmentation, which is named simply as 'segment'. Another main feature I value is lead scoring, and the reporting part is also beneficial, as Oracle Eloqua comes with many predefined reports such as email group performance and click-through links. I gather performance metrics from Oracle Eloqua to optimize my campaigns. For instance, in a previous project, my client wanted to check geography-based submissions for a specific form, which helped them plan their campaigns. I utilized default reports in the Insights area, such as geography-based form submission reports, to analyze performance for forms and emails. When deploying emails across multiple Asia-Pacific countries to promote an event, I assessed which email performed best and at what times, allowing us to provide performance-related insights that help determine the effectiveness of future campaigns, confirming that reports and performance metrics are crucial in Oracle Eloqua.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The product has been stable and scalable, the custom support is great, it's easy to set up campaigns, events, and objects, there are a lot of custom solutions from Marketo, it can be integrated well in various ways, and everything can be found in the solution."
"Considering the features it offers, it provides value for money."
"I have a good special setup and a huge NetFlow to the sales channel."
"The product has been stable."
"The most valuable feature is the scoring."
"The smart campaign looks quite interesting and useful."
"I like that the solution is flexible."
"Overall - I am very pleased with Marketo for email automation and lead management."
"​Lead scoring is very useful for both measuring the effectiveness of campaigns as well as deciding which leads to send sales’ way."
"Powerful, solid platform that enables modern marketers to execute best in class nurture programs, lead scoring and campaigns that drive revenue."
"Eloqua10 is a great tool for marketing automation for both B2B and B2C companies."
"I've used other marketing automation tools, like Marketo, that require more technical knowledge. Eloqua is straightforward and user-friendly."
"Eloqua has a drag-and-drop interface based on HTML5 and is the easiest WYSIWYG editor for creating landing pages and HTML emails that I've ever seen."
"Eloqua is very powerful and very customizable."
"Oracle Eloqua helps us track data and quickly schedule emails; it is a wonderful tool for working with emails."
"I love that this product takes the guesswork out of marketing."
 

Cons

"Changing a campaign in progress (i.e. changing the wait period between emails) is unnecessarily complicated."
"There is a bit of room for improvement in the level-one support team. It relies too much on documentation."
"Segmentation in Marketo is limited to a maximum of 20 segments. Depending on the company's specific needs, these segments can be based on various attributes such as company, industry, or other values. Sometimes, there's a lag when sending data from Marketo to any CRM. It can take around five to fifteen minutes for the report to sync."
"For the moment, we migrated some of our processes to Marketo and implemented them there. We had some difficulties related to this."
"Customer support could be more helpful."
"I had an issue while integrating JavaScript with forms. When you embed JavaScript, you can either embed it in a landing page or some other self-contained management system like WordPress. Currently, it provides you access to CSS, where you can customize your form design, but there is no option for JavaScript modification for a particular form. This area needs to be improved where you can integrate JavaScript, and it has the JavaScript functions for that particular form. There are a lot of other areas of improvement. In the design area, they can give us more testing options instead of relying on email testing alone. It would be great if they can provide responsive testing where email clients can be tested within Marketo. It would be also helpful if they can implement some in-built options for users or forms for blocking a generic email ID such as Yahoo or Gmail. Similarly, it would be helpful to have JavaScript features and forms as well as the option to add Google analytics and a header and footer for the landing pages."
"Marketo should give more power to the users for data manipulation."
"Some modern Marketo features could be improved."
"Data manipulation tools are lacking. Documentation is sketchy and often incomplete."
"​Reporting is very clunky and not user friendly.​"
"The solution should consider adding functionality related to event listening, such as webhooks."
"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."
"Setup has been over four months now and it has been painful."
"Eloqua doesn't have built-in features for WhatsApp marketing or SMS functionality."
"The solution does not have a good database architecture."
"There are usually bugs after updates but you know they are coming and they are very responsive to quickly fixing any issues"
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive compared to others."
"The licensing cost usually depends on the users."
"Marketo is too expensive for a small-sized company but more affordable for a larger-sized company."
"Marketo's pricing depends on the number of contacts and the level of features you need. Compared to other platforms like Oracle Eloqua and Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Marketo is generally more affordable. Like other platforms, it offers different packages based on your needs."
"It is expensive. We have a yearly license."
"The initial pricing was excellent, but the pricing for renewals is not as good."
"The pricing is not cheap, but it's not that expensive either."
"I'm not sure about the cost because I don't get into this aspect. Clients normally take care of that. I only know that it is costly, and I don't think there are any additional costs to the licensing."
"Our licensing costs are yearly."
"Oracle Eloqua is quite an affordable solution."
"It's quite expensive."
"The solution is expensive."
"Oracle Eloqua can be expensive compared to alternatives."
"Oracle Eloqua's pricing is medium."
"The tool is pricey compared to products like Marketo."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
9%
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 Business12
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise10
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise21
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Marketo?
The user interface could be improved. I would like to see an updated UI for 2025.
What is your primary use case for Marketo?
As a seasoned Marketo Expert with a decade of experience and a deep understanding of Adobe's ecosystem, I can confidently say that the primary use case for Marketo lies in empowering businesses wit...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Marketo?
The solution is cheaper than Alacor. That said, I do not know the exact price.
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.
 

Also Known As

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Eloqua, Oracle Marketing Cloud
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Marketo has a customer base of thousands of companies, including Sony, Citrix, BrightTALK, Curves International, HootSuite, Hyundai, SanDisk, and Samsung Electronics.
Thomson Reuters, The Dow Chemical Company, Avid, LifeSize, and Avalara.
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