Oracle Eloqua vs Salesforce Marketing Cloud comparison

Oracle and Salesforce are both solutions in the Marketing Automation category. Oracle is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.3, while Salesforce is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.5. Oracle holds a 7.7% mindshare in MA, compared to Salesforce’s 20.6% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 98% of Salesforce users who would recommend it.

Oracle Eloqua

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 6, 2025

Oracle Eloqua and Salesforce Marketing Cloud are competitive marketing automation platforms. Salesforce Marketing Cloud often holds an advantage due to its advanced features that justify the investment.

Features: Oracle Eloqua provides excellent lead management, segmentation, and an intuitive user interface. Salesforce Marketing Cloud offers seamless integration with Salesforce products, a robust analytics engine, and a comprehensive marketing automation suite.

Room for Improvement: Oracle Eloqua could enhance its analytics capabilities and integration flexibility. Salesforce Marketing Cloud might improve its user interface complexity and streamline deployment processes.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Oracle Eloqua supports straightforward deployment with strong customer service resources. Salesforce Marketing Cloud offers cloud-based deployment within the Salesforce ecosystem but may require more technical expertise.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle Eloqua presents a cost-effective entry point with scalable pricing models, while Salesforce Marketing Cloud, with a higher initial investment, provides substantial ROI when used with other Salesforce services.

To learn more, read our detailed Oracle Eloqua vs. Salesforce Marketing Cloud Report (Updated: September 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Eloqua

Ranking in Marketing Automation

4th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Ranking in Marketing Automation

1st

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Social CRM (2nd), Marketing Management (1st), Social Media Management Solutions (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Marketing Automation category, the mindshare of Oracle Eloqua is 7.7%, down from 10.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Salesforce Marketing Cloud is 20.6%, down from 23.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Marketing Automation Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Salesforce Marketing Cloud	20.6%
Oracle Eloqua	7.7%
Other	71.7%

Marketing Automation

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Madhan Krishnamoorthy

Senior Functional Consultant at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

Integration with CRM and third-party systems significantly boosts campaign management

The native integration could be improved, as Oracle Eloqua has decommissioned it. Manual uploads require changing the data priority order to top priority. Sometimes form capturing data fails, and campaign response issues occur. The pricing of Oracle Eloqua is quite high as it is an Oracle product. Compared to other marketing automation platforms such as Marketo, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, and Pardot, the price point is higher. The technical support is rated at eight because it can be difficult to get in touch with them after working hours. Support is only available during business hours, so if assistance is needed outside of the nine-to-five window, users must wait until the next day.

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Napitch K

Chief Executive Officer & Founder at growth innovation

Integration challenges impact workflow efficiency

The features of Salesforce Marketing Cloud that I have found most valuable are the Journey Builder and Flow. These capabilities are valuable because they make managing automation easy. Automating customer journeys saves time when scheduling content through every channel, and we can set the automation in advance when planning marketing content. The AI-powered tools such as Salesforce Datorama and Einstein save time and have an impact on marketing strategy decisions for my customers. I have noticed a positive impact from Salesforce Marketing Cloud through customer feedback. For example, a customer mentioned after project completion that it had a significant impact on their marketing team by eliminating the need to hire additional staff for marketing content and planning.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Lead scoring is very useful for both measuring the effectiveness of campaigns as well as deciding which leads to send sales’ way."

"The initial setup was straightforward."

"It is a user-friendly product."

"The solution's engine framework is quite simple, giving you the agility you need in the business."

"It provides good support for really large databases."

"I like the insight part, where we can pull the reports. Oracle Eloqua can generate reports on the activities that customers take or that we do. That is one interesting part that I enjoy working with."

"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."

"Oracle Eloqua helps us track data and quickly schedule emails; it is a wonderful tool for working with emails."

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"The Journey and CloudPages and automation are all great."

"Overall, I would rate Salesforce Marketing Cloud a nine out of 10."

"The most valuable features of Salesforce Marketing Cloud are the ease of use of the basic features."

"The tool is flexible and helps us with insights and reports. Salesforce Marketing Cloud has improved our organizational functions by creating an environment where clients and internal staff can access information about various solutions. For instance, clients can apply for different projects, and internal staff can approve them based on donor requirements. This simplifies communication between clients, donors, and our company,"

"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."

"We haven't had any issues with integration."

"We use Marketing Cloud for marketing campaigns and engaging customers. It is a business-focused application for a specific area of business, which is acquiring customers."

"It makes it easy for a business to use any module based on their preference."

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Cons

"The product's initial setup process could be better."

"The dashboards or the data which we get from insights reports could be improved."

"This product hasn't kept up to date on features."

"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."

"Eloqua doesn't have built-in features for WhatsApp marketing or SMS functionality."

"Crashes can occur due to integration with different systems, including third-party tools such as Zapier and SixSense."

"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 solution could improve by having a more user-friendly interface."

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"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."

"Managing large volumes of data takes too long."

"The processing speed, the way information displays, and scrolling options can be improved."

"The encryption and decryption have room for improvement."

"The general setup and understanding of how to use it can be improved. There should be easier self-service for setting up dashboards. Currently, we have someone setting them up for us. I wish it was easier."

"Customer support could be improved, especially for new features where I do not always receive proper solutions from the platform provider."

"Clarity around new features could be improved when they are released."

"Salesforce could benefit by implementing further integration with more platforms."

More Salesforce Marketing Cloud cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Oracle Eloqua is quite an affordable solution."

"Oracle Eloqua's pricing is medium."

"Oracle Eloqua can be expensive compared to alternatives."

"It's quite expensive."

"Our licensing costs are yearly."

"The solution is expensive."

"The tool is pricey compared to products like Marketo."

"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."

"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."

"The licensing cost for the solution is on a yearly basis."

"The solution is a bit expensive."

"On a scale where one is the lowest and ten is the most expensive, I rate the solution an eight out of ten."

"My company pays to use this solution."

"The solution's pricing is very high and should be more flexible for smaller companies."

"This is a low cost solution suited to larger organizations."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Healthcare Company

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	21

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	20
Midsize Enterprise	14
Large Enterprise	28

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Oracle Eloqua?

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 da...

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What is your primary use case for Oracle Eloqua?

I'm currently working with Oracle Eloqua Enterprise version. I work as a consultant for Accenture, which is an MNC, and we provide services to other clients who want us to work for them in marketin...

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What do you like most about Oracle Eloqua?

I've used other marketing automation tools, like Marketo, that require more technical knowledge. Eloqua is straightforward and user-friendly.

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What do you like most about Salesforce Marketing Cloud?

Datorama is part of Salesforce Marketing Cloud, which is quite a valuable feature that provides customer analytics.

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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.

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What needs improvement with Salesforce Marketing Cloud?

Salesforce Marketing Cloud works effectively as a suite, best-of-suite solution. However, if you want to reuse specific components, it doesn't have the same solution flexibility since it's not micr...

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Also Known As

Eloqua, Oracle Marketing Cloud

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Overview

Eloqua is the Oracle marketing automation and revenue performance management solution used by sales and marketing teams all over the world. With Eloqua, organizations can easily execute marketing campaigns, build and manage their databases, convert leads to sales, and measure the impact of marketing activities on the organization.

Oracle

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.

Salesforce

Sample Customers

Thomson Reuters, The Dow Chemical Company, Avid, LifeSize, and Avalara.

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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