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 8.5, while Salesforce is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.6. Oracle holds a 6.1% mindshare in MA, compared to Salesforce’s 17.1% 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

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2025, in the Marketing Automation category, the mindshare of Oracle Eloqua is 6.1%, down from 10.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Salesforce Marketing Cloud is 17.1%, down from 22.2% 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	17.1%
Oracle Eloqua	6.1%
Other	76.8%

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

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

"I find Oracle Eloqua to be a highly useful tool for clients and easy for developers, which I believe makes it one of the best options available for B2B marketing."

"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 initial setup was straightforward."

"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."

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

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"The user interface is easy to use, especially for my staff who use assistive technology."

"The notification system for customer alerts, including the integration of various communication channels such as email, SMS, and mobile push, is excellent."

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

"The most valuable feature of Salesforce Marketing Cloud is the ability to sell the products we have made to customers. Overall the solution is very useful for business."

"The automation is great. It saves us a lot of time and it makes us move faster."

"I like the user interface it has a nice look and feel."

"Salesforce Marketing Cloud's integrations are seamless since it is a native application. It helps us with B2B and B2C send-outs and can handle large columns."

"The ability to automate processes is one of the most valuable features of Salesforce. This sets it part from other systems. We use the journey builder to design a fully automated journey."

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Cons

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

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

"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."

"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."

"Reporting is very clunky and not user friendly."

"Oracle Eloqua requires maintenance because downtime or crashes can affect form submissions and integrations."

"The solution should consider adding functionality related to event listening, such as webhooks."

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"In the SMS area, it is not up to the mark, compared to what has been developed for email."

"Marketing Cloud's forecasting could be improved."

"The majority of my clients are happy, but when it comes to the CDP of Salesforce, the client gets confused. They have no clue that Salesforce has a CDP platform too. If my clients want to go ahead with the same vendor, Salesforce, they get confused about the different marketing suites which are available. There is no clear marketing done for the suites available for the clients, this is where the client is facing the real challenges."

"The cost is always a concern for anyone using a SaaS product."

"I found that the tool is more complex than expected. It requires a deeper understanding to utilize its capabilities thoroughly."

"Marketing Cloud should change the script language that it uses because it's not good. It's tricky and difficult to develop."

"There could be easier tools to configure the product and to create landing pages to better handle large data sets."

"Query Studio in Salesforce Marketing Cloud needs to be improved because not all queries are supported and we cannot debug the AM Script or SSJS code, which makes code debugging manual."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our licensing costs are yearly."

"The solution is expensive."

"Oracle Eloqua can be expensive compared to alternatives."

"Oracle Eloqua's pricing is medium."

"It's quite expensive."

"Oracle Eloqua is quite an affordable solution."

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

"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."

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

"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."

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

"We have two types of licensing. We have a yearly license for end users and we have a concurrent login for selling."

"Salesforce Marketing Cloud is affordable, considering the significant improvements it brings to our campaign results."

"Salesforce has different versions of the solution and some are more suitable for smaller clients. However, Salesforce is expensive."

"The solution is a bit expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Insurance Company

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Healthcare Company

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	29

Questions from the Community

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...

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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...

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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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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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