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Braze vs Salesforce Marketing Cloud 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

Braze
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Mobile Marketing and Advertising (3rd)
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
63
Ranking in other categories
Social CRM (4th), Marketing Automation (1st), Marketing Management (1st), Social Media Management Solutions (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

Braze and Salesforce Marketing Cloud aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Braze is designed for Mobile Marketing and Advertising and holds a mindshare of 11.3%, down 25.1% compared to last year.
Salesforce Marketing Cloud, on the other hand, focuses on Social CRM, holds 6.1% mindshare, down 12.0% since last year.
Mobile Marketing and Advertising Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Braze11.3%
Leanplum8.7%
Amplitude8.6%
Other71.4%
Mobile Marketing and Advertising
Social CRM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Salesforce Marketing Cloud6.1%
Sprinklr12.4%
HootSuite10.3%
Other71.2%
Social CRM
 

Featured Reviews

Steven Pearson - PeerSpot reviewer
CRM Manager at Monument Bank
Unified customer profiles have powered automated journeys and precise data driven campaigns
I found the platform excellent for having unified customer profiles, which I believe is one of the biggest selling points of Braze because it allows you to know your customer in a single profile card. The ease with which you can add new attributes and events and neatly package values underneath is impressive. In banking, we pushed clients towards different types of banking rates and tiers, which has me always wanting to return, leading to a lot of qualifications and certificates because I enjoy the platform so much and want to engage with it further down my career. Braze's best features, for me, are the unified profile cards, along with the ease of connecting different channels, including email as a focus, plus push notifications and extending that to things to in-app messages, content cards, and SMS. That connection is felt immediately upon onboarding with Braze, as the ease of use and the sophisticated UI design allows marketers or automation specialists such as me to do amazing things quickly and intuitively. Braze's analytics side is another interesting part, as it allows you to slice campaigns and different tests that you were running very easily, unlike other platforms I have used, such as Salesforce Marketing Cloud, which often requires workarounds for information. With Braze, the friendly UI enables you to download large volumes of data about your customers and understand campaign performance and why people reacted as they did. Braze's campaign feature is also essential for experts using automation or large-scale segmentation, and the campaign execution side is very intuitive, allowing for slick A/B testing and accurate conversion goal setup.
GauravSingh2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Targeted email journeys have boosted campaign insight and now need better data access and support
I feel that Salesforce Marketing Cloud can be improved in how the data views are accessed; it would be better to have something more physical. With data extensions, you can view them directly, but for data views, it is very difficult as you can only send it out or load it into data extensions. Improvements can also be made in the connections to different external tools such as Azure or AWS. Customer support can be improved in Salesforce Marketing Cloud, as sometimes it is not clear what the issue is or how to approach solving it, and it also takes time to resolve issues.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Compared to other tools and platforms, Braze is very friendly for building automations, and this is the biggest advantage I see."
"For business impact, we achieved a 28% increase in credit card sales, driven by contextual targeting, in-app messages, and onboarding flows triggered immediately after specific users' touch points in the in-app application and on the forms on our website."
"I love Braze for their retargeting and automation because their automation tracks down user behavior in near real-time, allowing us to convert users based on their trigger actions."
"Braze's best features, for me, are the unified profile cards, along with the ease of connecting different channels, including email as a focus, plus push notifications and extending that to things to in-app messages, content cards, and SMS."
"Braze is an excellent tool that covers my main use case."
"Thanks to Braze, I could make proper CRM scenarios and campaigns where everyone can directly understand the circumstance just from the campaign structures."
"The automation is great. It saves us a lot of time and it makes us move faster."
"It is easy to send emails and SMS's."
"The feature of Salesforce Marketing Cloud that has had the largest impact on improving my campaign outcomes is the recent WhatsApp integration, which allows Salesforce to connect with subscribers through different channels such as SMS, email, or WhatsApp."
"The AI-powered tools such as Salesforce Datorama and Einstein save time and have an impact on marketing strategy decisions for my customers."
"Salesforce Marketing Cloud is a fantastic solution, but be aware of its technicalities when installation."
"I like the user interface it has a nice look and feel."
"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."
"Salesforce is an excellent choice."
 

Cons

"Braze needs to provide local support, especially for Indonesia, so we can discuss local context more effectively."
"Braze could improve the use of AI agents in the tool, as we currently have AI only in a few features such as copywriting, but we cannot build journeys with an AI agent supporting the process."
"Braze could improve the data analysis capabilities."
"The pricing is tied directly to data points volume, and unoptimized telemetry or redundant attribute tracking can quickly consume contracted allocations, leading to unexpected overage costs."
"I am not sure if this is a natural characteristic of CRM tools, but onboarding Braze into an organization requires significantly more effort."
"A few of our clients found using Salesforce Marketing Cloud challenging after they upgraded, they were finding it difficult to just move to the newer version of Salesforce and they were complaining about the customer support because they did not help them out."
"The analytics feature needs some improvement."
"Technical Support: That's where it gets bad, in my opinion. I have had to deal with the support several times."
"We need a development environment for Marketing Cloud. Currently, there is no development environment for this solution."
"Marketing Cloud's forecasting could be improved."
"If you want to use advanced features in Salesforce Marketing Cloud, they are extremely difficult to use."
"An area of Salesforce Marketing Cloud that could be improved is the connectivity between Sales Cloud and Marketing Cloud platforms."
"Salesforce Marketing Cloud is expensive. The email functionality should be more modern and user-friendly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"On a scale where one is the lowest and ten is the most expensive, I rate the solution an eight out of ten."
"Salesforce Marketing Cloud is a highly expensive solution, it needs to be less expensive. We are on an annual license to use the solution."
"Salesforce has different versions of the solution and some are more suitable for smaller clients. However, Salesforce is expensive."
"The solution's pricing is very high and should be more flexible for smaller companies."
"My company pays to use this solution."
"The price is expensive."
"Salesforce Marketing Cloud is affordable, considering the significant improvements it brings to our campaign results."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Marketing Services Firm
13%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise34
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Braze?
I had no problems with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing.
What needs improvement with Braze?
Braze needs to provide local support, especially for Indonesia, so we can discuss local context more effectively. I have never used the AI capabilities; however, regarding AI accuracy, I believe Br...
What is your primary use case for Braze?
I am using Braze primarily for the CRM system, especially for customer service and ticketing. I am using Braze for my sub-brand called OLX Mobi for retargeting. I am using Braze for analyzing data ...
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.
What needs improvement with Salesforce Marketing Cloud?
Regarding areas for improvement, the realization of value from Salesforce Einstein's predictive AI features is a notable challenge. Although the implementation partner highlighted these capabilitie...
What is your primary use case for Salesforce Marketing Cloud?
As a consultant, I partner with organizations to optimize their use of Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC). My engagement often begins pre-implementation, where I lead the requirements gathering proc...
 

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