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IBM Watson Campaign Automation vs Oracle CRM comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Watson Campaign Automation
Ranking in Marketing Automation
20th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle CRM
Ranking in Marketing Automation
7th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
43
Ranking in other categories
CRM (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Marketing Automation category, the mindshare of IBM Watson Campaign Automation is 1.6%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle CRM is 2.5%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Marketing Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle CRM2.5%
IBM Watson Campaign Automation1.6%
Other95.9%
Marketing Automation
 

Featured Reviews

it_user701487 - PeerSpot reviewer
Marketing Administrator and Member Web Support at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
Valuable features include creating and using defined templates. I would like to see reporting capabilities and graphing reports.
We are currently planning to switch at the end of this year to a different ESP. One reason was that, with IBM's takeover of SilverPop, we did discover that customer care and our relationship/sales manager were no longer responsive or as caring as they had been in the past seven or eight years. The feeling is very different. We had never felt ignored because we are not super-users, but now, we do feel that way.
reviewer2758776 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Has improved process coverage and integration while offering strong analytics and user experience
The analytics and reporting functionalities of Oracle CRM are good. I would rate them eight to nine out of ten, but it slightly falls behind Salesforce, which is much more advanced in terms of meeting the process and analytics part. The integration of Oracle CRM with other Oracle applications is seamless; that's not a problem at all. The biggest advantage of Oracle CRM for me is the process coverage, ease of use, the UI, and obviously a good amount of analytics; these are the few strengths and seamless integration with any platform. The multichannel service support has an impact on my customer service operations.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I love their tech support; they have not been needed frequently, but when needed, they are quick and very knowledgeable."
"It is difficult to highlight the most valuable features because the system as a whole works very well for our loyal program. It is a very good system and I believe that they are the oldest loyalty system on the market. The service is very good, with many customizable options, and has a strong database to help us build our rules and point systems for the loyal program."
"It is a very good system and I believe that they are the oldest loyalty system on the market."
"Oracle CRM helped us better understand the customer journey."
"It has a wide variety of use cases."
"We implement for the customers and they were benefited by having a better 360-degree customer view, a reduced operation cost, an improved market spending and tracking its effectiveness, quick go-to-market, improved sales, SLA-based servicing etc."
"My advice to others is they should use the solution, it is priced well and Oracle is a good company."
"The most valuable features of the solution I like are its stability and customization."
"The product has very good quality to price, has a stable and powerful configuration, and allows your business to fulfill the required processes."
 

Cons

"One reason was that, with IBM's takeover of SilverPop, we did discover that customer care and our relationship/sales manager were no longer responsive or as caring as they had been in the past seven or eight years."
"Everything has room for improvement, so there is nothing perfect in the world, which is why I don't give a nine or ten."
"The product support, sharing the integration standards with major products or solutions and also for custom ones which am sure that will be a challenge for Oracle itself, support for REST out of the box will be required."
"The user interface and performance could be better."
"Oracle CRM should have more integration with different platforms."
"I would like to remove all manual work and get the benefits of the function that Oracle provides without any manual interference or paperwork."
"The initial setup was quite complex in the beginning, and once it was done, it was quite difficult to manage."
"Oracle should improve its hosted applications such as Oracle CRM with more flexible, effective and state-of-the-art enhancements, rather than abandoning them and leading its clientele using the hosted applications to Cloud applications."
"We noticed that sometimes it can be slow, and then we have to refresh the whole system."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Compared to alternative solutions Oracle CRM is expensive."
"In my region, the tool is expensive. There are no additional costs in addition to the standard licensing fees of the tool."
"The licensing is on a yearly basis."
"Every year, we have new users, and we get new licenses. It depends on various things such as the number of users and expansion of our business lines."
"We were able to get a ten-year contract for a very good discount with our three platforms together with Oracle."
"It is not cheap. It is more suitable for big companies."
"Oracle is very expensive, but you have to pay to get this kind of scalability and database flexibility."
"The product's pricing is manageable and flexible."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
10%
University
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
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Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise25
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle CRM?
The price of Oracle CRM in Vietnam is high, which is a concern. Clients must buy the license once, and if there are updates in the year, they need to buy the new version.
What needs improvement with Oracle CRM?
I'm not a big fan of the reporting functionality, but I do appreciate some of the functionalities and connections with each other. Reporting is really bad. Reporting is not good, so we use a lot of...
What is your primary use case for Oracle CRM?
My main use case for Oracle CRM is to check contracts, checking renewal information, so contract-wise, commercial-wise, device information, and also customer contact information and product adoptio...
 

Also Known As

IBM Marketing Cloud, IBM SilverPop
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