IBM Watson Campaign Automation vs Oracle Eloqua comparison

IBM and Oracle are both solutions in the Marketing Automation category. IBM is ranked #21, while Oracle is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.5. IBM holds a 1.1% mindshare in MA, compared to Oracle’s 7.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

IBM Watson Campaign Automation

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100% willing to recommend

Oracle Eloqua

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94% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between IBM Watson Campaign Automation and Oracle Eloqua based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Watson Campaign Automation

Ranking in Marketing Automation

21st

Average Rating

7.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

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

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Marketing Automation category, the mindshare of IBM Watson Campaign Automation is 1.1%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Eloqua is 7.3%, down from 10.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Marketing Automation Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Oracle Eloqua	7.3%
IBM Watson Campaign Automation	1.1%
Other	91.6%

Marketing Automation

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it_user701487

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.

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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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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Insurance Company

Company Size

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

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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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Comparisons

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Compared 16% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Also Known As

IBM Marketing Cloud, IBM SilverPop

Eloqua, Oracle Marketing Cloud

Overview

IBM Watson Campaign Automation, formerly IBM Marketing Cloud, is a sophisticated and highly scalable SaaS-based cross channel digital marketing platform providing digital marketers the ability to implement and manage email, mobile, social and lead management campaign processes. It powers the delivery of exceptional experiences for customers across the entire buyer journey by leveraging customer data, providing analytical insights and automating cross-channel interactions. Digital marketers have the ability to understand and leverage real-time customer behaviors from a variety of sources to inform and promote personalized interactions. Through the solution marketers can create a single customer identity, understand channel preferences and deliver a consistent customer experience across channels. Pricing models vary based on the size and complexity of the deployment, and scales based on the number of customer records and/or volume of messages. A range of packaged editions are available to facilitate the matching of product capabilities to organizational requirements.

IBM

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

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

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