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LeadSquared vs Salesforce Marketing Cloud comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 6, 2025

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

LeadSquared
Ranking in Marketing Automation
9th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
CRM (30th)
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
Ranking in Marketing Automation
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
62
Ranking in other categories
Social CRM (2nd), Marketing Management (1st), Social Media Management Solutions (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Marketing Automation category, the mindshare of LeadSquared is 1.8%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Salesforce Marketing Cloud is 11.6%, down from 22.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Marketing Automation Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Salesforce Marketing Cloud11.6%
LeadSquared1.8%
Other86.6%
Marketing Automation
 

Featured Reviews

Kauhslendra  Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Development Manager at Drishti IAs
Has an easy-to-understand user interface
We started using LeadSquared's basic functions. Currently, we are using the solution's features, such as automation, reports, automated emails, and marketing sections, which have increased our efficiency. LeadSquared has helped streamline our marketing campaigns. We initially didn't have marketing strategies or a platform with landing pages, but this changed after we started using LeadSquared. LeadSquared is a SaaS based solution. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
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

"The initial setup is very easy."
"LeadSquared's most valuable features are it comes equips with all the basic features of a CRM. It integrates well with our existing systems and is user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature of LeadSquared is the customization."
"The most valuable feature of LeadSquared is an easy-to-understand user interface."
"You can schedule reports, there's a lot of supporting tools, and you have access to all that information."
"It makes it easy for a business to use any module based on their preference."
"We haven't had any issues with integration."
"It is a great solution. I like its stability, scalability, and performance."
"We are satisfied with the Salesforce Marketing Cloud products, which is why we have extended and acquired the Data Cloud as integration."
"The most valuable part of the solution are the selling features."
"It is straightforward to set up."
"The solution is user-friendly."
 

Cons

"The solution’s UI could be more user-friendly."
"The solution can get quite expensive, especially as you add more users."
"The notifications and workflow management can be improved in LeadSquared."
"The solution's report section is not very capable and could be improved."
"The main action I want to do in Salesforce Marketing Cloud is to export data into Excel and use it. My company may have that feature locked down, or if the Excel data exporting function still isn't available in Salesforce Marketing Cloud, that's the feature I want."
"Marketing Cloud's forecasting could be improved."
"The product could use a little bit of BI in the sense of rule-based building."
"Salesforce Marketing Cloud could improve by having more graphical options because a lot of tables are now only numbers and percentages and data. I prefer graphs, lines, and pie charts. I know there are ways to receive this from Salesforce Marketing Cloud. It doesn't play a huge role in my daily work to invest the time to figure it out. I feel that it would be time wasted. They could make the graphical options easier to find and use in the future."
"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."
"I would like to see more ways to accomplish specific tasks."
"In a future release it would be great to have the ability to connect the data from social media and email marketing and have it in one dashboard."
"In a future release, adding end-user personalization would be a benefit."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I am not sure about the cost of the solution overall, but with their SMS notifications services, there is an extra cost."
"LeadSquared is not as costly as other CRM solutions."
"We have an annual renewable license for LeadSquared."
"The license is paid yearly, and it is about 30 euros per month per user."
"It's normal pricing."
"Salesforce Marketing Cloud is affordable, considering the significant improvements it brings to our campaign results."
"We have two types of licensing. We have a yearly license for end users and we have a concurrent login for selling."
"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
"The licensing cost for the solution is on a yearly basis."
"The price is expensive."
"The solution is a bit expensive."
"It is a license per user."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise31
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about LeadSquared?
The most valuable feature of LeadSquared is the customization.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for LeadSquared?
Since we use the enterprise solution, a lot of costs are involved. However, we use it because it helps us with our use case. We have an annual renewable license for LeadSquared.
What needs improvement with LeadSquared?
The solution’s UI could be more user-friendly.
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.
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?
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 ...
 

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