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Salesforce Marketing Cloud vs Structured comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 18, 2026

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

Salesforce Marketing Cloud
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
63
Ranking in other categories
Social CRM (2nd), Marketing Automation (1st), Marketing Management (1st), Social Media Management Solutions (2nd)
Structured
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.7
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Channel Marketing Automation Software (1st), Partner Relationship Management (PRM) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Customer Relationship Management solutions, they serve different purposes. Salesforce Marketing Cloud is designed for Social CRM and holds a mindshare of 6.1%, down 12.8% compared to last year.
Structured, on the other hand, focuses on Channel Marketing Automation Software, holds 18.4% mindshare, up 7.7% since last year.
Social CRM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Salesforce Marketing Cloud6.1%
Sprinklr11.9%
HootSuite10.0%
Other72.0%
Social CRM
Channel Marketing Automation Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Structured18.4%
Impartner PRM15.2%
E2open Channel Application Suite14.6%
Other51.800000000000004%
Channel Marketing Automation Software
 

Featured Reviews

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.
reviewer2757024 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Partner Marketing at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Co-branded content has reached partners faster and personalized campaigns have improved engagement
It's fairly easy to implement StructuredWeb within my existing marketing processes, probably a seven or eight on a scale of 1 to 10. Navigating through what they call the small journeys for setting up the marketing campaigns is more complicated; I'd rate that probably a five, as we're just starting some of that process now, and one of the reasons we haven't started until now is that it's quite complicated. The complexity in navigating the setup hasn't affected the speed of launching marketing campaigns significantly; there are some internal processes that contribute. The biggest issue that affected our speed of launching was the content upload process, where certain formats are easy for StructuredWeb to upload, while others take more time and are more manual. StructuredWeb is very focused on partner marketing and certainly competes as a best-of-breed solution. There are other platforms that have elements of what StructuredWeb offers, but from what I've seen, it's very high for a partner marketing-specific platform. The effectiveness of the personalized content delivery in enhancing partner engagement is a very strong component; however, the only criticism we've received from partners is that sometimes our rules about what can be edited on the content are too restrictive for them. They would appreciate seeing us exercise more flexibility and less control. But that's an internal policy issue, not a problem with StructuredWeb. Managing personalized content for different partners within StructuredWeb really comes down to partner size and resources. Larger partners typically use the platform to occasionally co-brand the content and then download it without extensive editing. In contrast, smaller partners, who may not have their own marketing platforms, engage in more extensive editing on the StructuredWeb platform and sometimes deploy from there and sometimes from their own platform. We haven't really utilized the AI assistant for creating and distributing marketing content yet. There are two AI models: one internal and one external, where we haven't launched the external one available to our partners via the platform. The internal one has been experimented with, but due to turnover in staff, those initially trained are no longer with us, so we feel we're back to square one. Additionally, the AI component is somewhat tedious due to our AI council regulations within Imnissa, which has restricted us from using all capabilities from StructuredWeb. I would rate StructuredWeb an eight out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The Journey Builder, which has been around for a while and follows the steps that customers use, is the greatest tool that Salesforce has."
"The automation is great. It saves us a lot of time and it makes us move faster."
"Marketing Cloud has improved our productivity and our team enjoy using it."
"The tool is flexible and helps us with insights and reports. Salesforce Marketing Cloud has improved our organizational functions by creating an environment where clients and internal staff can access information about various solutions. For instance, clients can apply for different projects, and internal staff can approve them based on donor requirements. This simplifies communication between clients, donors, and our company,"
"The most valuable features of Salesforce Marketing Cloud are that it performs well and gives me what I need. It's the most friendly interface system for CRM I've worked with. Additionally, it integrates fairly well with different kinds of AI and ML to allow you to receive more out of your application."
"In Salesforce Marketing Cloud, the ability to send emails effectively is very valuable."
"The ability to automate processes is one of the most valuable features of Salesforce, which sets it apart from other systems, and we use the journey builder to design a fully automated journey."
"The AI-powered tools such as Salesforce Datorama and Einstein save time and have an impact on marketing strategy decisions for my customers."
"The most glaring benefit I've observed from using StructuredWeb for partner marketing is the ability to get out co-branded materials in a much faster fashion, which keeps our partners engaged."
"The best part is that they have these Assistant AI and Edit AI capabilities that truly allow our partners to take our demand gen campaigns and essentially utilize our back-end data to build out accurate claims around our technologies."
"Consolidating everything in one single tool—StructuredWeb—has allowed us to save costs through the process and solve for lower management costs from our perspective, and also helped us to provide a better experience for our partners because now everything is in the same tool instead of managing two different tools that do not talk to each other easily, improving the experience for partners."
 

Cons

"Salesforce Marketing Cloud should include more point-and-click functionality."
"The encryption and decryption have room for improvement."
"I would like to see more ways to accomplish specific tasks."
"Data protection and region specfic customization."
"The general setup and understanding of how to use it can be improved. There should be easier self-service for setting up dashboards."
"The performance is sometimes sluggish, but I think that's to be expected with a heavy CRM tool because they're running reports in real-time on the data that you have entered."
"Customer support could be improved, especially for new features where I do not always receive proper solutions from the platform provider."
"We have struggled to get resolution of support tickets from the Salesforce team."
"If anything, it would be the pricing. I get nervous about how many partners will use the service, as it is based on a schedule."
"Areas that may have room for improvement include continuing to evolve as AI continues to evolve; the capabilities and the use cases of how AI can be used for partners are areas they are developing."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
"Salesforce has different versions of the solution and some are more suitable for smaller clients. However, Salesforce is expensive."
"This solution is priced in the medium to high price range."
"We did a yearly license. We negotiated and got a great deal. I don't think we would have gotten far with the regular price, but they negotiated, so it was worth that."
"The solution's pricing is very high and should be more flexible for smaller companies."
"This is a low cost solution suited to larger organizations."
"It's normal pricing."
"I don't know if my company pays for Salesforce Marketing Cloud monthly or yearly. It's a SaaS, so it's a recurring cost, but I have no information on its price."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Marketing Services Firm
18%
Wholesaler/Distributor
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Retailer
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise31
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

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 ...
What is your primary use case for Salesforce Marketing Cloud?
The main use case for Salesforce Marketing Cloud is email marketing through Salesforce for the B2B segment on a day-to-day basis.For B2B email marketing using Salesforce Marketing Cloud, I can prov...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for StructuredWeb?
The pricing for StructuredWeb is not cheap; it's certainly one of the more expensive projects of its type within the company. However, it is cheaper than E2open used to be for VMware, which had a l...
What needs improvement with StructuredWeb?
To improve the solution, I think the most important change would be expanding the number of files supported for import. One of the ongoing issues we've had is the platform's ability to consume cont...
What is your primary use case for StructuredWeb?
My main use cases for StructuredWeb are twofold: one is for posting content for our reseller partners to consume and co-brand with, which is primarily for our larger reseller partners. For smaller ...
 

Also Known As

ExactTarget
StructuredWeb
 

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Sample Customers

American Express, Financial Conduct Authority, KPN, Merck KGaA, Peterborough City Council, The Chapar, ADP, Financial Times, Stanley Black & Decker, SureFlap, Western Union, Philips
IBM, ServiceNow, Ingram, Veeam, Google, Zoom, Qlik, Arrow, Dell, Microsoft, TD Synnex, HPE
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