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Paul Richmond - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Mobility & Security Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Feb 1, 2023
Scalable, stable, and lets you add leads and set up meetings, but it needs a data exporting feature
Pros and Cons
  • "I like that I can constantly add leads to Salesforce Marketing Cloud and look at accounts there. I also like that the solution lets me set up meetings."
  • "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."

What is our primary use case?

I use Salesforce Marketing Cloud for prospecting, chasing new business, and looking for new business. I also use it to keep track of conversations I have with customers. I also use the solution for following up with customers.

What is most valuable?

I like that I can constantly add leads to Salesforce Marketing Cloud and look at accounts there. I also like that the solution lets me set up meetings.

What needs improvement?

The main action I want to do in Salesforce Marketing Cloud is to export data into Excel and use it. That may be possible, but the company I work for doesn't allow it because of fear of the data getting exfiltrated or taken by salespeople who leave the company. 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.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using Salesforce Marketing Cloud for about one year.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Salesforce Marketing Cloud is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Salesforce Marketing Cloud is a cloud-based solution, so it's very scalable. Currently, my company has ten users, and if it wanted to increase that number to one hundred, it wouldn't be a problem in Salesforce Marketing Cloud.

How are customer service and support?

I've never used Salesforce Marketing Cloud technical support.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Apart from using Salesforce Marketing Cloud, I used Microsoft Dynamics CRM, and to be honest, I prefer that over Salesforce Marketing Cloud. However, my company uses Salesforce Marketing Cloud.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup for Salesforce Marketing Cloud is okay, but I didn't deploy it because it was already there when I joined the company.

What was our ROI?

I'm sure Salesforce Marketing Cloud does give a return, but I don't know how much. Running the business without ROI from Salesforce Marketing Cloud or any other solution would be very difficult.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

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.

What other advice do I have?

I'm using the latest version of Salesforce Marketing Cloud.

There's a plan to increase the number of Salesforce Marketing Cloud users, but only a little bit, such as one or two more users, but it's not going to be a one hundred percent increase. It'll be a slight increase.

I would recommend Salesforce Marketing Cloud to others because it's okay as a solution. However, I started with Microsoft Dynamics CRM and knew that system better, so I like it more, but Salesforce Marketing Cloud is okay.

I'm giving Salesforce Marketing Cloud a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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reviewer1176129 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Systems Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
MSP
Aug 6, 2022
Central management, easy to build reports, and high availability
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of Salesforce Marketing Cloud is the reporting engine. Reports are very good and easy to build."
  • "Salesforce Marketing Cloud has helped the organization by having centralized management capabilities."
  • "In a future release, adding end-user personalization would be a benefit."
  • "Salesforce Marketing Cloud could improve by having the ability to detect duplicate accounts."

What is our primary use case?

We are using Salesforce Marketing Cloud for the CRM functionality. We have the accounts for each of our customers, the contact points, the opportunities, and the lists of assets, and entitlements they have. We can have a comprehensive view of all the customer history inside our company, such as contract dates. If they need to renew or replace anything, it's easier to keep in touch with the customer, because we have the information in a single place.

How has it helped my organization?

Salesforce Marketing Cloud has helped the organization by having centralized management capabilities. We have all the information from a single point of view. It is useful for me, for example, if I am to be looking at a customer account with my boss, which is in a different location from me, we can see the same account. He has access to the same piece of information I have. He has more access and can bring me more details. The solution is good for collaborative work, things can get done faster.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of Salesforce Marketing Cloud is the reporting engine. Reports are very good and easy to build.

What needs improvement?

Salesforce Marketing Cloud could improve by having the ability to detect duplicate accounts. Sometimes you search for a customer and you have five or six different records for the same customer. You look inside, all the records have the same data, and Salesforce Marketing Cloud says it could not find any duplicate accounts for it. It would be nice to have more intelligence for the detection of duplicates.

In a future release, adding end-user personalization would be a benefit.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Salesforce Marketing Cloud for approximately four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Salesforce Marketing Cloud is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability of Salesforce Marketing Cloud is good.

We have approximately 600 to 700 users using this solution from the sales and marketing team.

How are customer service and support?

I have not used the support from Salesforce Marketing Cloud, but I heard it was good.

What about the implementation team?

The implementation of Salesforce Marketing Cloud was done by the vendor.

The maintenance is done by the vendor.

What other advice do I have?

There are many different pieces of Salesforce, I would advise others to run a deep analysis and a proof of concept to evaluate everything before purchasing because it's a huge solution. It has very different modules and features. It may be too big for what they need. It's important to evaluate and do a proof of concept.

I rate Salesforce Marketing Cloud a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Arup Ball - PeerSpot reviewer
National Manger Public Business at Arcserve
Real User
Jun 22, 2022
Beneficial for businesses, useful product sales, and scalable
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of Salesforce Marketing Cloud is the ability to sell the products we have made to customers, and overall the solution is very useful for business."
  • "Salesforce Marketing Cloud should be linked to an email ID, so the features after 15 days can update on the opportunity. You should not have to update them manually to the next step."

What is our primary use case?

I have used Salesforce Marketing Cloud in many places, such as the navy, banks, and business centers. We can create the opportunity through the solution.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of Salesforce Marketing Cloud is the ability to sell the products we have made to customers. Overall the solution is very useful for business.

What needs improvement?

Salesforce Marketing Cloud should be linked to an email ID, so the features after 15 days can update on the opportunity. You should not have to update them manually to the next step.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Salesforce Marketing Cloud for approximately 15 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability of Salesforce Marketing Cloud is good because it is managing all of our data.

We have approximately 300 people using this solution in my organization.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Salesforce Marketing Cloud is scalable.

How are customer service and support?

I have not contacted support from Salesforce Marketing Cloud.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of Salesforce Marketing Cloud is straightforward.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Salesforce Marketing Cloud an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Steven Hall - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Consulting at Acurus
Real User
Jun 7, 2022
Highly scalable, basic features easy to use, but priced high
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features of Salesforce Marketing Cloud are the ease of use of the basic features."
  • "If you want to use advanced features in Salesforce Marketing Cloud, they are extremely difficult to use."

What is our primary use case?

We use Salesforce Marketing Cloud for the opportunity, lead, and contact management.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of Salesforce Marketing Cloud are the ease of use of the basic features.

What needs improvement?

If you want to use advanced features in Salesforce Marketing Cloud, they are extremely difficult to use.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Salesforce Marketing Cloud for approximately two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Salesforce Marketing Cloud is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability of Salesforce Marketing Cloud is very good. We have five users that are using this solution.

How are customer service and support?

I have not contacted the support from Salesforce Marketing Cloud.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have not used another solution previously. 

What was our ROI?

We haven't seen a return on investment using Salesforce Marketing Cloud. We're investing more into it to advance our marketing capability at the moment but we've not seen that return on investment to date.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Salesforce Marketing Cloud is a highly expensive solution, it needs to be less expensive. We are on an annual license to use the solution.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend Salesforce Marketing Cloud to others, it fits a certain hole in the organization's CRM capability. It depends on the size of the organization and how much money they have to spend because it could be very expensive.

I rate Salesforce Marketing Cloud a six out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Lenka Kunecova - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Channel Sales Executive at GFI Software
Real User
May 14, 2022
Good real-time reporting, performs well, and is user-friendly
Pros and Cons
  • "It has excellent lead and opportunity tracking."
  • "Salesforce is an excellent choice."
  • "The dashboards should be more intuitive, as there are far too many items on them. You're not always sure what you're looking for."

What is our primary use case?

Salesforce Marketing Cloud can also be linked to your website directly via API. Whatever happens on the website or if there are any automatic forms for customers to fill out, it automatically creates leads in the system, in Salesforce.

What is most valuable?

It has excellent lead and opportunity tracking.

What needs improvement?

The dashboards should be more intuitive, as there are far too many items on them. You're not always sure what you're looking for.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with Salesforce Marketing Cloud for three years.

As a cloud-based solution, you are always using the most recent version.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Salesforce Marketing Cloud is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Salesforce Marketing Cloud is scalable.

The clients for whom I work, have a few hundred users.

How are customer service and support?

Personally, I have not had any issues, and have not contacted technical support.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Previously, I worked with SugarCRM. Approximately eight years ago. In my opinion, it was much less scalable. But it was also fine, and perhaps more intuitive. There weren't a lot of things. In my opinion, Salesforce is on a different level. However, because it has been eight years, SugarCRM may have moved on.

How was the initial setup?

I'm not familiar with the installation procedure. I am an end-user. I log myself in and that's it.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis.

What other advice do I have?

Salesforce is an excellent choice. I connect to my clients' Salesforce, I have access as well, with limited access because you can scale. I'm not sure if a small business requires it, or how difficult would it be to install in a really small, company, but, I would recommend it to others who are interested and any other company.

I would rate Salesforce Marketing Cloud a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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reviewer1853085 - PeerSpot reviewer
Account Manager at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
May 11, 2022
Good performance, expands well, and doesn't crash
Pros and Cons
  • "We have found the solution to be scalable."
  • "We have found the solution stable, the performance is good, there are no bugs or glitches, and it doesn't crash or freeze."
  • "The product could use a little bit of BI in the sense of rule-based building."
  • "The query building's a bit weak if you want to build something new. It's a bit complicated."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution for holding our contacts and opportunities as well as general reporting. 

What is most valuable?

The performance and stability have been good overall.

We have found the solution to be scalable. 

What needs improvement?

The query building's a bit weak if you want to build something new. It's a bit complicated. We need it to be easier to build a query dashboard in Salesforce. 

The product could use a little bit of BI in the sense of rule-based building.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for seven or eight years or maybe even longer at this point. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have found the solution stable. The performance is good. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The product can scale as needed. It's not a problem.

We have around 1,000 people in our organization using the solution. 

I'm not sure if there are plans to increase usage.

How are customer service and support?

You pay for what you get with technical support. I've used it in the past, however, in a different position.

How was the initial setup?

I never set up the solution directly. I only use it. Someone else handled the implementation. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I am unsure of the exact costs. I'm just a user. I don't handle any licensing aspects. 

What other advice do I have?

In terms of capability, I'd rate the product nine out of ten. In terms of usability, I'd rate it about seven. In general, I would rate the product eight out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Leonardo Lecaros - PeerSpot reviewer
South Europe Enterprise Sales Executive at Dataiku
Real User
May 7, 2022
Good performance, great support, and scales everywhere
Pros and Cons
  • "It is a great solution. I like its stability, scalability, and performance."
  • "They can perhaps simplify the dashboards. In my opinion as an end-user, reports could also be simplified, but it also depends on how your company is set up. It depends on how the processes are set up within your company natively. It is linked to the way you do business. So, it varies."

What is our primary use case?

We are using it for doing the quotes, reports, and sales. We are using its latest version. 

What is most valuable?

It is a great solution. I like its stability, scalability, and performance.

What needs improvement?

They can perhaps simplify the dashboards. In my opinion as an end-user, reports could also be simplified, but it also depends on how your company is set up. It depends on how the processes are set up within your company natively. It is linked to the way you do business. So, it varies.

For how long have I used the solution?

It has been 20 years. I have been using it since it came out.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It scales everywhere. It is perfect. In our company, everyone is working with this solution. We have around 1,000 users, and I assume we have 10 to 20 people for deployment and maintenance.

How are customer service and support?

Their support was great. They were very responsive.

How was the initial setup?

I didn't set it up, but it seems to depend on the teams. It's quite simple, but it becomes more complex depending on the scalability of your operation. It's always an ongoing task because you're always improving the process.

What other advice do I have?

Salesforce is the best and more established CRM. I wouldn't use other ones.

I would rate it a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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reviewer1850535 - PeerSpot reviewer
Account Manager at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
May 6, 2022
Gets quotes out quickly but forecasting needs improvement
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature is the ability to get quotes out in a timely manner."
  • "Marketing Cloud's forecasting could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

I mostly use Marketing Cloud to create sales opportunities, keep track of my pipeline, and create quotes.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is the ability to get quotes out in a timely manner.

What needs improvement?

Marketing Cloud's forecasting could be improved. I also think it's overrated when it comes to its CRM - I've seen other platforms do it just as well, if not better.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for nine months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Salesforce is stable, especially in comparison to Oracle Sales Cloud, which tends to crap out and require refreshing, especially when creating quotes.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I find that Marketing Cloud is scalable.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I've also used Oracle Sales Cloud, which I find is better for creating opportunities and keeping track of your pipeline. With Salesforce, you need to create specific custom reports to see all your opportunities in one spot, whereas it's a little more intuitive with Fusion to click a few buttons and see everything. Salesforce has almost too many options. However, creating a quote is much easier with Salesforce than with Oracle Sales Cloud.

How was the initial setup?

There's a learning curve to Marketing Cloud - it requires a ramp-up time of about a month playing around with the CRMs in order to be fairly proficient.

What other advice do I have?

I would give Marketing Cloud a score of seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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ALEJANDRO NOVO - PeerSpot reviewer
Director South EMEA at Veracode
Real User
May 1, 2022
Scalable CRM used for reporting, pipeline generation and forecasting
Pros and Cons
  • "We use this solution for reporting, pipeline generation, and forecasting."
  • "This solution could be more user-friendly."
  • "The response from the customer service team could be faster and the agents could be more knowledgeable."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution for reporting, pipeline generation, and forecasting.

What needs improvement?

This solution could be more user-friendly.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used this solution for five years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This is a stable solution. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This is a scalable solution. 

How are customer service and support?

The response from the customer service team could be faster and the agents could be more knowledgeable. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward but using the solution as a user for the first time is complicated.

What other advice do I have?

I recommend this solution for large companies compared to smaller ones.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. 

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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reviewer1438128 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager / Management Consultant at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Apr 26, 2022
Marketing and sales engagement platform that integrates and works well with other Salesforce solutions
Pros and Cons
  • "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."
  • "The quality of support for this solution has been decreasing over time and the support team are sometimes more focused on closing tickets that resolving issues. Often the support team is not well trained or aware of the new features or products released by Salesforce."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution for customer communication and sales engagement.

What is most valuable?

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. 

What needs improvement?

The quality of support for this solution has been decreasing over time and the support team are sometimes more focused on closing tickets that resolving issues. Often the support team is not well trained or aware of the new features or products released by Salesforce. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability of this solution depends on the amount of data that you have contained in the system. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This is a scalable solution. 

How are customer service and support?

The customer support for this solution are not great as they often make mistakes.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup for this solution is straightforward but this does depend on each business' architecture. Salesforce has a lot of native connectors that make it easy to connect with systems, but this can involve legacy and governance restrictions.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

This solution is priced in the medium to high price range. 

What other advice do I have?

Marketing Cloud is a more user-friendly solution compared to Adobe Marketing Cloud. Marketing Cloud can be used by users who are not technically inclined.  

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
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