Marketo vs Oracle Eloqua comparison

Adobe and Oracle are both solutions in the Marketing Automation category. Adobe is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.3, while Oracle is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.1. Adobe holds a 14.4% mindshare in MA, compared to Oracle’s 9.7% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Adobe users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

Marketo

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96% willing to recommend

Oracle Eloqua

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1,140 Comparison Views

93% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 6, 2025

Oracle Eloqua and Marketo compete in the marketing automation solutions category. Oracle Eloqua has an advantage in pricing and support, whereas Marketo offers richer features.

Features: Oracle Eloqua accommodates strong campaign management, advanced analytics, and effective email automation. Marketo offers superior lead management, personalization capabilities, and extensive integrations.

Room for Improvement: Oracle Eloqua can improve in integration capabilities, user interface flexibility, and reducing setup complexity. Marketo could enhance its analytics, provide more intuitive reporting features, and offer better user onboarding.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Oracle Eloqua's robust deployment process may involve a steep learning curve. Marketo delivers a more straightforward deployment experience supported by efficient customer service for quicker implementation.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle Eloqua typically has higher setup costs but offers competitive ROI with its comprehensive features. Marketo may require higher investments over time; however, its exceptional lead nurturing can yield higher long-term ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Marketo

Ranking in Marketing Automation

2nd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Marketing Management (4th)

Oracle Eloqua

Ranking in Marketing Automation

4th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Marketing Automation category, the mindshare of Marketo is 14.4%, down from 16.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Eloqua is 9.7%, down from 12.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Marketing Automation

Q&A Highlights

Avigail Sugarman

Community Manager at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)

Jul 17, 2014

Do you know if Marketo or Eloqua support mobile devices? Thank you.

My experience is limited to Eloqua so I can only comment about that platform. Eloqua has a number of different modules that work great on standard applications but currently these modules are either not optimized for or supported by mobile OS's and browsers. You can see a list of certified and supported browsers on Eloqua Topliners community pages. This does not mean these modules don't function on mobile browsers but the rendering may suffer a bit due to lack of compatibility.

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PradeepKumar25

Associate Manager at Tech Mahindra Limited

Useful for lead capture and engagement across social media platforms

Before Marketo, I worked on the Oracle Eloqua platform, both B2B-based. Currently, I'm working on Salesforce Marketing Cloud. So, these are the three platforms on which I have good hands-on expertise. One key reason platforms like Salesforce Marketing Cloud are gaining traction is that they invest in marketing campaigns. They conduct many virtual and live events, aggressively marketing their products. This strategy convinces C-suite executives to buy into and implement the Salesforce platform, something that other bigger platforms lack. Most companies are migrating to Salesforce. I've migrated one of my projects from Marketo to Salesforce and encountered many opportunities where companies want to migrate from Marketo, HubSpot, or Oracle Eloqua to Salesforce. I've worked on Oracle Eloqua, which is also a B2B platform, and I've also worked on Marketo. The lead scoring, table structure, and rules we apply are quite straightforward compared to Marketo. In Marketo, it's a bit clumsy. Regarding lead scoring or moving leads through the sales funnel, Oracle Eloqua is better, but it's a bit pricey. So, Marketo ranks second in lead scoring or managing leads, and it highly depends on the respective CRM. The tool tracks significant events, such as form fills on websites or social media handles. All this data is captured and stored in Marketo for analysis. Marketo Analytics is connected with Adobe Analytics. This integration offers detailed reports on total clicks, views, form fills, subscriptions, lead conversions, and more. It's straightforward compared to Oracle Eloqua, which has its own Oracle Business Intelligence suite.Marketo's reporting tools are easy to use, making it a plug-and-play solution for anyone.

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Aniket Sukale

Senior Technical Consultant at Mastek

Offers the ability to create lesser campaigns and drip campaigns, flexible to use and robust

Eloqua's reporting is very strong. Oracle, by default, provides many out-of-the-box reports – probably more than 150 – that cover the most common use cases. Additionally, there's a feature called Insight, where you can build customized reports without any coding. These reports can be scheduled for delivery to your inbox at regular intervals – monthly, weekly, etc.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is a very user-friendly solution. I'm mainly working on Design Studio, which is useful for companies in tracking repeat users. The progressive proofing is also useful. It is not available in other solutions."

"The smart campaign looks quite interesting and useful."

"The most valuable feature is the scoring."

"We are scoring based on behavior without pressure, and it keeps producing excellent results."

"The most valuable features of Marketo are its ease of use and flexibility."

"The most valuable features are the Marketo emails, both sending and tracking."

"I like that the solution is flexible."

"One feature I like is the user interface. Compared to other tools I've used, it's much more friendly and easy to navigate. Additionally, it offers a wide range of features, which makes tasks like segmenting data much simpler."

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"The solution is good for B2B email marketing."

"Lead scoring is very useful for both measuring the effectiveness of campaigns as well as deciding which leads to send sales’ way."

"It provides good support for really large databases."

"The ease of maintenance is the most valuable feature."

"The solution's engine framework is quite simple, giving you the agility you need in the business."

"Lead scoring has helped with the process of qualifying leads."

"The solution is stable."

"It is a user-friendly product."

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Cons

"For the moment, we migrated some of our processes to Marketo and implemented them there. We had some difficulties related to this."

"Some modern Marketo features could be improved."

"I have encountered issues when I had to use filters repeatedly. It would have been helpful if I could duplicate them directly, instead of dragging them. Also, having an option to save filters for future use would have saved a lot of time, especially when dealing with multiple filters."

"The user experience needs improvement, particularly in terms of ease of use and navigation between projects."

"Marketo should give more power to the users for data manipulation."

"Adobe, the parent company, needs to improve on getting more information published to allow users to educate themselves on how to use the solution."

"I had an issue while integrating JavaScript with forms. When you embed JavaScript, you can either embed it in a landing page or some other self-contained management system like WordPress. Currently, it provides you access to CSS, where you can customize your form design, but there is no option for JavaScript modification for a particular form. This area needs to be improved where you can integrate JavaScript, and it has the JavaScript functions for that particular form. There are a lot of other areas of improvement. In the design area, they can give us more testing options instead of relying on email testing alone. It would be great if they can provide responsive testing where email clients can be tested within Marketo. It would be also helpful if they can implement some in-built options for users or forms for blocking a generic email ID such as Yahoo or Gmail. Similarly, it would be helpful to have JavaScript features and forms as well as the option to add Google analytics and a header and footer for the landing pages."

"One limitation is the user limit. For bigger organizations with large audience sizes exceeding, let's say, 500k, the solution may not be as efficient as larger enterprise platforms like Salesforce or Oracle Eloqua. However, Marketo is one of the best platforms for mid-scale and small-scale organisations."

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"There are some things where improvement is needed. For me, it would be great if they integrated a tool like AI configuration capabilities within Eloqua itself."

"Eloqua doesn't have built-in features for WhatsApp marketing or SMS functionality."

"The solution does not have a good database architecture."

"The solution should consider adding functionality related to event listening, such as webhooks."

"The reporting features should be improved."

"Reporting is very clunky and not user friendly."

"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."

"The product's initial setup process could be better."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The initial pricing was excellent, but the pricing for renewals is not as good."

"The licensing cost usually depends on the users."

"I'm not sure about the cost because I don't get into this aspect. Clients normally take care of that. I only know that it is costly, and I don't think there are any additional costs to the licensing."

"The fee for Marketo includes the number of users and the database size. If we ask for a unique feature, it will cost extra."

"The pricing is not cheap, but it's not that expensive either."

"It is expensive. We have a yearly license."

"The solution is expensive compared to others."

"Marketo's pricing depends on the number of contacts and the level of features you need. Compared to other platforms like Oracle Eloqua and Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Marketo is generally more affordable. Like other platforms, it offers different packages based on your needs."

More Marketo pricing and cost advice

"The tool is pricey compared to products like Marketo."

"It's quite expensive."

"Oracle Eloqua is quite an affordable solution."

"Oracle Eloqua can be expensive compared to alternatives."

"Our licensing costs are yearly."

"The solution is expensive."

"Oracle Eloqua's pricing is medium."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

21%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

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Educational Organization

74%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Marketo?

One of the most important things about Marketo is its focus on GDPR compliance. It helps you follow GDPR and CAN-SPAM rules. For example, with Marketo, I won't accidentally target audiences without...

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What needs improvement with Marketo?

The user interface could be improved. I would like to see an updated UI for 2025.

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What is your primary use case for Marketo?

As a seasoned Marketo Expert with a decade of experience and a deep understanding of Adobe's ecosystem, I can confidently say that the primary use case for Marketo lies in empowering businesses wit...

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What needs improvement with Oracle Eloqua?

Eloqua doesn't have built-in features for WhatsApp marketing or SMS functionality. They provide SMS, but you need to purchase it as an add-on. It would also be helpful to have a social media manage...

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What is your primary use case for Oracle Eloqua?

We generally use it for B2B (business-to-business) marketing automation. We can build customer journeys and generate emails. And we can do email marketing. It also has the ability to create Lead ca...

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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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Compared 18% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

Teradata vs Marketo

Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 12% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Overview

Marketo is an all-in-one marketing solution that was created by marketers for marketers. Founded in 2007, Marketo is branded as marketing software that is easy, powerful and complete.

Organizations have access to multiple marketing and sales tools when they use this solution, such as Marketing Automation, Consumer Engagement Marketing, Real-Time Personalization, and Marketing Management.

Adobe

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

Sample Customers

Marketo has a customer base of thousands of companies, including Sony, Citrix, BrightTALK, Curves International, HootSuite, Hyundai, SanDisk, and Samsung Electronics.

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

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