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Marketo Engage

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Last updated March 10th, 2026

# Page 4 - Reviews of Marketo Engage

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Francois Pascal N.  
Service provider  
Internet  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Adobe Marketo Engage is the world's leading marketing automation platform."

June 17, 2023

5.0

Pros

This tool enables you to collect rich, up-to-date customer data, personalize your campaigns, automate your campaigns, share content and much more.

Cons

It is not recommended for new businesses just starting out, as it is costly.

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JV

Jackson V.  
IT Manager  
Health, Wellness and Fitness  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Marketo Engage Is a Reliable Marketing Solution"

April 10, 2024

5.0

Pros

Marketo Engage has effective capabilities. I like the friendliness of Marketo Engage.

Cons

I do not dislike Marketo Engage at all. Marketo Engage is super amazing.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Growth  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Powerful but steep learning curve"

August 31, 2023

4.0

Pros

Salesforce sync is more robust and configurable than hubspot. Ability to assign period costs to marketing campaigns

Cons

The interface for a full featured product is very complicated. UI could be improved with quick wins streamlined ui

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RB

Ruth B.  
Marketing Automation and Website Manager  
Banking  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Customizable to Your Business"

June 18, 2020

5.0

Pros

Marketo is robust and can be configured to meet most business cases. It integrates well with many systems/services. For example, Marketo integrates better with Salesforce than Salesforce Marketing Cloud. There is a solid user group/community. Things like Content AI and Web Personalization take personalization across your digital marketing to the next level. Training is required to use a lot of features.

Cons

You have to build your own preference center. This doesn't come out-of-the-box. UI is bad, and Marketo Sky will help fix this, but it's taking forever for Marketo Sky to get to a point where I can actually use it. Many features do cost extra but you can pick and choose. Landing page templating is lacking without a dedicated devloper.

Alternatives considered

[HubSpot Marketing Hub](https://www.capterra.com/p/171840/HubSpot-Marketing/)[Salesforce Marketing Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/248536/Salesforce-Marketing-Cloud/)[Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement](https://www.capterra.com/p/134593/Pardot/)

Reason for choosing Marketo Engage

Robust enterprise solution that can be customized

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Solutions Manager  
Religious Institutions  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Basic Use Cases are Great. Integrations with other systems, - less so"

September 14, 2023

3.0

Basic use case has been great. Integrating with other systems - less so.

Pros

Basic email marketing and marketing automation tasks can be accomplished with minimal assistance from the technical team.

Cons

Pricing is by record in the DB, so you have to either pay for records that you are not doing anything with, or build a mechanism to move them in and out.Integrations with other systems are troublesome and rarely work as expected. For example, Microsoft Dynamics has a connector, but it only works if the record doesn't already exist in Marketo. Defining an audience in Dynamics for use in Marketo then has to be a hand-coded affair. Very annoying.

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CC

Caroline C.  
Marketing Associate  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Features aren't worth the difficulty "

November 22, 2021

3.0

I had a negative experience working daily in Marketo for 6 months. I'm sure it's useful for some companies, but the average business can't possibly make it work for them.

Pros

Marketo has a huge amount of features, like very specific reporting, integration with various platforms, robust list building, and more. I managed a very large volume of interconnected campaigns on Marketo, and it was pretty effective at doing whatever we needed to, once we figured it out.

Cons

There is a higher learning curve with Marketo than any other of the many email marketing platforms I've used in my experience. Clients were never, ever able to handle it on their own. It sucked up a lot of my time, which would not be the case for a platform like MailChimp. Marketo has more capabilities, but it's not practical for the average business to manage. There are many, many things it cannot do that are pretty standard on other platforms: adding emojis to emails, not crashing constantly, effective merge fields, having flexible templates, communicating what errors are when something doesn't work, etc. It caused much, much more trouble than it was worth. I don't even have confidence that the data we pulled from it was accurate either.

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Yosue V.  
Diseñador Web  
Program Development  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "La herramienta perfecta para empresas de diseño web, SEO y marketing"

October 12, 2023

5.0

Una experiencia exquisita como cualquier producto de Adobe, la verdad que es señal de calidad y buenos resultados (y precio elevado cof cof)

Pros

La automatización y programación, los diseños y optimización de las campañas y su facilidad de uso la hacen una herramienta excelente de primer nivel

Cons

Precio elevado, solo úsalo cuando quieras realmente escalar a lo grande, ya que ayuda mucho a generar conversiones y leads

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OI

Ogarekpe I.  
Implementation Engineer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Superb tool to transform your marketing efforts"

March 19, 2024

5.0

This tool is a game changer in elevating your marketing efforts and driving engagement.

Pros

It has robust personalization features that are instrumental in enabling us to produce content that is relevant to our customers leading to effective marketing campaigns. Thanks to this tool we are able to save important resources and valuable time through its marketing automation features of tasks.

Cons

Its advanced customisation features have a high learning curve and require ample training and vendor support to use them appropriately.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Marketing Campaign Coordinator  
Education Management  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Marketo's Analytics provide lots of useful data for informing future marketing decisions"

May 7, 2018

4.0

Pros

I like the wide range of reports and data that are available. Everything from email performance to program ROI to opportunity insights are available through Marketo's Analytics software. I use it most often to look at email deliverability and program membership. There are a lot of different ways you can break down email sends and being able to look at everything from subject line interaction by job category to program ROI by attendance status is very useful in determining campaign effectiveness.

Cons

There's kind of a learning curve and a lot of different views and reports to get accustomed to, but once you spend some time in each of the reports it gets pretty easy to anticipate what you'll need to answer any given question you may get. There is some overlap between Marketo Analytics and what our department pulls from Salesforce, but there is still a lot of use in Marketo Analytics data.

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LS

Lauren S.  
Director, Marketing Automation  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Strong Platform for B2B Marketing"

May 5, 2022

5.0

I have helped clients (and our own internal org) plan, automate and execute their marketing with Marketo for over 6 years. During this time, I have also worked with other B2B and B2C Marketing Automation tools and find Marketo to the right combination of powerful, relatively easy to use (you don't have to spend thousands of dollars to master) and flexible.

Pros

It is a good balance of standard features and the ability to customize .

Cons

If you need to change your native CRM connection, you have to migrate to a new instance, which is usually very costly and time-consuming.

Switched from

[HubSpot Marketing Hub](https://www.capterra.com/p/171840/HubSpot-Marketing/)[Oracle Marketing](https://www.capterra.com/p/140450/Oracle-Marketing-Cloud/)[Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement](https://www.capterra.com/p/134593/Pardot/)

Most recent client made the switch to move to a "best-in-class" B2B Marketing platform vs. homegrown technology.

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NG

Naina G.  
Senior Email Marketing Specialist  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Impactful Email Marketing Automation tool for Lead Nurturing & Engagement"

December 8, 2022

5.0

Highly recommend the software for Email marketing practices and Landing pages.

Pros

Lead Lifecycle Management is the most likeable feature. I can design the entire journey of the campaign and leads as per the action on CTA & requests.

Cons

Steps can be reduced for designing the campaign or automated at various junctions in Email marketing nurture campaigns.

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LW

Lauren W.  
Digital Marketing Lead  
Medical Devices  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Sophisticated software supporting your marketing automation needs"

September 4, 2023

5.0

Pros

The integration between Marketo Engage and SFDC is crucial to our business when determining our campaign audience, as well as tracking their interactions to understand customer behaviour.

Cons

The platform is quite technical and not very intuitive. It is a steep learning curve.

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Paleonum B.  
Marketing  
Biotechnology  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Marketo Engage la meilleure "

November 13, 2023

5.0

Mon expérience globale avec Marketo Engage est très bonne et je le conseillerai a toute personne pour améliorer la performance de sa structure et personnalisé ses clients.

Pros

Ce que j'ai le plus aimé chez Marketo Engage est le faite que les messages de marketing sont simple , compréhensible.Cela facilite le travail au marketeur lui permet d'être beaucoup plus rapide .

Cons

Ce que j'ai le moins aimé chez Marketo Engage est le faite que parfois l'envoie de message est un peu lent.

Switched from

[GoTo Meeting](https://www.capterra.com/p/163332/GoToMeeting/)[Mailchimp](https://www.capterra.com/p/110228/MailChimp/)

J'ai fait ce changement afin d'essayer de nouveau outils de travail.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Senior Field Marketing Manager  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great variety of tools, not always user friendly "

January 16, 2018

5.0

The Marketo consultant we engaged with (paid) was great. They have very knowledgeable team members on the staff.

Pros

The interface mimics other day-to-day programs such as emails or file folders. So that makes it relatively easy to organize your campaigns and find them again. And there is a lot of flexibility built in once you get started. You can move campaigns around, bring in other pieces, clone items, upload relatively easily, etc. I also really like the auto-save feature.

Cons

When a process flow is broken, there are no hints or indications as to why. On a few occasions the program has given me error messages (the good old band-aid on the screen) for reasons I'm not ever able to figure out. While they do offer some basic training for new users, anything beyond that is a charge. And my experience with the community responses hasn't been great. When you have a very specific and detailed program, it's tough for other people to be able to understand where you're stuck. So often times the answers people provide are not enough to help me get un-stuck.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Content & Channel Specialist  
Pharmaceuticals  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Lags everything I try to perform an action"

June 6, 2022

4.0

Would have been a perfect tool if the developers can somehow make the user experience smoother.

Pros

A powerful tool with lots of useful features

Cons

User experience can help with a thorough revamp. The tool literally lags after every action I perform.

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Euphrem W.  
Rédacteur WEB - SEO  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Un logiciel très avantageux "

July 3, 2023

5.0

Pros

En termes de collaboration entre plusieurs équipes, Marketo Engage s'avère un outil complet. Il facilité notamment la fidélisation de ses clients et permet d'accroître ses revenus sans beaucoup de difficultés. Un logiciel que je recommande vivement.

Cons

Marketo Engage peut paraître un peu complexe pour les débutants à cause de ses fonctionnalités et de certaines options qui ne tiennent pas trop la route. Malgré ces quelques soucis, il se révèle comme un atout considérable à privilégier.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Head of Growth Marketing  
E-Learning  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Powerful and Effective "

May 17, 2022

4.0

Pros

I loved how granular I could dig into lead sources, seeing exactly where a lead came from by tracing the URL. I also liked how easy it was to tweak landing page or email template code.

Cons

The price makes it unaffordable for many companies. We had great support and then they transferred support overseas and support quality went down.

Alternatives considered

[HubSpot CRM](https://www.capterra.com/p/152373/HubSpot-CRM/)

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Carol L.  
Data analyst  
Chemicals  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Take your marketing automation a notch higher with marketo"

September 15, 2022

5.0

Pros

The thorough analytics derived from marketo are vital when creating lead generation strategies. This has enabled us to be data oriented in all our decision making. Marketo also has comprehensive reports that give us direction on how to improve our sales and marketing so as to be ahead of our competition. Its integration with other products like sales and Microsoft apps is very helpful since it allows us to get a wholesome picture of our marketing processes.

Cons

The usability of marketo is not great and to learn how to use it takes time and adequate training. The prices of marketo tend to be high when you look at them side by side with similar tools. Although their reports are great I think they could do more to improve it by adding more features.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Client Lead  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "A fair platform for CRM engagement "

April 2, 2024

4.0

A fair tool overall for all CRM needs This helps multitasking with other tools.

Pros

1\. Easy to use and deploy 2. AI command is good 3. Mobile friendly 4. Safe to use keeping GDPR in mind

Cons

1\. UX is average 2. Hard to integrate 3. Frequent updates required

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Steven M.  
Operations Support Specialist  
Financial Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "First platform for marketing automation"

May 28, 2019

4.0

When we used Marketo it was functional for what we were looking for but also a bit sterile. There also seemed to be a level of IT knowledge needed to use the software effectively. Overall though, we were able to distribute targeted email blasts and the analytic and reporting portions of Marketo were very helpful in analyzing the data.

Pros

The software allowed us to easily collect information, group it and send out targeted marketing blasts to the recipients. The drag and drop interface worked very well and allowed us to implement some logic into the queries we ran to extract the data. We were also able to schedule email blasts so that we did not send out too many at one time overloading our targeted audiences.

Cons

When we first used Marketo we sometimes had issues with URLs working correctly when copied into the email templates. Also when the software first came out we felt it was a bit technical where we could not just assign a marketing person to plan, create, and implement an email blast. The marketing person had to work with someone who had an IT background (our product management team at the time was full of such people). This lead to email blasts being done by the product managers or someone else in the product management team.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Content Marketing Program Manager  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Automates busy work... but creates more at the same time"

May 21, 2018

3.0

Pros

The good thing about Marketo is that it does automate a lot of emails and nurtures a prospect through the whole sales cycle. Since it's also one of the bigger marketing automation platforms, it also integrates fairly well with nearly all other marketing platforms/tools we use.

Cons

Marketo is so incredibly clunky. Just trying to edit a line in one email can take you up to 5 minutes. The look and feel of it is also stuck in the 90s. They don't provide any decent templates so my team is often forced to look elsewhere and then integrate email and landing page templates with Marketo. It's a bear to use but it's simply too much of a hassle to look for another provider.

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ED

Ephantus D.  
Project Manager  
Management Consulting  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "My Experience With Marketo Engage"

April 8, 2024

5.0

Pros

It makes content management easy Has amazing content delivery features

Cons

No issues as Marketo Engage has been amazing.

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CM

Cynthia M.  
Operations associate officer  
Financial Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Marketo's Automation Mastery and Lead Management Excellence"

January 15, 2024

5.0

We can develop focused and interesting campaigns thanks to its personalisation features, which greatly raises customer engagement.

Pros

The comprehensive lead tracking and scoring solution provided by Marketo's lead management capabilities is exceptional. Our campaigns can be customised based on the unique behaviours and preferences of each customer thanks to Marketo's personalisation features, which produce more relevant and engaging relationships.

Cons

Its campaign cloning options are not very flexible, particularly when duplicating more complex campaigns with different assets and setups.

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Aubrey U.  
Director -Client Advocate  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Used Marketo as a digital Marketing tool for Lead Gen"

November 13, 2017

4.0

This gives you insight into what prospects are interested in and gives your warm leads because when you contact the prospect you already know what is important to them based on the digital foot print they left

Pros

This is a great tool to have to track the digital footprints of a prospect. When they go to your web site you see ever click and with analytics it gives you a great snap shot of perspective buyers and persona

Cons

I cant say I disliked anything. I wish the web and social came together in a one package maybe because the 2 tools together are powerful. The Marketo Social gives a snapshot of what perspective buyers are saying about you on social media and with advanced analytics its a powerful tool

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Team Lead  
Marketing and Advertising  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Good for Marketing Automation"

August 10, 2022

5.0

Pros

If you regularly work with any Adobe program, Marketo is your marketing automation tool. Very complete and useful.

Cons

It may be that if you have never worked with any tool related to Adobe, it will cost you a bit to get started initially, but it will be a matter of days.

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