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Iterable vs Oracle Eloqua comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Iterable
Ranking in Marketing Automation
7th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle Eloqua
Ranking in Marketing Automation
6th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Marketing Automation category, the mindshare of Iterable is 1.2%, down from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Eloqua is 5.8%, down from 7.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Marketing Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Eloqua5.8%
Iterable1.2%
Other93.0%
Marketing Automation
 

Featured Reviews

TR
Digital Marketing Manager at Nestle
Marketing team has automated personalized lifecycle emails and now creates more engaging campaigns
The best features Iterable offers are automation and simplicity in use. Iterable is dynamic and allows us to engage customers at all stages of the customer journey. Iterable has allowed our customer communication to be automated. With thousands of customers, the ability to automate email communication has saved our team incredible amounts of time. While Iterable is used largely by our marketing team, we do have individuals who are less tech-savvy with limited coding experience, yet confident in navigating the platform. Iterable is very user-friendly and has maintained its simplicity. Iterable has saved our team an incredible amount of time and manual labor through automation of emailing. With the creative and engaging content created in Iterable, customers are more likely to engage than previously, hence increasing customer engagement. We have saved between sixty to seventy percent of our time through automation. Iterable has allowed us to automate email campaigns to customers by planning a series of emails six months prior to their delivery.
Madhan Krishnamoorthy - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Functional Consultant at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Integration with CRM and third-party systems significantly boosts campaign management
The native integration could be improved, as Oracle Eloqua has decommissioned it. Manual uploads require changing the data priority order to top priority. Sometimes form capturing data fails, and campaign response issues occur. The pricing of Oracle Eloqua is quite high as it is an Oracle product. Compared to other marketing automation platforms such as Marketo, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, and Pardot, the price point is higher. The technical support is rated at eight because it can be difficult to get in touch with them after working hours. Support is only available during business hours, so if assistance is needed outside of the nine-to-five window, users must wait until the next day.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Iterable has positively impacted my organization, as it enhanced campaign execution speed, increased engagement and conversion rates through personalization, reduced our dependency on engineering for routine campaign changes, and improved collaboration between marketing and technical teams."
"Iterable helped my team and key metrics significantly, allowing us to save up to 30% of the time, and the speed of overall operation efficiency has improved."
"Iterable is one of the best, efficient, and user-friendly CRM campaign management tools."
"Iterable allows us to trigger SMS messages through Twilio based on real-time user events such as abandoned actions, incomplete transactions, account or subscription changes, inactivity or re-engagement milestones."
"After implementing Iterable, I saw retention rates of certain user cohorts compared to users who went through Iterable's campaigns versus those who didn't, and the retention rate of the users who experienced those campaigns was about twenty percent higher than those who didn't."
"Miro Business - Enterprise has been a lifesaver for us, increasing team collaboration by 70 to 80% and saving our time and resources."
"Iterable saves our time and has better customer relationship benefits, making a very good relationship with our customers because once we have already created the workflow, client communication has been automatically done and our work, work pressure, and work stress have been reduced, creating a very good impact on a better work environment."
"Iterable positively impacts my organization because it is our main platform that we use in order to communicate with our customers, so its value is one hundred percent."
"We needed a solution that could scale with our business - and it doesn't get better than Eloqua."
"Prior to Eloqua our processes were cumbersome and clunky; this tool made our marketers feel the power behind our campaigns and gave them the tools and confidence to execute campaigns themselves."
"Eloqua10 is a great tool for marketing automation for both B2B and B2C companies."
"Eloqua is very powerful and very customizable."
"Oracle Eloqua is easier to use compared to Salesforce Marketing Cloud because Salesforce requires their own scripting called AMPScript, while in Oracle Eloqua, you only need CSS, HTML, and occasionally JavaScript."
"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."
"Eloqua's marketing automation tool has made me not only a better marketer but has given me a new outlook on marketing."
 

Cons

"I would like more training and resources on how to use Iterable."
"Customer support is a five out of ten. Iterable's customer support is not very good; they are unresponsive about 50% of the time."
"Iterable has a straightforward and impressive setup, but there are some nuances relating to how the setup works when operating in different markets."
"One area where Iterable could be improved is usability when Journeys become very complex."
"However, the challenge occurs when a large number of users are simultaneously on the whiteboards, but otherwise, there is no problem with scalability."
"That is something that is currently frustrating."
"I feel it can be improved with some new versions and some latest updates."
"When I consider needed improvements, I find that the limitation in handling many brands in a single project can be problematic, which affects the use of custom event data within Handlebar logic, and the foldering option for snippets and lists needs improvement."
"Oracle Eloqua requires maintenance because downtime or crashes can affect form submissions and integrations."
"The solution should consider adding functionality related to event listening, such as webhooks."
"Eloqua has great integration with Salesforce.com, but I'd love to see a little more of that rolled into a more intuitive UI."
"It could be a bit more intuitive for the average user. The segmentation portion is difficult for a marketer with no marketing operations experience to understand."
"The solution does not have a good database architecture."
"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."
"The UI of the reporting tool (Insight) is a bit dated."
"Price can be somewhat expensive"
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"Oracle Eloqua can be expensive compared to alternatives."
"The solution is expensive."
"Our licensing costs are yearly."
"Oracle Eloqua is quite an affordable solution."
"It's quite expensive."
"Oracle Eloqua's pricing is medium."
"The tool is pricey compared to products like Marketo."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
20%
Outsourcing Company
17%
Construction Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Construction Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Healthcare Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise21
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Iterable?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been very good.
What needs improvement with Iterable?
One area where Iterable could be improved is usability when Journeys become very complex. It is a powerful tool, but managing many branches, conditions, and campaigns can be quite complex and diffi...
What is your primary use case for Iterable?
My main use case for Iterable was lifecycle marketing and cross-channel customer engagement. I used it to manage onboarding, activation, and retention campaigns across channels like email, push not...
What needs improvement with Oracle Eloqua?
Some areas of Oracle Eloqua that could be improved include enhancements for campaign features, such as the ability to filter contacts based on date intervals or related functionalities that current...
What is your primary use case for Oracle Eloqua?
In my company, I work with Oracle Eloqua and do not use it internally. My usual use cases for Oracle Eloqua include day-to-day work, where I'm currently working on implementation-related tasks, spe...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Eloqua?
I am not sure how to answer that. We take care of emails and fetch the data regarding that only. I have not explored many other options given by Oracle Eloqua.
 

Comparisons

 

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Eloqua, Oracle Marketing Cloud
 

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