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Email Marketing Comparison

GetResponse vs. Oracle Eloqua

At a glance

At a glance

GetResponse

Best for

Best for businesses that want email marketing, automation, landing pages and ecommerce tools, along with webinars and a website builder, in one platform.

  • Freelancers
  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

Oracle Eloqua

Best for

Best for enterprise B2B marketing teams that score leads and accounts and hand them to a sales organisation.

  • Enterprise

Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.

Full Comparison

Criterion GetResponse Oracle Eloqua
Starting price From $19 / month Starter plan billed monthly; annual billing lowers it to $15.58 / month, and the price scales with list size. Not stated
Free trial 14-day free trial Not stated
API Yes, an API and more than 170 integrations Yes, the Eloqua Marketing Cloud Service REST API for extending the product, building apps and high-volume data transfer
Hosting Cloud (SaaS) Cloud (SaaS) on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Campaign types Yes, email newsletters and autoresponders, with landing pages, signup forms and popups; webinars on the Creator plan and SMS on Enterprise Yes, multi-step or simple campaigns across email, native SMS, web, display search, video, social and events, plus Eloqua Engage emails sent by the sales team from brand-approved templates
Automation and journeys Yes, a visual drag-and-drop automation builder; 1 workflow on Starter and unlimited workflows from the Marketer plan Yes, the Campaign Canvas for drag-and-drop multi-step journeys that adapt to behaviour, and the Program Canvas for data and lead-management workflows with listeners that trigger on lead-score changes, new contacts and campaign activity
Segmentation and personalisation Yes, data-based audience segmentation, with advanced segmentation from the Marketer plan Yes, audiences built from combined behavioural and firmographic data, several concurrent lead-scoring models configurable without IT, real-time re-scoring on recency and an aggregated account engagement score
Templates and editor Yes, a drag-and-drop email editor with templates, plus a landing page builder and a website builder on the Creator plan Yes, a drag-and-drop editor for progressive forms, dynamic emails and landing pages, with reusable content blocks for brand-consistent responsive assets and personalised content driven by digital behaviour
Deliverability and testing Yes, A/B testing and send-time optimisation (Perfect Timing) Email analysis reports opens, clickthroughs and form submissions over a chosen period, a marketing operations centre monitors email sends, form submissions, page views and bulk API activity for instance health, and AI optimises subject lines
Ecommerce and CRM data Yes, abandoned cart recovery, sales funnels, promo codes and revenue reports for connected stores Yes, first- and third-party data ingested from multiple sources, a contact washing machine for data hygiene, plug-and-play CRM cloud apps that route qualified leads within minutes, and integrations with Oracle Unity, Oracle Sales, LinkedIn and 6sense
Integrations and API Yes, an API and more than 170 integrations Yes, the Eloqua Marketing Cloud Service REST API for extending the product, building apps and high-volume data transfer, alongside more than 500 prebuilt integrations in the Marketing AppCloud
AI features Yes Yes
Deployment Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support Not stated Email helpdesk, Community forum
Onboarding Not stated Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials
Company size more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Enterprise
Integrations Not stated Oracle Unity, Oracle Sales, Oracle CX Sales, LinkedIn, 6sense, Microsoft Outlook

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The short version

Key Differences

  • Company size GetResponse Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Oracle Eloqua Enterprise
  • Hosting GetResponse Cloud (SaaS) Oracle Eloqua Cloud (SaaS) on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
  • API GetResponse Yes, an API and more than 170 integrations Oracle Eloqua Yes, the Eloqua Marketing Cloud Service REST API for extending the product, building apps and high-volume data transfer
  • Campaign types GetResponse Yes, email newsletters and autoresponders, with landing pages, signup forms and popups; webinars on the Creator plan and SMS on Enterprise Oracle Eloqua Yes, multi-step or simple campaigns across email, native SMS, web, display search, video, social and events, plus Eloqua Engage emails sent by the sales team from brand-approved templates
  • Automation and journeys GetResponse Yes, a visual drag-and-drop automation builder; 1 workflow on Starter and unlimited workflows from the Marketer plan Oracle Eloqua Yes, the Campaign Canvas for drag-and-drop multi-step journeys that adapt to behaviour, and the Program Canvas for data and lead-management workflows with listeners that trigger on lead-score changes, new contacts and campaign activity

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

GetResponse

Strengths

  • Combines email, automation, landing pages and ecommerce tools in one platform
  • AI email and content generators on paid plans
  • Creator plan adds a website builder, course creator and webinars
  • API with more than 170 integrations

Limitations

  • Pricing scales with list size
  • SMS marketing and mobile push are reserved for the Enterprise plan
  • No permanent free plan, only a 14-day trial

Oracle Eloqua

Strengths

  • Several lead-scoring models run at once across products, business units and regions
  • Campaign Canvas and Program Canvas separate journey design from data and lead-management automation
  • More than 70 prebuilt reports plus closed-loop revenue attribution
  • More than 500 prebuilt integrations through the Marketing AppCloud

Limitations

  • No published rate card; pricing is quoted by sales
  • Aimed at enterprise B2B, so much of the machinery is idle for a simple newsletter
  • The payoff depends on a CRM integration being in place

Plans

Pricing

GetResponse

  • Starter From $19 / month Unlimited email sends, 1 automation workflow, landing pages, forms and AI content generators. Billed monthly; $15.58 / month billed annually. Scales with list size.
  • Marketer From $59 / month Adds unlimited automation workflows, advanced segmentation, abandoned cart recovery, sales funnels and revenue reports. $48.38 / month billed annually.
  • Creator From $69 / month Adds a website builder, a course creator for up to 500 students, premium newsletter subscriptions and webinars for up to 100 attendees. $56.58 / month billed annually.
  • Enterprise Not stated Custom pricing. Adds SMS marketing, mobile push notifications, a dedicated IP address, single sign-on, unlimited users and a dedicated customer experience manager.
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Oracle Eloqua

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Where this comes from

Where this comes from

GetResponse https://www.getresponse.com · checked against the official source on 2026-08-20

Oracle Eloqua https://www.oracle.com/cx/marketing/automation/ · checked against the official source on 2026-09-09

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.