Oracle Eloqua vs. Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement

At a glance

Best for

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

Enterprise

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement

Best for

Best for B2B teams already running Salesforce as their CRM, who want lead scoring, nurture and attribution on the same records their sellers work in.

Small and mid-sized
Enterprise

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

Full Comparison

Criterion	Oracle Eloqua	Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement
Starting price	Not stated	From $1250 / org / month Growth+ is $1,250 per organisation and month with 10,000 contacts included, Plus+ $2,750, Advanced+ $4,400 and Premium+ $15,000 with 75,000 contacts. Extra contact blocks cost $100 per 10,000 contacts and month on Growth+, rising to $400 on Premium+. All per-month products require an annual contract.
API	Yes, the Eloqua Marketing Cloud Service REST API for extending the product, building apps and high-volume data transfer	Yes, a daily API call allowance that rises with the edition, plus an External Activity API and custom object integration with Salesforce CRM
Hosting	Cloud (SaaS) on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure	Cloud (SaaS)
Campaign types	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	Unlimited email marketing, landing pages, forms and form handlers for existing forms, with an integrated marketing calendar and a CMS with approval workflows
Automation and journeys	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	Engagement Programs for nurture tracks plus automation rules, with lead scoring and grading, multiple scoring categories and rule-based account scoring deciding who moves on
Segmentation and personalisation	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	Prospect tracking across online campaigns feeds rule-based dynamic content and cross-object merge fields, so messages vary on data held against the CRM record; Einstein adds lead scoring, behaviour scoring and engagement frequency
Templates and editor	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	Drag-and-drop building with reusable repeater blocks and fully customisable URLs, and Einstein Content Creation drafts and iterates subject lines, email copy and landing page copy
Deliverability and testing	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	Email A/B testing and multivariate landing page testing, a dedicated IP address, Einstein Send Time Optimization, and advanced email analytics with email rendering and preview analysis
Ecommerce and CRM data	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	Built on the Salesforce CRM database: Engagement History Dashboards sit on leads, contacts, accounts and opportunities, with custom object integration, a Data Cloud connector and multi-touch attribution through B2B Marketing Analytics
Integrations and API	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	Daily API call allowance scaling by edition, an External Activity API with active extensions, custom object integration, and prebuilt Google Ads and Eventbrite integrations
AI features	Yes	Yes
Deployment	Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based	Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support	Email helpdesk, Community forum	Not stated
Onboarding	Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials	Documentation and knowledge base, Live online demos and webinars
Company size	Enterprise	more entries Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Integrations	more entries Oracle Unity, Oracle Sales, Oracle CX Sales, LinkedIn, 6sense, Microsoft Outlook	Salesforce CRM, Google Ads, Eventbrite, Salesforce Data Cloud, B2B Marketing Analytics

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The short version

Key Differences

Company size Oracle Eloqua Enterprise Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Hosting Oracle Eloqua Cloud (SaaS) on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement Cloud (SaaS)
API Oracle Eloqua Yes, the Eloqua Marketing Cloud Service REST API for extending the product, building apps and high-volume data transfer Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement Yes, a daily API call allowance that rises with the edition, plus an External Activity API and custom object integration with Salesforce CRM
Campaign types 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 Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement Unlimited email marketing, landing pages, forms and form handlers for existing forms, with an integrated marketing calendar and a CMS with approval workflows
Automation and journeys 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 Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement Engagement Programs for nurture tracks plus automation rules, with lead scoring and grading, multiple scoring categories and rule-based account scoring deciding who moves on

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

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

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement

Strengths

Scores, engagement history and attribution sit directly on Salesforce CRM records, with no connector between marketing and sales
Multi-touch attribution models and B2B Marketing Analytics report campaign effect against pipeline rather than against opens alone
Einstein covers both sides of the job, scoring prospects and drafting email and landing page copy

Limitations

Priced per organisation from $1,250 a month billed annually, so the entry cost does not scale down for a small team
Contact allowances are the real cost driver, and extra blocks run from $100 to $400 per 10,000 contacts and month depending on edition
Business units cost $2,000 per unit and month on top of the edition price
The value rests on Salesforce being the system of record, which makes it a poor fit for companies running another CRM

Plans

Pricing

Oracle Eloqua

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement

Growth+ $1,250 Per organisation and month, billed annually. 10,000 contacts included. Extra contacts $100 per 10,000 and month.
Plus+ $2,750 Per organisation and month, billed annually. 10,000 contacts included. Extra contacts $150 per 10,000 and month.
Advanced+ $4,400 Per organisation and month, billed annually. 10,000 contacts included. Extra contacts $300 per 10,000 and month.
Premium+ $15,000 Per organisation and month, billed annually. 75,000 contacts included. Extra contacts $400 per 10,000 and month.

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What users say

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Oracle Eloqua

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement

Ease of use: Not rated yet
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Support and service: Not rated yet
Value for money: Not rated yet
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Where this comes from

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

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Account Engagement https://www.salesforce.com/marketing/b2b-automation/ · checked against the official source on 2026-09-15

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