Spark by Marketo - Top Competitors (Mar 2022)

Spark by Marketo Review
ITQlick Score: 89/100
ITQlick Rating:
Pricing: 8/10 - high cost
Category: Marketing -> Spark by Marketo review -> Spark by Marketo competitors
Ranking:Ranked 13 out of 641 Marketing systems
Company: Marketo
Pricing: starts at $895 per month
Typical customers: Small, medium and large size businesses
Platforms: Desktop
Links: Spark by Marketo review, Spark by Marketo pricing guide
Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / updated: Mar 04, 2022

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Spark by Marketo vs. Alternatives in 2024

Some of the main competitors for Spark by Marketo are Active Campaign and BizConnector.

Active Campaign provides marketing automation solutions for small businesses. Its features include email & mobile marketing with ready templates for both newsletters & marketing campaigns, as well as customer segmentation for better targeting. Additionally there is support for split testing, dynamic content embedding and intelligent follow-up based on behavioral response. There are also options to monitor websites & social media to analyze customer traffic in order to trigger automated responses to convert to leads.

Spark by Marketo on the other hand includes similar features but also provides the options for lead scoring to allow focus on those leads with greater probability for conversions. This is supported by a lead nurturing process which includes regular follow-up and engagement with these prospects.

Then there is BizConnector which provides integration with Salesforce for the provision of CRM functionality. The product also supports intelligent drip marketing to ensure the right message is sent to the customer at the right intervals to optimize conversion probabilities. Additionally there is a campaign validation feature to prevent errors and support for mobile SMS marketing as well. The product is available as a cloud based solution with workflow automation to manage the customer and marketing communications.

Spark by Marketo supports some of these features and is also available as a cloud based solution. However it provides analytic tools for providing customer insights to help in campaign targeting, and it can also handle event marketing in the form of webinars & online meetings.

Spark by Marketo alternatives - for small & large Business

Here are the top 4 alternatives to Spark by Marketo that are worth checking out: Flashtalking for SMBs, AdsWizz for large size business, ClearView Social for growing companies, and Google AdMob for low budget organizations.

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Spark by...
ITQlick rating
4.2/5
Score
89/100
Pricing
8/10
License pricing
$895 per month
Functionality
30
Best for SMBs
Flashtalking
ITQlick rating
3.9/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
5.6/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
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3
Best for Enterprise
AdsWizz
ITQlick rating
4.9/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
6/10
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Pricing not available
Functionality
4
Growing
ClearVie...
ITQlick rating
4.7/5
Score
91/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$300 per month
Functionality
3
Free version
Google A...
ITQlick rating
3.7/5
Score
82/100
Pricing
6/10
License pricing
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Functionality
3

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