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Marketing Automation Vendor Consolidation: Lessons from History

Customer Experience Matrix

Salesforce.com is the big question and no one would be surprised to see them make an acquisition. Microsoft is another possibility, although its Dynamics CRM is sold mostly to smaller businesses than the typical marketing automation system. Email marketing is another obvious adjacent space.

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Demandbase: A New Twist In The Lead Management Automation Market

Online Marketing Institute

I would put the lead management automation crop here: Eloqua, Loopfuse, Manticore Technologies, Market2Lead, Marketo, and Vtrenz. We generate, score and manage leads to sales completion and integration with Salesforce.com. But getting back to our category, we are often compared against Eloqua and Manticore.

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B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up

Online Marketing Institute

4) “Pure play” lead management – this group is lead by Eloqua , but there are a LOT of firms throwing their hat into this ring including Vtrenz, Hubspot, Manticore, Market2Lead, Marketo, LoopFuse, einsof, iHance, Precience, among many others. They actually have their sales and marketing orgs aligned and working together.