Marketo

marketo.com · San Jose, United States of America

Marketo, now part of Adobe and branded as Adobe Marketo Engage, provides a cloud-based marketing automation platform that helps B2B and B2C organizations manage and automate digital marketing campaigns, lead management, and customer engagement across channels. The software is sold on a subscription basis to marketing and revenue teams, integrating with CRM and other systems to support demand generation and lifecycle marketing. Revenue is generated through SaaS licenses, tiers based on contact volumes and features, and related services.

  • Marketing Automation
  • Marketing Analytics & Attribution
  • Customer Data Platform
Revenue
$450.0M
Employees
1,500
Founded
2006
Headquarters
San Jose, United States of America

What 62 Arbolus experts think of Marketo

NPS distribution skews positive, with the majority of scores in the 7-10 range, reflecting strong satisfaction among enterprise and high spend users. Renewal intent is high in mature, larger organizations, particularly those with advanced marketing operations and greater spend, while smaller or pilot-stage users are less certain or negative on renewal. Most responses cite stickiness through more than one year of use, advanced stage implementation, and deep integration into marketing workflows. Key themes include valued automation, scalability, CRM integration, but recurring concerns over administrative complexity and learning curve for less mature organizations.Overall Customer Sentiment: Positive

Who reviewed Marketo

Total customers 62 56 current · 6 former
Reviews growth +27 in six months
Seniority of respondents
  • C-Suite 57% (35)
  • Director 34% (21)
  • Manager 9% (6)
Marketing Executive C-Suite NPS 3 Will renew
Revenue Leader Director NPS 8 Will renew
Marketing Executive C-Suite NPS 8 Undecided

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Sentiment

3 Net Promoter Score, from 62 scored reviews
  • Promoters 18
  • Passives 28
  • Detractors 16

Cumulative NPS by month

-1 over 6 months
  • May 8
  • Jun 7
  • Jul 7
  • Aug 7
  • Sep 7
  • Oct 7

Net Promoter Score across 7 reviews, accumulated up to each month. Category median 29 across 7 companies.

Praised

  • Streamlining Workflow and Integration
  • Reducing Operational Complexity
  • AI and Automation Expansion
  • Operational Efficiency and Analytics

Criticised

  • Learning Curve and Overhead
  • Not Suited for Smaller Companies
  • Complex Administration
  • AI-Native Competitors

What customers say

Operational Efficiency and Analytics
“Marketo provides the automation and analytics to align marketing performance directly with enterprise growth goals, significantly improving lead quality and pipeline visibility.”
Robust Automation and Measurement
“I rely on Marketo for lead nurturing, automation, segmentation, CRM integration, and lifecycle management at scale, supporting complex campaigns and business outcomes.”
Enterprise Scalability and Integration
“I chose Marketo over competitors due to its scalability, advanced lead scoring, flexible API integration, and strong data governance confidence for our IT and marketing leaders.”

Renewal intent

Plan to renew 62%
  • Will renew 23
  • Undecided 9
  • Not renewing 5

Plan to renew, by seniority

  • C-Suite 47% 19 answers
  • Director 85% 13 answers
  • Manager 0% 1 answer
  • Not specified 75% 4 answers
  • 8.3/10 Average score from customers who will renew
  • 6.7/10 Average score from undecided customers
  • 5/10 Average score from customers not renewing

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