Head to head
Agentforce Marketing (formerly Marketing Cloud) vs Klaviyo
Both platforms are scored with the same methodology and the same category rubric. Nothing on this page is influenced by advertising.
58/100Higher score | 56/100 | |
|---|---|---|
| Category rank | #2 | #3 |
| Confidence | High confidence | High confidence |
| External Reputation | 82 | 63 |
| AI Authority | 25 | 57 |
| Web Authority | 57 | 35 |
| Expert Assessment | 66 | 70 |
| TOP10 User Score | — | — |
| Pricing | USD $25/user/month (Salesforce Starter — a lighter CRM suite, not the full marketing platform); USD $1,500/org/month for Marketing Cloud Next Growth Edition, billed annually · free tier: None published | From $20/month (Email plan, 251–500 active profiles) — provisional, third-party sourced · free tier: Up to 250 active profiles, 500 email sends and 150 SMS/MMS credits per month; email support for the first 60 days only |
| Pricing model | Subscription | Subscription (tiered on active profiles) plus paid add-ons |
| Best for | Organisations already running Salesforce CRM, with a marketing ops team or implementation partner and budget from roughly $18,000/year upward, that need cross-channel orchestration on data shared with sales and service — and especially existing Pardot or ExactTarget customers taking the Account Engagement+ or Engagement+ route. | Established Shopify, Magento or custom-store ecommerce brands with high revenue per subscriber and disciplined list hygiene, who will use deep store-data segmentation to earn back a premium, variable bill. |
| Avoid if | You are a small business or solo marketer needing email plus basic automation, you have no Salesforce footprint or admin resource, or you require published, predictable all-in pricing — since support tiers, transaction fees and volume limits are not fully quantified. | You need a fixed, predictable budget, run a large low-engagement or non-opted-in list, send high-volume batch campaigns against a cap, are a non-ecommerce B2B or newsletter sender, or need responsive human support at entry-level spend. |
| Markets | Mid-market, Enterprise, B2B, B2C | SMB, Mid-Market, Ecommerce brands, Agencies |
| Founded | — | — |
| Headquarters | — | — |
A higher TOP SCORE means more of the evidence favours that platform on this methodology — it is not a recommendation, and it does not account for your specific requirements. Advertisers are never declared the winner of a comparison.