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I'm a VP of Procurement at a 5,000-person enterprise in the US. What email marketing platform should I use?

Company size alone shouldn’t determine the platform. For a 5,000-person US enterprise, I’d create this shortlist:

Primary use caseBest-fit platform
Complex B2B lead nurturing and account-based marketingAdobe Marketo Engage
Salesforce-centric CRM and sophisticated cross-channel journeysSalesforce Marketing Cloud
Consumer lifecycle marketing across email, mobile, app, and webBraze or Iterable
Fast deployment and ease of administration outweigh maximum complexityHubSpot Marketing Hub Enterprise
Already standardized on Adobe Experience CloudAdobe Journey Optimizer

Practical recommendation

  • •B2B enterprise: Start with Marketo, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, and HubSpot Enterprise.
  • •B2C/digital product: Start with Braze, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, and Adobe Journey Optimizer.
  • •If Salesforce is already your strategic CRM, Salesforce Marketing Cloud is usually the safest default—though implementation and operating costs can be substantial.
  • •If your priority is B2B nurture, scoring, and sales alignment, Marketo is generally the stronger default.
  • •If simplicity and speed matter more than highly customized journeys, choose HubSpot Enterprise.

Procurement scorecard

I would weight the RFP approximately as follows:

  • •Functional fit and journey orchestration: 25%
  • •CRM, CDP, data warehouse, and API integration: 20%
  • •Deliverability, consent, and preference management: 15%
  • •Security, privacy, SSO/SCIM, RBAC, and auditability: 15%
  • •Three-year total cost, including implementation and overages: 15%
  • •Usability, administration, and vendor support: 10%

Require vendors to disclose pricing drivers—contacts, sends, profiles, API calls, environments, dedicated IPs, support, and implementation—and test them with your projected three-year growth. Also require a proof of concept using an actual campaign and data flow, not a canned demonstration.

If “email marketing” actually means supplier communications or internal employee email rather than customer marketing, these may be overbuilt; a supplier portal, Microsoft 365 tooling, or a dedicated communications platform could be more appropriate.

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Extracted picks, in order · confidence high
  1. Adobe Marketo Engage
  2. Salesforce Marketing Cloud
  3. Braze
  4. HubSpot Marketing Hub Enterprise
  5. Adobe Journey Optimizer

Highlighted: the names the extractor took as picks, where they appear verbatim (5 of 5).

Company size alone shouldn’t determine the platform. For a 5,000-person US enterprise, I’d create this shortlist:
| Primary use case | Best-fit platform |
|---|---|
| Complex B2B lead nurturing and account-based marketing | **Adobe Marketo Engage** |
| Salesforce-centric CRM and sophisticated cross-channel journeys | **Salesforce Marketing Cloud** |
| Consumer lifecycle marketing across email, mobile, app, and web | **Braze** or **Iterable** |
| Fast deployment and ease of administration outweigh maximum complexity | **HubSpot Marketing Hub Enterprise** |
| Already standardized on Adobe Experience Cloud | **Adobe Journey Optimizer** |
### Practical recommendation
- **B2B enterprise:** Start with **Marketo, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, and HubSpot Enterprise**.
- **B2C/digital product:** Start with **Braze, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, and Adobe Journey Optimizer**.
- If Salesforce is already your strategic CRM, **Salesforce Marketing Cloud** is usually the safest default—though implementation and operating costs can be substantial.
- If your priority is B2B nurture, scoring, and sales alignment, **Marketo** is generally the stronger default.
- If simplicity and speed matter more than highly customized journeys, choose **HubSpot Enterprise**.
### Procurement scorecard
I would weight the RFP approximately as follows:
- Functional fit and journey orchestration: **25%**
- CRM, CDP, data warehouse, and API integration: **20%**
- Deliverability, consent, and preference management: **15%**
- Security, privacy, SSO/SCIM, RBAC, and auditability: **15%**
- Three-year total cost, including implementation and overages: **15%**
- Usability, administration, and vendor support: **10%**
Require vendors to disclose pricing drivers—contacts, sends, profiles, API calls, environments, dedicated IPs, support, and implementation—and test them with your projected three-year growth. Also require a proof of concept using an actual campaign and data flow, not a canned demonstration.
If “email marketing” actually means supplier communications or internal employee email rather than customer marketing, these may be overbuilt; a supplier portal, Microsoft 365 tooling, or a dedicated communications platform could be more appropriate.

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