Drip vs Oracle Eloqua

Written by Marcus Taylor - CEO
Updated 12/02/2026

5 minute read

Who is this software for?

Drip is ideal for small eCommerce businesses looking for a marketing automation platform.

Pros

  • Add events with metadata to contacts for advanced email campaigns
  • Drip.js lets you show custom CTA to you website visitors
  • Free plan for up to 100 subscribers

Cons

  • Complicated campaigns and funnels can get messy

Screenshots

Pricing

For 2.5k contacts
$39 / month
For 10k contacts
$154 / month
For 25k contacts
$369 / month
For 100k contacts
$1199 / month
Full feature pricing
$99 / month
Starting price
Free
Setup fee
Starting # of users
Cost per extra user
Refund policy
Free demo

Ratings

Overall rating
Ease of use
Value for money
Form templates
Customer support

Features

Lead scoring
Lead segmentation
Web activity tracking
SMS marketing
Personalize web content
Predictive analytics
Bi-directional CRM syncing
Event management
Create invoices
Create quotes
Split testing
Create membership sites
Bulk social media posting
Sales reports
Real-time sales alerts
Mobile app
Social CRM

Integrations

Outlook integration
Gmail integration
Salesforce integration
SugarCRM integration
Microsoft Dynamics integration
Zapier integration

General Info

HQ Location
United States
Founded in
2012

About Drip

Drip is a marketing automation software that helps businesses increase their revenue by automating their email marketing campaigns. It allows users to segment their audience, personalize their emails, and track the performance of their campaigns. Drip also includes features such as lead scoring, web tracking, and e-commerce integrations. Additionally, it provides a visual workflow builder that makes it easy to create complex automation sequences. Drip also offers a range of integrations with popular e-commerce platforms such as Shopify, BigCommerce, and WooCommerce. This makes it a great choice for eCommerce stores that are looking for an easy-to-use, yet powerful email marketing automation solution.

Who is this software for?

Eloqua is ideal for large enterprises looking for a powerful marketing automation solution

Pros

  • Well-designed visual campaign builder
  • HyperSite builder which lets users quickly build personalized microsites
  • Considered one of the most powerful marketing automation solutions for enterprises

Cons

  • Expensive plans start at $2,000 / month with long-term contracts
  • No integration with Google Adwords
  • Slow implementation time due to the the typical organizations that use Oracle Marketing Cloud

Screenshots

Pricing

For 2.5k contacts
Contact sales
For 10k contacts
Contact sales
For 25k contacts
Contact sales
For 100k contacts
Contact sales
Full feature pricing
$6,400 / month
Starting price
$2,000 / month
Setup fee
Starting # of users
Cost per extra user
Refund policy
Free demo

Ratings

Overall rating
Ease of use
Value for money
Form templates
Customer support

Features

Lead scoring
Lead segmentation
Web activity tracking
SMS marketing
Personalize web content
Predictive analytics
Bi-directional CRM syncing
Event management
Create invoices
Create quotes
Split testing
Create membership sites
Bulk social media posting
Sales reports
Real-time sales alerts
Mobile app
Social CRM

Integrations

Outlook integration
Gmail integration
Salesforce integration
SugarCRM integration
Microsoft Dynamics integration
Zapier integration

General Info

HQ Location
United States
Founded in
1999

About Oracle Eloqua

Oracle Eloqua allows you to plan, create and implement marketing campaigns across multiple channels. The marketing automation software provides tools to segment and target specific audiences with the most relevant content. You can analyze customer behavior through website analytics and social media monitoring. With ELoqua you can create a marketing calendar for content, promotions, on-boarding, lead nurturing and other campaigns. Create SEO optimized content with custom data attributes based on individual customer data, such as engagement stage or persona. Create landing pages and forms, and publish content across the most relevant platforms. Along with marketing automation, Oracle Eloqua can also be used as a sales automation tool for greater lead management. Create activity profiles for website visitors, email recipients or contacts in the database, Use contact profiling and segmentation to qualify leads and get a visual summary of prospect activity that is embedded within your CRM. Define various lead nurturing paths and branches depending on customer needs. Focus conversation on the topics that are most relevant to your prospects based on their activity profiles. Send pre built email templates directly from the CRM or the web, and receive real-time website visitor alerts.