Marketo provides comprehensive marketing automation that enables B2B and B2C marketers to engage customers and prospects across every stage of complex buying journeys, with powerful lead management, email marketing, and analytics capabilities integrated within Adobe's experience platform.
Last updated Mar 7, 2026 by AI Enrichment
Leading marketing automation platform, now part of Adobe Experience Cloud
Marketo is a comprehensive marketing automation platform that provides lead management, email marketing, consumer marketing, customer base marketing, and mobile marketing solutions. Founded in 2006, the company became a pioneer in marketing automation software, particularly for B2B marketers, offering tools to automate and measure marketing engagement, tasks, and workflows. In 2018, Adobe acquired Marketo for $4.75 billion, integrating it into the Adobe Experience Cloud as a key component of Adobe's marketing automation capabilities. Today, Marketo operates as Adobe Marketo Engage, continuing to serve thousands of customers worldwide with its marketing automation platform. The solution enables marketers to create, automate, and measure campaigns across multiple channels, manage leads throughout the customer journey, and provide analytics to optimize marketing performance. Marketo remains a distinct brand within Adobe's portfolio, maintaining its strong position in the marketing automation space while benefiting from integration with Adobe's broader suite of experience and creative tools. As part of Adobe, Marketo continues to compete in the marketing automation market against platforms like Salesforce Marketing Cloud, HubSpot, and Oracle Eloqua. The platform is particularly strong in B2B marketing automation, offering sophisticated lead scoring, nurturing capabilities, and deep CRM integrations, especially with Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics.
Core marketing automation platform for lead management, email marketing, and campaign orchestration
Tools for lead scoring, nurturing, and routing throughout the customer lifecycle
Advanced email creation, personalization, testing, and delivery capabilities
B2C marketing automation for personalized customer experiences
Revenue attribution, campaign analytics, and performance measurement tools
ABM capabilities for targeting and engaging key accounts
Mobile engagement and in-app messaging capabilities