Marketing Automation

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CRM Replacement Halved to 9.7%. Incumbents Just Got a 3-Year Runway.

Martech replacement rates collapsed across categories in the 2025 Replacement Survey. Marketing automation churn dropped from 31.1% to 19.4% year over year, CRM fell from 22.1% to 9.7%, and email platforms slipped from 24.3% to 13.7%. The 3-5 year consequence: every vendor that survived

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Salesforce Rebuilt Marketing Cloud for Machines, Not Marketers

Salesforce launched Headless 360 on April 15, 2026, an API-first architecture layer that lets AI agents execute marketing workflows without a user interface. The announcement completes a strategic pivot from Marketing Cloud to Agentforce Marketing that began at Dreamforce 2025. Only 12% of Salesforce's 150,000+ customer base