Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) Share data in Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Revenue:
Subscription and support	$ 40,100,000mkto_SubscriptionAndSupportRevenue	$ 28,611,000mkto_SubscriptionAndSupportRevenue
Professional services and other	5,900,000	3,681,000
Total revenue	46,000,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	32,292,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet
Cost of revenue:
Subscription and support	9,074,000	6,235,000
Professional services and other	7,337,000	4,841,000
Total cost of revenue	16,411,000us-gaap_CostOfServices	11,076,000us-gaap_CostOfServices
Gross profit:
Subscription and support	31,026,000	22,376,000
Professional services and other	(1,437,000)	(1,160,000)
Total gross profit	29,589,000us-gaap_GrossProfit	21,216,000us-gaap_GrossProfit
Operating expenses:
Research and development	9,695,000us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense	7,131,000us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
Sales and marketing	30,032,000us-gaap_SellingAndMarketingExpense	20,368,000us-gaap_SellingAndMarketingExpense
General and administrative	8,782,000us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	6,192,000us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Total operating expenses	48,509,000us-gaap_OperatingExpenses	33,691,000us-gaap_OperatingExpenses
Loss from operations	(18,920,000)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	(12,475,000)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Other income (expense), net	520,000us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	(59,000)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Loss before provision (benefit) for income taxes	(18,400,000)	(12,534,000)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	212,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(14,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net loss	(18,612,000)us-gaap_ProfitLoss	(12,520,000)us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Net loss attributable to redeemable non-controlling interests	454,000	11,000
Net loss attributable to Marketo	$ (18,158,000)	$ (12,509,000)
Net loss per share of common stock, basic and diluted (in dollars per share)	$ (0.44)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	$ (0.32)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted
Shares used in computing net loss per share of common stock, basic and diluted (in shares)	41,613	39,379

Represents the cost of professional services and other consisting primarily of personnel and related costs directly associated with the entity's professional services and training organizations, including salaries, benefits, bonuses and stock-based compensation, the costs of sub-contracted third-party vendors, as well as allocated overhead.

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