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    Adobe Real-Time CDP

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AAdobe's Real-Time Customer Data Platform allows marketers to collect, normalize, and unify known and pseudonymous consumer and professional data into real-time profiles. These person or account-based profiles then power B2B, B2C, and hybrid customer experiences at scale.N/A

    Salesforce Data Cloud

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ASalesforce Data Cloud (formerly Salesforce Genie) is a solution to put data to work for customers. It is deeply embedded in the Einstein 1 Platform, which means any external data lake or warehouse can now drive actions and workflows inside of the Salesforce CRM.

    $108,000

    per year per org

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    Adobe Real-Time CDPSalesforce Data Cloud
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    Data Cloud for Marketing
    $108000
    per year per org
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe Real-Time CDPSalesforce Data Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAdobe offers three tiers of Real-Time CDP tailored for any type of business wanting to power their customer experience management strategy with unified customer data. The Business-to-Consumer Edition is for B2C brands wanting to personalize experiences for consumers. The Business-to-Business Edition is for B2B brands wanting to personalize experiences for leads and accounts. The Business-to-Person Edition is for combined B2C and B2B brands wanting to personalize experiences for the same person across all lines of business.—
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    Adobe Real-Time CDPSalesforce Data Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Real-Time CDP
    Adobe has a better usability, overall better profile governance and a better estimation for audiences. It works great with other Adobe Products
    Incentivized
    Salesforce
    Chose Salesforce Data Cloud
    I like Salesforce Data Cloud because like mentioned before, it is easy to use, easy to generate reports, create workflows, keep track of customer data, sales data, house data, etc. You can also import excel sheets with customer data as well and it will create the fields for you …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    85%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    18 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    79%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Adobe Real-Time CDPSalesforce Data Cloud
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform and Salesforce Data Cloud
    Feature
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Data Cloud
    5.5
    2 Ratings
    42% below category average
    Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform and Salesforce Data Cloud
    Feature
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Data Cloud
    6.0
    2 Ratings
    31% below category average
    Simple transformations00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Complex transformations00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform and Salesforce Data Cloud
    Feature
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Data Cloud
    7.2
    2 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Data model creation00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Metadata management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow00 Ratings6.52 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings6.52 Ratings
    Testing and debugging00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform and Salesforce Data Cloud
    Feature
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Data Cloud
    6.5
    2 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Adobe Real-Time CDPSalesforce Data Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    -
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    7.1
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
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    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe Real-Time CDPSalesforce Data Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    In any scenario where we have a unique offline and online 'Person ID,' we are able to see great results with profile stitching within CDP. In cases where we do not have a unique Person ID between datasets, we find ourselves at a point where we would need to change our architecture to have the same Person ID to see results.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    I would recommend Salesforce Data Cloud as an 8 because it is great for keeping track of customer and sale information, it is easy to use, it is easy to generate reports and it is user friendly. However, it is very expensive and does not integrate with other CRMs well
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • Real time segmentation and profiling on high volume of customer data
    • Integration of various customer data sources, ranging from CRM, Web Analytics, EDL and other custom sources
    • Data governance of customer data in the platform, down to attribute based access controls
    • Activation across paid media, marketing automation and experience optimization platforms
    • Easy to use interface for marketers
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    Salesforce
    • Ingest data from various sources
    • Reporting an Analysis
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • Some features that are not yet released to all customers are necessary to manage cases like device sharing
    • The methodology of how data is stored and manage is relatively unique and requires some ramp-up to fully understand
    • There are some areas, like deduplication, where the platform doesn't provide the flexibility one would expect
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    Salesforce
    • Better UI for naive users
    • More comprehensive reports for end users
    • Maintenance is high for now
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform quickly becomes a must-have once you are through the "build it" phase. Direct integration with a wide variety of disparate systems makes it a difficult proposition to remove once users are trained in its various systems and fully bought into the strategy behind its use. Support for a wide range of teams is helpful in adoption and continued use of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform - everyone in data engineering, martech, frontend marketing can find a use case to pursue.
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Adobe
    Activation - great Segmentation - in UI, there should be the possibility of writing advanced code Tags. Both Mobile and Desktop Data Ingestion - might be pain in the ass. Changing one customer attribute is time-consuming. It should be some super admin or some feature. One user can change some customers' attributes easily. Data Transformation - Maybe there are some modules for that in AJO?
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    Salesforce
    I would rate Salesforce Data Cloud's usability a 9 because I do think it is very easy to use. You can easily create new contacts, add notes to contacts, add house information, generate reports, create workflows, etc. You can even have it schedule marketing emails to customers to auto send an email for holidays like Christmas, New Years, etc. It is very user friendly and helps to create a nice customer journey with it all in once place.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    Its my favorite tool in the entire Adobe Experience Platform ecosystem. I thought that its important to be connected with your customers and the best way to do it its to have a really good description to reveal what they like and prefer, that's the most important thing, so that's why I like Adobe Real-Time CDP
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    Salesforce
    They are quite similar but it was a decision made amongst other stakeholders as well so I can’t justify the reason from my own department but as I understand salesforce allows better integration and since our CRM is already on salesforce it makes sense for us to unify at all.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • it has allowed us to gain more insights into our profiles
    • we have been able to manage our schemas with ease
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    Salesforce
    • Faster analytics gains market
    • Reporting can be more comprehensive
    • Impressive security
    • Maintenance is slower
    • Not suitable for startups
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    Screenshot of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform Profiles by Data SourceScreenshot of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform Profiles and SegmentsScreenshot of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform Customer ProfileScreenshot of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform Scoring Summary