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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Real-Time CDP

    Score8.3 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

    Dedup-Manager

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $16.45

    per month

    Sprout Social

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ASprout Social provides social media management, marketing, customer care, data and intelligence, and employee advocacy solutions for brands and agencies, including Ticketmaster, Chipotle, Grubhub, Subaru, and Zendesk. Sprout’s platform is used to simplify social publishing, engagement, reviews, analytics and listening for customers. Sprout also provides customer success and technical support, to deliver consistent value to all users. Any organization, regardless of size or industry, receives…

    $249

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Adobe Real-Time CDPDedup-ManagerSprout Social
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Basic
    $16.45
    per month
    Essentials
    $79 per seat/per month annual / $99 per seat/per month monthly
    Standard
    $199 annual / $249 monthly
    per user/per month
    Professional
    $299 annual / $399 monthly
    per user/per month
    Advanced
    $399 annual / $499 monthly
    per user/per month
    Free Trial
    Free
    for 30 days
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe Real-Time CDPDedup-ManagerSprout Social
    Free Trial
    NoYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeNo 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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    Community Pulse
    Adobe Real-Time CDPDedup-ManagerSprout Social
    Considered Multiple Products
    Adobe
    No answer on this topic
    ZaapIT
    No answer on this topic
    Sprout Social
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    27 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Would buy again
    106 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    93 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    26 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    108 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    21 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    92 Answers
    Features
    Adobe Real-Time CDPDedup-ManagerSprout Social
    Tag Management
    Comparison of Tag Management features of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform and Dedup-Manager and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
    7.7
    25 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Dedup-Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    -
    Ratings
    Tag library7.724 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ease of writing custom tags7.524 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Rules-driven tag execution7.924 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tag performance monitoring7.722 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page load times7.722 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile app tagging7.622 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience Segmentation & Targeting
    Comparison of Audience Segmentation & Targeting features of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform and Dedup-Manager and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
    8.3
    28 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Dedup-Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    -
    Ratings
    Standard visitor segmentation8.328 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Behavioral visitor segmentation8.228 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Website personalization8.327 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Data Management
    Comparison of Customer Data Management features of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform and Dedup-Manager and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
    7.8
    30 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Dedup-Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    -
    Ratings
    Account Scoring7.925 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Data Governance8.028 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Connectors8.029 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Enhancement7.329 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Ingestion8.229 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Storage7.829 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Visibility7.429 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event Data8.229 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Identity Resolution7.528 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform and Dedup-Manager and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Dedup-Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    7.2
    114 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings00 Ratings6.980 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings00 Ratings7.196 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis00 Ratings00 Ratings7.077 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage00 Ratings00 Ratings8.090 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform and Dedup-Manager and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Dedup-Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    8.2
    145 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings00 Ratings9.2145 Ratings
    Audience targeting00 Ratings00 Ratings7.2110 Ratings
    Content optimization00 Ratings00 Ratings8.2126 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings00 Ratings8.4126 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform and Dedup-Manager and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Dedup-Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    7.9
    132 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings00 Ratings7.687 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings00 Ratings8.1116 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings00 Ratings8.1115 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform and Dedup-Manager and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Dedup-Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    7.1
    96 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Lead generation00 Ratings00 Ratings6.869 Ratings
    Content marketing00 Ratings00 Ratings8.192 Ratings
    Paid media management00 Ratings00 Ratings6.23 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings00 Ratings7.24 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform and Dedup-Manager and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Dedup-Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    8.4
    144 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Twitter00 Ratings00 Ratings8.8126 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings00 Ratings8.7143 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings00 Ratings8.6130 Ratings
    Google+00 Ratings00 Ratings7.846 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings00 Ratings8.6132 Ratings
    Pinterest00 Ratings00 Ratings8.246 Ratings
    YouTube00 Ratings00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform and Dedup-Manager and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Dedup-Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    8.2
    146 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings00 Ratings8.6138 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings00 Ratings8.1134 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings00 Ratings7.8120 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform and Dedup-Manager and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Dedup-Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    8.0
    138 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings00 Ratings8.7132 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings00 Ratings7.3124 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Treasure AI
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score7.9 out of 10
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Adobe Real-Time CDPDedup-ManagerSprout Social
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (29 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (203 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (29 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (67 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (29 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (130 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (8 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.8
    (39 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (12 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (42 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe Real-Time CDPDedup-ManagerSprout Social
    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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    ZaapIT
    No answers on this topic
    Sprout Social
    Sprout is typically the first platform that comes to mind when I think of social media content scheduling/platform management/social media management. However, Sprout is very pricey, and I don’t think there’s an obvious standout element that helps differentiate it from other scheduling platforms. For organizations with only a few social media profiles, I’d be more likely to recommend lower-cost or free platforms as opposed to Sprout. I’d probably only recommend Sprout for organizations with dozens or hundreds of social media accounts
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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
    Incentivized
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    ZaapIT
    No answers on this topic
    Sprout Social
    • Social Scheduling: Sprout Social makes it easier than any platform I've used to schedule posts with each, and to batch-schedule the same post to run on multiple dates. The scheduling platform is intuitive and easy to understand.
    • Social Reporting: With just a few clicks of the button, you can easily export reports that are easy for both social media experts and complete novices to understand. I like how you can get a report within 60 seconds or so if needed.
    • Customer Service/Help: Whenever I've had a question, both my Sprout Social rep and the Help Center have been extremely easy to contact and quick to reply. Problems are solved very fast and it's made easy to understand.
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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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    ZaapIT
    No answers on this topic
    Sprout Social
    • I would like for Personal Instagram Accounts to be able to integrate with Sprout Social's Employee Advocacy platform. You are able to connect personally accounts to Sprout Social itself, which is great, but for employee re-sharing internal stories, this is not possible unless it is with a Business Instagram account.
    • I would like for the left hand tool bar to be more user friendly. There are so many tools and settings that are available, and I would like for it to be simplified in a way that makes it less cluttered.
    • An improvement can be made with the Sprout Social Mobile App. The user friendliness of the app does not allow as much autonomy as the regular webpage.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    It helps faster deal cycles, higher win rated and a lot better prioritisation of leads. The churn rate is low this leads to a higher lifetime value. All decisions are now impacted with the real time data provided by Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform. It is very useful in increasing average revenue per customer hence this rating is well justified for the product
    Incentivized
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    ZaapIT
    No answers on this topic
    Sprout Social
    Sprout Social is the best platform out there for social-media management, and now that I have all my clients using Sprout Social, it would be sort of silly for me to walk away format at this juncture. The only cloud on the horizon would be if Salesforce bought it (as has been rumored) and put it inside its walled garden.
    Incentivized
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    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?
    Incentivized
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    ZaapIT
    No answers on this topic
    Sprout Social
    Sprout Social is straightforward to use - built for anyone regardless of tech experience to be able to navigate. It integrates pretty seamlessly to the native platforms and brings a lot of things together to make a seamlessly experience for seasoned social media managers.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    ZaapIT
    No answers on this topic
    Sprout Social
    Uptime was OK, but given the fact that we are in Europe, there were some specific problems: They tended to take the system down for maintenance during the night in the US, which was during our workday. This was definitely problematic and hard to explain to our clients.
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    Performance
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    ZaapIT
    No answers on this topic
    Sprout Social
    It is quick to post, however you have to refresh the page every time you add a new scheduled item.
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    Support Rating
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    ZaapIT
    No answers on this topic
    Sprout Social
    The chat and online resources are great. The managers are too. They go through account reps pretty fast. Also, not a lot of onboarding once a product or service is sold. The ticket request system is terrible, they have too many people switching off roles, they take a long time to get back to you and don't plan on anything being fixed over a weekend - even if you have a problem. Their customer service via tickets is the worst.
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    Online Training
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    ZaapIT
    No answers on this topic
    Sprout Social
    Their training is good, but the promotion of it is even better. I don't need or have the time for training, but I was always happy to know it was there. They did a great job sending updates out and making me aware when there was a new feature that I may want training for. As for the training I never used it, so I can't comment on that
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    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    ZaapIT
    No answers on this topic
    Sprout Social
    Make sure you do it all the way. Do not break it into phases. Pour yourself a coffee, start it in the morning and you'll be done before you finish that coffee.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    Real time access of data Very popular so no need of marketing Customer profiles are updated immediately and easy to access multiple customer data Apt for both business to customers and business to business accounts Maintains strong focus on customer growth and standard profiles Privacy and confidentiality is better when compared to other customer data profile softwares
    Incentivized
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    ZaapIT
    No answers on this topic
    Sprout Social
    We started this agency using Later and switched to Iconosqaure because we needed more in-depth reporting. We switched from Iconosquare to Sprout Social because of the continuous scheduling bugs/issues we were having with our account and our terrible experience with their Customer Service team. We are planning to close our Sprout Social account and move to HeyOrca because of cost, ease of use, and the basic scheduling features Sprout Social doesn't offer.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • Improved ability to target users across different marketing DSPs
    • Increased click and conversion rate for Adobe Target
    • Lowered opt out and bounce rates for email
    • Decreased time to value on audience segmentation
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    ZaapIT
    No answers on this topic
    Sprout Social
    • One positive impact has been a huge time saver for our team. Where we once had multiple systems and delays from producing content to approval to publishing, now everything is seamless.
    • Another positive impact is streamlining the onboarding process for new team members. Sprout Social is user-friendly and intuitive, making it easy to study even for someone completely new to social media.
    • One negative impact has been the time it takes to wade through irrelevant social listening posts. The filtering is not effective enough to eliminate the noise.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Adobe Real-Time CDP Screenshots

    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

    Sprout Social Screenshots

    Screenshot of Sprout’s social media publishing tools, used to schedule and post messages to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and LinkedIn simultaneously from a single Compose window.