Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Real-Time CDP
Score 8.3 out of 10
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Adobe'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
Epsilon PeopleCloud
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Epsilon PeopleCloud (formerly the Agility platform with Agility Harmony) is an enterprise-level email marketing and cross-channel campaign management platform competing with Responsys, Cheetah Mail, ExactTarget, etc. The vendor has a strong international presence with staff in 14 countries.N/A
FlowStack CDP
Score 0.0 out of 10
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Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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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
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Features
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Tag Management
Comparison of Tag Management features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
7.7
23 Ratings
6% below category average
Epsilon PeopleCloud
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FlowStack CDP
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Tag library7.722 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Ease of writing custom tags7.522 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Rules-driven tag execution7.922 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Tag performance monitoring7.620 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Page load times7.720 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile app tagging7.520 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Audience Segmentation & Targeting
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Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
8.3
26 Ratings
2% above category average
Epsilon PeopleCloud
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FlowStack CDP
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Standard visitor segmentation8.326 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Behavioral visitor segmentation8.226 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Website personalization8.325 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Data Management
Comparison of Customer Data Management features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
7.8
28 Ratings
5% below category average
Epsilon PeopleCloud
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FlowStack CDP
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Account Scoring7.923 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Data Governance8.026 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Connectors8.027 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Enhancement7.327 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Ingestion8.227 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Storage7.827 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Visibility7.427 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Event Data8.327 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Identity Resolution7.526 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(21 ratings)
7.0
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Likelihood to Renew
8.6
(21 ratings)
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Usability
7.9
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User Testimonials
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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.
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Epsilon
Appropriate for large organizations who want customization in their emails. The tool - while intuitive if you have previous background - is hefty and large in scope of capabilities. It's great for organizations who have multiple users and shows the name of person who last made changes. The reporting is really good - but may be a bit overwhelming for organizations who don't need a lot of detailed information
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FlowStack
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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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Epsilon
  • Fairly intuitive if you have previous experience with high-end email tools.
  • The training opportunities are good - they offer both online and/or live training.
  • The support we receive is very good.
  • The reporting feature is good - a lot of detailed information.
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FlowStack
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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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Epsilon
  • The tool could be improved to "remember" where you last left off (specific user). Having to constantly retrace steps if you get logged out is annoying.
  • Hitting the "back" arrow sends you back to a main section, when it should send you back to where you previously were.
  • It would be nice to see performance reports available within the campaign itself, as well as within the reporting section.
  • Ability to NOT be able to change anything in a campaign after it has launched. This has happened multiple times. We usually copy a previous campaign to start a new one but often, we end up changing content on the version we are copying from -- this is very annoying and dangerous.
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FlowStack
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Likelihood to Renew
Adobe
It is valuable to us like large organizations where it provides continuous values in situations and customer data is continuously changing and lot of operations required. It adds value in organisation with active users across online and marketing levels. It's really useful when team rely on fresh data to make the decision each and everyday
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Epsilon
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FlowStack
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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?
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Epsilon
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FlowStack
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Alternatives Considered
Adobe
Compared to competitors like Salesforce Data Cloud and Twilio Segment, RT-CDP is strongest in real-time segmentation, audience activation, and deep integration with digital experience tools. It was purpose-built to stream data, unify profiles, and activate them quickly for personalization and marketing use cases. By contrast, Salesforce Data Cloud emphasizes broader enterprise data unification across sales, service, and analytics, with strengths such as extensive connectors and zero-copy data access, while Segment is more developer-centric and focused on event collection and routing rather than full-scale activation. In practical terms, Adobe tends to outperform when the goal is orchestrating customer experiences across channels in near real time, whereas Salesforce may be stronger for CRM-centric organizations, and Segment for data pipeline flexibility and engineering-led teams.
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Epsilon
While both Epsilon Agility Harmony and Oracle Responsys are great for larger organizations that send a lot of emails, I think Epsilon Agility Harmony is more robust than Responsys and is easier to use. It is significantly more complex than HubSpot and requires previous knowledge of using an email tool that has content blocks and or dynamic content.
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FlowStack
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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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Epsilon
  • Increased email production = more communication to customers.
  • Better reporting = determine areas for improvement or scale up efforts.
  • Working on getting our triggered emails optimized - there's a great opportunity for this with this tool.
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FlowStack
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