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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

    FlowStack CDP

    N/AN/AN/AN/A

    Khoros Social Media Management

    Score6.6 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium) is a social media management platform. Key features include: Plan and Organize Social Campaigns, Manage Real-Time Engagement, and Learn and Prove Social ImpactN/A
    Pricing
    Adobe Real-Time CDPFlowStack CDPKhoros Social Media Management
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe Real-Time CDPFlowStack CDPKhoros Social Media Management
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeOptional
    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 CDPFlowStack CDPKhoros Social Media Management
    Considered Multiple Products
    Adobe
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    FlowStack
    No answer on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    27 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Would buy again
    107 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
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    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    77 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    26 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    109 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    52 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    21 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    55 Answers
    Features
    Adobe Real-Time CDPFlowStack CDPKhoros Social Media Management
    Tag Management
    Comparison of Tag Management features of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform and FlowStack CDP and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
    7.7
    25 Ratings
    6% below category average
    FlowStack CDP
    -
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    Khoros Social Media Management
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    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 FlowStack CDP and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
    8.3
    28 Ratings
    2% above category average
    FlowStack CDP
    -
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    Khoros Social Media Management
    -
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    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 FlowStack CDP and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
    7.8
    30 Ratings
    4% below category average
    FlowStack CDP
    -
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    Khoros Social Media Management
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    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 FlowStack CDP and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
    -
    Ratings
    FlowStack CDP
    -
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    Khoros Social Media Management
    6.9
    123 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings00 Ratings7.296 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings00 Ratings6.5105 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis00 Ratings00 Ratings7.194 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage00 Ratings00 Ratings6.9116 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform and FlowStack CDP and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
    -
    Ratings
    FlowStack CDP
    -
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    Khoros Social Media Management
    8.2
    153 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings00 Ratings8.8151 Ratings
    Audience targeting00 Ratings00 Ratings8.0116 Ratings
    Content optimization00 Ratings00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings00 Ratings7.1136 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform and FlowStack CDP and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
    -
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    FlowStack CDP
    -
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    Khoros Social Media Management
    7.5
    118 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings00 Ratings6.996 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings00 Ratings6.6108 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings00 Ratings9.199 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform and FlowStack CDP and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
    -
    Ratings
    FlowStack CDP
    -
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    Khoros Social Media Management
    6.7
    108 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Lead generation00 Ratings00 Ratings6.252 Ratings
    Content marketing00 Ratings00 Ratings6.491 Ratings
    Paid media management00 Ratings00 Ratings7.12 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings00 Ratings7.195 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform and FlowStack CDP and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
    -
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    FlowStack CDP
    -
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    Khoros Social Media Management
    7.0
    152 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Twitter00 Ratings00 Ratings7.9143 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings00 Ratings6.2148 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings00 Ratings6.0109 Ratings
    Google+00 Ratings00 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings00 Ratings7.3137 Ratings
    Pinterest00 Ratings00 Ratings5.450 Ratings
    YouTube00 Ratings00 Ratings7.333 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform and FlowStack CDP and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
    -
    Ratings
    FlowStack CDP
    -
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    Khoros Social Media Management
    7.0
    136 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings00 Ratings6.9126 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings00 Ratings7.5125 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings00 Ratings6.581 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform and FlowStack CDP and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
    -
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    FlowStack CDP
    -
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    Khoros Social Media Management
    6.5
    141 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings00 Ratings7.2137 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings00 Ratings5.8116 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Adobe Real-Time CDPFlowStack CDPKhoros Social Media Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (29 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (189 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (29 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (34 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (29 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (29 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (11 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    7.7
    (31 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (7 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    6.0
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    7.7
    (24 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    5.5
    (4 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    7.0
    (127 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe Real-Time CDPFlowStack CDPKhoros Social Media Management
    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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    FlowStack
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    While I cannot say any scenarios where Khoros wouldn't be useful (when it comes to social media moderation), I can say it is very well suited for clients who have time constraints on their work. With the speed Khoros can pull in new content, we see issues for the client almost immediately.
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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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    FlowStack
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • Reporting is great - easy to create bespoke dashboards for multiple ways to view the data and trends in platform
    • Onboarding and training - a good repository of knowledge articles for users to access on most aspects of the platform for self-learning
    • The user-friendly and intuitive interface allows any user to quickly assimilate how to use the platform.
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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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    FlowStack
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • Look and feel of the interface could use a refresh as it's not very exciting to use
    • Improve analytics features and accuracy
    • Facilitate bulk actions
    • Better alerts/visibility of collaborative actions and assigned tasks
    • Clearer communication around new feature releases and announcements
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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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    FlowStack
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    There is no product like Khoros. Our company lives and dies by the analytics, and to date, we have not seen a more comprehensive analytics structure for any social media management tool. Khoros support is also fantastic, responding and resolving any and all questions, ideas, or complaints, usually in 24 hours.
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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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    FlowStack
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Khoros Marketing is very user-friendly and easy to navigate. The calendar visibility is the view I use most so I can see all posts going out on all of our channels. It allows us to time posts in a proper cadence so we don't overlap with other pressing content.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    FlowStack
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • We still experience a bit of downtime and slowness here but things have drastically improved in the last year with their feature updates and reconfigured hosting.
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    Performance
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    FlowStack
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Khoros has greatly improved the performance of its SaaS products in the last 5 years. Their applications, including Conversations, Intelligence, and Experiences, all load quickly with real-time data. This performance is critical to provide meaningful, social customer support, and marketing. The performance maintains integrity even when you deploy powerful integrations like Salesforce Customer Relationship Manager.
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    Support Rating
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    FlowStack
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Overall, support does a great job and is timely in their responses and efforts. We have had to contact support many times due to the Capture app. Some tickets have remained open for months, while others get resolved quickly. I understand this is not always up to support and they often have to wait for their engineering team to fix issues that we identified, but it's difficult to deal with issues that are affecting our workflow, especially for extended amounts of time.
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    In-Person Training
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    FlowStack
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • As a very early customer, we did not undergo formal training but worked closely with the team to get the system set up to do what we wanted. However, online training resources are now available with many blog posts / video lessons and tutorials.
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    Online Training
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    FlowStack
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    it is important to note that my perspective is not necessarily common - I'm a geek/nerd/poweruser in general, so I found the online resources to be more than adequate (and often very aesthetically pleasing, too). That said, a less "geeky" person might struggle a bit.
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    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    FlowStack
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    The implementation team from Khoros were great - they worked hard to understand our somewhat complex organization, and were with us all the way through face to face meetings, user training, and technical training. We had a clearly defined account manager and implementation manager, who worked really effectively together and with us.
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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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    FlowStack
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    At the time of purchase, Khoros met a specific technical need that other vendors couldn't provide for us. Now, however, Sprout Social has this same capability, and Khoros is massively inferior to it on everything but price and some minor UX issues. At this point Khoros seems to be lagging badly behind most competing products
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    Scalability
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    FlowStack
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Again, I am a fairly new employee to The Social Lights (I've only been here for 11 months) and I am also fairly new to the workforce (I've only just graduated from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities) so it's hard for me to talk too much about the scalability of businesses; however, I feel like this would help
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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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    FlowStack
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • Negatively impacted relationship with Khoros as they're notoriously difficult to engage with or able to produce viable results from our feedback.
    • Negatively impacted KPI reporting, as metrics were inaccurate for six months.
    • Negatively impacted resource management, as there've been so many restrictions with this platform that simple, day-to-day tasks take so much longer.
    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

    Khoros Social Media Management Screenshots

    Screenshot of the channel performance dashboard, for monitoring different metrics and comparing the performance of posts by content type and labels to optimize for the audience.Screenshot of the cross-channel dashboard. It provides a holistic view of paid and organic campaigns, allowing teams to compare performance and optimize for engagement and reach with campaigns.Screenshot of the cross-channel dashboard. Users can compare the performance of posts across channels, ensuring that time and resources are allocated effectively to reach the target audience.Screenshot of the calendar view. This presents all scheduled posts by assignee, channel, and tags so that nothing is missed and content is delivered on time.Screenshot of approval paths in Khoros. Get sign-off and feedback across teams for paid and organic posts to reduce brand risk.