Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform vs. Salesforce Data Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Real-Time CDP
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
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
Salesforce Data Cloud
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Salesforce 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
Pricing
Adobe Real-Time Customer Data PlatformSalesforce Data Cloud
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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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Community Pulse
Adobe Real-Time Customer Data PlatformSalesforce Data Cloud
Considered Both Products
Adobe Real-Time CDP
Chose Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
Adobe has a better usability, overall better profile governance and a better estimation for audiences. It works great with other Adobe Products
Salesforce Data Cloud
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 …
Features
Adobe Real-Time Customer Data PlatformSalesforce Data Cloud
Tag Management
Comparison of Tag Management features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
7.6
20 Ratings
8% below category average
Salesforce Data Cloud
-
Ratings
Tag library7.719 Ratings00 Ratings
Ease of writing custom tags7.419 Ratings00 Ratings
Rules-driven tag execution7.819 Ratings00 Ratings
Tag performance monitoring7.517 Ratings00 Ratings
Page load times7.717 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile app tagging7.517 Ratings00 Ratings
Audience Segmentation & Targeting
Comparison of Audience Segmentation & Targeting features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
8.2
23 Ratings
0% above category average
Salesforce Data Cloud
-
Ratings
Standard visitor segmentation8.323 Ratings00 Ratings
Behavioral visitor segmentation8.223 Ratings00 Ratings
Website personalization8.222 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
24 Ratings
7% below category average
Salesforce Data Cloud
-
Ratings
Account Scoring7.819 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Data Governance7.923 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Connectors8.124 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Enhancement7.224 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Ingestion8.324 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Storage7.924 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Visibility7.424 Ratings00 Ratings
Event Data8.424 Ratings00 Ratings
Identity Resolution7.523 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Source Connection
Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
-
Ratings
Salesforce Data Cloud
5.5
2 Ratings
40% 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 Product A and Product B
Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
-
Ratings
Salesforce Data Cloud
6.0
2 Ratings
30% below category average
Simple transformations00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Complex transformations00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
-
Ratings
Salesforce Data Cloud
7.2
2 Ratings
8% 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 Product A and Product B
Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
-
Ratings
Salesforce Data Cloud
6.5
2 Ratings
20% 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 Customer Data PlatformSalesforce Data Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(22 ratings)
8.3
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(22 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(22 ratings)
8.0
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
Adobe Real-Time Customer Data PlatformSalesforce 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.
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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
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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
  • Integration with other systems is really working for us. Also having models developed in Data Cloud and then use for servers, Salesforce sales and for Marketing Cloud.
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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
  • Sometimes it can be very fidgety and you need a team of salesforce developers in order to implement the solution
  • Can be expensive, but so are other providers
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Likelihood to Renew
Adobe
As I mentioned earlier, there are many reasons such as preparing a unified customer profile so you can easily evaluate your customers, generating segments or audiences for similar types of customers based on city, country, or attributes, and targeting them for campaigns. You can also create individual personalized journeys based on the data available at the customer level.
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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
Because it is worth this, the analytics, reporting, CRM, security parameters, mobile support all make it this worth. Also, I personally believe it has high potential to grab customers attention and increase sales.
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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
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 which is nice
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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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Salesforce
  • It's been really good because for example, now we can use some of the segmentation of our clients. We have all the models running in that cloud, so it's been easier for us having this information built and having the calculation of the segments that we want to use with clients.
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ScreenShots

Adobe Real-Time CDP Screenshots

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