
What is Salesforce CDP?
Customers have gone digital-first. And marketers must be data-first in order to engage with relevance, personalize every moment, and build trusted customer relationships. And they must do all this while driving revenue and working from anywhere. Salesforce CDP can help keep you centered with a single-source of truth — providing more intelligent, actionable, and trusted data at your fingertips.
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86 Likeliness to Recommend
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98 Plan to Renew
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82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+95 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Salesforce CDP?
Pros
- Respectful
- Client Friendly Policies
- Fair
- Altruistic
How to read the Emotional Footprint
The Net Emotional Footprint measures high-level user sentiment towards particular product offerings. It aggregates emotional response ratings for various dimensions of the vendor-client relationship and product effectiveness, creating a powerful indicator of overall user feeling toward the vendor and product.
While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
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Salesforce CDP Reviews

Saumin D.
- Role: Operations
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Sep 2025
Using Salesforce CDP for Smarter Customer Insights
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Salesforce CDP from other similar products?
Salesforce CDP stands out from other customer data platforms due to its deep integration within the broader Salesforce ecosystem, allowing businesses to unify customer data from various sources—such as CRM, marketing, sales, and service into a single comprehensive profile. It offers real-time data processing and AI-powered segmentation through Salesforce Einstein, enabling highly personalized and timely customer experiences across multiple channels. Additionally, Salesforce CDP’s robust connectivity with tools like MuleSoft and Tableau allows seamless integration with external systems and advanced data visualization. Unique features such as z
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Its real-time personalization powered by AI. The way it can instantly unify data from multiple sources and then use Salesforce Einstein to deliver highly targeted, personalized experiences across channels is impressive. This not only helps businesses engage customers more meaningfully but also drives better outcomes by making every interaction smarter and more relevant. Plus, the seamless integration with the entire Salesforce ecosystem makes it a very powerful and flexible tool for marketers and customer success teams alike
What do you dislike most about this product?
Its complexity and cost, especially for smaller businesses. Because it’s deeply integrated within the Salesforce ecosystem and packed with advanced features, setting it up and customizing it to fit specific needs can be resource-intensive and may require specialized expertise. Additionally, the pricing can be quite high compared to other CDPs, which might put it out of reach for some organizations. So, while it’s powerful, it might feel overwhelming or too expensive for companies without a mature Salesforce environment or dedicated technical teams. Does that align with what you’ve heard or experienced?
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I recommend ensuring your business uses or plans to use other Salesforce products, as the CDP’s strength lies in seamless ecosystem integration. Clearly define your customer data sources and goals to tailor implementation effectively. Be ready for a complex setup requiring resources for data integration, training, and management. Leverage AI features like Einstein for personalization, but ensure your team is prepared. Finally, evaluate costs versus ROI and consider starting with a pilot before full adoption.
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Performance Enhancing
- Trustworthy
- Efficient Service

Aditya A.
- Role: Operations
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Sep 2025
powerful, needs better real-time capabilities
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Salesforce CDP from other similar products?
stands out due in CRM integration, strong data security, native compatibility with other Salesforce products making it ideal for organizations already in the salesforce ecosystem
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
data unification and segmentation capabilities are highly efficient enabling better audience targeting, improved personalization, deeper customer insights
What do you dislike most about this product?
implementation and integration process is a bit complex, time-consuming especially when connecting non-salesforce data sources, requiring significant IT involvement
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
evaluate data integration before purchase, salesforce CDP works best if you’re already using salesforce CRM and related products, also invest in training and involve both IT and business teams early for a smoother rollout
Pros
- Security Protects
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable

Jon S.
- Role: Sales Marketing
- Industry: Other
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jan 2024
Great for staying organized with clients info
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Salesforce CDP from other similar products?
Easy to learn and stay organized. The end-user experience and look is clean and neat.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Ease of use
What do you dislike most about this product?
Nothing at the moment.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Definitely give it a try!
Pros
- Trustworthy
- Unique Features
- Respectful
- Client Friendly Policies