Customer data platforms · November 2026 Edition
Salesforce Data Cloud vs Census
One of fourteen models named Salesforce Data Cloud first on the direct prompt; one named Census. Salesforce Data Cloud was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Census by five and Salesforce Data Cloud carries 50 labels and Census 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.
By Salesforce, San Francisco, United States, founded 1999. Named in eight categories this edition.
By Fivetran, United States. Named in five categories this edition.
First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate20%20%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#8A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels5010A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Salesforce Data Cloud reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Segment was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Segment vs Salesforce Data Cloud · Segment vs Census · RudderStack vs Salesforce Data Cloud
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the customer data platforms page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Salesforce Data CloudFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCensus
Direct112 against Salesforce Data Cloud
Paraphrase002 against Salesforce Data Cloud
Comparative20
Budget-constrained002 against Salesforce Data Cloud
Scale-constrained00
Negative104 against Salesforce Data Cloud · 2 against Census
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Salesforce Data Cloud and Census stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | |||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | | |
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | | ||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | |||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | |||
| Kimi K2 | | | ||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-6 Luna | ||||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
Salesforce Data Cloud Census first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Salesforce Data Cloud on the left and Census on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Salesforce Data Cloud and Census stood in it.
Salesforce Data Cloud first, Census not the choice
1 of 14 modelsCensus was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GPT-5.4 miniSalesforce Data Cloud alternatives: Hightouch, Segment
Census first, Salesforce Data Cloud not the choice
1 of 14 modelsSalesforce Data Cloud was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Gemini 3.5 FlashCensus, Hightouch alternatives: 6sense Revenue AI, Demandbase, HubSpot CDP, Segment
Neither was the first choice, one was named
8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5HubSpot CDP, Oracle Unity alternatives: Blueshift, Hightouch, Salesforce Data Cloud
Grok 4.20Segment alternatives: Hightouch, RudderStack, Salesforce Data Cloud
Mistral SmallBlueConic, Segment alternatives: Salesforce Data Cloud
DeepSeek V4 FlashSegment alternatives: 6sense, Demandbase, Hightouch, RudderStack, Salesforce Data Cloud
Llama 4 MaverickSegment alternatives: RudderStack, Salesforce Data Cloud
Qwen 3.7 FlashBlueConic alternatives: Lytics, Salesforce Data Cloud, Segment
GLM 4.7 FlashXSegment alternatives: Hightouch, RudderStack, Salesforce Data Cloud, Tealium Customer Data Hub
Muse Glimmer 30BSegment alternatives: Hightouch, HubSpot CDP, RudderStack, Salesforce Data Cloud
Neither was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Perplexity SonarSegment alternatives: BlueConic, Hightouch, RudderStack
Kimi K2Segment alternatives: Hightouch, HubSpot Customer Platform, Lytics, RudderStack
MiniMax M2.5Segment alternatives: BlueConic, Hightouch, RudderStack
GPT-6 LunaHightouch alternatives: HubSpot CDP, Segment
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Level: the same share of first choices.
Salesforce Data Cloud0%#13 of 13Census0%#– of 13Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Salesforce Data Cloud2%#6 of 14Census2%#8 of 14Enterprise
Salesforce Data Cloud leads by fifty points.
Salesforce Data Cloud50%#1 of 12Census0%#10 of 12What the models said about Salesforce Data Cloud
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“Frequently called out for being an "overpriced mess"... Best avoided if you're not already deep in the Salesforce ecosystem.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid these unless you have multi-region regulatory compliance needs or massive transaction volumes.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · hard negative
“Salesforce Data 360 is a strong choice for mid-market B2B organizations already using Salesforce” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice
“Salesforce Data Cloud | Overall best enterprise CDP | Deep CRM integration, AI-powered insights” MiniMax M2.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Census
No label in this category carried a quote.
Also compared
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.