8 categories · RankedAdobe Real-Time CDP
Adobe Real-Time CDP is a customer data platform from Adobe, built on Adobe Experience Platform · adobe.com ↗
Gane, the publisher, sells software in AI marketing agents, where this product is measured. It is measured there by the same method as every other product. How the conflict is handled.
Strongest at enterprise. Ranked 196 of 200 for small business buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Segment is first at 38%.
Segment is first at 36%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Salesforce Data Cloud is first at 40%.
Why models recommend it
“For most enterprises: Start with Gartner/Forrester leaders (Salesforce, Adobe, ActionIQ).”Grok 4.20 · Comparative question · first choice
“Adobe Real-Time CDP and Salesforce Data Cloud are strong fits when a company is already deep in the Adobe or Salesforce ecosystem”Muse Glimmer 30B · Paraphrase question · alternative
“Choose Adobe or Salesforce if you want the CDP to be tightly integrated with your existing creative or sales tools.”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Comparative question · alternative
“Choose a CDP (Adobe/Segment) if your main problem is that you don't know who your current website visitors are”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Some CDPs to be cautious about or avoid include Adobe Real-Time CDP and Segment, as they have been labeled as "not recommended"”Llama 4 Maverick · Negative question · warning
“Avoid these unless you have multi-region regulatory compliance needs or massive transaction volumes.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Direct question · warning
“Avoid starting with Adobe Real-Time CDP, Salesforce Data 360, LiveRamp, or Lotame”Perplexity Sonar · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Enterprise options to avoid unless you're far up-market: ... Adobe Real-Time CDP”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Direct question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Adobe Real-Time CDP, over the 292 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200 | 42 | View → | |
| 169 | 30 | View → | |
| 119 | 9 | View → | |
| 114 | 8 | View → | |
| 70 | 4 | View → | |
| 67 | 1 | View → | |
| 60 | 1 | View → | |
| 50 | 3 | View → | |
| 43 | 4 | View → | |
| 43 | 3 | View → |
What the models named instead of Adobe Real-Time CDP →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Adobe Real-Time CDP's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- Customer
- Free plan or trial
- Prior to the Initial License Term Start Date, Customer is granted a limited license to access Real-time Customer Data Platform for the sole purpose of implementation and testing at no additional cost to Customer
- Hosting
- North America
- Headquarters
- San Jose, United States
- Founded
- 1982
- Also from Adobe
- Adobe AEM, Adobe Acrobat Sign, Adobe Advertising, Adobe Advertising Cloud DSP, Adobe Analytics, Adobe Analytics / Customer Journey Analytics and 38 more
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 262 of the 292 answers that named Adobe Real-Time CDP and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
507 of the 572 domain citations in answers naming Adobe Real-Time CDP came from a third party's page. Sixty-five were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |