Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform vs. Nielsen Marketing Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Real-Time CDP
Score 8.2 out of 10
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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
Nielsen Marketing Cloud
Score 7.6 out of 10
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Neilsen Marketing Cloud includes a Data Management Platform (DMP), Media Planning and Optimization, Data as a Service (DaaS), Multitouch Attribution Analytics, Inflight Analytics, and integrations to different digital media channels as well as to content marketing, creative testing, search, email and social media platforms. It's designed to enable marketers to plan, execute, and report on all of their marketing activities from one place.N/A
Pricing
Adobe Real-Time Customer Data PlatformNielsen Marketing Cloud
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adobe Real-Time CDPNielsen Marketing 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
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Features
Adobe Real-Time Customer Data PlatformNielsen Marketing Cloud
Data Collection
Comparison of Data Collection features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
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Ratings
Nielsen Marketing Cloud
8.3
6 Ratings
2% above category average
Collection of first-party data00 Ratings8.56 Ratings
Collection of third-party data00 Ratings8.55 Ratings
Access to Third-party Data Providers00 Ratings7.95 Ratings
Data Classification
Comparison of Data Classification features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
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Ratings
Nielsen Marketing Cloud
8.6
6 Ratings
4% above category average
Audience taxonomy00 Ratings8.26 Ratings
Tag Management00 Ratings8.25 Ratings
Data Analysis Dashboard00 Ratings9.46 Ratings
Ad Network Integration
Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
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Ratings
Nielsen Marketing Cloud
7.9
5 Ratings
1% below category average
Data Transfer00 Ratings7.95 Ratings
DSP integration00 Ratings7.95 Ratings
DMP Analytics
Comparison of DMP Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform
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Ratings
Nielsen Marketing Cloud
8.6
6 Ratings
8% above category average
Campaign Analytics00 Ratings8.56 Ratings
Audience Analytics00 Ratings8.86 Ratings
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User Ratings
Adobe Real-Time Customer Data PlatformNielsen Marketing Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(7 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Adobe Real-Time Customer Data PlatformNielsen Marketing 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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Nielsen
Best suited for scenarios involving detailed analysis of customer data and demographics. Allows for complex investigation of customer and audience details. Less well suited for scenarios involving simultaneous collaboration on analysis. This product is not the best for collaboration and is better suited for individual work and individual forms of analysis.
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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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Nielsen
  • I just like the manner it handles the analytical rationalization of giving a standing and updates of the inner and outside beliefs of Marketing analysis.
  • It facilitates me apprehend clients' desires and offers advice on a way to fulfill their desires.
  • When I am making plans and instinctually recognise what purchasers are going to purchase, I depend upon their real-time records to validate my assumptions and tell our media buys.
  • Automatic rewards with the media Connections. The availability of records and the alternatives to make our customer's picks understandable.
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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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Nielsen
  • More segments need to be created as often as possible
  • Sometimes it is hard to optimize these segments when the CTR is low - segments make it difficult to pull out zones/sites that are dragging down the CTR because they are so narrowly targeted.
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Likelihood to Renew
Adobe
Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform quickly becomes a must-have once you are through the "build it" phase. Direct integration with a wide variety of disparate systems makes it a difficult proposition to remove once users are trained in its various systems and fully bought into the strategy behind its use. Support for a wide range of teams is helpful in adoption and continued use of Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform - everyone in data engineering, martech, frontend marketing can find a use case to pursue.
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Nielsen
I still use exelate every day for my media plans that are either direct response or extremely geo-targeted.
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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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Nielsen
Very easy to utilize. Features are basic. Again just not too much in the way of involved customization
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Support Rating
Adobe
No answers on this topic
Nielsen
I am rating this as neutral due to having minimal interaction with them
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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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Nielsen
Nielson Cloud helps businesses find, recruit, and create new advertiser client bases, as well as stand out in a crowded public space. Measure linear and digital media metrics across channels aids in giving insights in an efficient manner. Nielson Cloud also assists businesses in maximising ROI by analysing how their marketing and advertising reaches and influences audiences throughout the customer lifecycle.
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Return on Investment
Adobe
  • it has allowed us to gain more insights into our profiles
  • we have been able to manage our schemas with ease
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Nielsen
  • We are using it for analytics, statistics control, and for a single pane of glass and reviews for our senior leadership. We fetch significant insights from this device which can be then provided to our stakeholders to higher understand the achievements and loopholes.
  • We can make Marketing strategies with the help of this. Also, it is benefiting financially and getting productive.
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