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Salesforce Data Cloud

Unifies all customer data in real time across every touchpoint into a single profile, enabling AI-powered personalization, smarter audience activation, and seamless cross-channel engagement — all within the Salesforce platform.

San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2022Parent: Salesforce

Last updated May 12, 2026 by ATDb automated enrichment · Connections updated May 25, 2026

Industry
Customer Data Platform (CDP) / MarTech / AdTech
Business Model
SaaS
Target Market
Enterprise
Employee Count
10000+
Revenue Range
Part of Salesforce (~$35B+ annual revenue)
Stock Symbol
CRM
Parent Company
Salesforce
API Available
Yes
Market Position

Leading enterprise CDP natively embedded in the Salesforce platform, serving as the data backbone for AI, marketing, and customer engagement across the Salesforce ecosystem

Overview

Salesforce Data Cloud (formerly known as Salesforce CDP and before that Customer 360 Audiences) is Salesforce's flagship customer data platform (CDP) built natively into the Salesforce platform. It enables enterprises to ingest, harmonize, and activate massive volumes of customer data from virtually any source — including CRM, marketing, commerce, service, and third-party systems — into a unified customer profile in real time. Data Cloud serves as the data foundation for Salesforce's entire product suite, powering Einstein AI, Marketing Cloud, Commerce Cloud, and more. In the AdTech and MarTech ecosystem, Salesforce Data Cloud occupies a critical position as an enterprise-grade CDP that bridges first-party data management with activation across paid media, owned channels, and CRM. It supports identity resolution, audience segmentation, real-time decisioning, and data sharing with major advertising platforms such as Google, Meta, Amazon Ads, and The Trade Desk. Its deep integration with Salesforce's broader CRM and automation tools gives it a significant advantage over standalone CDPs. Launched as a standalone product in 2022 after evolving through several iterations, Data Cloud has become central to Salesforce's AI strategy, serving as the data layer for Einstein Copilot and Agentforce. With Salesforce's massive enterprise customer base and global partner ecosystem, Data Cloud is positioned as one of the most widely adopted CDPs in the enterprise market, competing directly with Adobe Real-Time CDP, Microsoft Fabric, and Snowflake's data cloud offerings.

Products & Features

Unified Customer Profile

Real-time identity resolution and data harmonization that merges data from all sources into a single, continuously updated customer record

Data Ingestion & Connectors

Pre-built and custom connectors to ingest data from Salesforce clouds, third-party apps, data warehouses, and streaming sources

Audience Segmentation

Drag-and-drop segment builder for creating dynamic, real-time audiences based on behavioral, transactional, and demographic data

Data Activation

Activation of audiences and insights to advertising platforms (Google, Meta, Amazon), marketing channels, and Salesforce products

Einstein AI & Insights

AI-powered predictive scoring, propensity models, and generative AI capabilities powered by Einstein and Agentforce

Data Sharing & Zero-Copy

Zero-copy data sharing with Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, and Databricks without data duplication

Identity Resolution

Probabilistic and deterministic identity matching to unify anonymous and known customer profiles across devices and channels

Real-Time Decisioning

Triggers and flows that activate personalized experiences in real time based on customer behavior signals

Key Features
Real-time unified customer profilesIdentity resolution (deterministic and probabilistic)Native Salesforce ecosystem integrationZero-copy data federation with major cloud data warehousesAI-powered segmentation and predictive scoringCross-channel audience activationData governance and consent managementStreaming data ingestionEinstein Copilot and Agentforce integrationPre-built connectors to 200+ data sources
Use Cases
Unified customer profile creation across all touchpointsLookalike audience creation for paid media campaignsSuppression lists for ad spend efficiencyReal-time personalization on web and mobileCustomer journey orchestration across email, SMS, and paid mediaChurn prediction and retention marketingFirst-party data activation for cookieless advertisingCross-sell and upsell propensity modelingB2B account-based marketing (ABM)Consent and preference management
Customer Segments
Enterprise B2C brands (retail, CPG, financial services)Enterprise B2B companiesMedia and entertainment companiesHealthcare and life sciences organizationsFinancial services and insurance firmsTravel and hospitality brandsTelecommunications companiesExisting Salesforce Marketing Cloud customers
Corporate history
  • 2022Founded
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