1. infrastructural experience
Over-simplified CDP Categorization Spectrum
Customer data platforms can be placed on a basic spectrum.
Many CDPs focus on core customer data architecture. Many
focus on “activation” or delivery of data and decisions.
And, of course, many sit in between.
2. collection unification analytics delivery
infrastructural experience
Over-simplified CDP Categorization Spectrum
Within this spectrum, there are core functionality areas.
The problem with the simplified spectrum is that each of these
areas itself is made up of one or more spectrums.
3. collection unification analytics delivery
ingestion only
ingestion, SDKs, APIs
simple stitching
complex traceable resolution
segmentation, reporting
built-in and external ML, AI
segments, profiles
orchestration, complex triggering
infrastructural experience
Less-simplified CDP Categorization Spectrum
Going just one level deeper, the complexity of this market becomes clear.
Also clear: the reasoning behind industry analysts and consultants wary to select
a single platform as “the one,” instead advocating for careful selection based on
organizational fit and tangible use cases.