Salesforce Data 360 vs Lytics

Salesforce Data 3609.1Visit Lytics8.5Visit

Higher score Salesforce Data 360 #3 in Customer Data Platforms 9.1/10 Paid ✓ 3 of 3 features Visit site

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Lytics #8 in Customer Data Platforms 8.5/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Lytics

• Salesforce Data 360 fits best

  Salesforce-centered enterprise data teams

• Lytics fits best

  Teams prioritizing profile and audience operations

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Side by side

Feature	Salesforce Data 360 9.1/10 Visit ↗	Lytics 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.1	8.5
Ranking	#3 in Customer Data Platforms	#8 in Customer Data Platforms
Best for	Salesforce-centered enterprise data teams	Teams prioritizing profile and audience operations
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$240/unit/yr	—
Free plan	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Support	Docs, Community	Email, Phone, Docs
Integrations	200+ integrations	6 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Salesforce Data 360 3/3 · Lytics 3/3
Real-time profiles	✓	✓
Identity resolution	✓	✓
Audience activation	✓	✓
Specs
Data ingestion	Both	Both
Source connectors	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Destination connectors	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Unifies structured and unstructured data into customer profiles Combines real-time processing, identity resolution, and audience activation Connects Salesforce, warehouses, clouds, and advertising platforms	Real-time unified profiles with identity resolution Audience membership updates in real time Broad ingestion, warehouse, and activation options
Cons	Profiles pricing is billed annually Advanced usage is tied to Flex Credits and paid add-ons Its broad enterprise scope may exceed narrower CDP needs	Developer access is capped at 2 million credits per month Activation routes through APIs, exports, or integrations Schema and identity-rule configuration can require planning
Our verdict	Salesforce Data 360 is a customer data platform for teams that need to connect, harmonize, and activate customer information across marketing, sales, service, commerce, and AI use cases. It handles structured and unstructured data from… Read the review →	Lytics is a customer data platform for marketers, data teams, and enterprises that need to collect behavioral and customer data, resolve identities, manage unified profiles, build audiences, and activate them across marketing and… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Salesforce Data 360 — where it wins

  • Unifies structured and unstructured data into customer profiles
  • Combines real-time processing, identity resolution, and audience activation
  • Connects Salesforce, warehouses, clouds, and advertising platforms

  Where it doesn't

  • Profiles pricing is billed annually
  • Advanced usage is tied to Flex Credits and paid add-ons
  • Its broad enterprise scope may exceed narrower CDP needs

• Lytics — where it wins

  • Real-time unified profiles with identity resolution
  • Audience membership updates in real time
  • Broad ingestion, warehouse, and activation options

  Where it doesn't

  • Developer access is capped at 2 million credits per month
  • Activation routes through APIs, exports, or integrations
  • Schema and identity-rule configuration can require planning

• Salesforce Data 3609.1/10 · Paid

  A broad customer data platform built for Salesforce-centered enterprise data teams.

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• Lytics8.5/10 · Free plan

  A real-time CDP for teams managing identity, audiences, and activation.

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