Salesforce / salesforce.com
Salesforce's unified customer data platform that ingests, unifies, and activates customer data from all sources to power AI models and Agentforce agents with rich, real-time customer profiles.
Pricing
Free
Free plan
No
Category
Developer Tools
Platforms
2
Free plan
No
API access
No
Open source
No
Platforms
2
Salesforce Data Cloud is Salesforce's customer data platform (CDP) and data foundation for AI, designed to unify customer data from all enterprise sources into a single coherent customer profile that powers Einstein AI, Agentforce agents, and personalised customer experiences.
The fundamental problem Data Cloud addresses is data fragmentation — customer data exists in Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, e-commerce systems, call centre logs, loyalty programmes, and dozens of other sources, all with different identifiers, schemas, and update frequencies. Data Cloud ingests all these data streams, resolves customer identities across them (linking the same customer across different systems), and maintains a unified real-time profile.
AI models built on incomplete, fragmented customer data produce poor recommendations and irrelevant predictions. Agentforce agents without Data Cloud access customer context from only one Salesforce product. With Data Cloud, AI and agents have access to the unified customer history — all interactions, transactions, preferences, and behaviours — for more relevant and personalised responses.
Data Cloud also provides activation — sending segments and attributes from the unified profile to downstream tools including Marketing Cloud, Commerce Cloud, advertising platforms, and other marketing tools for targeted campaigns.
For enterprises deeply committed to Salesforce, Data Cloud is the foundational investment that makes all other Salesforce AI investments more valuable by providing the unified data substrate they require.
Salesforce Data Cloud AI runs as ml platform software built around data workflows. Users typically start with a prompt, upload, or connected data source, and the underlying model handles the heavy lifting before returning a result you can refine or export. It's available on web and salesforce platform.
The capabilities that matter most for teams evaluating Salesforce Data Cloud AI.
Links the same customer across different systems to create unified profiles from fragmented data, providing complete customer context for AI and agents.
Ingests customer data from 200+ connectors across enterprise systems in real time, maintaining up-to-date unified profiles for responsive AI and personalisation.
Provides unified customer data as the substrate for Einstein AI models and Agentforce agents, improving personalisation quality over AI models trained on fragmented single-product data.
Enterprise licensing bundled with Salesforce contracts. No standalone public pricing. Included in some Salesforce editions.
Model
Enterprise
Starting price
Free
Free trial
No
Adobe Real-Time CDP competes in the CDP space. Segment provides CDP capabilities with broader third-party integrations. Snowflake Data Cloud provides a data warehouse-centric alternative. mParticle focuses on mobile and digital data unification.
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Key facts about model providers, platforms, and team support.
Model Provider
Salesforce, OpenAI
Platforms
Web, Salesforce platform
Deployment
Enterprise, SaaS
Integrations
Salesforce (all clouds), Marketing Cloud, MuleSoft, Commerce Cloud, 200+ connectors, API
Team Collaboration
Yes
Launch Year
2023
Compliance signals and data-handling notes as reported by the vendor.
SOC 2 Type II. ISO 27001. GDPR compliant. HIPAA eligible. FedRAMP authorised. Salesforce enterprise security standards.
Data processed within Salesforce's enterprise security framework. Customer PII handled under GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable data protection regulations. Consent management built into the platform.
Editorial Verdict
Salesforce Data Cloud is the essential data foundation for enterprises committed to Salesforce who want to unlock the full potential of Einstein AI and Agentforce through unified customer data.
Last verified July 24, 2026.
Enterprise licensing bundled with Salesforce contracts. No standalone public pricing. Included in some Salesforce editions.
Enterprise licensing. Owned by Arm Holdings (acquired 2021). Demo available.
SOC 2 Type II. ISO 27001. GDPR compliant. HIPAA eligible. FedRAMP authorised. Salesforce enterprise security standards.
SOC 2 Type II. ISO 27001. GDPR compliant. CCPA compliant. APIC (Japan) compliant. Enterprise data handling agreements.
Data processed within Salesforce's enterprise security framework. Customer PII handled under GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable data protection regulations. Consent management built into the platform.
Customer data processed on Treasure Data cloud under applicable enterprise privacy standards including Japanese APIC requirements.
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