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Martech: Analytics & Data

CDP Institute launches vendor certification program, tools to help CDP buyers

Vendors that meet five key capability requirements will be eligible for RealCDP certification.

Ginny Marvin on April 4, 2019 at 11:38 am
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To help reduce confusion about what does and what doesn’t constitute a customer data platform (CDP) and help buyers better navigate the vendor selection process, the CDP Institute has launched a certification program.

Why you should care

The promise of a CDP is to provide a unified repository of customer data that can be made available to any other system. The problem, said David Raab, founder of the CDP Institute, is “many firms offering a CDP or CDP alternative fail to build the complete, shareable customer database that is the heart of the CDP concept.” Additionally, the extra features CPDs offer can make it confusing for potential buyers trying to compare vendors.

The new certification program has two components. The RealCDP certification entails five core capabilities to build a unified, shareable customer database. CDPFinder provides a database for finding CDP vendors.

The certification and vendor discovery tool for buyers are designed to address both of those challenges.

The five capabilities needed to qualify for RealCDP certification require the ability to:

  • Ingest data from any source.
  • Capture full detail of ingested data.
  • Store ingested data indefinitely (subject to privacy constraints).
  • Create unified profiles of identified individuals.
  • Share data with any system that needs it.

More on the news

  • The CDP Institute will certify compliance with the RealCDP checklist.
  • Authorized vendors will be able to display the RealCDP badge.
  • The CDPFinder program provides free templates for use case definition, vendor screening, and Request for Proposal documents.
  • CDP Institute has identified nearly 100 CDP vendors worldwide with estimated combined revenue of $1 billion in 2019.

More about CDPs

  • Download our marketers' guide to customer data platforms, updated for 2020!
  • What's behind the hype about Customer Data Platforms?
  • 7 steps to CDP heaven: A maturity model for data management
  • Does your company really need a CDP?

Opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and not necessarily MarTech Today. Staff authors are listed here.



About The Author

Ginny Marvin
Ginny Marvin is Third Door Media’s Editor-in-Chief, running the day to day editorial operations across all publications and overseeing paid media coverage. Ginny Marvin writes about paid digital advertising and analytics news and trends for Search Engine Land, Marketing Land and MarTech Today. With more than 15 years of marketing experience, Ginny has held both in-house and agency management positions. She can be found on Twitter as @ginnymarvin.

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