🔗 Originally posted on LinkedIn on December 19th, 2024

The CDP market is saturated with debates over composable vs. traditional approaches. Some composable vendors claim their architecture is the only viable option, citing issues like unnecessary data duplication, high upfront costs, and inflexible schemas in traditional CDPs.

While composable CDPs have introduced valuable alternatives, framing this as a zero-sum game misses the complexity of business needs. What matters most is how any composable or traditional CDP delivers value to its customers.

Because, let’s face it, the constant comparisons in marketing narratives are becoming stale.

Recently, I’ve seen claims that

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With

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