# Salesforce Data Cloud: how AI models rank it, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 categories by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/salesforce-data-cloud/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master data management | 0% | 66 | 50% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "Customer identity unification within Salesforce | Salesforce Data Cloud" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Master data)

## And against it

- "Some platforms like Salesforce Data Cloud and Informatica MDM are noted as having difficult setup processes, especially for smaller teams" (MiniMax M2.5, Master data)

## In its own words

What Salesforce Data Cloud's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Discover Data 360 and see how to harness the power of real-time data from any source to take action across your business. (https://www.salesforce.com/data/demos/data-cloud)
- For: 기존 Salesforce 고객 (https://www.salesforce.com/kr/products/data-cloud)
- Price stated: 소비 기준으로, 사용하는 서비스에 대해서만 지불합니다. (https://www.salesforce.com/kr/products/data-cloud)
- Free plan or trial: 기존 Salesforce 고객은 Data 360이 페이지를 방문하면 무료로 를 시작할 수 있습니다. (https://www.salesforce.com/kr/products/data-cloud)
- Integrations claimed: 200 (https://www.salesforce.com/kr/products/data-cloud); 250 (https://www.salesforce.com/data/compare/data-cloud-vs-adobe-cdp) (pages disagree)
- Customers named: Wyndham, FedEx, uchicago medicine, Kawasaki, Heathrow, Saks, Sirius XM, Precina

## What it publishes

Every page salesforce.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 10996 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 225 pages, 4 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-17
- case study: 98 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 8 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-08
- report or ebook: 29 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-09
- comparison: 44 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-04-23
- template or tool: 11 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-03-09
- glossary or explainer: 252 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-06-17
- podcast or video: 4 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-17
- news or press: 35 pages, 20 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-24
- Recent: 2026-09-24 news or press: Five dreamforce 2026 takeaways https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/five-dreamforce-2026-takeaways/
- Recent: 2026-09-23 news or press: Higher education ai agents https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/higher-education-ai-agents/
- Recent: 2026-09-17 blog: What does salesforce do https://www.salesforce.com/blog/what-does-salesforce-do/
- Recent: 2026-09-17 podcast or video: Building the agentic enterprise secrets from early adopters https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/video/building-the-agentic-enterprise-secrets-from-early-adopters/
- Recent: 2026-09-16 news or press: Why we post trained our own reasoning model https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/why-we-post-trained-our-own-reasoning-model/
- Recent: 2026-09-16 news or press: Missionsforce expansion agents nvidia openai partnerships https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/missionsforce-expansion-agents-nvidia-openai-partnerships/

## Record

- Method: https://it-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://it-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, it-ai-index.com.