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Segment CDP

Customer data platform that powers data-driven growth

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Acquired★4.5ratingPricing · Freemium from $120/moRising

What happened to Segment CDP?

Segment CDP was acquired by Twilio in 2020.

Twilio agreed to buy Segment for about $3.2B in Oct 2020 and closed the deal on Nov 2, 2020.

Source: cnbc.com ↗Its AI Graveyard record →AI products shut down or acquired before 2021 →Everything Twilio has bought →

The FalcoScan Intel PanelSegment CDP · Data
Data updated 1 November 2026
Opportunity
Moderate
Band
Saturation
Contested
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Rising
Market trend
Rating
4.5
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Segment CDP does

Segment collects, cleans, and routes customer data from every touchpoint to 300+ analytics and marketing tools.

How Segment CDP compares with its closest alternatives

3 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Segment CDP does. Only Hightouch lists a starting price, $350 a month. 4 of the 5 offer an API, as Segment CDP does. Segment CDP offers a web app. Of the alternatives, 4 offer a web app. Segment CDP was founded in 2011; the alternatives were founded between 2012 and 2023. Segment CDP is based in San Francisco, United States; 4 of its 5 alternatives are in the United States too, and the others in the Netherlands.

Market position · Data

How Segment CDP compares in Data

Segment CDP has moderate opportunity and sits in the bottom third of 402 live Data tools on FalcoScan. Across Data, the average opportunity score is 69.2 and the average saturation score 33.3. FalcoScan rates Segment CDP's own market position as contested. 128 of the 402 operating Data tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 8 shutdowns in the category.

Segment CDP compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Segment CDPFounded 2011 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedFreemium$120/moYesYesWeb, APIRising
HightouchFounded 2020 · San Francisco, United StatesHighContestedFreemium$350/moYesYesWebHot
DataBahnFounded 2023 · Plano, United StatesHighOpenPaid—NoNoWebHot
FivetranFounded 2012 · San Francisco, United StatesLowContestedPaid—NoYesWebStable
DuckDBFounded 2018 · Amsterdam, NetherlandsHighOpenFree—YesYesAPI, Desktop, CLIHot
GrafanaFounded 2014 · New York, United StatesModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, DesktopRising

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Data.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Segment CDP exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Data EnrichmentIdentity Resolution
Industry Verticals
SaasE Commerce
Tagged

Segment CDP shows up when builders search for these

cdpdata-pipelineevent-trackingintegrations
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Hightouch

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DataBahn

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Fivetran

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★ 4.5Opportunity Low
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DuckDB

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★ 4.7Opportunity High
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Grafana

Open-source observability and data visualization platform

★ 4.7Opportunity Moderate
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Atlan

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★ 4.6Opportunity High
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Questions

Segment CDP: common questions

Is Segment CDP still running?

Segment CDP was acquired by Twilio in 2020. Twilio agreed to buy Segment for about $3.2B in Oct 2020 and closed the deal on Nov 2, 2020.

Who acquired Segment CDP?

Twilio acquired Segment CDP in 2020 (cnbc.com).

Source: cnbc.com ↗

Is Segment CDP free?

Segment CDP has a free tier, with paid plans from $120 a month.

What are the best alternatives to Segment CDP?

The closest alternatives to Segment CDP that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Hightouch, DataBahn, Fivetran, DuckDB, and Grafana.

Where is Segment CDP based?

Segment CDP is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

Does Segment CDP have an API?

Yes. Segment CDP offers an API.

Who is Segment CDP for?

Segment CDP is built for engineers, growth teams, and data teams.

How do I sign in to Segment CDP?

Sign in on Segment CDP's own website, twilio.com. FalcoScan reviews Segment CDP but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Segment CDP directly.

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