Best Customer Data Platforms (CDP) & Event Collection Tools

Explore leading tools in the Customer Data Platforms (CDP) category, including open-source options and SaaS products. Compare features, use cases, and find the best fit for your workflow.

4 open-source projects · 2 SaaS products

Top open-source Customer Data Platforms (CDP)

These projects are active, self-hostable choices for knowledge management teams evaluating alternatives to SaaS tools.

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Snowplow

Turn event-level data into governed, AI‑ready customer insights

Stars
6,980
License
Apache-2.0
Last commit
6 months ago
ScalaStable
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Jitsu

Self‑hosted real‑time data pipeline, Segment alternative for modern data teams

Stars
4,586
License
MIT
Last commit
3 days ago
TypeScriptActive
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RudderStack

Build real‑time, privacy‑first customer data pipelines with RudderStack.

Stars
4,323
License
Unknown
Last commit
3 days ago
GoActive
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TRACARDI

API‑first composable engine for building your own CDP

Stars
608
License
Unknown
Last commit
10 days ago
PythonActive
Most starred project
6,980★

Turn event-level data into governed, AI‑ready customer insights

Recently updated
3 days ago

Jitsu lets you collect events from websites, apps, and servers, then stream them to warehouses like BigQuery, Snowflake, or ClickHouse. Self‑hosted, scriptable, and deployable via Docker Compose.

Dominant language
TypeScript • 1 project

Expect a strong TypeScript presence among maintained projects.

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Hightouch

Composable Customer Data Platform and AI decisioning for marketing

Customer Data Platforms (CDP)
Alternatives tracked
4 alternatives
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Segment

Customer data platform to collect, unify, and activate customer data across tools

Customer Data Platforms (CDP)
Alternatives tracked
4 alternatives
Most compared product
4 open-source alternatives

Hightouch is a data and AI platform for marketing personalization with 1:1 AI agents, self-service CDP, and real-time campaign automation.

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