Objective To evaluate the effects of medium concentration, soil suspension dilution, and soil type on bacterial high-throughput cultivation outcomes, providing a reference for the exploration of bacterial resources in soda saline-alkali soils. Methods High-throughput cultivation and identification of bacteria from soda saline-alkali wildland and maize field soils were conducted. Three medium concentrations (1×TSB, 1/5×TSB, and 1/10×TSB), two soil suspension dilutions (optimal dilution and 2× optimal dilution), and two soil types (wildland and maize field) were set as experimental factors to analyze bacterial cultivation preferences under different treatments. Results The dominant bacterial phyla in both soils were Pseudomonadota, Actinomycetota, Acidobacteriota, Bacillota, and Chloroflexota. Among the top 10 dominant genera, only Bacillus and Rubrobacter were cultivable. A total of 2 256 positive cultures were obtained through high-throughput cultivation, with pure cultures accounting for 79.3%. A total of 153 amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) were identified, belonging to 52 genera of 4 phyla. On average, every 100 pure cultures yielded 6.8 ASVs or 2.3 genera. The 1/10×TSB medium resulted in the highest proportion of pure culture wells, while the 1×TSB medium showed the highest ASVs isolation efficiency. Cultivation with 2× optimal soil suspension dilution achieved higher pure culture ratios and isolation efficiency than the optimal dilution. The proportion of pure cultures, ASVs isolation efficiency, and genus isolation efficiency were all higher in wildland soil than in maize field soil, with more unique ASVs detected in wildland. The most frequently isolated genera via high-throughput cultivation were Pseudomonas, Hydrogenophaga, Bacillus, Paenibacillus, Acidovorax, and Arthrobacter, among which only Bacillus was a dominant genus in the soda saline-alkali soils. Conclusion High-throughput cultivation is an efficient method for obtaining numerous pure bacterial strains from soda saline-alkali soils within a short period. Natural wildland soil yielded more diverse cultivable bacteria than dryland soil. Moderately reducing medium concentration and soil suspension dilution improved pure culture isolation efficiency and diversity. However, most dominant soil taxa could not be cultivated via a single medium type, underscoring the need to diversify cultivation conditions to enhance the cultivability of dominant soil bacteria.