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Salesforce Platform

bySalesforce
in
4.2
Market Presence: Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms, Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies

Overview

Product Information on Salesforce Platform

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Salesforce Platform?

Salesforce Platform is a software that enables the development, deployment, and management of cloud-based applications. It provides tools for building custom apps, automating business processes, integrating with external systems, and managing data securely. The software supports both low-code and pro-code development approaches, allowing users to create applications tailored to specific business needs. Built-in features include data modeling, workflow automation, reporting, and access control. Salesforce Platform addresses the need for organizations to streamline their operations, enhance productivity, and adapt to changing business requirements by offering a unified environment for application lifecycle management.

Salesforce Platform Pricing

Salesforce Platform software pricing structure is based on a subscription model with tiered plans that vary depending on user count, features, and add-ons. Plans are offered per user per month, and pricing differs according to required functionalities such as app development, data storage, automation tools, and system integration capabilities. Additional charges may apply for advanced options and enhanced support.

Overall experience with Salesforce Platform

Senior Customer Service & Support
10B - 30B USD, IT Services
FAVORABLE

“Salesforce Platform Offers Customization and Automation Across Multiple Business Functions”

5.0
Feb 10, 2026
My overall experience with Salseforce Platform has been largely positive. It has a robust ecosystem that supports everything from customer management to automation, analytics, and app development.The platform is extremely powerful once customizued to organizational needs, and it provides a unified environment for teams accross sales, servide and operations.
It Systems Engineer
50M - 250M USD, Manufacturing
CRITICAL

“Cloud-Based Tool Offers Customization but Faces Reliability and Update Challenges”

3.0
Feb 12, 2026
It worked and it did its job, but it was prone to fail and was a pretty clunky tool

About Company

Company Description

Updated 6th March 2025

Salesforce is a company that integrates artificial intelligence with customer relationship management and data to create solutions for customer-related concerns. Salesforce's primary business problem is to enhance the interaction between businesses and their customers by leveraging technology.

Company Details

Updated 2nd November 2023
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1999
Head office location
San Francisco, United States
Number of employees
10001+
Annual Revenue
30B+ USD
Website
http://www.salesforce.com

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Performance of Salesforce Platform Across Market Features

Salesforce Platform Likes & Dislikes

Like

Highly Customizable, the ability to tailor objects, flows, dashboards, and processes ensures the platform can support almost any business model Strong Automation Capabilities, Features like Flow Builder, Process Automation and AI driven insights help reduce manual work and improve accurcy Scalability, suitable for small teams as well as large, multi department enterprises

Like

Offers a great shortcut for companies looking for a mostly reliable tool It is a very customizable platform overall Being SaaS it makes it cloud native and very scalable

Like

the robust security and user control whereby my team can easily control user roles while maintaining compliance with data policies Its ability to connect with third party systems without experiencing workflow disruption is an added advantage Highly customizable making it easy to configure results aligned with the team or firms strategies

Dislike

Steep learning Curve, new users often find the interface and configuration options overwhelming whouthut proper traning. Maintaining automations, profiles and permissions can require dedicated admin expertise. Some screens feel overly dense, making navigation less intuitive than modern UX standards

Dislike

Dependence on the Internet and needing to be up to date It was a very troublesome implementation It is a very expensive tool

Dislike

The licensing costs are way above what many firms can afford. Non-technical users find it complicated to use forcing IT Support team to spend time training them

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Peer Discussions

Salesforce Platform Reviews and Ratings

4.2

(286 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
47%
4 Star
45%
3 Star
8%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.3

Delivery & Execution

4.7

Integration & Deployment

4.4

Service & Support

4.3

Product Capabilities

4.6

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  • Senior Customer Service & Support
    10B+ USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Salesforce Platform Offers Customization and Automation Across Multiple Business Functions

    5.0
    Feb 10, 2026
    My overall experience with Salseforce Platform has been largely positive. It has a robust ecosystem that supports everything from customer management to automation, analytics, and app development.The platform is extremely powerful once customizued to organizational needs, and it provides a unified environment for teams accross sales, servide and operations.
  • It Support Associate
    50M-1B USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    Helps Streamline Community Engagement & Stakeholder Management but Comes at Cost

    4.0
    Feb 10, 2026
    My overall experience was positive. Salesforce platform advanced analytics and dashboards helped our teams to measure project success raes and the engagement levels. The real-time data enhanced faster decision making. It also improved collaboration as our team could assist other teams through management of system performance, user access and available integrations. In addition, it contributed to centralized stakeholder and community data management and this improved visibility into all engagement activities
  • MANAGER, PROJECT MANAGEMENT
    50M-1B USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    Customizable Client Portfolios Enable Detailed Tracking of Business Development Process

    4.0
    Jan 30, 2026
    Being able to track our company's prospective business all the way from initial contact through close of business is a huge asset and one that allows our company to project revenue.
  • Sales Manager
    50M-1B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Granular Access in Salesforce Platform Countered by Complexity and Overlapping Roles

    4.0
    Jan 5, 2026
    Salesforce Platform has been powerful and reliable, especially for building custom workflows, automations, and data models at scale. It gives a lot of flexibility, but requires structure around it early.
  • OPERATIONS MANAGER
    50M-1B USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    Salesforce Offers Customization and Collaboration Across Multiple Business Functions

    5.0
    Jan 7, 2026
    Salesforce is one of the best CRMs out in the market today. It is a complete CRM. It is highly customizable and works with different client needs.
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