Try our new research platform with insights from 80,000+ expert users

Salesforce Platform vs WorkflowGen comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Salesforce Platform
Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software
7th
Ranking in Low-Code Development Platforms
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
94
Ranking in other categories
PaaS Clouds (7th), Mobile Development Platforms (3rd), No-Code Development Platforms (2nd)
WorkflowGen
Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software
37th
Ranking in Low-Code Development Platforms
33rd
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (28th), Business Process Management (BPM) (54th), Process Automation (40th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Rapid Application Development Software category, the mindshare of Salesforce Platform is 5.7%, down from 6.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WorkflowGen is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Rapid Application Development Software
 

Featured Reviews

Yasser_Anter - PeerSpot reviewer
Has customization and integration capabilities which increase efficiency
Salesforce could improve by offering AI features or functionalities to help business decision-makers analyze business history, suggest forward strategies, and participate in events. The previous version had a complicated interface where multiple pages and data entries were required, which was not pleasant for sales teams or business users. Also, deploying Salesforce took a long time, about four to five months, which is not ideal for any business.
CO
Good for automatically triggering workflows, but needs to be more customizable
We use this product for many different reasons related to our business We use it a lot for creating workflows to transfer materials between plants, which is a signature part of what we do. The most valuable feature is the ability to automatically trigger the workflow. This solution needs to be…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Scalability to configure and integrate."
"The Salesforce Platform's most valuable features are everything in one place, perfect reporting, highly customizable, and easy to receive information you need."
"The low-code approach to Salesforce Platform is highly valuable."
"The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"There is very good documentation available and Salesforce offers good communication with its clients. It's very user-friendly and has a system that is easy to learn."
"The solution has plenty of features that are useful."
"One can do almost everything using Salesforce's OOTB functionality without much investment."
"Salesforce offers control over the opportunities to see where we are and gives me high-level dashboards on each opportunity stage."
"We use it a lot for creating workflows to transfer materials between plants, which is a signature part of what we do."
 

Cons

"The initial setup process was a complex thing to do because four different organizations were working together."
"What could be improved in the Salesforce Platform is the price. The platform is too expensive. The implementation time for the platform is also longer than expected, so that's another area for improvement."
"The reporting functionality is not very intuitive."
"The integration of Salesforce with other solutions could be improved."
"An expensive solution requiring a lot of configuration."
"Its documentation and price should be better."
"Salesforce needs to be re-platformed, or re-architected, making it lighter."
"The product's pricing model could be improved, as some features are only available in paid modules, which can be costly."
"This solution needs to be more customizable."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is an expensive program."
"The cost of this solution depends on negotiations. It is somewhere between expensive and reasonable. There is always additional costs for consulting services. It's the kind of solution that requires consulting, but it is not a licensing cost. It is a consulting cost. It is CAPEX versus OPEX."
"I don't know anything about its cost, but I'm sure it has got a nice little price tag that goes along with it."
"I haven't had to buy Salesforce, however, I have heard it's $1500 a user."
"The cost is reasonable for the corporations I work for. I would say an average would be around $100 per month per user."
"Costly, but it is the top product in SaaS/PaaS. Pricing is more for large to enterprise level companies."
"Salesforce charges double the rates, or almost three times, compared to its competitors. Our company does incur additional charges for maintenance and support."
"The licensing is per user per month, which we took out a contract on a long time back. It's really an okay price for what solutions are available and for how many features and what kind of functionality you get."
Information not available
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Rapid Application Development Software solutions are best for your needs.
846,617 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
No data available
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

How would you choose between Microsoft PowerApps and Salesforce Platform?
I think it depends on your use case. If your organization uses Microsoft Enterprise products, PowerApps will work better in your environment. Similarly, if you have a Salesforce integration in pla...
How does Salesforce Platform compare with Azure?
Microsoft’s Windows Azure platform is not easy or intuitive to deploy. The difficulty will be impacted by the type of application that you are trying to use the platform to build. Organizations tha...
Do you build applications using low-code or pro-code builders on Salesforce Platform?
At my organization, we have only used Salesforce Platform's low-code builder. The reason for this is not because we do not like the pro-code option, but because we do not see the need of using it, ...
Ask a question
Earn 20 points
 

Also Known As

Salesforce1, Force.com, Salesforce App Cloud
No data available
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

ADP
Comcast, Deloitte, Mitsui & Co Ltd, Sanofi Pasteur, Textron, XL Group. WorkflowGen accelerates business process adaptability in 70 countries for 500+ organizations and 1,000,000 users.
Find out what your peers are saying about Salesforce Platform vs. WorkflowGen and other solutions. Updated: March 2025.
846,617 professionals have used our research since 2012.