Salesforce.com Inc

Salesforce Lightning Flow

8.1 /10

What is Salesforce Lightning Flow?

Lightning Flow is a new Lightning Platform service that empowers any business to create and extend the power of process automation to any customer or employee experience.

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Awards & Recognition

Salesforce Lightning Flow won the following awards in the Low-Code Business Process Management - Midmarket category

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2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2023

Salesforce Lightning Flow Ratings

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90 Likeliness to Recommend

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Since last award

94 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Salesforce Lightning Flow?

4% Negative

2% Neutral

94% Positive

Pros

Saves Time
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service
Respectful

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Low-Code Automation

Process Automation Templates

In-App Automated Workflows

Content Management

Customizable Performance Dashboards

Mobile Support

Permissions and Governance

Process Workflow Designer

Collaboration

BPMN Compliance

Real-time Process Analysis

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Salesforce Lightning Flow Reviews

Sarah M.

Role: Operations
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2021

Does it all

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Salesforce Lightning Flow from other similar products?

Salesforce is the industry standard and Lighting Flow is the latest version

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It does load faster and look cleaner. If your organization listens to a good implementation / integration team you'll really like the ease of use.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Salesforce is too customizable and it is hard to know what permissions someone has

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Do your research and higher a quality integrator. Be clear about what you want now and what you might need in the future. Buy the integrations with other products - you need your data to speak

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation
Respectful

Cons

Less Effective Service

Danish M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Energy
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2021

Fantastic Product!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Salesforce Lightning Flow from other similar products?

Ease of use and it creates custom components with writing a piece of code which makes it unique

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

We dont have to write a single piece of code while working on flows.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing as such

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Best product to use for custom and moderate implementations as it creates a functionality without writing code in apex or trigger

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Thandapani A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Entertainment
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2021

Salesforce Lightning -Powerful Developer Landscape

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Salesforce Lightning Flow from other similar products?

The customization alternatives are extraordinary. I can add whatever modules I need and relate them together. Work processes consider mechanizing of numerous undertakings, including messages, field refreshes, and so on

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The security highlights make it simple to realize who can perceive what.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Lists are hard to build Learning curve (not hard, just takes time)

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Lack of customization & screens are not Not visually appealing. Works, Improvement on these will make the product wholesome.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Efficient Service
Effective Service
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Salesforce Lightning Flow

What is Salesforce Lightning Flow?

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Awards & Recognition

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Salesforce Lightning Flow Ratings

90 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

94 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Salesforce Lightning Flow?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Low-Code Automation Ability to automate business processes with little to no coding experience or technical skillsets via intuitive tools i.e. drag and drop.

Process Automation Templates Leverage pre-built templates for automating processes. Templates include sample workflows for common processes.

In-App Automated Workflows Ability to automate tasks and request triaging within the BPM application

Content Management Includes collaboration, check-in/check-out, and version control.

Customizable Performance Dashboards View data points from the process analysis on dashboards that are ready for use out-of-the-box or customizable

Mobile Support The solution provides the ability to support multiple devices, OSes and platforms using mobile optimized, HTML-based web access and/or native applications.

Permissions and Governance Approve user generated process automations, coupled with the ability to restrict access to specific processes.

Process Workflow Designer The ability to document processes in a visual manner. A common format is a workflow diagrams with swimlanes.

Collaboration Includes ability to view, share and direct work between co-workers in real or near real-time.

BPMN Compliance Process workflow design compliance with the latest Business Process Model and Notation standard.

Real-time Process Analysis Analyze the performance of automated processes while they are being executed. Measure key metrics such as velocity, time, cost, resourcing, etc.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Salesforce Lightning Flow Reviews

Sarah M.

Does it all

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Danish M.

Fantastic Product!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Thandapani A.

Salesforce Lightning -Powerful Developer Landscape

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

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Process Automation Templates

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Customizable Performance Dashboards

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Permissions and Governance

Process Workflow Designer

Collaboration

BPMN Compliance

Real-time Process Analysis

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