Top Salesforce Platform Alternatives and Competitors
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The demand for apps has quickly outstripped the development capacity of many IT departments. Salesforce Platform is the fastest way to build and deploy apps for customers, employees, and partners. By streamlining the app-building process — including giving you the basic building blocks so you never have to start from scratch — Salesforce Platform gives you the agility to tackle your app backlog and take the lead in the app revolution.
Common Features
Application Inventory and Dashboard | Automated Delivery Pipeline | Backend Coding and Scripting | Cloud Deployment | Data and Entity Mapping | End to End Lifecycle Management | GUI Application Designer | Plug-and-Play Architecture | Role-Based Access Management | Templates | Vendor Community and Marketplace | ALM Integration | Audit Trail | Collaboration | Cross-Platform Deployment | Exception and Error Handling | Import and Export Capabilities | Automatic Refactoring | Application Security
8.9
Composite
Score
+92
Emotional
Footprint
67
Reviews
Best Alternatives and Competitors to Salesforce Platform
Compare how Salesforce Platform stacks up to the competition in the areas that matter most to real users to short list options that will best fit your business needs.

Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Power Apps
8.8
Composite
Score
+92
Emotional
Footprint
55
Reviews
Reviews Say
Compared to Salesforce Platform, Microsoft Power Apps is:
More Efficient
More Innovative
Less Reliable
Worse at Support
Worse at Training
Harder to Customize
Use Power Automate, a powerful, built-in workflow engine. Quickly automate your workflows, enable business logic to simplify app building, and model your processes across connected data sources and services.

ServiceNow
ServiceNow App Engine
8.5
Composite
Score
+100
Emotional
Footprint
13
Reviews
Reviews Say
Compared to Salesforce Platform, ServiceNow App Engine is:
Better at Integrating
Easier to Implement
More Transparent
More Efficient
Better at Support
More Inspiring
The Now Platform quickly and seamlessly connects your business with out-of-the-box IT Workflows, Employee Workflows, and Customer Workflows. With App Engine’s low-code development and configuration approach, anyone can build powerful apps fast. App Engine removes the complexity with proven out-of-the-box capabilities that deliver consumer-grade experiences, optimize processes, and simplify 3rd-party integration. And by leveraging built-in collaboration tools, delegated development, and role-based access, you can empower citizen developers while ensuring IT visibility and providing non-intrusive IT support.

OutSystems
OutSystems
8.5
Composite
Score
+83
Emotional
Footprint
49
Reviews
Reviews Say
Compared to Salesforce Platform, OutSystems is:
Less Transparent
Less Efficient
Less Caring
Worse at Support
Less Respectful
Worse at Training
OutSystems is the most complete full-stack application development platform. Using high-productivity, connected, and AI-assisted tools, developers can build and deploy a full range of applications — from consumer apps to critical business systems — fast, right, and for the future.

Zoho
Zoho Creator
8.4
Composite
Score
+95
Emotional
Footprint
24
Reviews
Reviews Say
Compared to Salesforce Platform, Zoho Creator is:
More Transparent
Easier to Implement
More Inspiring
Worse at Training
Harder to Customize
Worse at Support
Zoho Creator is a low-code application development platform that enables users to build powerful and custom applications for their business needs. A user with any level of technical expertise can create functional applications owing to the platform's intuitive interface and short learning curve. Be it a simple task manager or a complex ERP system, you can build any type of tailor-made solutions 10X faster than traditional methods.

Caspio
Caspio
7.7
Composite
Score
+86
Emotional
Footprint
17
Reviews
Reviews Say
Compared to Salesforce Platform, Caspio is:
Harder to Customize
Less Transparent
Less Efficient
Less Innovative
Less Reliable
Less Inspiring
Caspio is an all-in-one platform provides everything you need to build sophisticated cloud applications — all packaged in a simple monthly subscription that automatically scales as your needs grow. Whether you want to improve internal workflows, build a customer-facing portal or launch an entirely new service, Caspio provides feature-rich application development tools for any industry or use case.

Appian
Appian
7.7
Composite
Score
+86
Emotional
Footprint
21
Reviews
Reviews Say
Compared to Salesforce Platform, Appian is:
Less Inspiring
Harder to Customize
Worse at Training
Less Respectful
Less Innovative
Less Caring
Automate complex workflows at the speed of low-code. Appian provides a low-code automation platform that accelerates the creation of high-impact business applications. Many of the world’s largest organizations use Appian applications to improve customer experience, achieve operational excellence, and simplify global risk management and compliance.

Oracle
Oracle APEX
7.6
Composite
Score
+81
Emotional
Footprint
10
Reviews
Reviews Say
Compared to Salesforce Platform, Oracle APEX is:
Better at Integrating
Less Inspiring
Less Efficient
Less Caring
Less Reliable
Less Innovative
Oracle APEX is a low-code development platform that enables you to build scalable, secure enterprise apps, with world class features, that can be deployed anywhere - cloud or on-premises. APEX provides compelling solutions for a variety of use cases; whether it is simple spreadsheet replacement, or a mission critical enterprise system used by thousands on a daily basis.
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