Mastering Salesforce CRM Administration

Difference between Process Builder and other tools

Salesforce offers different tools to automate the business process, for example, Visual Workflow, Workflow Rule, and Process Builder. So, it is important to understand the difference between these tools and when to use which. The following table describes the difference between these tools:

	Workflow	Flow	Process Builder
Visual Designer	Not available	Available	Available
Start When	- A record is created or edited - It can by invoked by another process	- User clicks on custom button/link - A process starts - Apex is called - Inline Visualforce Page - The user accesses a custom tab	A record is created or edited
Supported Time-based actions	Yes	Yes	Yes
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