Please find between flows and processes in Salesforce, using the terms interchangeably. Here are the major differences between the two:
- Salesforce processes are more user-friendly with respect to setup and management as compared to Salesforce flows.
- Flows allow users to add screens to enter data, while processes do not provide you with this facility.
- A Salesforce flow can be invoked by users, triggered by a change in the records, or scheduled to run at a specific time and with a specific frequency. On the other hand, a Salesforce process runs automatically when the required criteria are met. Users can also invoke a process by creating one using the Process builder.
- While Salesforce flows can be paused by users, processes cannot be paused and keep running until the criteria are being met.
- While the actions of Salesforce processes are executed in the order of their appearance in the process definition, flows often have a more complicated order of operations.
- Salesforce flows can be used for cycling through multiple Salesforce objects (related and unrelated). On the other hand, processes are limited to the base and related Salesforce objects.
- While processes can be triggered only after a record has been saved, users can design Salesforce flows to be triggered when records are created, updated, or deleted.
