Platform Comparison

Installed
On-Premise
Hosted
On-Demand
Multitenant/Single Database yes
Multitenant/Multiple Database yes
Mixed-Mode (Dedicated) yes
Single-Tenant (Dedicated) yes
Multitenant, Single Database (Shared) yes
Drag and drop data modeling yes yes
Business-ready rich field types yes yes
Built-in email integration related to object yes yes
Built-in support for notes and attachments, activity history, and task/appointment lists yes yes
Formula fields and grids yes yes
Default values yes yes
Relationship modeling yes yes
Definable indexing and locators for uniques, search, and lookups yes yes
Web tab object yes yes
Object model viewer (entity-relationship diagram) yes yes
Built-in support for field history auditing yes yes
Object inheritance yes yes
Dashboard widgets for views, reports, system tools yes yes
Role-based views, reports, dashboards yes yes
Optional tree or thumbnail icon list view yes yes
Graphic charts yes yes
View and report design wizards yes yes
Grouping and matrix reports yes yes
Formula based summaries yes yes
Field value based color coding yes yes
Advanced view and report filtering yes yes
Print templates (HTML/JSP) yes yes
Role-based form layouts yes yes
Rule-based form layouts yes yes
Definable layout styles yes yes
Sectional graphic accents for form layouts yes yes
Schedulable reports yes yes
Ad hoc view filtering yes yes
All object search yes yes
PDF printing yes yes
Dashboard widgets for custom pages, custom components yes yes
RSS and Atom XML feed public publishing yes yes
Data snapshots for trend analysis yes $
Widget and data publishing yes $
Database table joins yes $
Formula based validations yes yes
Automated email, task, data change, or custom coded actions based on scheduled or record-change policies yes yes
Graphically mapped workflow designer yes yes
Email-based workflow actions yes yes
Drop-in web forms (HTML) yes yes
Personal calendar and task list with team and category views yes yes
Built-in email send, tracking, and templating yes yes
Record tagging and tag cloud record retrieval yes yes
Document storage with folder security yes yes
Outlook-based email logging yes yes
Outlook contact, calendar and task sync yes yes
Personal color schemes yes yes
Sidebar workspace configuration yes yes
Tab preferences yes yes
Recycle Bin yes yes
Built-in project management yes yes
Email-to-record activity logging yes yes
WAP mobile device support $ $
Role-based management permissions for data, fields, document folders, reports, views, dashboards yes yes
Password policies and security questions yes yes
Session timeout settings yes yes
User activity audit log yes yes
Data import/export functions yes yes
Mass data delete, search and replace, and transfer yes yes
Team-based data sharing policies yes yes
Global view and report housekeeping yes yes
IP Range Address blocking yes yes
Single sign-on and LDAP capability $ $
Digital signature support $ $
Schedulable CSV data loader $ $
Form and field level scripting (Javascript) yes yes
Custom function design (Java) yes yes
Component mashup capability yes yes
Static hosted resources yes yes
Eclipse plug-in yes yes
REST and SOAP connectivity yes yes
Java and Ajax APIs yes yes
Debug log yes yes
Custom Pages (.jsp) yes yes
Custom Classes and method creation and extensions (Java) yes yes
Object versioning and check-in/check-out yes $
Translation and localization workbench yes $
Remote package deployment yes $
Custom page wrappers, branding and messaging yes MSPs Only
Custom email wrappers yes MSPs Only
Email server designation yes MSPs Only
Database server designation yes MSPs Only
Pre-loaded application loading during customer provisioning yes MSPs Only
Branded application catalog yes MSPs Only
Application packaging yes MSPs Only
External document storage option $ MSPs Only
Linking to custom help domain $ MSPs Only


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