Difference between Sandbox and developer edition in Salesforce

A test environment for salesforce.com is crucial to change control. Salesforce.com provides the tools needed to test anything in a test environment before you implement it in your live instance. You can either test in a Sandbox environment or in a Developer environment. What is the difference? I will share what I know…

Sandbox

The salesforce.com Sandbox environment is an exact copy of your salesforce.com instance. You can copy your live instance to a sandbox environment (but you have to perform manually from sandbox to developer edition) where you can test any changes, implementations, AppExchange apps or updates. It can also be your hands-on training environment without risking your live data.

You can either copy your configuration and data into a sandbox environment or just the configuration. It acts exactly like your live instance, but be careful if you have workflow rules or automations because they will work in the sandbox as well.

I know that this sounds wonderful and if you don’t have it, you are dying to know how to get it. The problem is the cost. If you are on Unlimited Edition, then cost is not a problem because it comes included. But for Enterprise, Professional or Group Editions, you have to pay… and the price is hefty; anywhere between 25k-50k per year. For a lot of companies, that is more than they are paying for their live salesforce.com instance. So how do you test salesforce.com without Sandbox?  It is always suggested to develop application in sandbox instance then go for LIVE.

Developer Edition

Developer Edition was an edition created for development of integrations and apps, specifically for the AppExchange. It is also a great tool for testing/training in salesforce.com. What makes this a great tool is the fact that it is free. Anyone can get a Developer Edition of salesforce.com. It is a standard Enterprise Edition with very limited storage space. You cannot copy your configuration or data onto the Developer Edition, but you can customize it to match your instance’s look and feel. Once it is customized, you can use it for training, testing or anything else you want. It takes a little bit of work, but you can make it act and feel just like your live instance. The work is well worth it for the free price.

To get a copy of Developer Edition for yourself or your company go here. Play around with it. Get apps from the AppExchange. Do anything and everything that you have been scared to do your live system. If you come up with a clever way of using the system, post it on AppExchange and share your knowledge.

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12 responses to “Difference between Sandbox and developer edition in Salesforce”

  1. Harrish Avatar
    Harrish

    I want to know cam i Export my data into. CSV format ?
    for Backup purpose ?
    OR
    COULD YOU GUIDE ME HOW TO TAKE BACKUP OF DATA FOR A SF ACCOUNT. ?

    er_manvendra@hotmail.com

  2. admin Avatar

    Hi Harish,
    Please find this article, i hope it will help you:
    https://jitendrazaa.com/blog/webtech/salesforce/backup-the-salesforce-data/

    Regards,
    Shivasoft Team

  3. Ogloszenia Avatar
    Ogloszenia

    Very interesting article, I refer it to a friend, because he too is interested in this topic

  4. Rameshreddygunda Avatar
    Rameshreddygunda

    Answer was not clear please tell in a precise way

    1. JitendraZaa Avatar
      JitendraZaa

      Developer edition is to try all features of salesforce without buying.

      Sandbox is the instance given by salesforce when you buy license and its exact copy of production

  5. Surendra Avatar
    Surendra

    Can u please send me Location.csv file in implementing the Recruiting App of Salesforce

  6. maggie :) Avatar
    maggie 🙂

    What is the Difference between Standard Report type in Full Sandbox and developer sandbox

  7. Rahul Avatar
    Rahul

    Thanks Jitendra…

  8. Balakrishna Avatar
    Balakrishna

    i want know one think every one telling APEX is equal to JavA script is it correct?

    1. Swati Sharma Avatar
      Swati Sharma

      No, Apex is similar to Java, for server side logic. Javascript is for used for Client side logic. For example, you use Javascript to disable a button on a click and Apex to update a value in the database on click of button.

      1. Jitendra Zaa Avatar

        Thanks for Answer Swati

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