Declarative Programming Options
Section | Feature | Publisher Actions | Workflows | Process Builder | Flows | Headless Flows | Triggers |
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Defaults | Formulas in Default Values | Simple formulas | |||||
| Default Lookup values | Must be selected |
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Building | Decisions | Limited | |||||
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Using | Form Entry | Standard or VF | Ugly | Visualforce | |||
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Mobile | Works on Mobile | NA | NA |
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Availability | Available in Group Edition | ||||||
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Modularity | Can call Publisher Actions | NA | |||||
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| Can call Headless Flows | pilot without | Probably | ||||
| Can post to Chatter | Limited | (takes work) | (takes work) | |||
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See this similar in a chart from Salesforce's Trailhead module. See Choosing the Right Automation Tool blog post by Button Click Admin for links.