Salesforce Dataloader comparison

The following table shows a quick comparison of SmartUpload against other popular dataloading tools for Salesforce. Note that for dataloader.io we have included the 'pro' version that costs $99 per user per month. The free version of dataloader.io has lower limits, the enterprise version ($299 per user per month) has unlimited rows.

SmartUploadDataloader (Apex)Dataloader.io ($99)Data Import Wizard
Web-based
XLS & XLSX support
Usable for non-adminslimited
Number of records per monthunlimitedunlimited100.000unlimited
Number of records per job100.0005.000.000100.00050.000
Prepare reusable mappingslimited
Assign mappings to users
Admin can define batch size
Automated lookups
Additional data validation support
Data Upsert using any field as key

There are two features of dataloader.io that we have marked as limited for the following reasons:

  • While non-admins can technically use dataloader.io, the user experience for business end-users is far from optimal as it is a very technical tool. Dataloader.io does not support different roles (Admin / End-user) like SmartUpload does.

  • While dataloader.io does allow for the re-use of tasks. However, the user experience is not as smooth as with SmartUpload.