Documentation

General information

  1. Introduction

  2. Security

  3. FAQ

  4. Comparison

    Documentation for admins:

    1. Creating a Mapping

      1. Data types

      2. Lookups

      3. Empty cells

    2. User Management

    Documentation for users:

    1. Importing Excel data

    2. Common errors

    Examples

    1. Importing Price Lists

    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.