How Salesforce Lightning is Better Than Salesforce Classic

Salesforce Lightning was released by Salesforce as an alternative to Salesforce Classic. According to statistics, sales and marketing teams when shifted to Salesforce Lightning were able to get increased productivity, improved collaboration, higher lead to opportunity conversion rate and several other benefits. More and more companies are opting for Salesforce Lightning over Salesforce Classic because of its range of new features, including enhanced dashboards, more detailed insights, and an intelligent home page.

The shift from Classic to Lightning is the result of various differences between the two. Here we have discussed all you need to know about Salesforce Lightning vs Salesforce Classic   

Salesforce Classic vs Lightning

To provide more clarity on the topic, here are a few points that depict how Salesforce Classic and Salesforce Lightning differ from each other:

1. Better User Experience

One of the key differences between Salesforce Lightning and Salesforce Classicis the user interface (UI). Lightning offers a much better UI experience to its users and it includes features like the drag-and-drop functionality that can be acquired without any code. Rather than hiring a Salesforce developer to create a Salesforce page or modify it, the components of the page can be easily rearranged with the help of an admin according to their taste. Lightning also helps in modulating the need for Visualforce for every task. It provides a helping hand to the developers by shifting small customization tasks to the admins, allowing developers to focus on larger Salesforce app development projects.

2. Lightning provides higher security

With Salesforce Lightning you can avail enhanced security. The feature Locker Service separates Lightning components enabling them to interact with each other. This helps in safeguarding the platform from malicious data. Whereas,there is no such feature in Salesforce Classic mode.

Again, the Lightning platform does not allow users to raise their assurance levels. For the users will have to log out and then sign in again to the Lightning platform with authentication with a higher assurance level.

3. Einstein (Wave) Analytics

Salesforce Lightning allows users the access to Einstein (Wave) Analytics reporting, which the Classic mode does not provide.It carries its own record that is obtained from Salesforce and updates each hour automatically. Whereas, the Classic reports depend on standard reporting types for creating graphs, charts and lists. 

Einstein Analytics is full of various other features, including-

·        Dashboard exports as pictures, Widget editing right on the dashboard

Advanced formula calculation

4. Lightning is a progressive platform

Though Salesforce Lightning was initially looked down for its transition and compatibility issues with objects, custom code, and apps. However, it was in the past and now the platform has enhanced and evolved with the capability to support all custom metadata objects. Therefore, the platform helps to make it a lot simpler for companies to change their existing apps and workflows with no requirements of building from scratch.

5. Provides hassle-free lead generation

Salesforce Classic helps companies to create leads, but the Lightning platform offers more components allowing to manage sales processes better.

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