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title: "What is the difference between Trigger and Workflow?"  
description: "What is the difference between Trigger and Workflow?"  
author: "Simone Palmer"  
published: 2018-01-30  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33777/what-is-the-difference-between-trigger-and-workflow  
category: "salesforce"  
tags: ["trigger", "salesforce", "workflow"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# What is the difference between Trigger and Workflow?

What is the [difference](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/84555/google-analytics-4-ga4-vs-universal-analytics-actual-difference) between [Trigger](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23407/cursor-and-trigger-in-sql-server) and [Workflow](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/82583/8-advantages-of-hr-and-payroll-software-for-a-smoother-workflow)?

## Answers

### Answer by Tarun Gautam

Triggers and Workflow rules are the most important and powerful tools. Both having our own Pros and Cons. Below we have listed some of the points:

## Triggers:

- A trigger is a very powerful control in Salesforce. If you want to do a lot of coding then it is best to use a Trigger that executes before or after when a record inserted, updated or deleted.
- You can access the Trigger beyond the object and related to that objects.
- You can execute 20 DML operations in one trigger.
- You can execute 20 SOQL’s from database in one trigger.
- A trigger can work across objects.
- Coding is required for the Triggers.
- Trigger executes on before and after some actions.

## Workflow rules:

- Workflow Rules are the longest standing and time-tested automated process that fired an action based on Evaluation criteria and rule criteria.
- You cannot perform DML operation on Workflow rules.
- You cannot query from a database by Workflow rule.
- It is a Rules which will be helpful to update the same object or master object in custom master-detail relationships.
- For workflow rules, there is no Coding required.
- Workflows are also worked only after some actions.
- Workflow rules can send outbound messages that can’t be done using flows or process builders.


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