Salesforce integration specialists

Salesforce API integration and platform bridging

Getting Salesforce to talk to the rest of your systems means keeping contacts, deal stages and pipeline value correct on both sides, automatically. That is the integration work we do.

Fixed-scope engagements, delivered by UK-based integration engineers. Documentation and source code handed over on completion.

  • REST, Bulk & Streaming
  • Platform Events
  • Field-level conflict rules

What we can connect Salesforce to

Salesforce holds your accounts, contacts and opportunities. Every other system in the business holds a partial copy of the same data. Our role is to make one the source of truth and keep the rest aligned — through the Salesforce API, webhooks where they exist, and a bridging layer where the destination platform has no usable interface of its own.

Ecommerce platforms

Bring customers, orders and lifetime value into Salesforce so service and marketing work from real purchase behaviour.

Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento

Accounting and billing

Sync companies, contacts, invoices and payment status between Salesforce and finance so sales sees what is paid and what is on stop.

Sage, Xero, QuickBooks, Chargebee

ERP and operations

Surface live stock, pricing and order status from the ERP inside Salesforce, and push won deals back as orders.

NetSuite, Dynamics, Unleashed

Support and success

Keep tickets, conversations and health scores aligned between Salesforce and the help desk so account owners are not surprised.

Zendesk, Freshdesk, Intercom

Marketing automation

Two-way contact and consent sync between Salesforce and the marketing platform, with suppression respected on both sides.

Mailchimp, Klaviyo, ActiveCampaign

Bespoke and legacy systems

A quoting tool, a portal, a services database — wrapped in a documented API and synchronised with conflict rules.

SQL Server, MySQL, SFTP, SOAP

Common Salesforce integration use cases

Each is a defined, testable data flow rather than an open-ended development project.

01

Customer 360 sync

Orders, invoices, tickets and marketing engagement are aligned to one company record in Salesforce using per-field ownership.

Outcome: no more three versions of the same customer.

02

Quote-to-order

A won opportunity in Salesforce creates an order in the ERP or storefront with the agreed lines, pricing and terms.

Outcome: no re-keying between sales and operations.

03

Consent and suppression

Marketing consent set anywhere is reflected in Salesforce and the email platform within minutes, with an audit trail.

Outcome: defensible consent position.

04

Billing status in the CRM

Overdue balances and credit limits from finance appear on the Salesforce record so account managers can act.

Outcome: fewer awkward conversations after the fact.

05

Lifecycle triggers

First order, repeat order, churn-risk and renewal events from other systems raise tasks and workflows in Salesforce.

Outcome: proactive rather than reactive account management.

06

Data hygiene

Deduplication and normalisation rules run as records move into Salesforce, not as a quarterly clean-up project.

Outcome: reporting you can trust.

How a Salesforce API integration is delivered

Four stages, fixed scope agreed before any code is written. Typical delivery for a single-system integration is two to four weeks.

Stage one

Discovery and data mapping

We document the systems involved, the direction of each flow, and every field that must move — including the awkward ones such as tax, discounts and multi-currency.

Output: written integration specification.

Stage two

Fixed scope and estimate

The specification becomes a fixed-price proposal with a delivery schedule and defined acceptance criteria. No time-and-materials open ends.

Output: costed scope for sign-off.

Stage three

Build and testing

Development against a Salesforce development or sandbox environment and a sandbox of the destination system, with your own data used for acceptance testing.

Output: tested integration and test evidence.

Stage four

Go-live and handover

Controlled cutover with monitoring in place, followed by handover of code, credentials and documentation, and a period of hypercare support.

Output: live integration, owned by you.

Have a Salesforce data flow in mind? We will tell you what it takes before you commit.

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Salesforce API bridging when there is no direct connector

The hard part is rarely Salesforce itself. It is making sure the system on the other end of the wire — often older, undocumented, or maintained by someone who has since left — still gets what it needs, in the shape it expects.

In practice that means a queue that absorbs traffic spikes, retries failed calls against Salesforce's REST / Bulk / Streaming API limits, and a log of every transaction so a disputed record can be traced end to end. When Salesforce changes its API, only the bridge needs updating — not every downstream system.

If there is no usable interface at all, the fallback is a flat-file exchange, a direct database connection, or a small REST wrapper we write and host ourselves — whichever fits what is actually there.

Included in every bridge we build

  • Error handling with alerting when a transfer fails
  • Automatic retries that respect the platform API rate limits
  • A transaction log for tracing any individual record
  • Idempotency so a repeated webhook cannot duplicate a record
  • Field-level mapping documentation you can hand to any developer
  • A staging environment that mirrors production

Salesforce integration FAQs

A single-direction integration between Salesforce and one business system is typically delivered in two to four weeks, including discovery, field-level mapping, build against a sandbox, acceptance testing with your own data and supported go-live. Multi-system programmes are phased.

Other platforms we integrate

Each platform has its own integration guide covering authentication, available endpoints and typical data flows.

Discuss your integration

Call 01303 883111 or email hello@api-integrations.co.uk. We will tell you honestly whether an integration is the right answer to the problem you have described.