Compare Salesforce for Outlook (Retiring) with the Next Generation Products

Check out a high-level comparison of Salesforce for Outlook to the next-generation products, the Outlook Integration and Einstein Activity Capture.

Required Editions

Outlook integration is available in Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience in: Essentials, Group, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions

Einstein Activity Capture is available in Lightning Experience and all versions of the Salesforce mobile app in Essentials, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, and Unlimited Editions

Salesforce for Outlook is available in Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience in: Personal, Contact Manager, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions

Important
Important Full product retirement for Salesforce for Outlook is scheduled on January 30, 2027. See Salesforce for Outlook Retirement. To keep integrating Microsoft Outlook with Salesforce, check out our next-generation products: the Outlook integration and Einstein Activity Capture. See Move from Salesforce for Outlook (Retiring) to the Next-Generation Products.

For now, use this at-a-glance comparison to start thinking about your move to the next-generation products.

Keep in mind that we continue to introduce enhancements to the Outlook Integration and Einstein Activity Capture every release. Keep an eye on the Salesforce Release Notes to see when enhancements become available. If the support you need isn't provided by our replacement products, consider reviewing third-party alternatives available from AppExchange.

When you're ready to get a deeper understanding of the differences, review our detailed product comparisons. Later, we show you how to use these comparisons to narrow down which products are best for your sales teams.

Product Detail Salesforce for Outlook Outlook Integration and Einstein Activity Capture
Supports older versions of Microsoft Outlook (Outlook 2010 and earlier) Checkmark icon indicating true X icon indicating false
Supports all Salesforce editions X icon indicating false X icon indicating false
Supports Lightning Experience

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Only if the user can move between Lightning Experience and Salesforce Classic using the switcher.

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Supports Salesforce Classic Checkmark icon indicating true

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Outlook Integration only.

Supports Salesforce Mobile App

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Sync only

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Einstein Activity Capture only.

Supported with Sales and Service Cloud purchases Checkmark icon indicating true

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Outlook Integration only.

Supports sync for customers with both Exchange Online and on-premises Exchange used simultaneously (also known as a “hybrid” configuration) Checkmark icon indicating true

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Available for capture functionality with Einstein Activity Capture only; no support for sync functionality.

Customer can control which users' email accounts Salesforce has access to Checkmark icon indicating true Checkmark icon indicating true
A side panel that lets users access Salesforce features from Outlook Checkmark icon indicating true

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Outlook Integration only.

Contact and event sync Checkmark icon indicating true

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Einstein Activity Capture only.

Repeating event sync

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Salesforce Classic only. Learn more

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Lightning Experience and Salesforce app with Einstein Activity Capture only. Learn more

Task sync Checkmark icon indicating true

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Though with Outlook Integration, reps can work with Salesforce tasks directly from Outlook.

Manually add Outlook email, contacts, and events to Salesforce Checkmark icon indicating true

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Outlook Integration only.

Automatically add Outlook email and events to Salesforce X icon indicating false

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Einstein Activity Capture only.

Custom field sync Checkmark icon indicating true X icon indicating false
Customize mappings for standard fields Checkmark icon indicating true Checkmark icon indicating true
Contact sync filters Checkmark icon indicating true

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Einstein Activity Capture only, with limitations.

Event sync filters Checkmark icon indicating true

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Einstein Activity Capture only, with limitations.

Remove deleted contacts from the other application automatically Checkmark icon indicating true X icon indicating false
Remove deleted events from the other application automatically Checkmark icon indicating true

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Einstein Activity Capture only.

Sync event attachments Checkmark icon indicating true X icon indicating false