Salesforce Permissions Comparison

See exactly how a user's permissions differ between two orgs — effective permissions, aggregated across all permission sets the way Salesforce actually evaluates them, diffed across five categories.

Permission drift is invisible until something breaks

Two orgs that "should" match rarely do. Salesforce Permissions Comparison makes the differences visible, categorized, and exportable — before a user discovers them the hard way.

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Effective, not assigned

Salesforce access is the union of everything assigned to a user. The tool computes that union in each org — so you compare what users can actually do, not what one profile says.

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Additive model, respected

Permissions aggregate with OR semantics across all assigned permission sets — exactly how Salesforce evaluates them. No false diffs from comparing assignment lists.

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Five categories, cleanly diffed

Object permissions, field-level security, system permissions, and more — each category diffed separately and presented in its own tab so you can isolate exactly where the drift lives.

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Any user, any two orgs

Pick one active user from each org — production vs. sandbox, source vs. target, old vs. new — and run the comparison. Results stream with live progress.

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CSV export for audits

Download the full diff as CSV. Auditors and change reviewers get a portable, timestamped record of exactly how the orgs differed.

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Job history

Comparisons are stored, so you can re-check after remediation and prove the drift was closed.

Common use cases

Post-migration access validation

After consolidating orgs or standing up a new environment, verify that migrated users can do in the target org what they could in the source — before they file the tickets that tell you they can't.

Security and compliance audits

Auditors ask how production access compares to the approved baseline org. Run the comparison, export the CSV, and hand over evidence instead of assurances.

Sandbox parity checks

UAT results only mean something if the sandbox's permissions match production. Diff a representative user across both orgs before sign-off testing begins.

Frequently asked questions

What's the difference between effective and assigned permissions in Salesforce?

Assigned permissions are what each individual profile or permission set grants. Effective permissions are what the user can actually do — the union of every permission set assigned to them, because Salesforce's permission model is additive. Comparing assigned lists misses drift; Salesforce Permissions Comparison computes and diffs the effective result, the way Salesforce actually evaluates access.

Which permission categories does Salesforce Permissions Comparison diff?

It compares five categories of a user's effective access between the two orgs — spanning object permissions, field-level security, system and user permissions, and related access settings — and presents each category in its own tab so differences are easy to isolate.

How does it handle users with many permission sets?

The tool aggregates across all permission sets assigned to the user in each org using OR semantics — matching Salesforce's additive model. A permission granted by any assigned permission set counts as granted, so the comparison reflects real access rather than any single assignment.

Can I export the comparison results for an audit?

Yes. Every comparison can be exported to CSV, giving auditors and change reviewers a portable record of exactly how the two orgs differed at the time of the comparison.

Pair it with the rest of a migration

Permission validation is one leg of an org move. These handle the others.

Salesforce Data Migration

Compare schemas and migrate records between orgs with relationships intact — then use Permissions Comparison to verify user access landed correctly.

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File vs. Data Migration

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