Frequently Asked Questions

An AI agent is more than just intelligent software. It's designed to learn and adapt to user interactions autonomously. This flexibility and continuous learning capability enable it to drive efficiencies while providing increasingly better support and solutions, making digital assistants an invaluable tool for improving customer experiences.

Agentforce enhances customer success by enabling humans and AI agents to work together seamlessly.

With Agentforce, you can build and customize autonomous AI agents to support your employees and customers 24/7, boosting efficiency, scalability, and satisfaction.

Conversational AI enables machines to communicate with humans using natural language, facilitating interactions through chatbots, virtual assistants, and other automated systems to improve customer service and engagement.

Pre-built skills, or jobs that Agentforce can perform, are ready-to-use packaged topics and actions, all grounded on the data and metadata of your org. These pre-built skills are tasks like lead development, customer service or generating data visualizations and span CRM, Slack, Tableau, Partners and more.

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oblroi_header ROI Calculator
oblroi_headerBottom See what Agentforce can do for your business across Sales, Sales Enablement, and Customer Service.
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oblroi_sticky_total_copy Your total saving
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oblroi_formHeadline Tell us about your business.
oblroi_formField1Label Number of customer service employees
oblroi_formField1Info Total number of employees in a customer service role
oblroi_formField2Label Average annual cost per employee
oblroi_formField2Info What is the average total of salary and benefits per person?
oblroi_formField3Label % of support conversations shifted to Agentforce over 3 years
oblroi_formField3Info In the last three years what percentage of customer conversations were transferred to a service rep? Include only cases that escalated to a live rep (phone chat or other).
oblroi_formField4Label Conversations handled by each rep on an average day
oblroi_formField4Info Estimate how many customer conversations each employee has on an average day.
oblroi_resultsHeadline With Agentforce, your business could save
oblroi_resultsDescription 3-year total net savings
oblroi_resultsTable_year Year
oblroi_resultsTable_your_savings Your Savings
oblroi_resultsTableAnnualCost Potential annual cost without Agentforce
oblroi_resultsTable_agentforce_investment Agentforce Investment
oblroi_resultsTable_human_cost Agent-related Cost
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oblroi_service_legalDisclaimer_1 *Includes human costs and licensing costs for Agentforce.
oblroi_service_legalDisclaimer_2 All calculations include the license cost even if no conversations are shifted to Agentforce.
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oblroi_sdr_legalDisclaimer_1 Assumes a 40-hour workweek and 50 working weeks per year. Assumes a 25% improvement in sales rep productivity for time spent on lead prospecting and nurturing activities. Projected percentage of untouched leads that are prospected and nurtured with Agentforce are ramped at 28% in year one, 70% in year two and 100% in year three.
oblroi_coach_legalDisclaimer_1 Assumes a 40-hour workweek and 50 working weeks per year. Projected improvements are ramped at 49% in year one, 70% in year two and 100% in year three.
oblroi_all_legalDisclaimer The results of this tool are provided for illustrative purposes only to help you consider Agentforce as a business solution and should not be relied upon. Actual results may vary and are not a guarantee or commitment regarding any potential or actual financial results or other benefits you may achieve. Individual results depend on factors including but not limited to implementation practices user adoption configurations business practices market conditions and external economic factors.
oblroi_all_legalDisclaimer_2 Initial benefits of Salesforce Agentforce achieved within weeks, full transition assumed to happen over three years. Implementation costs not included. Actual Agentforce costs may vary based on architectural design, data requirements, and specific use case. All calculations above done in US dollars unless otherwise noted.
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oblroi_over_years over 3 years total net savings.
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oblroi_error_cost_per_employee Cost per employee is required
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oblroi_resultsHeadline_part1 With Agentforce, your business could save
oblroi_resultsHeadline_part2 of conversations you will save
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oblroi_wizard_select_agents Select my Agentforce Skill
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oblroi_agent_type_sdr Sales Development
oblroi_agent_type_coach Sales Coaching
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oblroi_wizard_question_1 Are you looking to make your sales managers more productive by augmenting sales coaching activities with Agentforce?
oblroi_wizard_question_2 Are you looking to generate more pipeline and revenue by nurturing and engaging with more leads?
oblroi_wizard_question_3 Are you looking to create efficiencies in your customer service, sales, and support teams with Agentforce?
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oblroi_service_headline Service Agent Calculator
oblroi_service_description Are you looking to improve efficiencies in your customer service and support teams with Agentforce?
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oblroi_service_employees_info Total number of employees in a customer service role
oblroi_service_cost_per_employee_label Average annual cost per employee
oblroi_service_cost_per_employee_info What is the average total of salary and benefits per person?
oblroi_service_automation_percent_label % of support conversations shifted to Agentforce over 3 years
oblroi_service_automation_percent_info In the last three years what percentage of customer conversations were transferred to a service rep? Include only cases that escalated to a live rep (phone chat or other).
oblroi_service_conversations_per_day_label Conversations handled by each rep on an average day
oblroi_service_conversations_per_day_info Estimate how many customer conversations each employee has on an average day.
oblroi_coach_headline Sales Coaching Calculator
oblroi_coach_description Are you looking to make your sales managers more productive by augmenting sales coaching activities with Agentforce?
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oblroi_coach_manager_count_info Enter the total number of sales managers in your organization
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oblroi_coach_time_spent_info Percentage of time sales managers spend coaching their teams
oblroi_coach_productivity_target_label % productivity improvement with Agentforce targeted over 3 years
oblroi_coach_productivity_target_info Target productivity improvement percentage for year 3. Years 1 and 2 will scale proportionally.
oblroi_coach_manager_salary_label Average annual sales manager cost
oblroi_coach_manager_salary_info Annual salary for a typical sales manager in your organization
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oblroi_sdr_description Are you looking to increase pipe gen (and revenue) by nurturing and engaging with more leads?
oblroi_sdr_rep_count_label Number of sales development reps
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oblroi_sdr_conversion_rate_label Lead conversion rate for incremental lead volumes
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oblroi_results_table_year Year
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oblroi_results_table_qualified_leads Benefits From Qualified Leads
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oblroi_results_table_net_benefit Net Benefit
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oblroi_sdr_marketing_headline Drive revenue through autonomous, 24/7 pipeline engagement of inbound leads with Agentforce.
oblroi_sdr_marketing_item1 Scale with autonomous outreach to answer product questions, handle objections and book meetings
oblroi_sdr_marketing_item2 Interact with customers across channels with relevant, personalized responses, all grounded in your sales and customer data
oblroi_sdr_marketing_item3 Seamless hand-off from agents to human sellers
oblroi_service_marketing_headline Engage customers autonomously to drive efficiency for customer support with Agentforce.
oblroi_service_marketing_item1 Support customers across channels 24/7 using natural responses
oblroi_service_marketing_item2 Resolve cases with speed and accuracy by grounding every answer in trusted data
oblroi_service_marketing_item3 Define clear security guardrails and seamlessly escalate interactions to human support reps
oblroi_coach_marketing_headline Drive productivity for sales managers through autonomous sales coaching with Agentforce.
oblroi_coach_marketing_item1 Scale coaching with autonomous role play facilitation based on deal stage to practice pitching, handing objections, and negotiation
oblroi_coach_marketing_item2 Get personalized feedback with insights, areas of improvement, and actionable next steps to advance deals grounded in CRM data
oblroi_coach_marketing_item3 Assess sales results with analysis of win/loss rates of deals with and without coaching