You live in Salesforce
If 90 percent of your team's work happens inside CRM and Salesforce is the system of record, the deepest agent surface is the Salesforce-native one.
Comparison
Renly vs Salesforce Agentforce: Salesforce-locked CRM agents vs cross-vendor runtime.
Agentforce is the deepest agent surface inside the Salesforce data model and a strong choice if your work is 90 percent CRM-centric. Renly is cross-vendor: it runs agents across Salesforce and non-Salesforce systems with pre-built templates across 22 industries, BYOLLM on Enterprise, and transparent seat pricing.
Honest take
How we compared them
Agentforce is a credible enterprise agent layer when Salesforce is your operating system. Renly is the right answer when work crosses CRM, finance, ops, marketing, and engineering tools. We have written this comparison so you can pick by your stack, not by a vendor pitch.
Side-by-side
Where each platform fits
| Dimension | Salesforce Agentforce | Renly |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | CRM-native agents tied to the Salesforce data model and licensing. | Horizontal cross-vendor agent runtime spanning CRM, finance, ops, marketing, HR, engineering. |
| Pre-built capability | Out-of-the-box agents focused on sales, service, and marketing inside Salesforce. | Pre-built agent templates across 22 industries plus natural-language agent building. |
| Connectors | Deepest in Salesforce. External systems via MuleSoft and integrations. | 22 connected business systems including Salesforce, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Xero, Jira, Azure DevOps, LinkedIn, and more. |
| Governance default | Enterprise governance and trust posture inside the Salesforce platform model. | A Governed Runtime, default-on from day one: correlated audit trails, approval rules your admins set (sending always needs a person), and fail-closed enforcement on Enterprise. |
| Model flexibility | Salesforce-managed model stack with Einstein Trust Layer. | BYOLLM on Enterprise: OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, Google Gemini with customer-managed keys. |
| Pricing model | Enterprise contracts on top of Salesforce licensing, often per-conversation metered. | Transparent seat pricing: Free, Pro US$19.99, Pro Plus US$49.99, Enterprise custom. |
| Target buyer | Salesforce-standardised enterprises running CRM as the system of record. | Mid-market companies (50 to 500 employees) with mixed stacks adopting AI across many functions. |
Where Agentforce wins
Agentforce is the right choice when
Enterprise trust posture matters most
Salesforce has decades of enterprise security and trust posture. For F500 procurement, that history counts.
Sales and service are the core jobs
Out-of-the-box Agentforce agents map onto Salesforce's strongest job families: sales, service, and marketing inside CRM.
You have Salesforce licensing in place
If you are already paying for Salesforce enterprise tiers, adding Agentforce on top is a smaller incremental decision than picking a separate runtime.
Where Renly wins
Renly is the right choice when
Cross-vendor by design
Renly runs agents across Salesforce and non-Salesforce systems: Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Xero, Jira, Azure DevOps, LinkedIn, and more. Built for real mixed stacks.
Templates beyond CRM
Agent templates across 22 industries cover finance, ops, marketing, HR, engineering, and more, not just sales and service inside CRM.
Mid-market pricing
Transparent seat pricing your CFO can plan around, no per-conversation surprises and no enterprise minimums.
BYOLLM on Enterprise
Bring your own OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, or Google Gemini keys. Keep model usage on contracts you already have.
Runs the work and proves it
Agentforce runs agents inside the Salesforce stack. Renly runs the work and produces the evidence trail across your whole stack in the same layer: every action attributable to a user, agent, and model and landing in a correlated audit trail, writes following the approval rules your admins set (sending always needs a person), and, on Enterprise, actions blocked rather than bypassed when governance is unavailable.
Decision guide
Which one is right for you
Choose Agentforce when
Your operating system is Salesforce, CRM is where 90 percent of the work happens, and enterprise procurement favours adding to your Salesforce stack.
Choose Renly when
You are a mid-market team with a mixed stack and want agents across Salesforce and non-Salesforce systems, with BYOLLM and seat pricing.
Use both when
Agentforce inside Salesforce for CRM-native jobs, Renly as the horizontal runtime for finance, ops, marketing, HR, and engineering work.
Fact-check sources: Salesforce Agentforce product pages, and Renly product, agents, and pricing pages. Agentforce pricing and capabilities can change. Verify on Salesforce official pages before procurement.
FAQ
Common questions
Is Renly a Salesforce Agentforce alternative?
For teams whose work crosses Salesforce and other systems, yes. For Salesforce-only operating models, Agentforce stays deepest.
Does Renly work with Salesforce?
Yes. Salesforce is one of Renly's 22 connected systems. Agents query accounts, opportunities, leads, run reports, and draft updates with approval cards.
How does pricing compare?
Agentforce is sold as enterprise contracts on top of Salesforce licensing, often per-conversation metered. Renly publishes seat pricing: Free, Pro US$19.99, Pro Plus US$49.99, Enterprise custom.
What if my team mostly lives in Salesforce?
If you are 90 percent CRM-centric and want the deepest CRM-native agent surface, Agentforce is the natural pick.
Does Renly support BYOLLM?
Yes. Enterprise customers can bring their own OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, or Google Gemini keys.
The cross-vendor agent runtime for mixed stacks
Renly ships agent templates across 22 industries, connects to 22 business systems including Salesforce, and bakes governance into every action. Built in Australia by XiPlatform Pty Ltd.