CloudComp

Salesforce Administrators

Administrators

Choose Your Own Implementation Path

Why Administrators love CloudComp

Salesforce Admins are often tasked with implementing and managing commission solutions — even when the plan was written by someone else. CloudComp makes that possible without consultants, middleware, or months of training.

Whether you’re a solo admin or part of a Center of Excellence, Surfwriter is here to help you succeed with CloudComp.

  • Launch in days not months with free download and fully functional 30 day trial  
  • Use intuitive visual tools to connect CloudComp to any Salesforce object
  • Deploy across Opportunities, Subscriptions, Invoices — or any custom object
  • Instantly preview live sales data by type, user, and plan using admin test panels
  • Rapidly create and test CloudComp Quotas, Compensation Plans, and Payments
  • Deliver real-time commission estimates and guided selling for your team by simply adding the CloudComp Assistant LWC to your Opportunity (or any object) Lightning Record Page
  • Configure custom Salesforce reports and dashboards by user, role, team, or persona
  • 100% Salesforce-native — no third-party systems or syncs
  • Government Cloud certified
  • Multi-currency and FX conversion with dated rates
  • Built-in support for teams, hierarchies, and quota attainment logic
  • Prefer white-glove support? Surfwriter’s Salesforce-certified pros can help configure complex plans, import historical data, and validate every payout scenario.

  • No lock-in. No implementation bottlenecks. Just fast, powerful compensation management — built for Salesforce Admins, by Salesforce experts.

Book a demo or start a free evaluation today.

CloudComp for Salesforce Admins FAQ

  • Most admins configure their first plans in days.
  • Everything is Salesforce-native and metadata-driven, so setup is fast and reliable.
  • The most important things to know before you begin are which sales data will constitute the basis for your commission calculations and you need to know your commission rules and how to do the actual math so you can configure and validate your setup.
  • Yes. CloudComp’s Sales Data Foundation lets you define any Salesforce object as commissionable or quota basis.
  • You’re not limited to Opportunities.
  • CloudComp respects Salesforce security and sharing rules.
  • Be sure that you install CloudComp for System Administrator profile only. Sales reps will not ever own their records in CloudComp.
  • Ensure that each rep has a CloudComp License.
  • Use the checkboxes in Quota Management and Plan Assignments to enable read-only sharing for each rep and optionally for their managers.
  • When you’re ready for reps to see their own quotas and commissions in CloudComp, assign the included recipient permission sets to the reps. 
  • Read permission-based dynamic reports and dashboards ensure reps, managers, finance, and admins see the right data.
  • No. CloudComp runs entirely inside Salesforce.
  • There are no external sync jobs, middleware, or external platforms to manage.

Yes. CloudComp follows Salesforce best practices, is packaged and tested for upgrades, and scales as your org grows.

Yes. CloudComp Forecasting and Modeling lets admins run “what-if” scenarios against sales data, showing how new plans or tiers would perform before publishing.

  • No. It’s a Salesforce Lightning Web Component that plugs into existing record pages.
  • Admins configure once, and reps immediately see real-time estimates and guided selling inside Salesforce according to their particular compensation plans and the status of their attainment, tiers, accelerators, etc.
  • Surfwriter Professional Services provides full discovery, design, implementation, training, and optimization.
  • And because CloudComp is configurable enough for DIY, Surfwriter Professional Services projects are faster, less complex, and more cost-effective than legacy-style vendors with complex proprietary SaaS platforms that only support vendor setup.
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