Not a generic data tool retrofitted for Salesforce. SproutEzee was designed from the ground up around how Salesforce orgs actually work — schemas, validation rules, relationships, and Bulk API.
SproutEzee calls your Salesforce Metadata API to load every object and field definition the moment you connect. Custom objects ending in __c, managed package objects, platform events — all available instantly without any manual configuration.
Required fields are automatically included and populated. Optional fields can be toggled on or off. SproutEzee knows the difference between Text, Number, Currency, Email, Phone, Picklist, Date, DateTime, Lookup, and MasterDetail field types and generates appropriate values for each.
Salesforce data is relational. A Case needs an Account. A Contact needs an AccountId. An Opportunity needs a related Contact. Getting this wrong means failed inserts and broken lookup fields.
SproutEzee reads your org's relationship graph and sorts objects in correct dependency order. It generates parent records first, then populates lookup fields in child records with the correct IDs from the just-created parents.
Generic data generators produce American names, US zip codes, and SSNs. That's not useful if your Salesforce org serves UK customers. SproutEzee generates data that looks and feels like real UK records — because edge cases in UK formats are exactly what you need to test.
Names are drawn from the ONS most common UK forenames and surnames. Addresses follow the Royal Mail format. Phone numbers use the Ofcom numbering plan. NI numbers follow the valid format specification.
Validation rules are the leading cause of failed data imports. A rule like "Phone must start with 07 for Mobile" or "NI Number must match [A-Z]{2}[0-9]{6}[A-D]" will reject records that a generic generator creates.
SproutEzee pulls all active validation rule formulas via the Metadata API before generation. It evaluates each candidate record against those rules and regenerates any value that would trigger a failure — before the Bulk API is ever called.
The most painful part of sandbox refreshes isn't the first time you set up test data. It's the tenth. Every two-week sprint has a refresh, and you rebuild the same records every time.
SproutEzee lets you save any field configuration — object, fields, patterns, volume, relationships — as a named template. After a refresh, run "Standard Contact Set" in one click. 500 records. 60 seconds. Done.
When you need to test performance, governor limits, or list view scalability, you need thousands of records — not hundreds. SproutEzee uses Salesforce's Bulk API v2 for every insert, which bypasses trigger governor limits and processes records in large parallel batches.
Pro plan supports up to 10,000 records per generation run. Processing runs in background batches so you're not blocked waiting. You get a notification when the job is complete.
The honest comparison — what SproutEzee does, what the alternatives do, and what your QA team actually needs.
| Capability | SproutEzee | Manual Creation | Mockaroo | Apex Test Factories | SF Data Generator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reads your org's schema automatically | Yes | No | No | Partial | Yes |
| Respects validation rules | Yes | Sometimes | No | Partial | No |
| UK locale data | Yes | Manual | Generic | No | US default |
| Handles lookup relationships | Yes | Manual | No | Code required | Recipe required |
| Inserts via Bulk API v2 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| No code / no CLI required | Yes | Yes | Yes | Apex required | SFDX + recipes |
| Saved reusable templates | Yes | No | Schemas only | No | Recipe files |
| 500 records in under 60s | Yes | 30-90 min | Export only | Gov limits | Yes |
| Visible in Salesforce UI immediately | Yes | Yes | Manual import | Test class only | Yes |
Connect your sandbox for free. 100 records per day, 5 standard objects, full UK locale patterns — no credit card needed.