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Database ⇄ CRM

MySQL to Salesforce integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep MySQL and Salesforce in sync without custom scripts. Cut weeks of integration work, eliminate silent data drift, and give your team a single, reliable source of truth.

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Why teams connect MySQL and Salesforce

Treat Salesforce like part of your database: its records live in MySQL as real tables, and writes in either place sync to the other in seconds.

Product and engineering teams constantly need CRM data, and the CRM API is a poor way to get it: rate limits, pagination, custom objects, and integration code that breaks when an admin renames a field. What they actually want is the data in MySQL, where it can be queried and joined like everything else.

Stacksync mirrors Contacts, Leads, Opportunities, Cases from Salesforce into Tables, Views, Columns, Primary and Unique Keys in MySQL with real-time, bi-directional sync. Read CRM records with plain queries; write updates from your application and they appear in Salesforce with validation intact. Go-to-market teams keep working in the CRM, engineers keep working in the database, and neither has to think about the other.

Common use cases

  • Consolidate multiple Salesforce orgs into a single database for cross-org reporting after an acquisition.
  • Sync Accounts, Contacts, and Opportunities bi-directionally with Postgres so engineering teams read and write CRM data with plain SQL.
  • Feed a warehouse from MySQL continuously using binlog-based capture instead of nightly dumps
  • Two-way sync between a MySQL application database and a CRM so operational records and sales records stay identical

Query the CRM like a database

Accounts, contacts, and custom objects from Salesforce become tables in MySQL you can join with application data directly.

Product events onto CRM records

Signup, usage, or lifecycle changes written to MySQL sync onto the matching records in Salesforce, giving go-to-market teams live product context.

Internal tools without API code

Back-office apps read and write the synced tables; Stacksync handles the Salesforce API, limits, and retries.

What you can sync between MySQL and Salesforce

Representative objects on each side — any object or custom field can map to any target. Schemas are auto-detected; types are converted between the two systems.

MySQL objects Salesforce objects
Primary and Unique Keys Match keys for idempotent upserts and conflict handling. Cases Support records; synced with help desk tools or internal databases for escalation workflows.
JSON Columns Validated semi-structured payloads for nested SaaS data. Campaigns Marketing membership data; read out for attribution analysis in the warehouse.
Stored Procedures Server-side logic that can post-process synced rows. Tasks and Events Activity records; usually read-only in syncs to feed activity reporting.
Triggers An alternative change-capture mechanism when binlog access is unavailable. Products and Price Books Catalog and pricing data; commonly mastered in an ERP and written into Salesforce.
Databases (Schemas) Top-level namespaces that scope a sync's reads and writes. Custom Objects Org-specific tables with the __c suffix; discoverable via describe metadata so field mappings can be generated.
Tables The primary sync target; rows map to records in connected systems. Accounts Company records that anchor most syncs; typically mapped to customer tables in a database or ERP.
What ships with MySQL ⇄ Salesforce

Connect MySQL and Salesforce for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every MySQL–Salesforce connection.

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in MySQL or Salesforce instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever MySQL or Salesforce data changes, update records, fire webhooks, or kick off sequences without brittle API scripts.

At scale

Event queues

Handle millions of events per minute without losing a single MySQL or Salesforce record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your MySQL ⇄ Salesforce sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

Trading partners

EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between MySQL and Salesforce.

How the MySQL and Salesforce connectors work

MySQL

Integration surface
SQL wire protocol (MySQL client/server protocol)
Authentication
Database credentials entered as a connection string or parameters, with optional SSL root certificate upload and optional SSH tunnel (SSH user + SSH host)
Change detection
Database triggers — Stacksync creates deterministic triggers for internal logging and syncing (requires log_bin_trust_function_creators=ON when binary logging is enabled)
Capabilities
read · write · CDC
Rate limits
No API rate limits; throughput is bounded by connection limits and server resources
MySQL setup guide

Salesforce

Integration surface
REST, SOAP, and Bulk APIs
Authentication
OAuth login via a Salesforce user (browser-based authorization flow); requires "API Enabled" permission for polling mode, plus "Author Apex" and "Customize Application" OR "Modify All Data" for trigger mode
Change detection
Apex triggers are used whenever possible (Salesforce actively notifies Stacksync via an Apex trigger + callout class + remote site setting)
Capabilities
read · write · CDC
Rate limits
Daily API request allocations vary by edition and license count.
Salesforce setup guide
How it works

How to connect MySQL to Salesforce — three steps, no code

Configure and sync within minutes, no code. Whether you sync 50k or 100M+ records, Stacksync handles the queues, infra, and plumbing. Integrations are non-invasive and need zero setup on your systems.

  1. 01

    Connect your apps

    Authenticate MySQL and Salesforce with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.

    • OAuth 2.0
    • SSH tunnel
    • VPC peering
    MySQL connected
    Salesforce connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the MySQL and Salesforce objects to sync — Stacksync auto-detects both schemas, including custom fields where the platform exposes them. Sync to existing tables, or let Stacksync create new ones with ideal data types.

    • Standard objects
    • Custom objects
    • Auto-schema
    objects · MySQL ⇄ Salesforce
    Customers 12,480
    Sales Orders 8,213
    Invoices 5,902
    Items 1,344
  3. 03

    Map fields

    Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.

    • Auto-map
    • Type casting
    • Transforms
    MySQL Salesforce
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
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FAQ

MySQL and Salesforce integration FAQ

SECURITY

Security teams love Stacksync

As a data company, we understand the importance of keeping your data secure. Stacksync is built with security best practices to keep your data safe at every layer, and is DPF-certified for US, EU, UK and CH data transfers.

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SSO & SCIM

Let your users access Stacksync from your centralized user management systems. Works with Okta, Azure, Google SSO and more.

Alerts

Immediately get alerted about record syncing issues over email, Slack, PagerDuty and WhatsApp. Resolve issues from a centralized dashboard with retry and revert options.

Secure connection options

Securely connects to your systems with:

OAuth 2 SSH Tunnelling SSL certificates IP Whitelisting VPN gateway VPC peering and more

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