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Salesforce Community & Portal Services

Branded Customer & Partner Portals on Experience Cloud

Give your customers, partners, employees, and suppliers a beautiful, secure, self-service experience that draws live from your Salesforce data. Our certified Experience Cloud team designs, builds, customizes, and integrates community portals — from a 200-user partner portal to a multilingual customer self-service hub for 100,000 contacts — at offshore economics.

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$15/hrStarting per hour
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Up to 75%Cost savings
CertifiedExperience Cloud experts

What We Deliver

FULL BUILD
  • Customer, partner, employee & supplier portals
  • Experience Cloud setup & LWR site builds
  • Branded UX with custom Lightning Web Components
  • Self-service knowledge base & case deflection
  • Role-based access, SSO & identity management
  • Mobile-responsive, multilingual & accessible
  • Integration with ERP, billing & ticketing systems
About Community & Portal Services

Salesforce-powered portals — not generic web builds bolted on top of CRM.

Most organizations end up with one of two bad portal experiences. Either a custom-built web app that lives outside Salesforce — always six months out of sync, requires a separate engineering team to maintain, and constantly leaks data when records change — or a basic Salesforce Site with the default look that nobody wants to log into twice.

Our Experience Cloud (formerly Community Cloud) work delivers a third option: a fully branded, modern, self-service experience that runs natively on Salesforce. Customers see their cases, invoices, orders, and contracts live from the source. Partners register opportunities, share documents, and manage deals in real time. Employees access HR records and submit tickets. Suppliers track POs and submit invoices. All on one platform, with one security model, and one source of truth.

Free Portal Discovery Audit

A 60-minute working session with a certified Experience Cloud architect.

Bring your audience, use case, branding goals, and integration needs. Walk away with a written recommendation on portal type, template choice, scope, integration map, and a phased rollout plan with effort and cost estimates. No pitch deck, no follow-up loop.

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Customer & Partner Portal Solutions Overview

Six portal types, one Salesforce platform.

Different audiences need different experiences. Customer portals are about case deflection and self-service. Partner portals are about deal registration and channel performance. Employee portals are about HR and IT self-service. We build all of them — on the same Salesforce foundation.

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Customer Portal

Self-service portal where customers can submit cases, track tickets, view invoices, manage subscriptions, and find answers in a searchable knowledge base.

  • Case submission & tracking
  • Knowledge base & self-service
  • Invoice and order history
  • Subscription management
  • Account information updates
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Partner Portal

Channel partner experience for deal registration, lead distribution, MDF requests, training enrollment, and joint pipeline visibility.

  • Deal registration & approvals
  • Lead distribution & tracking
  • MDF & co-marketing requests
  • Partner training & certifications
  • Pipeline & commission reporting
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Employee Portal

Internal experience for HR self-service, IT ticket submission, internal knowledge base, expense submission, and time-off requests.

  • HR forms & self-service
  • IT helpdesk & ticketing
  • Internal knowledge base
  • Expense & PTO workflows
  • Company-wide announcements
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Supplier & Vendor Portal

Supplier-facing experience for purchase order tracking, invoice submission, delivery confirmations, document exchange, and vendor onboarding.

  • PO visibility & acceptance
  • Invoice submission & status
  • Delivery confirmation
  • Vendor onboarding workflows
  • Compliance document exchange
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Help Center & Knowledge Base

Public knowledge base with searchable articles, FAQs, video tutorials, and community-style Q&A for case deflection at scale.

  • Searchable knowledge articles
  • Video tutorial embedding
  • FAQ & troubleshooting guides
  • Community-style Q&A forums
  • Article ratings & feedback
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Student & Member Portal

Education and association portal for student enrollment, member benefits, event registration, certification tracking, and donor management.

  • Student or member self-service
  • Event registration & payment
  • Certification & CE tracking
  • Donor & alumni engagement
  • Course catalogs & enrollment
Experience Cloud Implementation Services

Everything required for a production-quality portal launch.

Building an Experience Cloud portal involves a lot more than picking a template. Here is what our certified team configures, customizes, and integrates on every project.

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Portal Design & Branding

Custom theme design with your colors, typography, logo, imagery, and Lightning Design System (SLDS) compliance — built on the Lightning Web Runtime (LWR) for speed.

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Template Selection & Configuration

Selection between LWR, Aura, and Visualforce templates based on your scale, performance, and customization needs — then full configuration tuned to your audience.

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Custom Lightning Web Components

Bespoke LWC components for unique portal needs — advanced search, multi-step forms, interactive dashboards, embedded video, custom record viewers.

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Security & Sharing Configuration

External user license selection, sharing sets, account/contact relationships, sharing rules, profiles, permission sets, and field-level security tuned to portal scale.

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Identity & SSO Integration

Single sign-on via SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect with Okta, Azure AD, Auth0, Google, social logins, or your custom identity provider.

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Self-Registration & Onboarding

Self-registration flows with email verification, multi-step onboarding wizards, profile completion prompts, and welcome email sequences.

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Knowledge Base & Search

Salesforce Knowledge configuration, federated search, AI-powered article recommendations, multilingual articles, and case deflection workflows.

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Notification & Engagement

In-portal notifications, email digest automation, mobile push, chat integration, and engagement tracking across user activity.

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Multilingual & Accessibility

Multi-language portal builds with Translation Workbench, RTL language support, and full WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility compliance.

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Analytics & Reporting

Portal usage analytics, login tracking, engagement metrics, deflection rate reporting, and stakeholder dashboards for portal owners.

Self-Service & Collaboration Features

Reduce support volume, raise satisfaction, and let your users help themselves.

A well-built self-service portal typically deflects 30–60% of inbound support volume — returning hours back to your service team while raising customer satisfaction scores at the same time.

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Case Deflection

Smart search, AI article recommendations, and “have you tried” prompts steer users to answers before they open a case — cutting ticket volume materially.

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Federated Search

One search box that returns results across knowledge articles, cases, files, products, and external systems — ranked by relevance and personalization.

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Q&A & Discussion Forums

Community-style discussion threads where users help each other, with moderator tools, kudos, accepted answers, and SEO-friendly indexing.

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File Sharing & Document Hub

Secure document libraries with versioning, role-based access, and contract or training resource distribution.

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Live Chat & Messaging

Embedded chat with bots that answer routine questions, then hand off to live agents for complex issues — all logged on the case record.

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AI-Powered Assistance

Einstein-powered article recommendations, Agentforce-driven service agents, and Einstein Bots for 24/7 portal-side support — grounded on your real data.

Portal Customization & Integration Capabilities

Connect your portal to every system your users actually need.

A portal that does not integrate with your ERP, billing, ticketing, and identity systems is a glorified static website. Here is the integration depth we build into every portal.

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ERP Integration

Live order, invoice, and shipment status pulled from NetSuite, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle, or QuickBooks — with proper caching for performance.

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Billing & Payment

Stripe, Zuora, Chargify, Recurly, Salesforce Billing integrations — letting customers pay invoices, update cards, and view billing history.

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Email & Marketing

Marketing Cloud, Pardot/Account Engagement, HubSpot integration for portal-driven nurture campaigns, email digests, and lifecycle communication.

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E-Signature & Documents

DocuSign, Adobe Sign, PandaDoc, Conga Composer integrations for in-portal contract signing, NDA exchange, and automated document workflows.

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SSO & Identity Federation

SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect with Okta, Azure AD, Auth0, Ping Identity, Google, and social logins (Apple, LinkedIn, Microsoft) — plus MFA enforcement.

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Helpdesk & Ticketing

Bidirectional sync with Zendesk, Freshdesk, Jira Service Management, ServiceNow — keeping case status and comments mirrored across systems.

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Mobile App Wrapping

Wrap your Experience Cloud portal as a branded iOS and Android app using MobileSDK or third-party wrappers — with push notifications and offline-friendly views.

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Analytics & BI

Google Analytics 4, Adobe Analytics, Salesforce CRM Analytics, and Tableau dashboards embedded inside portal pages for live decision support.

Features & Business Benefits

What well-built portals actually deliver — measured in real numbers.

Experience Cloud portals are not a vanity buy. Done well, they pay for themselves within months through deflected support volume, faster sales cycles, and dramatically lower operational cost.

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30-60% Case Deflection

Self-service search, knowledge articles, and AI-powered assistance cut inbound case volume — returning hours to your support team while keeping CSAT high.

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Faster Partner Velocity

Partner portals with deal registration, lead distribution, and pipeline visibility cut channel transaction time by 40–60% versus email-driven processes.

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Single Source of Truth

Every record — case, invoice, order, contract, opportunity — lives in Salesforce. Customers and partners see live data, not stale snapshots from a separate system.

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Higher Engagement & CSAT

Modern, branded, mobile-friendly UX lifts customer engagement and satisfaction scores measurably versus a basic helpdesk ticket form or static FAQ page.

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Lower Total Cost

No separate web app to maintain. No custom infrastructure. Salesforce-managed platform with seasonal release updates and built-in security — not a parallel tech stack.

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Enterprise Security

Inherits the Salesforce platform security model. Sharing rules, field-level security, audit trails, GDPR/HIPAA/SOC 2 controls all enforced at the data layer.

Industries We Serve

Experience Cloud expertise across every major sector.

Different industries have different portal realities — HIPAA for healthcare patient portals, PCI for retail customer portals, FERPA for education student portals. We have shipped them all.

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Healthcare & Life Sciences
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Financial Services
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Manufacturing & Distribution
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Retail & E-commerce
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SaaS & Technology
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Real Estate & Property
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Education & Nonprofit
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Logistics & Transportation
Why Choose Us

The Experience Cloud partner that builds portals users genuinely want to log into.

Most Experience Cloud builds fail on adoption — the portal goes live, looks acceptable, then nobody uses it. Here is what makes our delivery genuinely different.

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Certified Experience Cloud Specialists

Senior consultants with Experience Cloud Consultant, Platform Developer, JavaScript Developer I, and Application Architect certifications. Real production portal experience across every audience type.

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UX-First Design

Wireframes and clickable prototypes signed off by your stakeholders — before a single component is built. No surprise UX reveals at the end of the project.

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Up to 75% Cost Savings

Senior Experience Cloud expertise at $15-21/hour vs. $200-350/hour from US-only Salesforce partners. Same caliber of work, fraction of the cost.

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Time Zone Aligned

Daily standups during your business hours, real-time Slack/Teams availability. Design and UX feedback iterates fast without 24-hour cycles.

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Performance-Tuned LWR Builds

We default to the Lightning Web Runtime (LWR) for new portals — faster page loads, modern component model, better mobile experience — not legacy Aura templates.

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Accessibility & SLDS Compliant

Every component meets WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards and Salesforce Lightning Design System guidelines — critical for public-sector and healthcare portals.

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Free 2-Week Trial

Pick real items from your portal backlog — a custom LWC, a knowledge config, a branding refresh. Our team works on it for 2 weeks at zero cost before any commitment.

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Secure & Compliant

NDAs signed before access. GDPR/HIPAA/SOC 2 aligned controls. SSO via your identity provider, MFA enforcement, audit trails, and quarterly access reviews.

Our Experience Cloud Implementation Process

A proven five-phase portal delivery method.

Transparent, sprint-based delivery with concrete deliverables at every step. You always know exactly what is in flight, what is shipping next, and what is on the roadmap.

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Discover

Workshops with portal owners, end users, and IT. Audience personas, top user journeys, success metrics, integration scope, and security model captured in writing.

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Design

Wireframes, clickable prototypes, brand system, accessibility plan, template selection (LWR vs. Aura), data model, and security architecture. Sign-off before build.

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Build

Sprint-based development in sandbox — portal setup, branding, custom LWCs, knowledge base configuration, security model, and integrations. Live demos every 2 weeks.

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Test

UAT with real users, accessibility audit (WCAG 2.1 AA), performance testing, security review, multilingual content verification, and go-live readiness checklist.

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Launch & Optimize

Phased rollout (pilot user group first, then full audience), 30-day hypercare, adoption tracking, weekly tune-ups based on user feedback, and a 90-day optimization roadmap.

FAQs

Honest answers to every question buyers ask about Experience Cloud portals.

What is Salesforce Experience Cloud and is it the same as Community Cloud?
Yes — Experience Cloud is the current name for what was previously called Community Cloud and, before that, Customer Communities. It is the Salesforce platform for building branded customer, partner, employee, supplier, and member portals that run natively on your Salesforce data. The product capabilities and architecture have evolved significantly — modern portals now run on the Lightning Web Runtime (LWR) for substantially better performance — but the core promise (portals natively tied to your CRM) is the same.
How much does an Experience Cloud portal cost?
Implementation hourly engagements start at $21/hour. Dedicated full-time consultants are $2,500/month ($15/hour, 160 hours). Part-time is $1,500/month ($18/hour, 80 hours). Fixed-scope portal builds typically range from $25,000 for a focused customer self-service portal to $200,000+ for enterprise partner portals with deep integrations, custom LWCs, and multilingual support. Salesforce Experience Cloud license fees are separate and paid directly to Salesforce based on user count and license type.
How long does a portal implementation take?
A focused customer self-service portal with standard templates and minimal integrations typically ships in 6–10 weeks. Mid-complexity partner or customer portals with custom LWCs, branding, and 2–3 integrations run 10–16 weeks. Enterprise rollouts with multilingual support, multiple integrations, complex sharing models, and accessibility certification span 4–9 months. Every project ships in 2-week sprints with live demos.
Which Experience Cloud template should I choose — LWR or Aura?
For new portal builds we recommend the Lightning Web Runtime (LWR) template in nearly every case — it is significantly faster, has a modern component model, better mobile performance, and is where Salesforce is investing future capabilities. Aura templates (Customer Service, Partner Central) still work and may make sense if you need specific features not yet available in LWR. Visualforce and Tabs+Visualforce templates are legacy and not recommended for new builds. The free discovery audit produces a specific recommendation tied to your use case.
Can the portal integrate with our ERP, billing, and ticketing systems?
Yes. Common portal integrations include ERPs (NetSuite, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, QuickBooks), billing platforms (Stripe, Zuora, Chargify, Salesforce Billing), helpdesk tools (Zendesk, Freshdesk, ServiceNow, Jira Service Management), e-signature (DocuSign, Adobe Sign), and identity providers (Okta, Azure AD, Auth0, Ping). We pick the integration pattern — REST, MuleSoft, iPaaS, point-to-point — that fits your scale, performance, and maintainability needs.
Will the portal be mobile-friendly and accessible?
Yes. Every portal we build is mobile-responsive across phones, tablets, and desktops. We follow WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards on every component — keyboard navigation, screen reader support, sufficient color contrast, ARIA labeling, and focus management. For public-sector, healthcare, education, and government-adjacent portals where accessibility is a regulatory requirement, we deliver a written accessibility audit at go-live.
How do we handle SSO and identity for external users?
Experience Cloud supports a wide range of identity options: standard Salesforce username/password with email verification, social logins (Google, Apple, LinkedIn, Microsoft), SAML SSO with corporate identity providers (Okta, Azure AD, ADFS, Auth0, Ping), OpenID Connect, OAuth, and custom identity providers. We configure the right combination for your audience — typically social or SSO for consumer portals, SAML SSO for B2B partner portals, and corporate SSO for employee portals. MFA enforcement is configured on every production portal by default.
Do you support multilingual portals?
Yes. Multilingual portals are built using Salesforce Translation Workbench for system labels and translated knowledge articles for content. We have shipped portals in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Arabic, and RTL languages. Translation workflow integration with services like Smartling or Lokalise is available for ongoing content management.
Do you sign an NDA?
Yes. NDAs are signed before any technical discussion or org access. Portal projects involve sensitive data — customer information, partner agreements, pricing, internal employee records — and confidentiality is treated as a non-negotiable starting point on every engagement.
How do we get started?
Visit our Contact page and share a few details — portal audience (customer, partner, employee, supplier), expected user count, top use cases, current systems, and target launch window. One of our certified Experience Cloud architects will reach out within one business day to schedule a free 60-minute discovery audit. You walk away with a written portal scope, template recommendation, integration map, and effort estimate — whether you hire us or not.

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