PausePlay is a Salesforce AppExchange app that lets administrators pause and resume automations — Apex triggers, Flows, and validation rules — during deployments, data seeding, and bulk data imports, so nothing fires at the wrong moment and everything turns back on in one click.

Why would I need to pause Salesforce automations?

During deployments, data imports, and seeding, Apex triggers, Flows, and validation rules can fire on records they were never meant to touch — sending emails, overwriting fields, or blocking inserts. Pausing them prevents those unintended actions, failed loads, and the cleanup that follows.

Which Salesforce automations does PausePlay control?

PausePlay controls Apex triggers, Flows, and validation rules, giving administrators central control over exactly which automations run during deployments, imports, and data seeding.

How does PausePlay pause and resume automations?

From a single screen in Salesforce, you select the automations to pause — Apex triggers, Flows, validation rules — and turn them off together. Run your deployment or import, then click Resume to re-activate them all at once, with nothing left disabled by accident.

How is PausePlay different from manually deactivating automations?

Manual deactivation means hunting down and switching off each trigger, Flow, and validation rule one by one — slow, easy to miss one, and easy to forget to turn back on. PausePlay pauses all of them centrally and resumes them together in a click.

Does PausePlay affect my Salesforce data?

No. PausePlay controls whether automations run; it does not read, change, or delete your underlying Salesforce records. When you resume, your automations are exactly as they were before.

Can PausePlay be used in Sandbox and Production environments?

Yes. PausePlay works across Salesforce environments, supporting both Sandbox testing and deployment workflows and controlled changes in Production.

Who is PausePlay designed for?

PausePlay is built for Salesforce Administrators, Developers, Consultants, and CRM or RevOps teams — anyone who runs deployments, data imports, or seeding and needs automations to stay out of the way until the work is done.

Is PausePlay difficult to set up?

No. PausePlay installs from the AppExchange as a managed package and runs inside your org — no external services to configure. Most teams are pausing and resuming automations within minutes of install.

Is PausePlay available on AppExchange?

Yes. PausePlay is available as a Salesforce AppExchange managed package that installs directly into your org.

Yes. Every install starts on the Free plan. Install PausePlay from pauseplay.app/install.

Subprocessors

PausePlay runs inside your Salesforce organization. Its online services (PausePlay AI, online billing and this website) use the providers below. We announce a new provider on this page before it receives customer data; customers may object by writing to support@pauseplay.app.

PausePlay AI

Anthropic (Anthropic Ireland, Limited, Ireland; Anthropic, PBC, USA): AI model (Claude) for PausePlay AI. Processing in any of Anthropic's regions, including the USA; data stored in the USA; deleted within 30 days (flagged content up to 2 years); no model training on customer content. Safeguard: EU Standard Contractual Clauses in Anthropic's Data Processing Addendum.
Supabase, Inc. (USA; hosting in the EU, Frankfurt): PausePlay AI gateway and database.

Online billing

Stripe (Stripe Payments Europe, Ltd., Ireland; Stripe, Inc., USA): payments, subscriptions, invoices and tax.
Supabase, Inc. (USA; hosting in the EU, Ireland): billing backend and database.
Resend (Plus Five Five, Inc., USA): internal operational alert emails (technical identifiers only).

All online services

Salesforce, Inc.: administrator sign-in and our licence management.
Netlify, Inc. (USA): hosting of pauseplay.app.

Details: PausePlay AI privacy notice, privacy notice for online subscriptions and our Privacy Policy.