At Zaghop, we’ve worked with just about every Salesforce data import method out there—Import Wizard, Dataloader, even third-party ETL tools. They all got the job done… eventually. But they often left us buried in spreadsheets, fixing formatting issues and manually looking up IDs just to make a basic update.
That changed when we discovered Data I Am.
This isn’t a sponsored post, just a genuine shoutout to a tool that’s saved us countless hours and eliminated much of the pain we used to associate with data imports.
Here’s what stood out for us right away:
No more fixing currency fields, date formats, or phone number issues in Excel. Data I Am prepares messy CSVs for import in seconds and does a better job than most of our spreadsheets ever did.
Salesforce is notorious for quietly ignoring invalid picklist values. Data I Am spots and corrects them before they become a problem, helping us avoid empty fields and bad data.
Instead of wasting time with VLOOKUPs or manual searches, we can rely on Data I Am to intelligently match contacts or accounts and retrieve the right IDs for upserts.
Real-time previews let us see exactly what will happen to each record before anything hits Salesforce. That’s a huge confidence boost when working with client data.
Since we started using Data I Am, we’ve:
It’s allowed us to move faster, with greater confidence—especially on large projects or time-sensitive imports where data quality really matters.
To be clear: we don’t have any affiliation with the team behind Data I Am. We’re just genuinely impressed by what they’ve built and we think more Salesforce admins and consultants should know about it.
If you’ve ever wrestled with Dataloader or wasted a day fixing a client’s spreadsheet, we highly recommend checking it out.
If you work with Salesforce and:
…then Data I Am is absolutely worth a look.
This product is off to a great start and we’re excited to see how it grows. Here’s some things that we’d be excited to see on the roadmap:
We’ve seen plenty of tools promise to simplify Salesforce data loading. Data I Am actually delivers by combining smart automation with real-world usability.
If you try it, let us know what you think. We’re pretty sure you’ll be as relieved as we were.