• Software Categories
    View All
  • Company
    About UsVendors
Software Advice Logo
Home

/

Document Generation Software

/

Octopus

Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee.
Overview
Alternatives

Octopus 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

On this page
  • Overview
  • Pricing and Plans
  • Features
  • User Reviews

Overview

Octopus
Octopus
4.4
(50)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Octopus

Octopus is a Salesforce app which allows businesses to document all the items in your Salesforce instance. You can get information about apex classes, pages, workflows, triggers, objects, and fields in a single place.

Users can select the items to be documented and view the documents as a web page, PDF, MS Word, and Excel.

Pricing is available on request and support is offered via email.

Octopus Screenshots

0
0

Octopus Pricing and Plans

Starting price: Pricing available upon request
Free Trial
Free Version

Basic

Pricing available upon request

No plan information available

    Octopus Features

    • Popular features found in Document Generation
      Batch Processing
      Collaboration Tools
      Digital Signature
      Multiple Output Formats
      Templates
    • More features of Octopus
      Process/Workflow Automation

    Octopus User Reviews

    Overall Rating

    4.4

    Ratings Breakdown

    5

    52%

    4

    40%

    3

    4%

    2

    0%

    1

    4%

    Secondary Ratings

    Ease of Use

    4.4

    Value for money

    4.5

    Customer support

    3.9

    Functionality

    4.2

    Have you used Octopus and would like to share your experience with others?

    VR

    Verified
    Reviewer

    Computer Software

    1001-5000 employees

    Used other for free trial

    Review source

    Reviewed May 2019

    It’s an Awesome

    5

    We cut down lot of hours by using this application

    Ratings Breakdown

    5
    Ease of use
    5
    Value for money
    4
    Customer support
    5
    Functionality
    icon
    Pros:
    User experience is the best. Getting the expected results is a simple job now with this application. It simplified our work, rather life
    Cons:
    I hope it will be also available to other platforms

    Read More

    VR

    Verified
    Reviewer

    Hospitality

    501-1000 employees

    Used other for less than 2 years

    Review source

    Reviewed May 2019

    Useful, but needs to be updated

    4

    Ratings Breakdown

    5
    Ease of use
    5
    Value for money
    4
    Functionality
    icon
    Pros:
    With the price point (free) and feature set, Octopus is a winner. This is the easiest way to get a detailed list of every aspect of your Salesforce instance. There are other ways to access this information individually or by using SOQL queries (like in Workbench) but no other solution I'm aware of that's this point and click easy.
    Cons:
    The interface and output could use an update. The interface should follow the new lightning design language. And the output should/could be more configurable. It ends up looking a bit old style, and for that reason is harder to parse than it should be.

    Read More

    GT

    Garima T.

    Verified reviewer

    Computer Software

    11-50 employees

    Used other for free trial

    Review source

    Reviewed May 2019

    Octopus Review

    3

    Octopus is a small but overall a good app. I have used this app mainly when I have to create a technical doc which contains information regarding all the classes, objects, Automation process, etc(Used in a project)

    Ratings Breakdown

    5
    Ease of use
    3
    Functionality
    icon
    Pros:
    1- Easy to Use 2- Easy to configure 3- Download as a pdf, doc 4- Can see many objects, apex class and other information only on one page
    Cons:
    1- Does not work for lightning component

    Read More

    Amanda's profile

    Amanda S.

    Verified reviewer

    Financial Services

    51-200 employees

    Used monthly for less than 12 months

    Review source

    Reviewed May 2019

    Great for Overall Review of SF Instance and Documentation

    4

    Cleaning up old processes set up that are no longer in use and documenting current and new processes.

    Ratings Breakdown

    5
    Ease of use
    4
    Functionality
    icon
    Pros:
    The ability to export fields, workflows and other automation rules really helps evaluate everything set up in your instance. Coming into an org after another admin had already set up Salesforce really helped me get a sense of what the previous admin had set up and help document current state and new automation and setup as we build.
    Cons:
    I wish the export was easier to manipulate once exported (maybe excel would be helpful)

    Read More

    VR

    Verified
    Reviewer

    Computer Software

    51-200 employees

    Used weekly for free trial

    Review source

    Reviewed May 2019

    Straightforward with no frills.

    4

    Ratings Breakdown

    3
    Ease of use
    5
    Value for money
    3
    Functionality
    icon
    Pros:
    It allows us to easily document our current system, choose the exact items we want to include and export to a workable format while allowing us to still make comments on what we are taking. The software is simple and easy to use with no frills, but it gets the job done and saves us time in the long run when working with clients.
    Cons:
    The software is a little basic, and the design is a little lacking for those that want something with a more sophisticated look.

    Read More

    VR

    Verified
    Reviewer

    Human Resources

    51-200 employees

    Used monthly for less than 2 years

    Review source

    Reviewed May 2019

    Octopus works!

    5

    I have been using Octopus for a couple of years. I presented on using Octopus at Dreamforce. The presentation was geared toward new users and to provide them apps I use to help me manage my org as a solo admin.

    Ratings Breakdown

    5
    Ease of use
    5
    Value for money
    5
    Customer support
    5
    Functionality
    icon
    Pros:
    This is the best app out there that helps us maintain a "data dictionary". This works really well when you are trying to find out where fields are referenced in formulas or apex. Also helps keep you organized to make sure you are not creating duplicate fields.
    Cons:
    The UI could have a bit of a visual update to match with Salesforce Lightning.

    Reasons for choosing Octopus

    For the price (free) it was worth downloading and using. It has really helped us keep track of what metadata we have for our org.

    Read More

    VR

    Verified
    Reviewer

    Information Technology and Services

    10000+ employees

    Used other for less than 6 months

    Review source

    Reviewed May 2019

    Octopus by Astrea Review

    5

    I have to do org assess for a client. Their Salesforce org was 15 years old with lots of customisation. It was a tedious task to document everything. Octopus came in very handy in quickly creating a very detailed documentation that helped my assessment a lot. I got information about all salesforce entities including apex classes, pages, workflows, triggers, objects, fields, validation rules etc. in a single place without any effort. Highly recommended.

    Ratings Breakdown

    4
    Ease of use
    5
    Value for money
    3
    Customer support
    5
    Functionality
    icon
    Pros:
    - Helps create a very detailed documentation of Salesforce Org - Detail of each selected entity i.e. objects, fields, validations, classes, Visualforce pages, customisations & what not! - A link to each entity in the documentation e.g. click on the link & respective class, validation rule etc. will be opened directly!
    Cons:
    - Sometimes if an Org is very heavy in terms of customisation then it takes too much time to get all the data. So I rerun Octopus by selecting lesser items.

    Read More

    VR

    Verified
    Reviewer

    Pharmaceuticals

    1001-5000 employees

    Used other for less than 2 years

    Review source

    Reviewed May 2019

    Documentation

    5

    Quick solution to document picklist values for customer

    Ratings Breakdown

    5
    Ease of use
    5
    Functionality
    icon
    Pros:
    Quickly create configuration documentation
    Cons:
    Data extract options are limited, report ‘look’ is not modifiable

    Read More

    VR

    Verified
    Reviewer

    Financial Services

    1001-5000 employees

    Used other for less than 2 years

    Review source

    Reviewed May 2019

    Great free tool

    4

    Ratings Breakdown

    4
    Ease of use
    5
    Value for money
    4
    Functionality
    icon
    Pros:
    Helps with data governance and change management
    Cons:
    Provides a very large PDF, would love a way to filter out the report

    Read More

    VR

    Verified
    Reviewer

    Accounting

    11-50 employees

    Used daily for less than 6 months

    Review source

    Reviewed May 2019

    Octopus Review

    5

    Really great free tool.

    Ratings Breakdown

    5
    Ease of use
    5
    Value for money
    5
    Customer support
    5
    Functionality
    icon
    Pros:
    Allows me to easily document my clients SF org. Easily get info with one click. What a great product!
    Cons:
    The Octopus for Salesforce software has no cons.

    Read More

    Showing 1 - 10 of 50 Reviews
    Load More Reviews

    Octopus Popular Comparisons

    Microsoft Word
    Microsoft Word vs Octopus
    Adobe Acrobat
    Adobe Acrobat vs Octopus
    Compare All Alternatives

    See what companies are saying about Software Advice