Senior help, by the hour.
Advisory, reviews, builds, and debugging from senior architects, with no junior bench between you and the work. Call when something comes up, use a few hours, and go quiet until the next one. Book weekly, monthly, or ad hoc.
From admin cleanup to architecture reviews.
Hourly Consulting is ad hoc, senior Salesforce help from LOVALTO: advisory, architecture reviews, builds, and debugging, with no project wrapper and no junior bench between you and the work. There is no long-term contract and no monthly minimum, and you are billed only for hours worked. It fits a specific fix, a question that came up, ongoing support, or architecture advice.
Advisory and architecture
Roadmap questions, architecture reviews, and the design decisions that are expensive to get wrong. A senior architect thinks it through with you before anything gets built.
Decisions before buildsBuilds and configuration
Flows, fields, permissions, reports, Apex, and Lightning Web Components. The same person who advises does the hands-on work, declarative or code.
Declarative and codeDebugging and support
When a flow, permission, report, or integration breaks or behaves strangely, we find the root cause instead of patching the symptom, and we explain what happened so it stays fixed.
Root cause, not patchesSimple to start, transparent to run.
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Book the shape you need
A weekly block, a monthly arrangement, or ad hoc hours when something comes up. No long-term contract, no monthly minimum, and no prepaid hours that expire. Go quiet for two months and you owe nothing.
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Start the same week
No onboarding project, no discovery phase for its own sake. Tell us the problem and a senior architect is in the org that week.
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Billed only for hours worked
Every hour is tracked and itemized, so you always know where the budget went. No plan fee and no surprise line items on an invoice.
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Rate in writing before work starts
We confirm the hourly rate on the first call and in writing before anyone logs an hour. Nonprofits and CDFIs get a reduced rate.
Sized for a few hours, not a support plan.
Larger Salesforce partners are built for programs with many workstreams, and for that work they are often the right call. Ad hoc support is a different job. When something breaks, the fastest path is a senior architect on the first call who still knows your org the next time.
| Question | LOVALTO Hourly Consulting | Typical large-partner support plan |
|---|---|---|
| Commitment | No long-term contract. Use us this week, then not again for months. | Often a monthly managed-services plan or a term agreement. |
| Minimum spend | None. Billed only for hours worked. | Often a monthly minimum or a prepaid block of hours that expires. |
| First contact | A senior architect. | An account manager, intake form, or ticket queue, then assignment. |
| Who does the work | The architect who diagnosed the problem. | Whoever is available when the request is assigned. |
| Next request | The same people, who already know your org. | Can go to a different consultant, so context is rebuilt. |
| Financial services depth | Operational banking and lending background. | Varies with the consultant assigned. |
Choosing for a bigger program? Read our guide to boutique vs. large Salesforce partners.
Reduced rates for nonprofits and CDFIs.
Nonprofits and mission-driven lenders, including CDFIs, get a reduced hourly rate on the same senior team and the same terms. Our financial services practice covers loan pipelines, underwriting, and portfolio tracking, and our certifications include Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack Consultant. A CDFI gets an architect who understands both the lending and the funder reporting. How we work with CDFIs.
Before you book.
Can we use you only when something comes up?
Yes. Call when something breaks or a question comes up, use a few hours, and go quiet for a month or two. There is no long-term contract, and nothing is owed between requests.
Is there a retainer, contract term, or monthly minimum?
No. There is no long-term contract, no monthly minimum, and no prepaid block of hours that expires. You are billed only for hours worked, and every hour is tracked and itemized.
How much does hourly Salesforce consulting cost?
We confirm the hourly rate on the first call and in writing before any work starts. You pay only for tracked hours. A senior architect usually reaches the root cause in fewer hours, so the total is what to compare. Nonprofits and CDFIs get a reduced rate.
Who does the work?
A senior Salesforce architect, from the first call. The person who diagnoses the problem is the person who fixes it. There is no intake tier and no junior bench.
Do you work with nonprofits and CDFIs?
Yes, at a reduced rate. Our financial services practice covers loan pipelines, underwriting, and portfolio tracking, and our certifications include Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack Consultant. A CDFI gets an architect who understands both the lending and the funder reporting.
What kind of work fits hourly?
Admin cleanup, Flow and automation fixes, permissions and sharing, reports and dashboards, Apex and Lightning Web Components, integrations, troubleshooting, and architecture advice. Work with a clear finish line usually fits a fixed-price Quick Start better.
How fast can you start?
Same-week starts are available for many requests. Tell us the problem and we will say plainly when an architect can be in the org.
How is LOVALTO different from a large Salesforce partner?
Larger partners are built for programs with many workstreams, and their support is often sold as a monthly plan with a minimum or a prepaid block of hours. LOVALTO sells senior hours with no minimum. The architect who answers the first call does the work, and the same people come back next time already knowing your org.
When hourly is not the right shape.
Well-defined work with a clear finish line fits a fixed-price Quick Start. If you are not sure where the org stands, a Health Check gives you the prioritized list first.
Need senior hands this week?
Tell us what's not working. We will tell you honestly whether it is an hour's fix or a bigger conversation.