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Notes from inside Salesforce.

WorkDial is a Salesforce-native CTI platform. These are notes from the team building it: architecture, AI call analysis, telephony, and product, written from inside Salesforce.

Every post here traces back to one thing: call data written as native Salesforce records, not synced in from someone else's cloud. Read the architecture.

Architecture Feb 27, 2026 · 9 min read

Native vs integrated CTI in Salesforce

Native vs integrated CTI comes down to one question: is Salesforce the system of record for your calls, or where a connector drops activity logs?

Nikhil Palliboina Content Writer, WorkDial

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Architecture· 4 min

What to check before you sign: where does your call data actually live?

Before you sign a CTI contract, ask where the recording, the record, and the deletion rights actually sit. A checklist for evaluating any Salesforce dialer vendor on data ownership.

Nikhil Palliboina· May 28, 2026
Telephony· 5 min

Bring your own Twilio: what no markup means

WorkDial uses your own Twilio account for telephony at carrier cost with no markup, so your call minutes and recordings stay billed and stored by you.

Nikhil Palliboina· May 21, 2026
Comparison· 6 min

Power dialer vs predictive dialer for Salesforce

Power dialers give reps one call at a time with full control; predictive dialers maximize volume. Here is which fits a Salesforce sales team and why.

Nikhil Palliboina· Mar 2, 2026
Guides· 5 min

How automatic call logging works in Salesforce

Automatic call logging writes every call to Salesforce as a native record the moment it ends, removing manual data entry and closing the gaps it leaves.

Nikhil Palliboina· Feb 27, 2026
Guides· 6 min

How to choose the right CTI for Salesforce

To choose a CTI for Salesforce, decide where call data should live. A native CTI writes records to Salesforce objects; a bolt-on syncs them in.

Nikhil Palliboina· Feb 27, 2026
Telephony· 5 min

Click-to-dial for Salesforce: native vs bolt-on

Click-to-dial lets reps dial a Salesforce number in one click. The real question is where the call lands: as a native Salesforce record, or in a vendor's cloud.

Nikhil Palliboina· Feb 27, 2026
Telephony· 5 min

Salesforce telephony integration explained

Salesforce telephony integration connects a phone system to Salesforce. One model runs telephony inside Salesforce so each call is written directly as a Call__c record.

Nikhil Palliboina· Feb 27, 2026
Guides· 4 min

Salesforce CTI dashboards: where the data actually lives

WorkDial writes call data as Salesforce records, so CTI dashboards run on standard reports without syncs, exports, or a separate analytics tool.

Nikhil Palliboina· Feb 11, 2026
AI· 4 min

CTI AI automation for Salesforce call handling

WorkDial pairs computer-telephony integration with AI so call summaries, transcripts, sentiment, and follow-up automation all live as native Salesforce objects.

Nikhil Palliboina· Feb 5, 2026
Comparison· 5 min

Service Cloud Voice vs CTI for Salesforce

Service Cloud Voice vs CTI comes down to where routing, call data, recordings, and configuration live. Here is a decision rule for Salesforce orgs.

Nikhil Palliboina· Jan 28, 2026
Architecture· 4 min

How CTI improves CRM data and sales work

CTI that runs inside Salesforce writes every call as a native record, makes speed-to-lead measurable, and routes work in Salesforce. Here is how it works.

Nikhil Palliboina· Jan 23, 2026
Telephony· 5 min

Salesforce skill-based routing and business hours

Keep skill-based routing, queues, and business hours as native Salesforce objects so one calendar and one routing engine govern every call, not a CTI silo.

Nikhil Palliboina· Jan 14, 2026
Telephony· 6 min

WhatsApp Business Calling in Salesforce

WhatsApp Business Calling lets verified businesses take voice calls over WhatsApp. WorkDial places them by request and writes each one as a native Call__c.

Nikhil Palliboina· Jan 7, 2026