Salesforce – what is the difference between Trigger and Workflow?

Trigger – Custom Code

• With trigger we can update same record that triggered
• Can update related records
• Can send email using Apex
• Trigger can be used to call webserive

Workflow – Configuration – no code approach

• Workflow cannot create record of same or related objects
• Workflow can do only create a task, send email, field update, or send outbound message
• Can work with only cross objects in a master detail relationship, from child to parent
• cannot perform DML operations in workflow
• Workflow cannot query from records