# Salesforce Developer Instance Free Forever – Create Yours in 4 Minutes (2025)

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### How to Create a Salesforce Developer Instance (Free Forever in 2025)

Want to build and test on Salesforce without paying a cent? In this 2025 guide, you’ll learn **how to create a Salesforce Developer instance (free forever)** in just 4 minutes. It’s perfect for developers who want to explore Salesforce apps, APIs, or connect their CRM with tools like **Stacksync** for real-time sync.

### 🧭 Steps to Create Your Salesforce Developer Instance

#### **1. Visit the official Salesforce signup page:**

👉 <https://developer.salesforce.com/signup>

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#### **2. Fill in your details and click “Sign Up.”**

* Use your work email for smoother integration later.
* **Remember** your username, you’ll need it to log in.

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👉 Make sure to remember the username you chose so you can log in later.

#### **3. Verify your email.**

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You will receive an email in your mailbox to validate your email and account creation. The email might take a minute to arrive, perfect time to clean up your desk for 50 seconds!
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#### 3. Access your instance

Switch to *<mark style="color:blue;">yourcompany-dev-ed.develop.my.salesforce.com</mark>* (the link has been sent to you via email for validation).&#x20;

This link leads to your developer instance. Make sure to remember or bookmark it so you can return to it anytime!

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#### 4. Create your password

You now have to create your secure password to connect to your Salesforce instance.

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#### 5. Click "Change Password"

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#### 6. Switch to *<mark style="color:blue;">yourcompany-dev-ed.develop.lightning.force.com</mark>* (you should be automatically redirected)

You are now in your Salesforce instance! 🎉&#x20;

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Once inside, explore Salesforce’s core objects: **Accounts, Leads, and Opportunities.**\
These are your main data tables.\
To view them:

* Click the **App Launcher (grid icon)**.
* Type **“Accounts”** and select it.
* Switch to **All Accounts** view to see your sample data.

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💡 Tip: This sandbox mirrors a real Salesforce org, ideal for testing custom fields, workflows, and integrations before production.
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#### 7. Click on the App Launcher MENU

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#### 8. \[1] Search "Accounts" and \[2] Click on "Accounts" in results

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#### 9. Click "Recently Viewed"

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#### 10. Click "All Accounts" to view all your data

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#### 11. You are now in your "All Accounts" view!

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### That's it! 🥳 - Next Step: Connect Your Salesforce Instance to a Database

Now that your developer instance is live, you can **sync Salesforce data in real time** with your database using **Stacksync**.\
Stacksync enables **bi-directional, sub-second sync** between Salesforce and Postgres, MySQL, or any database, no code required.

👉 [follow this short and sweet guide](https://docs.stacksync.com/two-way-sync/guides/two-way-sync-salesforce-and-postgres/create-a-sync-between-supabase-postgres-and-salesforce)!