Activity › Forums › Salesforce® Discussions › What is the difference between CLI and CLIQ? Tagged: Apex Data Loader, CLI, CLIQ, Command Line Interface, Difference, External System, GUI, SFDC Salesforce® Discussions What is the difference between CLI and CLIQ? Posted by chanchal kumar on July 25, 2018 at 1:21 PM What is the difference between CLI and CLIQ? Anurag algoworks replied 7 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply Apex Data LoaderCLICLIQCommand Line InterfaceDifferenceExternal SystemGUISFDC 1 Reply Anurag algoworks Member July 25, 2018 at 1:23 PM Hii Chanchal, The CLI is the ApexDataLoader utility(with a GUI) provided by SFDC and the latter is the Command-Line Interface(CLI) of the ApexDataLoader. You could use the CLI version in your external applications. Log In to reply. Public All Members My Connections Only Me PublicAll MembersMy ConnectionsOnly Me Public All Members My Connections Only Me