SharePoint Designer vs Zend Studio comparison

SharePoint Designer
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82% willing to recommend
Zend Studio
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100% willing to recommend
 

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SharePoint Designer
Ranking in .NET Development Services
2nd
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
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Zend Studio
Ranking in .NET Development Services
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
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Featured Reviews

CG
Jun 23, 2023
The solution is user-friendly and makes it easier to share documents, but adding guest users to it is a bit difficult
I am not a heavy user. I have a team that does it. We use the solution to set up sites within the teams we have. We do it for clients as well The product helps us with document control and sharing within the organization. It also helps us with versioning. The product makes it easy to share…
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marketacumen - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 25, 2018
It has higher quality code, faster debugging, and higher quality projects
Our primary use case for Zend Studio is PHP web applications and services development, along with Mac OS X (latest version). Our environment consists of PHP 3 through PHP 7 It is one of the few debuggers out there allowing you to step through code, either via command line invocation, via a web…
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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature of SharePoint Designer is the storing of files. In the Office 365 version, there is the capability to share files with others which is helpful. The files have cross versions capability. If the solution is shut down abruptly the file is stored on the system automatically."
"The drag and drop feature is the most useful feature when using this solution."
"The solution is scalable."
"The most valuable feature is the capability to directly access the SharePoint data structure."
"It saved me big time once! My car got broken into and they took my laptop with all my files. But I didn't have to worry because everything was backed up on SharePoint. It was a lifesaver!"
"What I found most valuable in SharePoint Designer is that through it, you can perform a lot of SharePoint functionalities, such as creating SharePoint lists and libraries, as well as customizing pages."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The new version doesn't have the option to view data, but it has other, better features though."
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"It has the ability to jump to any file in your project with a few keystrokes, as well as the ability to command-click on any token in your code and have it jump to the token's definition."
"It has higher quality code, faster debugging, and higher quality projects."
 

Cons

"SharePoint Online should continue to integrate with other solutions."
"I have heard of clients that have complained about the stability once a certain amount of data, over 200 gigs has been reached as well as the stability of SQL Databases."
"The solution requires more web-based publishing. It would benefit from adding in more collaboration features as well."
"The web services aspect of the solution is very weak."
"SharePoint does not have enough resources to cover the security part."
"If they included some training modules, I would give them a ten, because that would make it even more user-friendly."
"In the solution, if you have a case of accidental deletion, there's no restoration, which should have been there."
"The record management and digital signature sides need improvement because we still need to rely on other third-party tools."
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"The debugger often has problems determining where to map files to local projects."
"Most recent set of patches (2018) on Mac OS X caused the app to crash when you would cut more than 10 lines of code. Apparently, this was due to a bug in Eclipse, but regardless, it took several months for Zend to post a patch."
"Stability is sometimes lacking in updates."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is no licensing cost for Designer—it's free."
"Priced per user per month with different plans to choose from."
"SharePoint Designer is less expensive than other solutions we have used. We purchased Office 365 which SharePoint comes with the package."
"The tool is free of cost."
"I use Macintosh devices, and because this solution is not available in the Apple Ecosystem I use it because it is cost-effective."
"The entire package is expensive. There is no extra cost in addition to the standard license."
"It is a free solution that does not require a license."
"The pricing is fair."
More SharePoint Designer pricing and cost advice
"The product requires a subscription to Zend Server Developer, which used to be free and now has an annual fee, but it is still worth the money."
"Licensing is reasonable for this type of tool. Although, you can cobble together a solution which is zero cost."
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Government
15%
Financial Services Firm
14%
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about SharePoint Designer?
It saved me big time once! My car got broken into and they took my laptop with all my files. But I didn't have to worry because everything was backed up on SharePoint. It was a lifesaver!
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SharePoint Designer?
I've leased Microsoft SharePoint Designer for the enterprise, not System Center. It's for private work, web development specifically.
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What needs improvement with SharePoint Designer?
For me, it's flexible enough for most things. But maybe they could improve the user interface to make it easier for everyone to navigate and use. That would be a big plus.
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Overview

SharePoint Designer is the tool of choice for the rapid development of SharePoint applications. Using SharePoint Designer, advanced users and developers alike can rapidly create SharePoint solutions in response to business needs. Advanced users can compose no-code solutions that encompass a variety of common scenarios, from collaborative sites and web publishing to Line-Of-Business data integration, business intelligence solutions, and human workflows, leveraging the building blocks available in SharePoint in an easy to use environment.
Zend Studio – the PHP IDE for smarter development. It codes faster with up to 3X performance improvements in indexing, validation, searching of PHP code. It has superior PHP 7.1 support, PHP 7.1 express migration assistant, and seamless integration with Zend Server 9. It provides robust debugging capabilities with Xdebug, Zend Debugger, and Z-Ray integration. Zend Studio has an extensive plugin capabilities provided by the large Eclipse eco-system and supports for best-in-class dev tools including Docker and Git Flow Intelligent code editor. Deploy PHP applications on any server including cloud support for Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure and support for HiDPi displays - scale graphics (ala 4K resolution).
 

Sample Customers

Pyrotek Inc., ICA, Deliver Australia, Secretary of Economy of Mexico, Aegon, ABB Switzerland, Ascent Yarns Private Limited, Bakewell Biscuits Pvt Ltd, Hitachi Consulting
CDS Global, EnglishCentral, BNP Paribas, Carlo Gavazzi, Sunstate Equipment, Novadex GmbH, CONFTEC, Marilan, Mediaspike, Cisco WebEx, Corvette America, Value Drug Mart Associates Ltd., Allied Beverage Group
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