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ASP.NET vs SharePoint Designer comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

ASP.NET
Ranking in .NET Development Services
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
30
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SharePoint Designer
Ranking in .NET Development Services
2nd
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the .NET Development Services category, the mindshare of ASP.NET is 11.5%, up from 8.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SharePoint Designer is 13.1%, down from 19.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
.NET Development Services
 

Featured Reviews

Brandon Smith - PeerSpot reviewer
Beneficial thread management, and asynchronous processing, and template-driven setup
The initial setup of ASP.NET was complex in general, but compared to other cloud deployment projects I have done, it was relatively easy, particularly when it came to integrating with Microsoft Azure. Other projects involving Kubernetes, have been much more complicated in comparison. This project was less difficult than others. It took a few weeks to get the infrastructure set up from scratch and gather information. There were changing requirements, it's hard to compare, but it took two to three weeks to get an initial setup. Since then, we've been adding to it as we go. It's not difficult to set up and deploy new things as everything is template-driven and it's easy to work with Microsoft Azure to define and export templates.
Vivek Vaibhav - PeerSpot reviewer
Intuitive, customizable, and reliable
Exporting the whole SharePoint website is an issue. For example, let's say I want to deploy it in the client environment. Right now, this was based on our own company's environment and if I wanted to deploy that onto the client's environment. To do this, I will have to recreate everything from scratch, which takes a lot of time. There should be a way somewhere where I can download the custom designs I have made and upload them to the client servers so that we can configure them on their servers. Secondly, when you have uploaded data, for example, from an Excel spreadsheet, you download it in the form of a dot IQY file. This IQY file is a bit tough to work with as it's a server-side file. If there was any option where you could just download the flat files and work with them, that would have been great.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"ASP.NET's best features are its application structure and API testing."
"The solution is useful for seeing what old technology was before the new technology we use today, such as .NET."
"The main pro is that it's very easy and we have Microsoft helping to stabilize the product which is coming with the all new features every year."
"ASP.NET is stable. I did not have to do any maintenance on it."
"The solution has good scalability."
"We use ASP.NET to develop web applications and web API. I'm working at a government financial institution in Mexico that helps citizens buy a house"
"This framework is very easy to use and tweak for our business needs."
"The most valuable features are ease of use, scalability, and flexibility."
"We like that the interface is very user-friendly making it easy to use."
"I find the document management and search of SharePoint the most valuable features."
"The most valuable feature is the development."
"One of the most valuable features is that it's free. If you have SharePoint and you want to do some branding, then the only tool available is SharePoint Designer. Microsoft gives the portal, the content management system, and, on top of that, it gives you Designer. So we don't have a choice, but Designer is good."
"The initial setup is not too complex."
"We mostly used this solution for file storage and basic functions, etcetera."
"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 basic functionality the solution makes it easy to share documents or information with the team."
 

Cons

"The con is that every year they are launching a new technology, and for a company like us, we get confused which version should be used."
"I am sure there is something that has room for improvement but nothing specific comes to mind."
"It could use better reporting and documentation."
"The caching could improve in ASP.NET. I don't often run into limitations with ASP.NET. More often, it's the other tools we use that slow us down."
"The technology to integrate with cloud information could be improved."
"There should be consistent customization related to security, features, and developers, making the solution more understandable and adaptable."
"The solution needs to support its framework on all devices used for mobile application development."
"Sometimes it can be really difficult to debug using ASP.NET. When there's an issue, trying to find out the cause is not always easy, so debugging is the top area for improvement, in my opinion."
"Microsoft could include more applications in this. And if more applications are included, then it can be scalable that way."
"SharePoint Designer doesn't support the features that are available in the latest version of SharePoint Online."
"In the solution, if you have a case of accidental deletion, there's no restoration, which should have been there."
"The downside is the different versions of SharePoint which means we need to have different designers as not all versions are compatible."
"The solution is not scalable at all."
"The solution does not need any additional features."
"SharePoint Designer could improve by making the searching feature better. It is not accurate in some cases, and there are some descriptions that are not clear."
"If they included some training modules, I would give them a ten, because that would make it even more user-friendly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is free to use."
"ASP.NET is open-source and free of charge."
"The price of ASP.NET is reasonable. I rate the pricing a five out of ten."
"The solution requires a licensing fee but is worth the investment."
"On a scale from one to ten, with one being cost efficient and 10 being the most expensive, I would rate ASP.NET's pricing at six. There used to be IAF, which you could spin on a Windows machine. However, that sort of setup does not exist for Linux machines. Because customers still prefer a Windows underlying infrastructure, it can get expensive."
"The solution is open source and free."
"The solution is comparatively cheaper, and you don't have to pay anything for a developer license."
"ASP.NET is an open-source solution."
"This solution is free of charge."
"SharePoint Online has a subscription-based model for payments and the price is based on user usage."
"The pricing is fair."
"It is a free solution that does not require a license."
"I've never paid for SharePoint Designer. What I paid for, is the SharePoint license, the cava, and then the client accesses the line fee."
"The cost of the license is based on the size of the user base."
"Most of the time, our customer's license from Microsoft includes the cost of SharePoint. However, if you have to buy it then SharePoint is quite expensive."
"The cost of the solution is based on multiple factors such as the number of users, and any customization that may be required."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Government
13%
University
10%
Government
19%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
12%
University
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ASP.NET?
It is easy to install ASP.NET on your laptop.
What needs improvement with ASP.NET?
ASP.NET is a very slow tool, and it should be faster.
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!
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.
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.
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Kienzle Automotive GmbH, Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Vengo Labs, Oneview Healthcare, BookedOut, Ministry of Rural Development, Grupo WRR
Pyrotek Inc., ICA, Deliver Australia, Secretary of Economy of Mexico, Aegon, ABB Switzerland, Ascent Yarns Private Limited, Bakewell Biscuits Pvt Ltd, Hitachi Consulting
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