ASP.NET vs SharePoint Designer [EOL] comparison

ASP.NET and SharePoint Designer [EOL] are both solutions in the .NET Development Services category. Additionally, 96% of ASP.NET users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 82% of SharePoint Designer [EOL] users who would recommend it.

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96% willing to recommend

SharePoint Designer [EOL]

Read 49 SharePoint Designer [EOL] reviews

82% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

ASP.NET

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

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SharePoint Designer [EOL]

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

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Amr Hammad

Managing Director at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Has improved development efficiency through long-term familiarity and reliable architecture

It's important to focus on productivity. The more heavyweight the system becomes, the more we need to focus only on our core and repeated functionalities, making them easier for us. They have done a great job in this, but we still need more improvements. What we need is for developers to complete tasks in less time. ChatGPT helps us significantly, but this is through an external tool. If it were integrated into the system, providing self-revision and highlighting recommendations when code is written, automatically highlighting weaknesses and problems, that would be a great improvement.

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Raphael Haroun Ikyagh

Network Administrator at Letshego

Offers ability to directly share documents and highly stable

It's been stable for me. I haven't encountered any issues with the sites I've developed locally within the organization as long as the license remains valid. It's very stable. I haven't had any issues with outages or needing to republish content. It's always accessible to authorized users, so it's stable. The stability is almost a ten out of ten for me.

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Pros

"ASP.NET works well with Windows applications and more generally, the Windows platform."

"This framework is very easy to use and tweak for our business needs."

"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."

"The solution's framework supports storing all client-side and server-side code in one place."

"The most valuable feature of ASP.NET is the support of multiple platforms with ASP.NET Core. Additionally, Azure integrates well with ASP.NET and Visual Studio."

"One of the most valuable features in ASP.NET is thread management with asynchronous processing. I've been implementing this for a few years and it has proven to be extremely helpful, especially when using a tool that wouldn't have worked without it. It's definitely a fundamental aspect of the platform."

"The most valuable features are ease of use, scalability, and flexibility."

"The solution is very easy to maintain because UI management is simple and many libraries are available."

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"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!"

"Designer is easy to manage."

"The most valuable part of the solution is its ability to allow for a high degree of customization."

"The basic functionality the solution makes it easy to share documents or information with the team."

"The initial setup is not too complex."

"I find the document management and search of SharePoint the most valuable features."

"SharePoint has very good features for collaboration."

"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."

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Cons

"I am sure there is something that has room for improvement but nothing specific comes to mind."

"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."

"In addition to the visual aspect, there is a need for ASP.NET to provide a robust visual front end like there was in the past."

"The solution is out of date and should not be used."

"The technology to integrate with cloud information could be improved."

"Performance is an area that can always be improved."

"An area for improvement is the structure template."

"In my opinion, this solution should improve their web toolkit."

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"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."

"I would like to see SharePoint improve the integration with different systems. I also would like to see more customization."

"It has a lot of bugs. It's also not very convenient. The UX/UI is not very user-friendly and not designed to be similar to other applications from Microsoft."

"We'd like it if we got less frequent updates."

"SharePoint Designer doesn't support the features that are available in the latest version of SharePoint Online."

"The system can become slow which should be improved."

"The downside is the different versions of SharePoint which means we need to have different designers as not all versions are compatible."

"The designer itself could be improved, as it isn't particularly intuitive."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"ASP.NET is an open-source solution."

"The solution is comparatively cheaper, and you don't have to pay anything for a developer license."

"The pricing is a bit high and I believe that it can be brought down."

"ASP.NET is open-source and free of charge."

"The pricing is somewhere in the middle. Not too expensive, but not the cheapest either."

"The solution is open source and free."

"This is a free solution. However, we have some server licensing costs which are not directly a cost of using the solution."

"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."

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"I use Macintosh devices, and because this solution is not available in the Apple Ecosystem I use it because it is cost-effective."

"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."

"SharePoint Designer's pricing is okay."

"The cost of the solution is based on multiple factors such as the number of users, and any customization that may be required."

"This solution is free of charge."

"The pricing is fair."

"We are using an enterprise SharePoint Designer license."

"SharePoint Designer is less expensive than other solutions we have used. We purchased Office 365 which SharePoint comes with the package."

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Company Size

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Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	11

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	19
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	21

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ASP.NET?

It is easy to install ASP.NET on your laptop.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ASP.NET?

ASP.NET is not an expensive solution.

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What needs improvement with ASP.NET?

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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

ASP.NET is a free web framework for building web sites, apps and services with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

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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.

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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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