Microsoft Office SharePoint Server vs Microsoft OneDrive comparison

"The support from Microsoft is very quick and they are very proactive."

"The most valuable feature is the "Alert Me", which provides the ability to set an alert when content is either added or changed and that the alerts can be either real-time or aggregated for the day or the week."

"The level of stability is good."

"It's a very robust product."

"It is a decent tool for collaboration, especially if you are already using other Office products."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the Communication Site."

"The collaboration, the ability for multiple users to work on a single document."

"The most valuable features for us are their document management list and hybrid forms. and We also use third party ad-dons to achieve workflows and other recent apps."

"The most valuable feature is to be able to modify the file online and keep it stored on the cloud, since it is not necessary to download it to make modifications."

"Image management is great since the search is simple, and accessing images with labels is easy."

"It is free if you use Microsoft Office 365."

"It was extremely easy to setup."

"It's quite easy to use and then of course it is quite well integrated to the rest of Office 365."

"The feature that I have found the most valuable is that Microsoft OneDrive works with any Enterprise Cloud Solutions Office app. You can edit a document on the cloud, share documents with your colleagues, and monitor changes. You can access your work almost anywhere. You can also sync Microsoft OneDrive with your workstation so that whatever you are working on gets automatically backed up to the cloud at regular intervals. So even if your system crashes, you still have a copy of your documents in the cloud, which I found very useful."

"Scalability is good just because it is a cloud-based product."

"Being able to use OneDrive as a mapped drive in Windows Explorer is the most valuable feature. Rather than using OneDrive on a browser, you can also open up the Windows Explorer and I can see the file structure in the normal format."

"I would like to see more Agile techniques and seamless integration with other applications."

"The solution needs to be more collaborative. I believe they are just coming up with the themes for this right now."

"This solution is not very stable. It is useful to arrange data but it's not the best for big data. Sometimes we have issues with our reports as a result."

"The user interface needs improvement because there is a lot of stuff in there. I use five to eight navigation buttons. It should be more user-friendly. Frequently used menu items should be arranged in a proper way. That would be helpful."

"I would like to see the integration with Teams reinforced."

"The solution needs to have more flexibility. The classic version had more flexibility, however, the modern version has many more limitations."

"Sharepoint doesn't integrate well with Oracle, and we use a lot of Oracle products at our company. Therefore, it makes more sense for us to go to Oracle instead of continuing to use Sharepoint."

"The GUI is outdated."

"Recent functionality changes have actually made the product more confusing to use."

"An online video player would be great, since sometimes you have to download the video to play it."

"The area that can be improved is to be able to share easily with folks outside the organization and with folks who don't have an office account. Sometimes, when you send a link, you might have some form of repetition. If you don't know how to share it properly, whoever you are sharing it with will have issues using it. Also, the link that you use to share a document can be made a bit shorter. It doesn't have to be long. Typically, when you want to share a document, it has everything, such as the name of the organization, SharePoint, etc. A short URL will be easier to use, and it will just make life easier, especially because a lot of people are now going mobile. I'm not sure if there's a mobile version of Microsoft OneDrive, similar to Google Drive. If they don't have a mobile app, it would also be nice to have a mobile app because that would help in checking out your documents. It would be easy to check your documents on the go on your phone."

"The technical support is really very bad."

"Support has not been the same since the beginning of COVID lockdowns."

"I would advice not storage sensitive information since it could be prone to hacking."

"The user interface sometimes fails and when it cannot connect, it does not give the reason why."

"The initial setup is a bit clunky."

"There are some aggressive discounts offered by Microsoft for organizations that are not for profit, which we are, and it makes it quite attractive to consider."

"One of the reasons why we don't recommend the cloud version of SharePoint is the cost. With the on premise version, you pay for the license once. For the cloud version, there is a recurring fee. It is very expensive. They expect everyone to pay $20 or $30 per user per month."

"It can be expensive for on-premises deployments, especially when you have to support SQL Server as your backend database. That's where the cost comes into play. SQL Server has its own licensing, which Microsoft keeps on changing. Therefore, it can become costly. In the earlier versions of SharePoint, version 2007 or 2010, they had an express version where the SQL Server licensing was free. It wasn't like a full-blown SharePoint. It was only a slimmed-down version. It used to be whatever your hardware costs. You would install the free software and work with it, but you were very limited in what you could do in SharePoint. If you wanted the SharePoint Enterprise Server with all the bells and whistles, then you had to pay more to get the SQL Server license based on the number of users or servers. The subscription model is different for cloud deployments. Licensing is per user and per month. The cost also depends on the storage required. If you have a lot of sites or documents, then you need to expand it based on your needs."

"Pricing plans may be flexible depending on volume usage and your corporate relationship with Microsoft."

"The price of Microsoft OneDrive is reasonable and compatible with competitors."

"Costwise, it is a great option. In most cases, it is a free space, which will be more than enough for most customers."

"It is free if you are using Office 365, and you get a terabyte of storage with your account."

"We pay a lot for the Enterprise version, but it is a premium service."

"Using this software, it has had an amazing impact moneywise on our business. It allows us to share documents without the need of extra hardware."

"OneDrive comes with Microsoft 365 so it is just an added part of that package."

"This is a pricy solution, given that we are only using it at 50% capacity."

"The licensing is expensive and on a yearly basis."