Microsoft Office SharePoint Server vs SharePoint comparison

The compared Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and SharePoint solutions aren't in the same category. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is ranked #4 in CCP , with an average rating of 8.5, and holds a 3.8% mindshare in the category. SharePoint is ranked #1 in ECM , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 11.8% mindshare. Additionally, 82% of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 79% of SharePoint users who would recommend it.

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79% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and SharePoint based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Content Collaboration Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Office SharePoint...

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

4.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Content Collaboration Platforms (4th)

SharePoint

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

164

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Content Management (1st), Web Content Management (2nd), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (1st), Enterprise Intranet (1st)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is designed for Content Collaboration Platforms and holds a mindshare of 3.8%, down 9.3% compared to last year.
SharePoint, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Content Management, holds 11.8% mindshare, down 17.8% since last year.

Content Collaboration Platforms Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server	3.8%
Office 365	10.3%
Google Workspace	10.0%
Other	75.9%

Content Collaboration Platforms

Enterprise Content Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SharePoint	11.8%
OpenText Content Management	8.4%
OpenText Documentum Content Management	8.0%
Other	71.8%

Enterprise Content Management

Featured Reviews

Daniel Giacomelli

Security and Compliance at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Has transformed how I manage documents through metadata and automation while enabling structured collaboration

Microsoft should restore some functionalities from older versions of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2003 and 2010. Specifically, bringing back something similar to SharePoint Designer would be beneficial. SharePoint Designer was both advantageous and challenging - developers found it limiting and preferred Visual Studio, while non-developers struggled to use it effectively. A new tool for configuring webpage design and development for content pages would be valuable. The current system is too basic. While integration of filtered lists and libraries is possible, it requires knowledge of Python or jQuery. A WYSIWYG editor would be preferable to requiring programming knowledge or Visual Studio.

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AnjneyBhardwaj

Senior Market Research Analyst at IDC Corporate

Collaboration has improved through simplified document access and controlled sharing

SharePoint is definitely used to keep a record of our files and data. The capability is quite good because it is time-saving. I have used it only four or five times, but it has been very helpful to keep all my information in a consolidated manner. The search feature is one of the most beneficial factors that we use to filter out the latest data or the latest file as per our convenience and use case. When you have a large repository, this feature is particularly valuable. Role-based access control has been helpful while developing the knowledge platform. The roles were defined clearly, which made it easy for the four or five of us to work simultaneously and collaborate on our project in a similar manner.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"What I appreciate most about Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is how it centralizes information and collaboration in one place."

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

"The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is a main feature of Microsoft, and I use it for everything I share inside the organization and outside the organization; it's easy to use, easy to share, and easy to manage all SharePoint services."

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

"Ability to collaborate with others in one location."

"Microsoft Office SharePoint Server helps with return on investment as it saves a lot of time and helps clients improve their processes."

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

"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."

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"The stability of SharePoint is high."

"The product provides flexibility in collaboration."

"The security feature is valuable."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is file sharing or information sharing."

"It has made us faster and more efficient."

"Ability to store files of any type."

"SharePoint has made things easier with the increased functionality for building the portals, microsites, and total integration with Microsoft categories."

"I rate it a ten."

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Cons

"I think these tools do a pretty good job. There is only one area of improvement. Maybe Microsoft can invest a little bit more into the ease at which integration can be done with other third party applications."

"It is a bit restrictive to develop in the cloud version. A lot of features are in the cloud now, and you have to develop on the outside. As far as the platform and the programming side of things are concerned, it is moving more towards configuration management rather than programming. When we are doing solutions, we are basically just configuring it to make solutions happen rather than actually using the Visual Studio code and developing from scratch in the cloud. It is almost like creating an app. You have created an app for your phone, but the app doesn't really sit on your phone. It sits somewhere on a server, and the database sits on another server. The app is just pulling and pushing information. The whole development has changed. We used to install things directly on the server and then run the application from the server. Now, it is more of a modular architecture."

"Making it more intuitive could help teams adopt it faster and use it more effectively by being more user-friendly."

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

"Regarding the setup for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, I have to rate it lower, maybe a seven out of 10, as it is a little bit more complex and not so easy to use in some use cases."

"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."

"Searching information internally in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server could be better because when we get a lot of information, it is difficult to find."

"Workflows could be simplified."

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"This solution would benefit from the implementation of enhanced online forms and template development capabilities."

"Improve the user-friendliness."

"Document management and the ability to easily integrate single sign-on (SSO) are areas for improvement in SharePoint."

"I understand that some functions are lost when you store the information in a file system, so maybe that's a way SharePoint can improve."

"No good process to import emails from several users into a single comprehensive SP repository."

"It is too heavy. MS should not have paid foreign coders dollars per each row of code. They wasted the stability and reliability in the end."

"The solution should be made more user-friendly for technical and business people."

"It does not integrate despite being part of the Microsoft family."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"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."

"The pricing works for us."

"The replacement costs for it are cheaper if you use only SharePoint."

"SharePoint is included with our Microsoft license."

"The pricing is competitive."

"We have purchased add-ons to handle multiple site collections, form creation, and design."

"It is very expensive."

"It comes bundled with the Microsoft 365 pricing plans."

"It is pretty reasonable. It is $5 per month per user. We have 12 users now, so it is about $60 per month."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Government

12%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	13
Large Enterprise	15

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	80
Midsize Enterprise	38
Large Enterprise	81

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server?

The price of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is affordable for us.

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What needs improvement with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server?

There are areas that could be improved with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. My company has more than 5,000 collaborators. The question of how Microsoft Office SharePoint Server can be a better ...

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What is your primary use case for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server?

The regular use cases with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server are to share files and to plug them into websites in collaboration features from Office 365. The advanced search functionality is accep...

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What do you like most about SharePoint?

The search feature is valuable.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SharePoint?

I do not know the difference between the prices of the two solutions; I did not work on this project.

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What needs improvement with SharePoint?

It is not really better; we use the same solution as before with Google Drive and the Google App solution. Sometimes I have to refresh pages more than with Google, but it does not charge; the page ...

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Also Known As

Office SharePoint Server, MS Office SharePoint Server

SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010

Overview

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) is a Microsoft software portal based on the ASP.NET framework. MOSS facilitates file sharing and collaboration, social networking, Web databases and Web publishing. It is hosted by Microsoft Windows Server and is accessible through Microsoft Office or the Web.

Microsoft

SharePoint is a Microsoft-based platform for building web applications. It covers a widerange of capabilities and while it is appropriate for experienced webdevelopers, even non-technical minded users can easily navigate through thesystem and execute functions such as collaborating data, managing documents andfiles, creating websites, managing social networking solutions, and automatingworkflow.

Major areas that SharePoint deals with are websites,communities, content, search, insights, and composites. The purpose is to give usersthe ability to create or develop these key business components on their owneven without technical knowledge of, for example, how to build a website or howto integrate coding. Configuring SharePoint into a business's system is meantto cut out all of the complicated steps, and pave the way for easierimplementation all around.

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Sample Customers

Del Monte Foods, Unicredit Leasing, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, Nokia Czech Republic, Perkins Eastman, JLL, ICA, óxito Software, Dorset Software, PKP Cargo, Arcapita Bank B.S.C., AVE CZ, Chesapeake Energy

Toyota, Aeroports de Paris, ASBBank Ltd., Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals, CambridgeshireConstabulary, D&M Group, NPL Construction Company, and The Regional Municipality of Niagara.

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