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Microsoft Teams vs SharePoint 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

Microsoft Teams
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
163
Ranking in other categories
Virtual Meetings (4th), Enterprise Social Software (1st)
SharePoint
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
154
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (1st), Web Content Management (3rd), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (1st), Enterprise Intranet (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. Microsoft Teams is designed for Virtual Meetings and holds a mindshare of 2.7%, up 1.2% compared to last year.
SharePoint, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Content Management, holds 17.7% mindshare, down 20.7% since last year.
Virtual Meetings
Enterprise Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

Santhosh Varghese - PeerSpot reviewer
Whiteboard and content sharing features are good
I would rate Teams's stability as a nine out of ten. However, some recent updates have made it less stable. I find it a little bit choppy. Sometimes, I find the network quality is not very good with low bandwidth. So, sometimes, when you have low bandwidth the quality becomes very poor. So, you have to optimize your usage.
Sanil Paul - PeerSpot reviewer
Streamlined collaboration through seamless integration and customization
I have been an administrator for SharePoint and have used it as an end-user for document storage. Predominantly, I've been involved in administration SharePoint helps a lot since we've moved from using it directly to using it as a backend for Teams, which makes collaboration easier. It supports…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The product is more convenient than taking a plane to Australia. Going to Australia can take around two days. The tool is much quicker. The video conferencing feature has improved our productivity."
"The platform has facilitated our communication and collaboration, especially in a remote or hybrid work environment."
"The solution has features like good voice clarity, good video quality, and recording."
"The solution is relatively stable."
"This is a reliable and stable solution."
"You can ping, chat, and call someone, and at the same time, on the next tab, you can see all the documents related to what someone is referring to."
"Microsoft Teams is user-friendly and flexible. I like its SharePoint feature also."
"Microsoft Teams is a very good collaborative tool."
"Information is much more readily available."
"SharePoint's collaborative features are valuable as they enable productivity by allowing multiple users to edit documents simultaneously."
"No code and low code, scalable, and stable collaboration platform. Straightforward to set up. Its support system is good and offers fast issue resolution."
"The initial setup is easy."
"It is very stable."
"It offers ease of use, which is crucial."
"Removed the need of paper storage and people flow into the office."
"SharePoint has made things easier with the increased functionality for building the portals, microsites, and total integration with Microsoft categories."
 

Cons

"The product is not fully integrated in Brazil."
"I would like to see more customization options in the product such as more integration with other tools."
"To Do tasks’ ease of use should be improved."
"I would like to see Outlook options added to this solution."
"I didn't know that Teams is part of Office 365, so I think that it should be better advertised with its features and capabilities."
"If I could completely eliminate Outlook and only use Teams, that would help me immensely. Productivity would increase drastically and many of our team members would be more efficient in our day-to-day, as we would be living primarily in a single tool."
"Allowing you to participate in the conference to which you have been invited regardless of the platform on which it is hosted would be beneficial."
"Inability to call into meetings."
"It has worked very well for me. It seems like they've improved everything. I don't have any cons about it as such, but I don't think they have a talk-to-text, speech-to-text, or speech-to-type. That would be cool for accessibility."
"The solution lacks collaboration features."
"During uptime under our network, it is hard to find info when content is hefty."
"The way to change the version of the files in SharePoint should be improved. The method of synchronizing files from local to the cloud can also use improvement."
"I would like a simpler, more cost-effective solution for connecting data sources with workflows and BI tools, or data mining tools."
"More hints and make it more user-customizable."
"It should have more user-friendly customization, as it still requires developers to get engaged and build sites."
"One issue is that when users mistakenly hide files or set permissions incorrectly, it can lead to files becoming inaccessible, requiring intervention from Microsoft support to resolve."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We need to pay for Microsoft Teams' licenses on a yearly basis."
"We have a license needed to use Microsoft Teams."
"Microsoft Teams’s pricing is low."
"The solution's pricing is average."
"The solution is affordable."
"We get the solution on a corporate plan, where everything is included."
"Its pricing is reasonable."
"The solution is priced high."
"It comes bundled with the Microsoft 365 pricing plans."
"The product is reasonably priced."
"They are about an eight in comparison to other similar products."
"The replacement costs for it are cheaper if you use only SharePoint."
"The pricing is competitive."
"The platform has medium pricing."
"The cost is expensive, but worthwhile."
"Any extended support from Microsoft is expensive."
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Comparison Review

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
73%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Government
3%
Computer Software Company
3%
Government
13%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Microsoft Teams?
The most valuable feature of Microsoft Teams for us is the ability to share files from OneDrive seamlessly.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Teams?
I’m unsure about the exact cost, but I believe it’s reasonable. Using Teams for collaboration, video conferencing, and messaging helps save costs, especially for communicating with third-party comp...
What needs improvement with Microsoft Teams?
Improvements could be made in utilizing AI features, such as getting a transcript of meetings. During my usage, there were no AI features available.
Would Alfresco give an organization more benefits in terms of cost, features & security as compared to Sharepoint?
Alfresco scores are high on all features of an ECM solution and tools. Back office processing, rated as 3.36 good. Business Process Application 3.55 Good to excellent. Document Management 4.12...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SharePoint?
I am not involved in the licensing, but Microsoft offers bundled pricing for Office, SharePoint, and Exchange, making it cost-effective.
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

MS Teams
SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Honeywll, AIRFRANCE, AccuWeather, Lilly
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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