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Microsoft Teams vs SharePoint comparison

 

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Executive Summary

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
7.9
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 (2nd), 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 2.6%, up 1.1% compared to last year.
SharePoint, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Content Management, holds 18.2% mindshare, down 20.8% since last year.
Virtual Meetings
Enterprise Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

Dhiman Majhi - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers good background effects for video, and very light, smooth, and reliable
Compared to Zoom, which also requires a subscription-like Teams, Teams requires a stronger network for joining conversations and meetings. Ssometimes, there's lagging. Sometimes, there are call log issues. I think maybe the call log shows "bad network connection" even when the network is fine. Sometimes, if you have bad network connectivity, it shows automatically, and the call goes on hold. But when you're continuously in a meeting for one or two hours, screen sharing, or providing remote troubleshooting, sometimes the Teams call goes on hold. That might be something that needs improvement. So the lagging can be improved.
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 very user-friendly."
"You can easily integrate with other applications quite easily."
"We like that you can get a lot of users on one call without the call actually failing or losing quality. Hosts can connect, if I recall correctly, up to 90,000 people. If you need a massive company-wide meeting, you can do it."
"The chat functionality is the solution's most valuable feature."
"Our company is moving from their Skype for Business to Teams. So I've seen it, I've looked at it, I've used it somewhat enjoyed the UI."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Teams is its video calling."
"Using the solution's screen-sharing feature, we can go through a document together and take control."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to have remote meetings with customers and colleagues."
"The ability to quickly and easily create team sites has been great."
"SharePoint has an option where you can open files on the browser, whereby more than five people can make amendments to one Excel online file."
"The access control is definitely a good feature. We also appreciate the improvements they've made to the online applications, where multiple users can work on the same documents simultaneously. Everything syncs automatically."
"The product makes it easy to manage lists, forms, searching, and security. One of the most valuable features is its integration with Active Directory."
"It's stable. It's very widely used by companies. Also, the knowledge of the product has improved over the years, and by other companies that support it or are Microsoft SharePoint partners. So if there are problems, there's always a user or company that knows the information or can help you; even with very uncommon problems."
"Removed the need of paper storage and people flow into the office."
"It improved transparency around work products."
"Sharing information is very easy in SharePoint. We use multiple types of documents, like online Excel tools and online content editing, especially for group editing. This allows us to collaborate, even in distributed teams. Despite being geographically spread out, everyone can access the same files online, edit them, and see changes. We also use SharePoint to track all these changes, making our teamwork more collaborative overall. The tool fastens information sharing and collaboration."
 

Cons

"I would say that Microsoft Team invitations from the calendar within the solution could be improved."
"It's not as easy to augment your meetings as it is with competitors. For example, in Zoom, if I want to add attendees, I just grab the meeting link and post it to them. With Teams, how to do this is not as clear."
"The solution should improve its user interface and recording features."
"The product needs to improve its stability."
"This solution is not as popular for companies to use as other solutions making it a disadvantage."
"We encountered occasional outages, which occurred a couple of times last year while using the product."
"Adding and integrating more apps like SharePoint on Microsoft Teams is making the solution very slow."
"I would like to see more customization options in the product such as more integration with other tools."
"The navigation is confusing."
"The integration with Outlook could be improved."
"Integration needs to be more straightforward, particularly with Azure. SharePoint also needs a more comprehensive introductory course for users."
"The company also needs to make sure that their policies are dictating how information is stored and used, instead of letting SharePoint take control."
"SharePoint Online could improve the user interface and when modifying any of the user interfaces can be challenging. Additionally, there are challenges with the detail in the analytics user interface and the overall customization could improve."
"Annoyingly, many new Office 365 apps always end up being only US locale for the first year of their life. Microsoft needs to realise that most of their customers are not in the USA."
"​The support is the worst. It is bad when Microsoft support does not even know what to do and you have to tell them. Also, they take too long to solve a problem.​"
"The solution lacks collaboration features."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's pricing is reasonable and I would rate it an eight out of ten."
"The solution's pricing is average."
"Microsoft Teams is expensive compared to other solutions."
"The solution has a reasonable price in the market."
"We have a license for the solution."
"The product's pro accounts are cheap."
"The price is relatively high."
"We have a license needed to use Microsoft Teams."
"The platform has medium pricing."
"The cost is expensive, but worthwhile."
"SharePoint is included with our Microsoft license."
"It is very expensive.​"
"Any extended support from Microsoft is expensive."
"For this type of solution, it is not wise to buy it without Software Assurance."
"It comes bundled with the Microsoft 365 pricing plans."
"The licensing model for SharePoint Online is based on per user, and it is monthly. The price of the solution overall is good."
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Comparison Review

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
72%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Government
3%
Computer Software Company
3%
Government
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
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

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