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OpenText Vibe vs SharePoint comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText Vibe
Ranking in Enterprise Intranet
3rd
Average Rating
6.6
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SharePoint
Ranking in Enterprise Intranet
1st
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
158
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (1st), Web Content Management (2nd), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Enterprise Intranet category, the mindshare of OpenText Vibe is 4.4%, down from 6.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SharePoint is 42.6%, up from 41.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Intranet
 

Featured Reviews

it_user679026 - PeerSpot reviewer
Our end users find great value in building team workspaces to collaborate not only with internal employees, but with third-party consultants and customers as required.
Having one centralized collaboration space to bring all employees together has been quite beneficial for our organization as we have 120+ remote locations in rural areas with slower internet connections. This allows head office and regional office users to share documents with those remote users as shared network drives are not an option.
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

"It's relatively easy to create folders or workspaces."
"The product provides flexibility in collaboration."
"Information is now available instantly to managers on all devices."
"For SharePoint, I believe the most valuable feature is the customization and allowing you to share and edit files and documents. Being able to share externally and the precise administration of the files in terms of giving permissions and controlling who has access to what is a very good feature."
"It has helped us with storing all the documents, which means that people are not going to intervene. There is a way of extracting knowledge within documentation and tracking it. There are knowledge assets for where documentation is stored, indexed and searchable through SharePoint."
"Document flows, storage, and numbering take off the actions for checking and assigning the numbering and running around with approvals and pre-approvals."
"There is not just one valuable feature; it is all of them working together."
"The search feature is valuable."
"It keeps our company organized and everything is in one place."
 

Cons

"The speed of opening files is too slow and should be increased."
"SharePoint sometimes cannot handle the amount of co-editing that we do."
"You still need a bit of expertise to add branding."
"Document management and the ability to easily integrate single sign-on (SSO) are areas for improvement in SharePoint."
"The solution's support services and GenAI could be improved and made faster and more knowledgeable."
"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."
"Allow more functionalities for the on-premise version. Do not force the move of content to a non-private cloud."
"The company also needs to make sure that their policies are dictating how information is stored and used, instead of letting SharePoint take control."
"The technical support process should be more streamlined as it usually involves contacting vendors and arranging calls for resolution."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Licensing can be by server or by seat."
"For this type of solution, it is not wise to buy it without Software Assurance."
"The replacement costs for it are cheaper if you use only SharePoint."
"Any extended support from Microsoft is expensive."
"The data classification and search elements are cheap."
"The licensing model for SharePoint Online is based on per user, and it is monthly. The price of the solution overall is good."
"The product is reasonably priced."
"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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Comparison Review

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Aug 23, 2013
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Top Industries

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Government
13%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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Also Known As

Micro Focus Vibe, Novell Vibe
SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010
 

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Sample Customers

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen
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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