We performed a comparison between SharePoint and WordPress based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Web Content Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."What I like about SharePoint is that they keep up with a lot of updates, and they bring out new features. I also like that the system is integrated with the Microsoft 365 suite of apps."
"It offers an easy way to store unstructured content (.pdf, .doc, .xls, images) and to tag them with metadata."
"It is very stable."
"It offers ease of use, which is crucial."
"The security feature is valuable."
"The product provides flexibility in collaboration."
"Its functionality is enormous."
"The most valuable features of SharePoint Online are content management, document management, and approval processes. Additionally, there are a number of features that provide integration with multiple Office services and external services."
"The themes are useful. They change the look and feel of a website with just one click."
"WordPress offers great flexibility."
"The standout feature is its high degree of customization. Creating user-friendly, easily maintainable websites is a breeze, especially with the convenient admin access."
"The best feature of WordPress is its flexibility."
"It has a vast array of themes which could be applied to make the website visually look more appealing to the target market."
"The product provides capabilities to build modern websites and can be used for various aspects of services."
"The best feature in WordPress is Elementor. It lets you easily create one-page landing sites."
"It is a stable system which offers a wide variety of themes and templates."
"The initial setup was very complex."
"Processing data from multiple site collections is not easy as they reside in different databases."
"You still need a bit of expertise to add branding."
"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."
"The limitations and boundaries must be extended."
"The navigation is confusing."
"The workflow engine cannot support the business needs."
"A user may feel intimidated the first time he or she sees it."
"WordPress needs to improve its usability."
"It could be a little bit easier to use."
"WordPress doesn't automatically scan the website, so we need to install paid plugins for this purpose. Unfortunately, this can lead to slower performance, which is a notable drawback."
"It may be useful to have a downloadable program that you could have on your desktop that allows you to create and maintain the program while offline."
"I think that WordPress is too cool in its contact."
"One area of improvement is hosting. It should have its file manager regardless of where you host your website."
"WordPress could use improvement in terms of optimization, especially for large websites with extensive databases and many images."
SharePoint is ranked 1st in Web Content Management with 150 reviews while WordPress is ranked 2nd in Web Content Management with 28 reviews. SharePoint is rated 7.8, while WordPress is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SharePoint writes "Good integrations, helps with collaboration, and increases visibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WordPress writes "Very customizable, and forms the base for most websites on the Internet". SharePoint is most compared with Citrix ShareFile, Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, Box and OpenText Documentum, whereas WordPress is most compared with Quintype, Liferay Digital Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, Drupal and TerminalFour Site Manager. See our SharePoint vs. WordPress report.
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