SharePoint vs Yammer comparison

The compared SharePoint and Yammer solutions aren't in the same category. SharePoint is ranked #1 in ECM , with an average rating of 8.1, and holds a 18.4% mindshare in the category. Yammer is ranked #4 in ESS , with an average rating of 7.3, and holds a 6.9% mindshare. Additionally, 78% of SharePoint users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 76% of Yammer users who would recommend it.

SharePoint

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78% willing to recommend

Yammer

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990 Views
603 Comparison Views

76% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between SharePoint and Yammer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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

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Categories and Ranking

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)

Yammer

Average Rating

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Social Software (4th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. SharePoint is designed for Enterprise Content Management and holds a mindshare of 18.4%, down 20.8% compared to last year.
Yammer, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Social Software, holds 6.9% mindshare, down 8.1% since last year.

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Q&A Highlights

it_user120486

Works

Jul 10, 2014

How do Sharepoint and Yammer match up to IBM’s connection solution?

Hello, Looking at my referrers, I noticed that this question pointed out to my comparison between SharePoint & Connections (see previous discussions for the link). I didn't compare Connections and SharePoint/Yammer yet but just Connections & SharePoint Social. Now that I have a little bit more experience with Connections & IBM Products in general, I'd consider choosing either of those products the following way: - Do you plan for onpremises or a Cloud-based solution? - Do you plan for 100% out of the box or should you be able to customize the product? - Do you plan to use *only* the Social piece of Connections or do you plan to also store your documents in it? If yes, what kind of documents, Office (integration isn't as in SharePoint).? - Are you already working with SameTime or with Lync? Clearly, I'd choose Connections if : - I'm already using Sametime and/or other IBM products since you'd have an SSO for free using the LTPA tokens - I don't plan to customize the product heavily. - I don't plan to have a real document management system in it (Files+CCM) or only with PDF and non Office Documents If I'd need more than what's listed above, I'd go for SharePoint which doesn't only offer Social Capabilities but also other workfloads such as an extensive Search Engine, LOB integration, WCM, Collaboration, Social and three development/deployment models (Full Trust Solutions, Sandboxed, Apps). My experience now with Connections is that it's a nice product but it's harder to customize than SharePoint. It doesn't offer many APIs and it's rather hard to find valuable technical documentation on the product. It's also way harder to find non-IBM people working on the product. With SharePoint, you can really have an industrialization & full ALM of your devleopments and it's quite easy to find .NET/SharePoint developers all around without the need to involve Microsoft. In conclusion, for pure Social related stuff, Connections is better than SharePoint and maybe even better than Yammer but don't try to do anything else with the product nor to interoperate with other products, especially if these are not IBM ones or headaches will start :)

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Featured Reviews

Sanil Paul

IT Service Manager at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

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…

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PrashantSharma

BI & SharePoint Solutions Architect at Aavispro

Helps users to reach out to others in the organization and enables seamless collaboration

Yammer is a good tool. My previous organization used it extensively. Pretty much everything had a Yammer channel. If someone outside the team had questions, they could just come up and ask questions using the product. Asking questions and posting things are the most important features. If we run into an issue and a team owns the product, we can just use the solution to ask questions and get responses from that team. Otherwise, we will be stuck in a loop forever to figure it out. In a large company, we can get stuck if we don't know who to contact to determine what is happening and why. The product was integrated into Microsoft Teams. We could collaborate easily. There are so many things we can do with Teams. So, the collaboration is at a different level when we use Microsoft products like Teams and Yammer, along with other tools that come with the suite. The solution worked well for me. I did not face anything that would make me stop using it.

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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

"The product makes it easy to manage lists, forms, searching, and security. One of the most valuable features is its integration with Active Directory."

"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."

"Ability to store files of any type."

"There is not just one valuable feature; it is all of them working together."

"The initial setup is easy."

"Removed the need of paper storage and people flow into the office."

"It allows for simultaneous users to be on it."

"SharePoint is already moving to cloud, if you are using SharePoint online, which is cloud-based technology, it is more accessible."

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"The tool allows us to post and keep track of company buzz and events without relying on email."

"The integration with Teams is the biggest value for us. In fact, it has only become more valuable now that it has integration with Teams. Teams allows you to stream, so that's good."

"It's really easy to use the solution."

"The initial setup was simple and straightforward."

"Yammer is useful since it is a product you can easily integrate into our system since Microsoft supports it."

"I find it quite simple and intuitive. It's similar to using a more user-friendly interface for SharePoint. It integrates seamlessly with the browser, so you hardly notice you're using it."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the communication events."

"Yammer brings in the most relevant posts to the users."

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Cons

"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 introduction of AI and automation with Copilot could be a beneficial improvement."

"More hints and make it more user-customizable."

"The areas of this solution that need improvement are the relationships between lists, cross-site web parts, and page-building tools."

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

"Replication needs improvement."

"The limitations and boundaries must be extended."

"We would like more security features, like automating."

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"This solution would be improved if it was well integrated with other communication applications."

"Users need to be in the Acting Directory to exploit the features."

"Microsoft should work on templating and provide some built-in templates so that the changes can automatically roll out to all the configured communities."

"It looks slightly less clean on Chrome compared to Microsoft Edge, but it's a minor difference. There is room for improvement in user experience, like positions of elements."

"The way you want to control the communication could be an issue. It depends on what kind of company you are. We are a public company, and there are some regulations that we need to comply with. Its ease of use can be an issue for a company because anybody can subscribe and use it. There are many competitors that are overlapping. Since Microsoft bought Yammer, it tends to be in the shadow. It is not put in the front from the service perspective."

"Yammer's UX and UI are areas with certain shortcomings where improvements are required"

"It should have integration with multiple third-party platforms."

"Yammer has very limited features."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's pricing is relatively expensive because it's bundled with other products."

"The product is reasonably priced."

"It is very expensive."

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

"The platform has medium pricing."

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

"Any extended support from Microsoft is expensive."

"The pricing is competitive."

More SharePoint pricing and cost advice

"The pricing is not bad."

"We get it as part of our Office 365 subscriptions, so I don't think we pay any additional cost for Yammer. It's included in the Office 365 subscriptions."

"Its cost is included in the license bundle for Microsoft."

"I don't know about the pricing. Now that Microsoft has bought Yammer, it should be a part of our subscriptions for Office 365."

"Yammer is a pretty cheap solution, and it's included in multiple subscriptions."

"Compared to other products like Amazon, Yammer's pricing is fine."

"I think that there is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs of the solution."

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Comparison Review

it_user8913

Developer with 51-200 employees

Aug 22, 2013

Yammer vs. SP Social in 2013

There are several discussions on SharePoint’s social strategy going on at the moment. I had some great discussions with my MVP mate Adis during Summit last week. Since #SPC12 almost every SharePoint addicted developer, it-pro, power user has reviewed Yammer. If you don’t know what Yammer is, here a…

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Answers from the Community

it_user120486

Works

Jul 10, 2014

How do Sharepoint and Yammer match up to IBM’s connection solution?

2 out of 9 answers

it_user128490

IT Leader at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jul 1, 2014

I have experience using Yammer, Sharepoint, IBM -Sametime, Cisco-webex as a social platform. I liked Cisco - webex for various reason - Easy to use, online conferencing, blog, message broadcast, desktop share, meeting scheduler and seamless integration with MS office calendar. I found webex connect to be feature rich and meets most of our Orgs social needs. Many Thanks Pratyush

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it_user131589

Works

Jul 1, 2014

IBM Connections Integrates well with SharePoint. Post the integration configuration, most of the time, we should be able to get our SharePoint Libraries and Mysite integrated with connections. By having Microsoft Windows Authentication, we would be able to see the teamsitres, contents etf through SharePoint APIs on Conections page.Availability of Uploading docs are also single click away.Its visa versa from SharePoint as well. Questions regarding MS Yammer or IBM Connections would be subject to business decision however it would also be dependent on wheather we have Connections in the system or Yammer. if its a fresh new set up planning then in long run SharePoint with Yammer negates the need to have IBM connection and have more cost effective solutions. Best regards, Kumar

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Government

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

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...

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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 am not involved in the licensing, but Microsoft offers bundled pricing for Office, SharePoint, and Exchange, making it cost-effective.

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What do you like most about Yammer?

We can send out notifications and ask questions using Yammer.

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What needs improvement with Yammer?

I can't think of anything that stands out as a problem. It has a very limited use. For the limited use it has, it performs well.

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What is your primary use case for Yammer?

We primarily use it for internal communication and company communication.

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Overview

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.

Yammer is an enterprise social network that allows employees,managers, executives, teams and different office branches to engage,collaborate and innovate over one interactive virtual network.

Yammer creates a social workplace that drives innovationthrough the sharing of ideas and business intelligence, boosts productivity inteams and projects, and encourages communication and connectivity betweenemployees, no matter where they are located.

Sample Customers

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.

Verizon, Rakuten,Nationwide, DHL, Westfield, Telefonica, 7-Eleven, Red Robin, Intuit, eBay,Darden, Suncorp, Tyco, Xerox, and ModCloth.

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