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Microsoft 365 Business vs Microsoft Office SharePoint Server comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 29, 2025

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 365 Business
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
10th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
246
Ranking in other categories
Mobile Device Management (MDM) (2nd)
Microsoft Office SharePoint...
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
3rd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
4.2
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Microsoft 365 Business is 1.9%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is 5.2%, down from 10.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Content Collaboration Platforms Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server5.2%
Microsoft 365 Business1.9%
Other92.9%
Content Collaboration Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

CharlesBrewer - PeerSpot reviewer
Price and reliability need improvement while general tasks are streamlined
The pricing for Microsoft 365 is too high, and quality-wise, it does not meet high standards. The operating system is outdated and inadequate. Microsoft has very poor security, and Defender is ineffective. In terms of collaboration and file sharing, OneDrive is very clunky and has frequent sync issues. It also crashes a lot and is unreliable.
Jocelyn Sookahet - PeerSpot reviewer
Sharing information improves collaboration but search capability needs enhancement
Searching information internally in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server could be better because when we get a lot of information, it is difficult to find. There are other things that could be better, though I don't know specifically what besides search. Search is the main problem, but it could be better if we used software used by other people. Sometimes we have customers who don't use it, and that creates problems.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Microsoft 365 Business is that I don't lose anything since everything is on the drive, and I can access it from anywhere."
"We can access it from anywhere. We can access it from home, the office, or any other place. It is a simple and the right product for the current COVID situation."
"I have been using Microsoft Office for a long time since I was young. This solution is very similar and is easy to use, and the interface is adequate."
"Microsoft 365 Business is stable and scalable, and the installation is straightforward as well."
"Microsoft Teams is most valuable. It is a great product, and it has really been very valuable for us during the pandemic. It enabled good collaboration. Even after the pandemic, we will continue to use Microsoft Team in our organization. They are continuously improving the product, which is a very positive thing."
"Collaboration is one of the main features of Microsoft 365 Business."
"It is definitely user-friendly, and I like the flexibility."
"The solution can scale well. A company can easily expand it."
"The level of stability is good."
"The support from Microsoft is very quick and they are very proactive."
"The solution is scalable. You can do both horizontal and vertical scaling."
"The most valuable feature is the "Alert Me", which provides the ability to set an alert when content is either added or changed and that the alerts can be either real-time or aggregated for the day or the week."
"The forms aspect of the solution, for example, the creation of surveys, is its most valuable aspect."
"This solution has provided us with a collaborative workspace to allow everyone to work together and be on the same page."
"The most valuable feature is that it is very usable. I can navigate it, I can have a media call, I can have a call with my project team, so we can chat with every team kind of like WhatsApp. Any time there are projects or other things, we can chat in a secure way. It's automation-specific secure."
"The implementation and configuring of the resolution are very easy in the online version."
 

Cons

"Their support should be improved in terms of faster response and better resolution."
"Its price could be better for companies that are not using it massively."
"The OneDrive part could be more user-friendly, because many people want to use it."
"The pricing of the solution could be better."
"The pricing may be a bit high."
"They should improve the screen sharing feature in Microsoft Teams."
"They can improve its price and make the way of sharing documents more secure."
"Outlook should tie into a backend database and everything should be done in the Outlook screen."
"The velocity and speed of information retrieval in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server could be improved."
"Workflows could be simplified."
"The ability to preview files in different formats should be expanded to include formats such as embedded postscript (EPS), AutoCAD, and Adobe Acrobat PDF."
"It is a bit restrictive to develop in the cloud version. A lot of features are in the cloud now, and you have to develop on the outside. As far as the platform and the programming side of things are concerned, it is moving more towards configuration management rather than programming. When we are doing solutions, we are basically just configuring it to make solutions happen rather than actually using the Visual Studio code and developing from scratch in the cloud. It is almost like creating an app. You have created an app for your phone, but the app doesn't really sit on your phone. It sits somewhere on a server, and the database sits on another server. The app is just pulling and pushing information. The whole development has changed. We used to install things directly on the server and then run the application from the server. Now, it is more of a modular architecture."
"The solution needs to enable better sharing capabilities between users and external users. Several users also have problems with linking their emails to their Microsoft account."
"The product is behind in development and lacks some features."
"Making it more intuitive could help teams adopt it faster and use it more effectively by being more user-friendly."
"I think these tools do a pretty good job. There is only one area of improvement. Maybe Microsoft can invest a little bit more into the ease at which integration can be done with other third party applications."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is expensive, and its price can be better."
"The product is expensive."
"We have an enterprise license."
"Licensing is on a monthly basis."
"Microsoft 365 Business is inexpensive."
"The price is high."
"The monthly license of the solution is quite expensive."
"It is expensive. It should be cheaper, especially for companies and businesses. Licensing is on a yearly basis."
"It can be expensive for on-premises deployments, especially when you have to support SQL Server as your backend database. That's where the cost comes into play. SQL Server has its own licensing, which Microsoft keeps on changing. Therefore, it can become costly. In the earlier versions of SharePoint, version 2007 or 2010, they had an express version where the SQL Server licensing was free. It wasn't like a full-blown SharePoint. It was only a slimmed-down version. It used to be whatever your hardware costs. You would install the free software and work with it, but you were very limited in what you could do in SharePoint. If you wanted the SharePoint Enterprise Server with all the bells and whistles, then you had to pay more to get the SQL Server license based on the number of users or servers. The subscription model is different for cloud deployments. Licensing is per user and per month. The cost also depends on the storage required. If you have a lot of sites or documents, then you need to expand it based on your needs."
"One of the reasons why we don't recommend the cloud version of SharePoint is the cost. With the on premise version, you pay for the license once. For the cloud version, there is a recurring fee. It is very expensive. They expect everyone to pay $20 or $30 per user per month."
"There are some aggressive discounts offered by Microsoft for organizations that are not for profit, which we are, and it makes it quite attractive to consider."
"Pricing plans may be flexible depending on volume usage and your corporate relationship with Microsoft."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Performing Arts
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Educational Organization
7%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business110
Midsize Enterprise44
Large Enterprise101
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise15
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Microsoft 365 Business?
The product's initial setup phase was straightforward.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft 365 Business?
I have no idea about the pricing of Microsoft 365 Business, since I'm not the party concerned.
What needs improvement with Microsoft 365 Business?
I don't have knowledge about the benefits of Advanced Threat Protection within Microsoft 365 Business, such as the Defender, because I think we don't have that. Currently, I can't think of anything...
What needs improvement with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server?
Accountability is one benefit of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. We can all see the document live and see it being changed. We can review it as soon as they're done and make the changes, make t...
What is your primary use case for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server?
We used Microsoft Office SharePoint Server fairly early on at Clemson for our project management and documentation. We used it for tracking documents and managing project-related materials.
 

Also Known As

Microsoft 365 E3, Microsoft 365 E5, Microsoft 365 F1, MS 365 Business
Office SharePoint Server, MS Office SharePoint Server
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Urban Agriculture Co., The Detroit Wallpaper Co., TransBlue Facility Management, Garner Food Company
Del Monte Foods, Unicredit Leasing, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, Nokia Czech Republic, Perkins Eastman, JLL, ICA, óxito Software, Dorset Software, PKP Cargo, Arcapita Bank B.S.C., AVE CZ, Chesapeake Energy
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