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Alfresco vs Sharepoint 2016 Standard comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
5.6
Alfresco delivers significant ROI with cost savings, efficiency, reduced IT support, automation, and centralized document management benefits.
Sentiment score
6.4
Sharepoint 2016 Standard boosts productivity by reducing costs, errors, and manual work, enhancing collaboration and efficiency with notable ROI.
Centrally managing records has helped us automate legal retention policies and reduce physical storage costs by eighty percent, saving us in costs and protecting us from massive financial penalties associated with compliance failures.
Head Of The Operations at Flash AI
Alfresco provides a significant return on investment by efficiently managing documents.
Country Head Spain at Apiux
There has been a return on investment from using Sharepoint 2016 Standard, as documentation approval workflows, change request processes, HR onboarding and offboarding flows, document routing based on metadata, and notifications and escalations have all improved with Sharepoint being implemented.
HITRUST and GRC Consultant at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
You can stop paying for other tools if you are willing to move to Sharepoint 2016 Standard.
Senior Team Lead at Infosys
Time saved productivity metrics means tasks that used to take a week now get resolved in one to two days with Sharepoint 2016 Standard, saving approximately five to seven days per request.
Senior Data Engineer at LTM
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.6
Alfresco customer support is generally positive but mixed, with prompt responses and some challenges due to complex workflows.
Sentiment score
6.1
SharePoint 2016 Standard's customer service is praised for responsiveness, knowledgeable support, and valuable resources, requiring internal expertise for technical issues.
I would prefer a direct relationship with them, focusing on updating their products more like in an agile practice
Head Of Information Technology at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Alfresco's technical support is very fast and professional.
Country Head Spain at Apiux
The support team was very responsive and resolved my query within forty-five minutes, which was a good experience.
Head Of The Operations at Flash AI
The customer support for Sharepoint 2016 Standard is very active and responsive.
Senior Team Lead at Infosys
The response was quite swift, the engineers were quite knowledgeable, and they were able to resolve my issue in the shortest possible time.
Technical Support Engineer at Horizon/Bespoke Labs
When I contacted the support team, they helped me recover the file in a very efficient and supportive way.
Senior Data Engineer at LTM
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
5.5
Alfresco efficiently scales with growth, excelling in clustering and customization, though complex setups are required for high document counts.
Sentiment score
7.5
SharePoint 2016 Standard offers scalable document management, enhanced security, and workflow capabilities, requiring careful infrastructure planning for optimal performance.
Implementations needing to handle millions of documents may involve complex cluster setups requiring expert assistance.
Country Head Spain at Apiux
However, if you are looking to expand into areas with more images and videos, the scalability is somewhat limited without a developer and customization.
Agile Product Owner - CMS at a tech consulting company with 10,001+ employees
Zero downtime patching means adding servers or patching can be done without weekend outages.
Senior Data Engineer at LTM
The security and reliability enhancements make it very scalable.
HITRUST and GRC Consultant at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Sharepoint 2016 Standard is highly scalable.
Senior Team Lead at Infosys
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Alfresco is stable and reliable with few issues, though proper scaling and expertise are essential for optimal performance.
Sentiment score
8.8
SharePoint 2016 Standard is praised for stability, reliability, scalability, and adaptability, with minor slowdown issues attributed to external factors.
Alfresco is definitely a stable and scalable solution.
Head Of The Operations at Flash AI
The stability of Alfresco is rated highly as it hardly goes down.
Head Of Information Technology at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Alfresco is generally a very stable and high-performance platform.
Country Head Spain at Apiux
I have not seen any crashes or downtimes so far.
Analyst at Synergy Connect
I have not found any bugs myself, so for me, Sharepoint 2016 Standard is pretty stable.
Technical Support Engineer at Horizon/Bespoke Labs
I use it on a daily basis for most of my tasks, and I have not faced any stability issues.
Senior Data Engineer at LTM
 

Room For Improvement

Alfresco requires UI refinement, enhanced security, better tools, documentation, modern database support, and smoother integration with other systems.
SharePoint 2016 Standard requires navigation, performance, and interface enhancements along with improved modernization, AI, integration, and mobile usability.
It would be beneficial if Alfresco offers different options for document storage, such as databases or cloud solutions.
Country Head Spain at Apiux
Being able to leverage something such as MongoDB, a NoSQL database as part of the architecture would be a big improvement to enable high volume in the hundreds of millions of documents.
Manager, Major Accounts at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Governance of this system is required. If you don't have proper governance, things can go wrong.
Technical Project Manager at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Implementing minimum roles plus zero downtime patching, which is built into the 2016 setup, means we should configure minimum roles correctly so web front end, application server, and search servers can do only their job and speed up farms.
Senior Data Engineer at LTM
I would assess the integration of Microsoft Office apps within Sharepoint 2016 Standard for document management as lacking.
Technical Manager at IBM
Whatever use case I have been involved in or whatever additional things that I needed, I have always been able to find those on Sharepoint 2016 Standard.
Analyst at Synergy Connect
 

Setup Cost

Alfresco has competitive pricing for large enterprises, focusing on pay-per-use with potential costs for upgrades and integrations.
Enterprise users find Sharepoint 2016 Standard cost-effective, with lower pricing and competitive setup costs compared to other systems.
Since we obtained Alfresco through AWS Marketplace, we are billed for what we use.
Head Of The Operations at Flash AI
The pricing of Alfresco starts at $100,000, which can be expensive for small projects.
Country Head Spain at Apiux
Pricing is considered mid-range.
Head Of Information Technology at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Sharepoint 2016 Standard has been that it offers very competitive price plans, which are good for business.
Senior Team Lead at Infosys
Only choose 2016 if you have a clear upgrade hybrid plan before 2026 and do not start any new 2016 projects unless they are planned for fewer than two years of use with air-gapped security.
Senior Data Engineer at LTM
 

Valuable Features

Alfresco offers robust document management, integration, customization, collaboration, and user-friendly features, meeting diverse organizational needs efficiently.
SharePoint 2016 Standard enhances collaboration and productivity with document management, integration, and secure data sharing for enterprises.
This makes the record independent of the document, which is beneficial as documents often change, and it helps avoid continual updates to the registry.
Country Head Spain at Apiux
Alfresco also provides automated lifecycle management that helps us enforce legal holds, retention schedules, and secure disposition of records, keeping the files secure and ensuring that our organization remains compliant with legal requirements.
Head Of The Operations at Flash AI
It enabled users to find exactly what documents they were looking for in a timely fashion, as well as to export to patients and healthcare members what they needed to do for Medicaid, Medicare, or any other secondary insurance, including the documents they needed to fill out as well as prescriptions.
Agile Product Owner - CMS at a tech consulting company with 10,001+ employees
Sharepoint 2016 Standard has positively impacted my organization by providing a very good data repository and organization of various amounts of information that is stored in these Sharepoint sites.
HITRUST and GRC Consultant at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Sharepoint 2016 Standard has role-based access control, which secures our enterprise data effectively.
Data Engineer at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
It integrates well with other Microsoft products through Office 365.
Senior Team Lead at Infosys
 

Categories and Ranking

Alfresco
Ranking in Enterprise Content Management
4th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Document Management Software (1st)
Sharepoint 2016 Standard
Ranking in Enterprise Content Management
6th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Enterprise Content Management category, the mindshare of Alfresco is 6.4%, down from 8.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sharepoint 2016 Standard is 0.4%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Content Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Alfresco6.4%
Sharepoint 2016 Standard0.4%
Other93.2%
Enterprise Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

Jaspreet k - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of The Operations at Flash AI
Streamlined compliance workflows have reduced manual document handling and improved governance
Alfresco offers many features that I value highly. The first is the open architecture that provides extensive REST API and support of open standards such as CMIS, allowing our development team to easily extend their capabilities. The second valuable feature is the activity workflow engine, a powerful BPMN compliant workflow engine that automates complex and multi-step processes natively alongside the content. Another favorite feature is smart document processing. Due to its built-in AI capabilities, Alfresco can automatically classify documents based on our business requirements and tagging. This directly helps us find those documents by tagging them and locating them more easily. The smart document processing in Alfresco has helped us extract information via OCR and identify entities without requiring manual data entry, as it works on a metadata approach that is directly searched via OCR. The text is assigned as a token in the backend, and using the AI capabilities, Alfresco can automatically classify and read via OCR. Alfresco also provides automated lifecycle management that helps us enforce legal holds, retention schedules, and secure disposition of records, keeping the files secure and ensuring that our organization remains compliant with legal requirements.
Nishant Chauhan - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Data Engineer at LTM
Centralized document libraries have streamlined daily collaboration and improved team productivity
In terms of improvements for Sharepoint 2016, I see how it can be improved regarding performance tweaks. Limiting view columns plus items is important because each extra column adds approximately 0.5 seconds of render time for 1,000 items. I keep default views under five to six columns and fewer than 1,000 items, utilizing filters such as "today" and "me". The next point is to avoid Group By on large lists as it adds HTML and slows rendering. Collapsed groups can make it worse, but using datasheet view for bulk edits renders faster than the standard view. Implementing minimum roles plus zero downtime patching, which is built into the 2016 setup, means we should configure minimum roles correctly so web front end, application server, and search servers can do only their job and speed up farms. In terms of user experience with adoption, governance and naming can be improved. Outdated sites plus inconsistent navigation make people revert to email. Setting naming rules, archive policies, and owners helps governance protect ROI. Ensuring optimized search queries, avoiding wildcards, and limiting results will lead to three times faster answers. Pushing OneDrive for Business sync will enable people to work offline. 2016 added durable links so links do not break when files move. Cutting customizations will make non-customized pages load much faster, so removing heavy web parts and custom JavaScript on homepages is essential. Reducing IT tickets can still be enhanced within these improvements. In addition to the needed improvements regarding user training, integrations, and support, I would stress the importance of these areas. Achieving a perfect ten for Sharepoint 2016 Standard would involve addressing a few issues. The mobile user experience feels clunky versus modern, and the absence of Power Automate makes some workflows feel dated. While search is good, it is not comparable to Google for intranet use. Additionally, support ending in 2026 is a ticking clock that needs consideration.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
8%
Construction Company
29%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise14
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Alfresco?
My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing is that Alfresco is very cheap and cost-effective.
What needs improvement with Alfresco?
Alfresco could be improved in terms of maintenance and could have a simpler architecture regarding search functionality. If I change the metadata, I have to perform re-indexing of all the content f...
What is your primary use case for Alfresco?
My main use case for Alfresco is as a content management system at an enterprise level. A specific example of how I use Alfresco as an enterprise level content management system is for sharing docu...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sharepoint 2016 Standard?
I was not focused on the pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Sharepoint 2016 Standard.
What needs improvement with Sharepoint 2016 Standard?
I do not think there is anything missing in Sharepoint 2016 Standard. It is a vast platform and whatever use I plan to have on Sharepoint, I can navigate through it or search things on Google or an...
What is your primary use case for Sharepoint 2016 Standard?
I started using Sharepoint 2016 Standard when I joined my current role because all of the files that we work on in collaboration with my teammates are stored on Sharepoint. It is quite a useful pla...
 

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