Amazon WorkDocs vs Microsoft Office SharePoint Server comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft are both solutions in the Content Collaboration Platforms category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #6, while Microsoft is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.7. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 7.5% mindshare in CCP, compared to Microsoft’s 5.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 82% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 27, 2025

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and Amazon WorkDocs are competitors in document management and collaboration solutions. SharePoint Server has an edge with its integration capabilities and customization, while Amazon WorkDocs provides a streamlined experience with cloud-native features.

Features: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server offers advanced collaboration tools, robust document management, and integration with Microsoft products. It supports complex workflows and extensive site customization. Amazon WorkDocs focuses on real-time document collaboration, file sharing, and secure cloud storage with a user-friendly interface.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server involves complex deployment, requiring IT expertise and potential on-premises setup, with extensive support channels. Amazon WorkDocs benefits from simpler cloud-based deployment, rapid implementation, and efficient customer service for cloud-related queries.

Pricing and ROI: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server includes higher upfront costs due to hardware and customization but delivers significant ROI for enterprises needing tailored solutions. Amazon WorkDocs offers competitive pricing, minimal upfront investment, and moderate ROI through lower operational costs.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon WorkDocs

Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms

6th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Microsoft Office SharePoint...

Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms

3rd

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

4.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Amazon WorkDocs is 7.5%, down from 14.8% 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
Product	Market Share (%)
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server	5.2%
Amazon WorkDocs	7.5%
Other	87.3%

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Daulath Alikhan

Deputy General Manager at a government with 51-200 employees

A great collaboration service for small organizations

The synchronization should be simplified. Other solutions like Dropbox and OneDrive have apps. I tried using the mobile version, but it didn't work properly, that needs to be improved. It was cumbersome. It's a good solution for a small organization like ours, but it really depends on your use-cases and the size of your organization. I had a very bitter experience with their mobile app. It was challenging to even download it and once I did, I wasn't even able to log into my system. The mobile app needs to improved for easy use.

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Jocelyn Sookahet

Network Project Manager at Infodis Group

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.

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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

"This solution is great for inviting and sharing documents with other users."

"The solution's most valuable aspects are its collaboration capabilities, its communications site and the innovation within the product itself."

"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."

"It is a decent tool for collaboration, especially if you are already using other Office products."

"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 collaboration, the ability for multiple users to work on a single document."

"What I appreciate most about Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is how it centralizes information and collaboration in one place."

"The features for low-code and no-code capabilities in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server are among the best, which are very user-friendly and not seen in any other cloud services, such as S3 from AWS and blob storage from Azure."

"The solution's most valuable features is its document management. It allows sharing with external users and integrates well with Office apps and Microsoft Flow."

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Cons

"I had a very bitter experience with their mobile app."

"Regarding the setup for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, I have to rate it lower, maybe a seven out of 10, as it is a little bit more complex and not so easy to use in some use cases."

"The product could be improved by accommodating different technologies, particularly integration."

"Searching information internally in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server could be better because when we get a lot of information, it is difficult to find."

"Many of our customers would like to see an OCR feature, so it would be very good to have this in a future release."

"The solution needs to have more flexibility. The classic version had more flexibility, however, the modern version has many more limitations."

"Workflows could be simplified."

"Making it more intuitive could help teams adopt it faster and use it more effectively by being more user-friendly."

"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's cheaper compared to similar products available"

"Pricing plans may be flexible depending on volume usage and your corporate relationship with Microsoft."

"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."

"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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Government

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Government

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Midsize Enterprise

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	13
Large Enterprise	15

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Overview

Amazon WorkDocs is a fully managed, secure content creation, storage, and collaboration service. With Amazon WorkDocs, you can easily create, edit, and share content, and because it’s stored centrally on AWS, access it from anywhere on any device. Amazon WorkDocs makes it easy to collaborate with others, and lets you easily share content, provide rich feedback, and collaboratively edit documents. You can use Amazon WorkDocs to retire legacy file share infrastructure by moving file shares to the cloud. Amazon WorkDocs lets you integrate with your existing systems, and offers a rich API so that you can develop your own content-rich applications. Amazon WorkDocs is built on AWS, where your content is secured on the world's largest cloud infrastructure.

With Amazon WorkDocs, there are no upfront fees or commitments. You pay only for active user accounts, and the storage you use. Amazon WorkDocs provides a 30-day free trial with 1 TB of storage per user for up to 50 users.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) is a Microsoft software portal based on the ASP.NET framework. MOSS facilitates file sharing and collaboration, social networking, Web databases and Web publishing. It is hosted by Microsoft Windows Server and is accessible through Microsoft Office or the Web.

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