Amazon WorkDocs vs Office 365 comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft are both solutions in the Content Collaboration Platforms category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #4, while Microsoft is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.0. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 11.9% mindshare in CCP, compared to Microsoft’s 6.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

Amazon WorkDocs

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100% willing to recommend

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94% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon WorkDocs

Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms

4th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Office 365

Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms

9th

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Amazon WorkDocs is 11.9%, down from 14.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Office 365 is 6.3%, down from 6.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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Minos Pitsillides

IT Director at IT-Flow ltd

Excellent technical support, easy to install, but the price, while affordable, could be improved

Office 365 is scalable, but it is dependent on the situation. We don't have a problem with it from an organizational standpoint. They started with 100 employees and then added another 500 after six months, for a total of 600 employees. The setup of new users, new emails, and new applications to be assigned to the new users is straightforward. They also provide the PowerShell command, which they provided more, development type, like, for example, you can create users, not manually, but through a script that can create users, for example, 100 users in two, three minutes, and you don't do it manually. They're fantastic. My portfolio contains approximately 50 companies. Office 365 is our primary platform for the 50 companies. I only have one on G Suite, and the majority of them will be migrating from G Suite to 365 in the coming month.

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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."

"It's inexpensive to license."

"I like all of the features."

"Quarantine email alerts to users to allow the email to their inbox (tricky but handy) - tricky if one doesn't have third-party email security, handy if one has got good third party email security)."

"The product helps us be more efficient. It helps us to have a standardized way of doing things."

"The most valuable features of Office 365 are Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Teams. Teams helped us to collaborate more through its call and document sharing features."

"Many of the features in Office 365 are good, but I think Excel is a very good tool."

"The way the ERP presents information for the user is very good."

"The products are quite simple for the end-users to use, the up-time is very good, the product is practically maintenance-free, and the multi-layer security is excellent from the security standpoint."

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Cons

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

"Using Office 365 is not that flexible on some mobile devices, like Android."

"There are some complexities to the initial setup if you use some of the more advanced features."

"It could be more user-friendly for inexperienced people."

"In terms of improvement, it should have tutorials when you first have the opportunity to use it, to be able to really learn it."

"They should do more testing before product releases."

"Data protection and email security are almost the same for all the organizations, irrespective of their segment (SMB or enterprises), with standard subscription at least basic Data loss prevention and Advance threat protection can be enabled for SMB segments, it is available in enterprise version / Premium versions."

"I would like to see better integration with Teams, and better usability with SharePoint."

"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 could use some customization, but this area for improvement is trivial."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's cheaper compared to similar products available"

"Most of the time, we purchase Microsoft Exchange licenses, which are less expensive and provide only an email platform and 50 gigabytes of email storage for free."

"Good reporting and good value subscriptions for international calls."

"Licensing fees are paid on a monthly basis, or we prepay them."

"I would rate the solution 3 out of 5 for the price. I think Microsoft presents a good solution concerning the price."

"The price of Office 365 is very expensive."

"For the moment, we are paying on a monthly basis because we are still adapting the support and how we want to proceed. I think we will move to paying for the annual license."

"The pricing is not really high, but one can get the software with the license key for free."

"The pricing/licensing is easy to manage."

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Computer Software Company

13%

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Comms Service Provider

Government

Educational Organization

78%

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Financial Services Firm

Government

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Questions from the Community

Does Amazon WorkDocs offer any unique advantages over SharePoint?

Amazon WorkDocs offers the following advantages over SharePoint: It is a fully managed service, meaning that Amazon takes care of the underlying infrastructure and maintenance. It is more scalab...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Office 365?

I am not aware of the cost at work, but the cost for personal use has increased significantly and feels expensive.

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What needs improvement with Office 365?

Moving from the original Outlook to Outlook 365 was problematic because I couldn't transfer a lot of my previous emails. This is an area where improvement is needed to make the transition smoother....

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What is your primary use case for Office 365?

I use Office 365 ( /products/office-365-reviews ) strictly for sales. As a small office, we utilize products like Outlook and Word.

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Comparisons

SharePoint vs Amazon WorkDocs

Compared 32% of the time

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server vs Amazon WorkDocs

Compared 31% of the time

Google Workspace vs Amazon WorkDocs

Compared 11% of the time

Microsoft OneDrive vs Amazon WorkDocs

Compared 9% of the time

Box vs Amazon WorkDocs

Compared 2% of the time

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Google Workspace vs Office 365

Compared 32% of the time

Atlassian Confluence vs Office 365

Compared 8% of the time

Box vs Office 365

Compared 7% of the time

Microsoft OneDrive vs Office 365

Compared 7% of the time

ShareFile vs Office 365

Compared 7% of the time

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Microsoft Office 365, Office 365 Enterprise, Office 365 Enterprise E1, Office 365 Enterprise E3, Office 365 Enterprise E5, Office 365 ProPlus, Office 365 Business, Office 365 Business Essentials, Office 365 Business Premium, Office 365 F1

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)

Office 365 is more than just Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. It provides powerful services like business-class email, online storage, and teamwork solutions that you can access from anywhere. Bring teams and resources together with solutions like Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business that make working together more productive and enjoyable regardless of where participants are located. Easily implement security and privacy controls to help protect business data and devices against malicious threats and help you meet your compliance obligations. Automatic updates ensure your employees will always have the latest features and security updates.

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