Amazon WorkDocs vs SharePoint comparison

The compared Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft solutions aren't in the same category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #6 in CCP , and holds a 7.5% mindshare in the category. Microsoft is ranked #1 in ECM , with an average rating of 8.1, and holds a 15.1% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 79% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

Amazon WorkDocs

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100% willing to recommend

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79% willing to recommend

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

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon WorkDocs

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Content Collaboration Platforms (6th)

SharePoint

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

162

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Content Management (1st), Web Content Management (1st), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (1st), Enterprise Intranet (1st)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. Amazon WorkDocs is designed for Content Collaboration Platforms and holds a mindshare of 7.5%, down 14.8% compared to last year.
SharePoint, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Content Management, holds 15.1% mindshare, down 19.7% since last year.

Content Collaboration Platforms Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Amazon WorkDocs	7.5%
Dropbox Business - Enterprise	10.1%
Microsoft OneDrive for Business	9.4%
Other	73.0%

Content Collaboration Platforms

Enterprise Content Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SharePoint	15.1%
OpenText Documentum Content Management	10.6%
OpenText Content Management	10.1%
Other	64.2%

Enterprise Content Management

Q&A Highlights

David Briggs

Senior System Administrator at LS Technologies, LLC

Aug 17, 2023

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 scalable so organizations of all sizes can use it. It is more secure, as it is hosted on Amazon's secure cloud infrastructure. SharePoint, on the other hand, offers the following advantages over Amazon WorkDocs: It has a wider range of features, such as workflow automation and business intelligence. It is more integrated with other Microsoft products like Office 365. It is more widely used, so more documentation and support are available. If you are looking for a simple and secure solution that is easy to use, Amazon WorkDocs could be the solution for you. Still, if you need a more powerful and feature-rich solution, SharePoint may be a better option.

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Featured Reviews

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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Madhur D'silva

Lead Consultant at Eviden

Collaborative work benefits while user-friendliness challenges persist

The most valuable feature of SharePoint is its user interface, which is very easy to use. I do not have to be very technical to use it. Its rights management capabilities and ability to restrict access to certain people are also very useful. Furthermore, I can access SharePoint from any device, whether it is a phone or laptop, which is very convenient.

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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 security feature is valuable."

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

"The ability to quickly and easily create team sites has been great."

"SharePoint's collaborative features are valuable as they enable productivity by allowing multiple users to edit documents simultaneously."

"Staff training is reduced because learning basic SharePoint is not as complicated as an EDRMS."

"The metadata services, the WCF service integration and the Voxel feature are three most valuable elements of this solution."

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

"The most valuable feature is the ability to easily build intranet sites for communicating within teams, storing documentation, product information, pricing policies, updates on product infrastructure, and other related news."

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Cons

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

"The technical support from Microsoft for SharePoint is often slow and rated a three out of ten."

"Microsoft support could be better, especially for enterprise troubleshooting. They require a lot of logs and often rely on online support, which does not meet customer expectations."

"SharePoint designer workflows can be buggy sometimes without any apparent reason."

"You still need a bit of expertise to add branding."

"Make it more intuitive."

"The support is the worst. It is bad when Microsoft support does not even know what to do and you have to tell them. Also, they take too long to solve a problem."

"SharePoint’s scalability could be improved."

"Replication needs improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's cheaper compared to similar products available"

"The product is reasonably priced."

"SharePoint is included with our Microsoft license."

"As usual, Microsoft’s licensing structures don’t really seem to fit the needs of their products. This leads to always paying for a project you will never use fully or always be adding to."

"It comes bundled with the Microsoft 365 pricing plans."

"The platform has medium pricing."

"The data classification and search elements are cheap."

"The cost is expensive, but worthwhile."

"The pricing is competitive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Government

13%

Financial Services Firm

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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	79
Midsize Enterprise	37
Large Enterprise	80

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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?

As SharePoint is part of the Microsoft 365 suite, the pricing is acceptable.

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Not with SharePoint specifically, but overall with the software or tools from Microsoft, I think there are areas that need improvement. It's very difficult to understand the objective. There are so...

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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)

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.

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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.

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