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 #3 in CCP , and holds a 9.4% mindshare in the category. Microsoft is ranked #1 in ECM , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 16.4% 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 (3rd)

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 9.4%, down 14.6% compared to last year.
SharePoint, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Content Management, holds 16.4% mindshare, down 20.2% since last year.

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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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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 ( /products/sharepoint-reviews ) 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."

"We can arrange all our documents on one platform and see the document's changes and edits."

"The ability to have version control and co-editing is vital to our workflows."

"Sharing information is very easy in SharePoint. We use multiple types of documents, like online Excel tools and online content editing, especially for group editing. This allows us to collaborate, even in distributed teams. Despite being geographically spread out, everyone can access the same files online, edit them, and see changes. We also use SharePoint to track all these changes, making our teamwork more collaborative overall. The tool fastens information sharing and collaboration."

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

"Ability to store files of any type."

"It has an easy to distribute administration capability, and can also scale to meet a large number of future needs."

"Our staff found it simpler, as they did not have to work within a classification system."

"Document flows, storage, and numbering take off the actions for checking and assigning the numbering and running around with approvals and pre-approvals."

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Cons

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

"The initial setup was very complex."

"When you are trying to migrate from a different platform to SharePoint for file storage, the upload utility should be more flexible, taking more files and then updating you on the upload status of the files you are trying to transfer into SharePoint."

"We would like more security features, like automating."

"Search can be improved a lot because we are always trying to compare it with Google Search. Beyond that, it would be helpful to tag the documents."

"The solution should be made more user-friendly for technical and business people."

"There's room for improvement in the search functionality, although it has matured significantly over the years."

"It should have more user-friendly customization, as it still requires developers to get engaged and build sites."

"The search functionality could be improved, especially when dealing with 'lift' lists, where there are performance issues."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's cheaper compared to similar products available"

"Any extended support from Microsoft is expensive."

"We have purchased add-ons to handle multiple site collections, form creation, and design."

"The product is reasonably priced."

"The platform has medium pricing."

"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."

"The pricing is competitive."

"They are about an eight in comparison to other similar products."

"The data classification and search elements are cheap."

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Government

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Financial Services Firm

10%

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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 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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What needs improvement with SharePoint?

The web parts in SharePoint could be more intuitive for end users. Many do not fully understand these features, and improving user awareness could foster better data relations. The learning curve o...

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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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