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ASP.NET vs SharePoint Designer [EOL] comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

ASP.NET
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
.NET Development Services (2nd)
SharePoint Designer [EOL]
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

SasidharParupudi - PeerSpot reviewer
Principle Consultant at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Building reliable web APIs and sites has become faster and development stays well supported
I think Microsoft can make ASP.NET better by catching up with other frameworks by adopting features that are very popular in those frameworks, such as minimal APIs and other innovations. They have introduced Blazor, which is their newer front-end development software framework, but unfortunately, Blazor is not well adopted in the market. However, I feel that they will catch up in the future as Blazor has a lot of potential. In my opinion, there is not anything extra needed immediately for ASP.NET; the framework is self-sufficient and very mature at this stage. The problem lies with wider adoption, as some people are anti-Microsoft and prefer open-source alternatives such as React. Microsoft could potentially do a better job at marketing these solutions, but other than that, the tool has the potential to be used in any enterprise-level applications. I would say the setup process for ASP.NET is relatively simple, but with the latest generation of user management or integration with OpenID, the documentation is not comprehensive in terms of what you can do with the latest libraries. They support many things and have decoupled themselves from their own identity servers, but still need to improve documentation considerably.
Vladimir Vasilev - PeerSpot reviewer
Digital Lead at Baker Tilly
Helps to centralize and share files and has an easy setup
I'm using the solution for creating different sites in our organization. We also use it for a file repository mainly.  It's provided us with a centralized document database that is available to all collaborators 24/7. There are good features in general. It helps centralize and store files.  It's…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is easy to install ASP.NET on your laptop."
"We find the solution to be scalable."
"The most valuable feature is that it's easy to use."
"I would say that we have seen a return on investment when it comes to this solution."
"The solution is useful for seeing what old technology was before the new technology we use today, such as .NET."
"The solution has good scalability."
"The solution's framework supports storing all client-side and server-side code in one place."
"The developer support for ASP.NET is a big positive. It's actually very good, and since there are so many people who use ASP.NET, it's easy to get responses to questions about ASP.NET in the broader community."
"The most valuable aspects of the solution are the user-friendly interface and easy workflow."
"If you're working in a communication channel team, SharePoint Designer is a great solution because it helps to have some customized solutions in terms of communication and to create web experiences for external teams."
"The technical support from Microsoft is very good."
"When you have a group project and you want to share your document with your group members, the solution is very useful."
"The most valuable feature of SharePoint Designer is document management."
"The solution is scalable."
"SharePoint has very good features for collaboration."
"Retrieving documents and uploading them is easy."
 

Cons

"I am sure there is something that has room for improvement but nothing specific comes to mind."
"It should be open source or deployable to any operating system so that the dependency can be removed."
"Scripted languages like AngularJS and Node.js are much faster than using ASP on the client side."
"ASP.NET is a very slow tool, and it should be faster."
"Sometimes it can be really difficult to debug using ASP.NET. When there's an issue, trying to find out the cause is not always easy, so debugging is the top area for improvement, in my opinion."
"The capability related to Python needs to be improved."
"The solution needs to support its framework on all devices used for mobile application development."
"In my opinion, this solution should improve their web toolkit."
"This solution could definitely be made easier to use."
"The initial setup depends on company specifics. So, it's a bit complex."
"SharePoint Designer could improve most in analytics and reporting."
"I am not sure how stable the solution will be once Microsoft stops supporting it."
"SharePoint Designer is not releasing a new version. Version 2013 was the latest version. Now in 2019, we are still using the biggest version. It doesn't work properly anymore. Sometimes we experience issues, but there is no new version."
"It needs to align with PowerApps and Power Automate."
"It would be helpful to have the SharePoint Designer capabilities built directly into SharePoint itself, into the management page, so as to create an online version of it directly in SharePoint."
"The search capabilities need to be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"ASP.NET is open-source and free of charge."
"The solution requires a licensing fee but is worth the investment."
"On a scale from one to ten, with one being cost efficient and 10 being the most expensive, I would rate ASP.NET's pricing at six. There used to be IAF, which you could spin on a Windows machine. However, that sort of setup does not exist for Linux machines. Because customers still prefer a Windows underlying infrastructure, it can get expensive."
"The solution is comparatively cheaper, and you don't have to pay anything for a developer license."
"The pricing is somewhere in the middle. Not too expensive, but not the cheapest either."
"The solution is free to use."
"ASP.NET is an open-source solution."
"The pricing is a bit high and I believe that it can be brought down."
"We are using an enterprise SharePoint Designer license."
"SharePoint Designer is less expensive than other solutions we have used. We purchased Office 365 which SharePoint comes with the package."
"This solution is free of charge."
"I've never paid for SharePoint Designer. What I paid for, is the SharePoint license, the cava, and then the client accesses the line fee."
"The pricing is fair."
"SharePoint Online has a subscription-based model for payments and the price is based on user usage."
"The cost of the solution is based on multiple factors such as the number of users, and any customization that may be required."
"Most of the time, our customer's license from Microsoft includes the cost of SharePoint. However, if you have to buy it then SharePoint is quite expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Performing Arts
20%
Real Estate/Law Firm
14%
Logistics Company
6%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Performing Arts
11%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise13
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise21
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ASP.NET?
Our solution is deployed in a hybrid setup; we have some on-site on a private cloud and some on Azure. Most of our costing comes from database licensing, as we use SQL Server, which has very costly...
What needs improvement with ASP.NET?
I think Microsoft can make ASP.NET better by catching up with other frameworks by adopting features that are very popular in those frameworks, such as minimal APIs and other innovations. They have ...
What is your primary use case for ASP.NET?
My current use case for ASP.NET mainly involves APIs and websites.
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