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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
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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

"One of the most valuable features in ASP.NET is thread management with asynchronous processing. I've been implementing this for a few years and it has proven to be extremely helpful, especially when using a tool that wouldn't have worked without it. It's definitely a fundamental aspect of the platform."
"The solution is easy to integrate and understand. It has a very good user interface and a lot of prebuilt tools, which require a lot less coding if we compare it to other solutions."
"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 solution is easy to learn, understand and develop."
"ASP.NET is stable. I did not have to do any maintenance on it."
"We find the solution to be scalable."
"I have found the entity framework to be a valuable feature. The authentication layer is amazing as well. ASP.NET has a vibrant community, and as a result, we haven't had the need to contact technical support."
"The most valuable part of the solution is its ability to allow for a high degree of customization."
"The solution tightly integrates with all other collaboration tools."
"The most valuable features of SharePoint Designer are integration and collaboration capabilities, such as allowing more than one person to edit a file."
"The technical support from Microsoft is very good."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The scalability is excellent, and I rate it ten out of ten."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the workflow of the product."
"We like the highly customizable websites that you can build."
 

Cons

"The solution's initial setup is intermediate, and it could be improved."
"In my opinion, this solution should improve their web toolkit."
"The solution needs to support its framework on all devices used for mobile application development."
"The technology to integrate with cloud information could be improved."
"The caching could improve in ASP.NET. I don't often run into limitations with ASP.NET. More often, it's the other tools we use that slow us down."
"I am sure there is something that has room for improvement but nothing specific comes to mind."
"Scripted languages like AngularJS and Node.js are much faster than using ASP on the client side."
"You are required to have knowledge of C#."
"Adding guest users is a bit difficult on SharePoint."
"SharePoint is too complex to install and maintain."
"The search function should improve in the solution."
"The solution is not scalable at all."
"The system can become slow which should be improved."
"I am not sure how stable the solution will be once Microsoft stops supporting it."
"The new SharePoint Designer is very limited."
"In the solution, if you have a case of accidental deletion, there's no restoration, which should have been there."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is somewhere in the middle. Not too expensive, but not the cheapest either."
"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 a bit high and I believe that it can be brought down."
"ASP.NET is an open-source solution."
"This is a free solution. However, we have some server licensing costs which are not directly a cost of using the solution."
"The solution is free to use."
"ASP.NET is not an expensive solution."
"The pricing is fair."
"SharePoint Designer's pricing is okay."
"The cost of the license is based on the size of the user base."
"The tool's pricing is cheap."
"There is no licensing cost for Designer—it's free."
"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."
"It is a free solution that does not require a license."
"SharePoint Online has a subscription-based model for payments and the price is based on user usage."
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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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