ASP.NET vs SharePoint Designer [EOL] comparison

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ASP.NET and SharePoint Designer [EOL] are both solutions in the .NET Development Services category. Additionally, 97% of ASP.NET users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 82% of SharePoint Designer [EOL] users who would recommend it.

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97% willing to recommend

SharePoint Designer [EOL]

Read 49 SharePoint Designer [EOL] reviews

82% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

ASP.NET

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

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SharePoint Designer [EOL]

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

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Featured Reviews

SasidharParupudi

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.

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Raphael Haroun Ikyagh

Network Administrator at Letshego

Offers ability to directly share documents and highly stable

It's been stable for me. I haven't encountered any issues with the sites I've developed locally within the organization as long as the license remains valid. It's very stable. I haven't had any issues with outages or needing to republish content. It's always accessible to authorized users, so it's stable. The stability is almost a ten out of ten for me.

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

Pros

"We find the solution to be scalable."

"It's a pretty stable solution."

"Microsoft support is much better than other cloud providers or other industry-standard software vendors at times."

"The solution's framework supports storing all client-side and server-side code in one place."

"We use ASP.NET to develop web applications and web API; I'm working at a government financial institution in Mexico that helps citizens buy a house."

"It is completely, positively, and positively assisting us."

"I started my career with ASP.NET and I like most of the things about it."

"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."

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"The most valuable feature is the development."

"The Power App is the most valuable feature."

"The most valuable feature of SharePoint Designer is document management."

"I would rate the solution's stability a nine out of ten."

"The most valuable feature is the capability of creating HTML pages, with CSS code."

"The workflow is the solution's most valuable feature."

"I have setup many simple and complex workflows, very useful for daily automation (invoices, travel, leave approval) and it is also useful to make small branding customizations."

"The basic functionality the solution makes it easy to share documents or information with the team."

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Cons

"The solution is out of date and should not be used."

"Sometimes we have issues with instability and it crashes, which is something that should be made to work better."

"In my opinion, this solution should improve their web toolkit."

"Improving the project ready templates will add a great amount of value."

"The technology to integrate with cloud information could be improved."

"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."

"There should be consistent customization related to security, features, and developers, making the solution more understandable and adaptable."

"The pages are relatively large and hence may be slow."

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"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 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."

"There is zero technical support. I have to use Google to fix the issues myself."

"The initial setup depends on company specifics. So, it's a bit complex."

"This solution could definitely be made easier to use."

"SharePoint Designer could improve by making the searching feature better. It is not accurate in some cases, and there are some descriptions that are not clear."

"The downside is the different versions of SharePoint which means we need to have different designers as not all versions are compatible."

"The interface of SharePoint Designer could be improved, such as in SAP."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is open source and free."

"ASP.NET is open-source and free of charge."

"The pricing is somewhere in the middle. Not too expensive, but not the cheapest either."

"This is a free solution. However, we have some server licensing costs which are not directly a cost of using the solution."

"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 requires a licensing fee but is worth the investment."

"The solution is comparatively cheaper, and you don't have to pay anything for a developer license."

"I think ASP.NET, in deployment, is something that's quite costly when you're on a cloud provider such as Azure, and you have to pay the server cost. On average, it can cost approximately $1,000 per month to host a good site with a few databases."

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"We are using an enterprise SharePoint Designer license."

"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."

"There is no licensing cost for Designer—it's free."

"SharePoint Designer is a free product. It's SharePoint that needs a license, not SharePoint Designer."

"The tool's pricing is cheap."

"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."

"SharePoint Online has a subscription-based model for payments and the price is based on user usage."

"This solution is free of charge."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Outsourcing Company

14%

Construction Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

Performing Arts

Financial Services Firm

18%

Construction Company

14%

Outsourcing Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	16
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	13

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	20
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	21

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...

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What needs improvement with ASP.NET?

With the Aspire project, the community is working well on third-party tools for integration, but as a framework, it is solid for almost all normal use cases. For some advanced use cases, I do not s...

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What is your primary use case for ASP.NET?

I am mainly developing backend solutions, microservices, and monolithic web backends with ASP.NET.I tried Angular and Blazor; I worked with Angular a long time ago, but I worked with a small projec...

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Overview

ASP.NET is a versatile framework providing cross-platform support, high performance, and robust security. Its architecture supports developers' flexibility and scalability needs, ensuring efficient resource management and seamless Visual Studio and Azure integration.

With its modular framework and dependency injection, ASP.NET enhances development efficiency. Developers appreciate its ease of use, extensive third-party controls, and prebuilt tools, making it a preferred choice for web services, APIs, and backend projects. Despite needing improvements in productivity focus, AI integration, and documentation, its vibrant community and frequent updates keep ASP.NET relevant. Improved mobile support and leveraging open-source capabilities could enhance its adoption further.

What features make ASP.NET stand out?

Cross-Platform Support: Ensures applications run smoothly on different environments.
High Performance: Designed for speed and efficient use of resources.
Asynchronous Programming: Handles more tasks concurrently, boosting performance.
Unified MVC and Web API: Simplifies development with a cohesive approach.
Robust Security: Offers strong protection against vulnerabilities.

What benefits should users consider?

Ease of Use: Simplifies development, reducing learning curves.
Scalability: Allows applications to grow with business demands.
Flexibility: Adapts to different industries and project requirements.
Community Support: Extensive documentation and community resources facilitate problem-solving.

ASP.NET finds major use in sectors such as finance, logistics, automotive, and aerospace. It's integral for businesses handling inventory management, financial services, and e-commerce. Teams use ASP.NET alongside ASP.NET Core for microservices and server-side development, often integrating with frontend frameworks like React and Angular for comprehensive web applications and APIs.

Microsoft

SharePoint Designer is the tool of choice for the rapid development of SharePoint applications. Using SharePoint Designer, advanced users and developers alike can rapidly create SharePoint solutions in response to business needs. Advanced users can compose no-code solutions that encompass a variety of common scenarios, from collaborative sites and web publishing to Line-Of-Business data integration, business intelligence solutions, and human workflows, leveraging the building blocks available in SharePoint in an easy to use environment.

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Sample Customers

Kienzle Automotive GmbH, Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Vengo Labs, Oneview Healthcare, BookedOut, Ministry of Rural Development, Grupo WRR

Pyrotek Inc., ICA, Deliver Australia, Secretary of Economy of Mexico, Aegon, ABB Switzerland, Ascent Yarns Private Limited, Bakewell Biscuits Pvt Ltd, Hitachi Consulting

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