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BlackBerry Workspaces vs SharePoint comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

BlackBerry Workspaces
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Content Collaboration Platforms (24th)
SharePoint
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
165
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (1st), Web Content Management (2nd), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (1st), Enterprise Intranet (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. BlackBerry Workspaces is designed for Content Collaboration Platforms and holds a mindshare of 1.2%, up 0.2% compared to last year.
SharePoint, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Content Management, holds 11.4% mindshare, down 16.4% since last year.
Content Collaboration Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
BlackBerry Workspaces1.2%
Office 3659.0%
Google Workspace8.3%
Other81.5%
Content Collaboration Platforms
Enterprise Content Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SharePoint11.4%
OpenText Content Management7.2%
Alfresco7.1%
Other74.3%
Enterprise Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

RE
Principal Director at implefy
Facilitates monitoring and control of our repositories, but would benefit from the inclusion of workflows
Our primary use case for this solution is secure file sharing All of our different repositories of documents, like SharePoint and Box, were linked to Workspaces to ensure that sharing content was monitored, controlled, and secure. The most valuable features are the ability to revoke rights after…
RK
Software Engineer at Netaji Subhash Engineering College
Centralized document governance has boosted collaboration and made knowledge sharing structured
SharePoint is a powerful platform, but there are a few areas where I think it could be improved, such as user experience. For new users, the interface and navigation can feel quite complex, specifically when working with multiple sites and document libraries. Another improvement would be search functionalities. While it is good sometimes, it does not always return the most relevant result unless a document is very well-structured and tagged. Also, initial setup and customizations can be time-consuming and may require technical expertise, specifically when configuring workflows or permissions. From a modern development perspective, tighter and more seamless integrations with tools including Power Automate and better support for custom backend integrations through APIs could make it more efficient. Overall, simplifying usability and enhancing search and integration capability would make SharePoint even stronger. One additional area I would appreciate improvement would be performance and responsiveness, especially when dealing with a large document library. Sometimes loading or navigating through large datasets can feel quite slow. Another aspect is permissions management. While it is very powerful, it can become complex to manage at scale, specifically when there are multiple levels of access across teams and projects. Improving developer experience would also be beneficial. Making customization, API integrations, and extensions more straightforward would help teams, especially backend developers, leverage SharePoint more efficiently.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"All of our different repositories of documents, like SharePoint and Box, were linked to Workspaces to ensure that sharing content was monitored, controlled, and secure."
"The most valuable features are the ability to revoke rights after sending the document, and shoulder browsing protection."
"The most valuable features are the Integrations, web site, and search."
"I do like the collaboration around documents. The versioning history has proven useful in some instances as well."
"We can arrange all our documents on one platform and see the document's changes and edits."
"SharePoint is already moving to cloud, if you are using SharePoint online, which is cloud-based technology, it is more accessible."
"With accessibility from a DMZ, SharePoint is a good solution for outside access."
"MS Office 365 in combination with SharePoint, as a total collaboration tool, brings collaboration to another level."
"Tech support tops off as excellent."
"The product itself is very robust and capable, but the success of the tool is largely dependent upon the team that deploys and maintains the product, as well as resources available to it."
 

Cons

"I would like to see workflow implementation, as well as a lite version for non-business users."
"I would like to see workflow implementation, as well as a lite version for non-business users."
"SharePoint sometimes cannot handle the amount of co-editing that we do."
"It does too many things and some of them seem impossible to set up."
"Special implementation and development should be easy."
"It is too heavy. MS should not have paid foreign coders dollars per each row of code. They wasted the stability and reliability in the end."
"Needs improvement on the user interface."
"The editing tools are still not up to par with all the existing hi-tech and GUI editing tools."
"Achieving our goals in a multi-vendor project was not an easy task because of the 2010 UI."
"The problem is IT departments that don't understand the solution start in the wrong direction, which can lead to reinstalls and other interruptions because of the initial configuration."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"They are about an eight in comparison to other similar products."
"The solution's pricing is relatively expensive because it's bundled with other products."
"The pricing is competitive."
"The licensing model for SharePoint Online is based on per user, and it is monthly. The price of the solution overall is good."
"We have purchased add-ons to handle multiple site collections, form creation, and design."
"It is very expensive.​"
"The data classification and search elements are cheap."
"It comes bundled with the Microsoft 365 pricing plans."
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Comparison Review

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Developer with 51-200 employees
Aug 23, 2013
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Top Industries

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Government
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business80
Midsize Enterprise39
Large Enterprise81
 

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What needs improvement with SharePoint?
SharePoint is a powerful platform, but there are a few areas where I think it could be improved, such as user experience. For new users, the interface and navigation can feel quite complex, specifi...
What is your primary use case for SharePoint?
My main use case for SharePoint is storing data, and it has primarily served as our document management and team collaboration platform. I have used it to organize and share documents, manage versi...
 

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WatchDox
SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010
 

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