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Microsoft Office SharePoint Server vs ShareFile comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 29, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Office SharePoint...
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
3rd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
4.2
Number of Reviews
38
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
ShareFile
Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms
8th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
eSignature (Electronic Signature) (4th), Cloud Data Exchange Services (3rd)
 

Featured Reviews

Jocelyn Sookahet - PeerSpot reviewer
Sharing information improves collaboration but search capability needs enhancement
Searching information internally in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server could be better because when we get a lot of information, it is difficult to find. There are other things that could be better, though I don't know specifically what besides search. Search is the main problem, but it could be better if we used software used by other people. Sometimes we have customers who don't use it, and that creates problems.
David Donaldson - PeerSpot reviewer
Flexible plans, stable, and scalable
I used another solution at the same time, which was far worse. The American company I worked for used a similar file-sharing solution called LeapFile, a secure file transfer service. Personally, I found Citrix ShareFile to be much better than LeapFile, which was quite clunky. I later used a solution called Egnyte, which my company used as its main file transfer solution, though I'm not sure if it's still in use. The company moved to Egnyte because it is more of an enterprise-level solution. Egnyte was expensive, but it worked. I believe Citrix ShareFile is aimed at smaller to medium-sized organizations, making it a more appropriate solution than Egnyte due to its pricing.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The level of stability is good."
"It's a very robust product."
"The support from Microsoft is very quick and they are very proactive."
"The solution is scalable. You can do both horizontal and vertical scaling."
"What I appreciate most about Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is how it centralizes information and collaboration in one place."
"The software is friendly to use for mixing data and analyzing it."
"The solution's most valuable aspects are its collaboration capabilities, its communications site and the innovation within the product itself."
"The solution is pretty easy to use for the most part."
"Citrix has a very good file auditing features and security features."
"The solution is scalable."
"ShareFile gives you all of the features of cloud providers, but in an on-premises solution."
"This provides us with a secure way of sending tax returns without having to use passwords."
"Easy to manage and fully secure."
"It's user-friendly for end users."
"The solution would query the Active Directory, and if new accounts were identified, Citrix ShareFile would add them automatically."
"The Enterprise Dropbox solution is highly integrated with Microsoft's Office 365 and Azure products."
 

Cons

"Sharepoint doesn't integrate well with Oracle, and we use a lot of Oracle products at our company. Therefore, it makes more sense for us to go to Oracle instead of continuing to use Sharepoint."
"I think these tools do a pretty good job. There is only one area of improvement. Maybe Microsoft can invest a little bit more into the ease at which integration can be done with other third party applications."
"Workflows could be simplified."
"Searching information internally in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server could be better because when we get a lot of information, it is difficult to find."
"The GUI is outdated."
"The solution needs to have more flexibility. The classic version had more flexibility, however, the modern version has many more limitations."
"This solution is not very stable. It is useful to arrange data but it's not the best for big data. Sometimes we have issues with our reports as a result."
"It is a bit restrictive to develop in the cloud version. A lot of features are in the cloud now, and you have to develop on the outside. As far as the platform and the programming side of things are concerned, it is moving more towards configuration management rather than programming. When we are doing solutions, we are basically just configuring it to make solutions happen rather than actually using the Visual Studio code and developing from scratch in the cloud. It is almost like creating an app. You have created an app for your phone, but the app doesn't really sit on your phone. It sits somewhere on a server, and the database sits on another server. The app is just pulling and pushing information. The whole development has changed. We used to install things directly on the server and then run the application from the server. Now, it is more of a modular architecture."
"Everything they have should be integrated into one item."
"The user interface is not very intuitive."
"DLP features are lacking and required because, especially with everyone working from home, security is now paramount when the data is on BYOD devices."
"The configuration on the mobile devices is a little clunky, in terms of setting up the application."
"They should integrate the solution with more email services."
"My only issue with this solution is the cost, which should be improved."
"Some of our customers are facing issues if they've deployed in hybrid mode."
"There are sometimes scalability issues after updates."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"One of the reasons why we don't recommend the cloud version of SharePoint is the cost. With the on premise version, you pay for the license once. For the cloud version, there is a recurring fee. It is very expensive. They expect everyone to pay $20 or $30 per user per month."
"It can be expensive for on-premises deployments, especially when you have to support SQL Server as your backend database. That's where the cost comes into play. SQL Server has its own licensing, which Microsoft keeps on changing. Therefore, it can become costly. In the earlier versions of SharePoint, version 2007 or 2010, they had an express version where the SQL Server licensing was free. It wasn't like a full-blown SharePoint. It was only a slimmed-down version. It used to be whatever your hardware costs. You would install the free software and work with it, but you were very limited in what you could do in SharePoint. If you wanted the SharePoint Enterprise Server with all the bells and whistles, then you had to pay more to get the SQL Server license based on the number of users or servers. The subscription model is different for cloud deployments. Licensing is per user and per month. The cost also depends on the storage required. If you have a lot of sites or documents, then you need to expand it based on your needs."
"Pricing plans may be flexible depending on volume usage and your corporate relationship with Microsoft."
"There are some aggressive discounts offered by Microsoft for organizations that are not for profit, which we are, and it makes it quite attractive to consider."
"You have to work hard in order to get the suitable licenses."
"If you are already a Citrix customer, I recommend having the Platinum licensing level, as it provides licensing for a number of various features that all integrate together."
"Citrix has a very good file auditing features and security features."
"I give the cost of the solution a five out of five."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
13%
Legal Firm
11%
Construction Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise15
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise3
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server?
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Also Known As

Office SharePoint Server, MS Office SharePoint Server
Citrix RightSignature, Citrix ShareFile
 

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