Microsoft Office SharePoint Server vs Microsoft OneDrive comparison

"The solution is scalable. You can do both horizontal and vertical scaling."

"Document management and records management features are the most valuable."

"The most valuable feature is the "Alert Me", which provides the ability to set an alert when content is either added or changed and that the alerts can be either real-time or aggregated for the day or the week."

"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 most valuable aspect of the solution is the fact that it doesn't require coding. You just need to configure it. You don't need to code before getting something running. It makes it very fast."

"The level of stability is good."

"The forms aspect of the solution, for example, the creation of surveys, is its most valuable aspect."

"It's quite easy to use and then of course it is quite well integrated to the rest of Office 365."

"Ability to share documents."

"One of the good features is that the users are not even aware that they're using it."

"It helps you keep organized."

"It is simple to use and it allows me to give me the opportunity to access anything I want from any device."

"They have support for integration with a lot of tools."

"It is free if you use Microsoft Office 365."

"The feature that I have found the most valuable is that Microsoft OneDrive works with any Enterprise Cloud Solutions Office app. You can edit a document on the cloud, share documents with your colleagues, and monitor changes. You can access your work almost anywhere. You can also sync Microsoft OneDrive with your workstation so that whatever you are working on gets automatically backed up to the cloud at regular intervals. So even if your system crashes, you still have a copy of your documents in the cloud, which I found very useful."

"The product could be improved by accommodating different technologies, particularly integration."

"The ability to preview files in different formats should be expanded to include formats such as embedded postscript (EPS), AutoCAD, and Adobe Acrobat PDF."

"Technical support could be improved. They are not fast enough, especially when we'll go deeper in the product itself. More complex issues make it very tough to find someone that can help you."

"The search feature needs improvement. I can never find the information I need when I use it."

"I would like to see more Agile techniques and seamless integration with other applications."

"The user interface needs improvement because there is a lot of stuff in there. I use five to eight navigation buttons. It should be more user-friendly. Frequently used menu items should be arranged in a proper way. That would be helpful."

"The product is behind in development and lacks some features."

"The solution is like a CRM, so the initial setup is complex. It takes a few days to deploy the solution and the length of time depends on how large the company's topology is and what the client's demands are."

"The file structure insight could be made more flexible like for creating more flexible folders."

"Performance is an issue when sharing a large number of files in a single folder."

"Technical support is not very impressive and is typical of large company software support."

"I think it should be more user-friendly with more tutorials on the full scale of the program."

"Recent functionality changes have actually made the product more confusing to use."

"The online application is quite limited, for this and other Office offerings."

"The user interface could be a little more intuitive."

"OneDrive is a bit behind competing products like Dropbox and Box."

"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."

"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."

"Pricing plans may be flexible depending on volume usage and your corporate relationship with Microsoft."

"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."

"Using this software, it has had an amazing impact moneywise on our business. It allows us to share documents without the need of extra hardware."

"Costwise, it is a great option. In most cases, it is a free space, which will be more than enough for most customers."

"This is a pricy solution, given that we are only using it at 50% capacity."

"The licensing is expensive and on a yearly basis."

"The price of Microsoft OneDrive is reasonable and compatible with competitors."

"It is free if you are using Office 365, and you get a terabyte of storage with your account."

"OneDrive comes with Microsoft 365 so it is just an added part of that package."

"We pay a lot for the Enterprise version, but it is a premium service."