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Microsoft Office SharePoint Server vs Microsoft Teams comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Office SharePoint...
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
4.3
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
Content Collaboration Platforms (6th)
Microsoft Teams
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
181
Ranking in other categories
Virtual Meetings (3rd), Enterprise Social Software (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is designed for Content Collaboration Platforms and holds a mindshare of 3.6%, down 4.2% compared to last year.
Microsoft Teams, on the other hand, focuses on Virtual Meetings, holds 3.8% mindshare, up 3.1% since last year.
Content Collaboration Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server3.6%
Box - Intelligent Content Management8.1%
Dropbox Business - Enterprise7.0%
Other81.3%
Content Collaboration Platforms
Virtual Meetings Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Teams3.8%
Zoom Workplace Business5.8%
Webex5.0%
Other85.4%
Virtual Meetings
 

Featured Reviews

TL
Enterprise Architect at Veidekke
Creating internal architecture content has become smoother but embedding linked diagrams still needs work
I'm not currently working with IBM, IBM Controller, or other IBM tools. I still do a little bit of work with my previous company, but it's very minor. I don't work with any software or solutions outside of personal productivity suites such as Microsoft Office and things of that nature. I use Microsoft suite, Exchange, Teams, and so on. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is more accessible for the average user, but it lacks certain features that more advanced users would look for, making it seem unnecessarily complicated to do simple things or things one expects to be simple. I'm not directly involved in pricing and licensing, but I work closely with people who are, and my company has a third party to help manage licensing. I don't have the impression that Microsoft is regarded as particularly expensive. The product was licensed directly from Microsoft. I would give Microsoft Office SharePoint Server a rating of seven points on a scale from zero to ten, where ten is the best.
Ayush Saxena - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Collaboration has transformed daily work and supports seamless global voice communication
Microsoft Teams could be improved, especially regarding contact center solutions which have a growing need for omnichannel capabilities, integrating with external platforms such as social media and email for a unified experience. Minor improvements might include reintroducing features such as GPU options available in classic Microsoft Teams to address issues in modern Microsoft Teams related to video meetings and content sharing. Furthermore, essential information such as who started or ended recordings should be more accessible in the Microsoft Teams admin center. I rate it a nine because Microsoft Teams occasionally experiences glitches in the client, leading to missing chat history or other transient issues. The performance issues with the desktop client and the support service complexities contribute to my rating being less than perfect. I have not identified any other improvements needed for Microsoft Teams.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable features for us are their document management list and hybrid forms. and We also use third party ad-dons to achieve workflows and other recent apps."
"The solution is a Microsoft product, so they are constantly improving the solution."
"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."
"Ability to collaborate with others in one location."
"The software is friendly to use for mixing data and analyzing it."
"The most valuable feature of the product is that it's robust and you can access many features from Microsoft, such as Exchange, through SharePoint."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its document management, which allows sharing with external users and integrates well with Office apps and Microsoft Flow."
"The level of stability is good."
"We use Microsoft Teams for group communications."
"You can easily integrate with other applications quite easily."
"Microsoft Teams has impacted my organization positively because we have taken the Microsoft Office suite altogether for enterprise level, which gives us exposure to all these platforms."
"It helps our organization with faster communication."
"The planner and the breakout rooms are good and helpful features in Microsoft Teams."
"Valuable screen sharing feature."
"The solution's stability is quite good, and it doesn't crash and freeze up when you have a large number of users."
"Microsoft Teams is a very stable app."
 

Cons

"The search feature needs improvement. I can never find the information I need when I use it."
"It is a bit restrictive to develop in the cloud version."
"The only complaint we have is about the lack of OCR capability."
"Probably because I may not have extensively used the advanced search, the search option can sometimes get a little difficult to find out what exactly you're looking for."
"However, with time, they raise the price until it becomes somewhat expensive for us."
"From Microsoft, the support normally takes longer than we need and it's not a route we appreciate."
"Microsoft Office SharePoint Server could be improved in terms of its user interface. While it is easy to work with, it could be more intuitive and could look more aesthetically pleasing."
"The user interface needs improvement because there is a lot of stuff in there."
"The product should improve its security aspect, scalability, stability, and screen recording. It would be nice if Teams could come up with a feature where I can write chats and send them as mail. It would be also good if Teams could be connected to our application software so that for any doubts that can occur during the training, the operator can resolve them through chats. Hence, they can easily guide and close the issue."
"I would like to be able to see a larger number of participants in the gallery view, that would improve the product."
"The mobile application needs improvement."
"Microsoft Teams does not have any features that Zoom, Skype, or Webex don't already have."
"When it comes to downloading several documents or sharing documents that are above 450 KB, it takes time."
"The solution's stability can be better."
"I look forward to AI-based features in future releases."
"The only thing that can be improved is that when you are talking one on one, there is no recording facility."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"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."
"We need to pay for Microsoft Teams' licenses on a yearly basis."
"If you have clients who do not have a computer and are joining with their phones it's an additional fee of $5.00 per user."
"Microsoft Teams is priced less than other solutions, such as Bridge."
"The solution is part of enterprise Microsoft 365 licensing."
"I would rate the product's pricing an eight out of ten."
"The tool is cheaper than Google Meet. I rate it a three out of four."
"I use Teams' free version."
"We don't have to pay for the solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Construction Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise17
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business66
Midsize Enterprise46
Large Enterprise77
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server?
I am not aware of the pricing, so I cannot say if the solution is expensive or quite affordable.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server?
My expectation when I start using a Microsoft product is that it would be easy to incorporate diagrams and such from other Microsoft Office products. Incorporating a diagram I've embedded in a slid...
What is your primary use case for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server?
I produce content about the work I'm doing inside the company, making information about IT architecture, work processes within IT architecture, and security reviews of applications or infrastructur...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Teams?
From an organizational point of view, the pricing and setup costs for Microsoft Teams are right, especially since it integrates all the new technologies coming to market, including AI and various A...
What needs improvement with Microsoft Teams?
One issue is that now it requires the presenter to initiate the meeting. Previously, anyone could quickly become a presenter, but now I have to ask or request for the presentation. This can cause p...
What is your primary use case for Microsoft Teams?
My primary use case for Microsoft Teams is day-to-day communication and collaboration with colleagues across different teams and locations. I use it for chats, virtual meetings, sharing documents a...
 

Also Known As

Office SharePoint Server, MS Office SharePoint Server
MS Teams
 

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Sample Customers

Del Monte Foods, Unicredit Leasing, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, Nokia Czech Republic, Perkins Eastman, JLL, ICA, óxito Software, Dorset Software, PKP Cargo, Arcapita Bank B.S.C., AVE CZ, Chesapeake Energy
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