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OpenText Vibe vs SharePoint comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText Vibe
Ranking in Enterprise Intranet
3rd
Average Rating
6.6
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SharePoint
Ranking in Enterprise Intranet
1st
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
160
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (1st), Web Content Management (2nd), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Enterprise Intranet category, the mindshare of OpenText Vibe is 8.3%, up from 7.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SharePoint is 41.7%, up from 40.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Intranet
 

Featured Reviews

it_user679026 - PeerSpot reviewer
Our end users find great value in building team workspaces to collaborate not only with internal employees, but with third-party consultants and customers as required.
Having one centralized collaboration space to bring all employees together has been quite beneficial for our organization as we have 120+ remote locations in rural areas with slower internet connections. This allows head office and regional office users to share documents with those remote users as shared network drives are not an option.
Sanil Paul - PeerSpot reviewer
Streamlined collaboration through seamless integration and customization
I have been an administrator for SharePoint and have used it as an end-user for document storage. Predominantly, I've been involved in administration SharePoint helps a lot since we've moved from using it directly to using it as a backend for Teams, which makes collaboration easier. It supports…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's relatively easy to create folders or workspaces."
"For SharePoint, I believe the most valuable feature is the customization and allowing you to share and edit files and documents. Being able to share externally and the precise administration of the files in terms of giving permissions and controlling who has access to what is a very good feature."
"Sharing information is very easy in SharePoint. We use multiple types of documents, like online Excel tools and online content editing, especially for group editing. This allows us to collaborate, even in distributed teams. Despite being geographically spread out, everyone can access the same files online, edit them, and see changes. We also use SharePoint to track all these changes, making our teamwork more collaborative overall. The tool fastens information sharing and collaboration."
"The solution is easy to use."
"I do like the collaboration around documents. The versioning history has proven useful in some instances as well."
"The ability to take Excel files and make them dynamic SharePoint lists with instant reporting capabilities has been a major benefit."
"We can now share to team members by MS Teams and assign planners to follow and update statuses in a single platform."
"It offers an easy way to store unstructured content (.pdf, .doc, .xls, images) and to tag them with metadata."
"The most valuable aspect of SharePoint is its integration with Teams. T"
 

Cons

"The speed of opening files is too slow and should be increased."
"Integration needs to be more straightforward, particularly with Azure. SharePoint also needs a more comprehensive introductory course for users."
"Emails stored now do not display metadata in native format."
"​The support is the worst. It is bad when Microsoft support does not even know what to do and you have to tell them. Also, they take too long to solve a problem.​"
"We would like more security features, like automating."
"The areas of this solution that need improvement are the relationships between lists, cross-site web parts, and page-building tools."
"It should have a Google-caliber search ability and a model-based GUI."
"Using SharePoint is difficult."
"The solution should improve its integration with other project management tools."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The replacement costs for it are cheaper if you use only SharePoint."
"SharePoint is included with our Microsoft license."
"The product is reasonably priced."
"The platform has medium pricing."
"It is pretty reasonable. It is $5 per month per user. We have 12 users now, so it is about $60 per month."
"Licensing can be by server or by seat."
"The solution's pricing is relatively expensive because it's bundled with other products."
"It comes bundled with the Microsoft 365 pricing plans."
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Comparison Review

it_user8925 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 23, 2013
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Top Industries

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Government
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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Also Known As

Micro Focus Vibe, Novell Vibe
SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010
 

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Sample Customers

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen
Toyota, Aeroports de Paris, ASBBank Ltd., Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals, CambridgeshireConstabulary, D&M Group, NPL Construction Company, and The Regional Municipality of Niagara.
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