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Oracle Beehive vs SharePoint comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Beehive
Average Rating
9.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.9
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Social Software (19th), Content Collaboration Platforms (32nd)
SharePoint
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
162
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (1st), Web Content Management (1st), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (1st), Enterprise Intranet (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. Oracle Beehive is designed for Enterprise Social Software and holds a mindshare of 1.4%, up 0.9% compared to last year.
SharePoint, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Content Management, holds 16.0% mindshare, down 20.0% since last year.
Enterprise Social Software
Enterprise Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

it_user1127034 - PeerSpot reviewer
Has an excellent Database Management System and high level of services, performance, and availability
We will need to implement prototypes in our data warehouse. We will have to implement and to support some different types of files like video, audio, pictures, and non-structured data. So we are working on that. We would like better integration for data security. We will have many partners, eight or nine external partners. We will still use our system to upgrade our warehouse. But with many partners, the data warehouse will not be unique. It will be a distributed data platform. So we would need and we are looking for many services to better manage the integrity and the use of all of the data. We are receiving all these data from trains and trucks that are working on the highways and on the roads. We will have to implement some facilities to adequately use all this data at a really high volume coming from IoT. So we are not choosing that and we will have to implement some services. Right now, we don't have any monitoring. We do have major density and access control, but when a user is in our environment, we do not have the services to really measure what he is doing. I will have to report in three months on the project and its evolution. I don't have the financials and the best practices regarding the financial models with costs and benefits for a major data platform with many partners. We will know what it will cost, but we will have to define some benefits because when I will be at the treasury board asking for a major project, they will ask me what would the benefits from that will be. I'm doing research into best practices. I know that the U.S. government has a platform like the one we want to build. It is a bigger one, from what I understand. I think that the state of California and maybe the state of New York has the type of platform we want to put in place. I would like to present more than just an article. I would like to have a reference model, to really be on target by showing the benefits that are possible down the road.
Madhur D'silva - PeerSpot reviewer
Collaborative work benefits while user-friendliness challenges persist
The most valuable feature of SharePoint ( /products/sharepoint-reviews ) is its user interface, which is very easy to use. I do not have to be very technical to use it. Its rights management capabilities and ability to restrict access to certain people are also very useful. Furthermore, I can access SharePoint from any device, whether it is a phone or laptop, which is very convenient.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This solution has automated protection from downtime. High-availability is built into every component, and the backups are completely automated."
"We have really high level of services, performance, availability, and it is stable. Everything works together really well."
"We can now share to team members by MS Teams and assign planners to follow and update statuses in a single platform."
"It has made us faster and more efficient."
"The most valuable aspect of SharePoint is its integration with Teams. T"
"The most valuable features are the collaboration and sharing."
"This solution has helped us with the categorization, organization, management, discovery, and delivery of program and project related information."
"Its configuration management ability is critical for document-based systems."
"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."
"SharePoint has made things easier with the increased functionality for building the portals, microsites, and total integration with Microsoft categories."
 

Cons

"The price of licenses is high and should be improved."
"Needs improvement on the user interface."
"It will fully use your system resources."
"The limitations and boundaries must be extended."
"The product could be improved in a lot of way. It is so frustrating to get things to work as advertised."
"SharePoint designer workflows can be buggy sometimes without any apparent reason."
"When you are trying to migrate from a different platform to SharePoint for file storage, the upload utility should be more flexible, taking more files and then updating you on the upload status of the files you are trying to transfer into SharePoint."
"No good process to import emails from several users into a single comprehensive SP repository."
"It would be nice if the editing and setting up of SharePoint were more user-friendly, so I do not have to have an expert to deal with it."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It comes bundled with the Microsoft 365 pricing plans."
"They are about an eight in comparison to other similar products."
"The pricing works for us."
"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."
"SharePoint is included with our Microsoft license."
"It is pretty reasonable. It is $5 per month per user. We have 12 users now, so it is about $60 per month."
"It is very expensive.​"
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Comparison Review

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Aug 23, 2013
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Top Industries

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Government
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

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Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SharePoint?
As SharePoint is part of the Microsoft 365 suite, the pricing is acceptable.
What needs improvement with SharePoint?
The web parts in SharePoint could be more intuitive for end users. Many do not fully understand these features, and improving user awareness could foster better data relations. The learning curve o...
 

Also Known As

Beehive
SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010
 

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Sample Customers

Oracle
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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