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SharePoint Designer [EOL] vs Zend Studio comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

SharePoint Designer [EOL]
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Zend Studio
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
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Featured Reviews

Raphael Haroun  Ikyagh - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at Letshego
Offers ability to directly share documents and highly stable
It's been stable for me. I haven't encountered any issues with the sites I've developed locally within the organization as long as the license remains valid. It's very stable. I haven't had any issues with outages or needing to republish content. It's always accessible to authorized users, so it's stable. The stability is almost a ten out of ten for me.
marketacumen - PeerSpot reviewer
President at Market Acumen, Inc.
It has higher quality code, faster debugging, and higher quality projects
* Stability is sometimes lacking in updates. * Search/replace across multiple files is not ideal. * The debugger often has problems determining where to map files to local projects, as well as setting breakpoints, which often are ignored depending on your configuration. * The product requires a subscription to Zend Server Developer, which used to be free and now has an annual fee, but it is still worth the money.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"When you have a group project and you want to share your document with your group members, the solution is very useful."
"SharePoint Designer has made information available centrally 24/7."
"We like that the interface is very user-friendly making it easy to use."
"I would rate the solution's stability a nine out of ten."
"We mostly used this solution for file storage and basic functions, etcetera."
"What I like most about this solution, is that we can use it as a secondary customization platform."
"As an enterprise, I'd say it is completely worth the money."
"We like the highly customizable websites that you can build."
"Generally, it has higher quality code, faster debugging, and higher quality projects."
"It has the ability to jump to any file in your project with a few keystrokes, as well as the ability to command-click on any token in your code and have it jump to the token's definition."
 

Cons

"The scalability is a little bit complex. We do have a lot of issues with scalability."
"We'd like it if we got less frequent updates."
"SharePoint does not have enough resources to cover the security part."
"If they included some training modules, I would give them a ten, because that would make it even more user-friendly."
"It needs to align with PowerApps and Power Automate."
"SharePoint Designer could improve most in analytics and reporting."
"If you compare the workflow with other engines like Olympus and K2, it is very complicated to create a workflow."
"This solution could definitely be made easier to use."
"Most recent set of patches (2018) on Mac OS X caused the app to crash when you would cut more than 10 lines of code. Apparently, this was due to a bug in Eclipse, but regardless, it took several months for Zend to post a patch."
"Stability is sometimes lacking in updates."
"The debugger often has problems determining where to map files to local projects."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are using an enterprise SharePoint Designer license."
"SharePoint Online has a subscription-based model for payments and the price is based on user usage."
"SharePoint Designer's pricing is okay."
"The tool's pricing is cheap."
"SharePoint Designer is less expensive than other solutions we have used. We purchased Office 365 which SharePoint comes with the package."
"It is a free solution that does not require a license."
"The tool is free of cost."
"I've never paid for SharePoint Designer. What I paid for, is the SharePoint license, the cava, and then the client accesses the line fee."
"The product requires a subscription to Zend Server Developer, which used to be free and now has an annual fee, but it is still worth the money."
"Licensing is reasonable for this type of tool. Although, you can cobble together a solution which is zero cost."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
20%
Construction Company
16%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
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Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise21
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