We performed a comparison between SharePoint and Symphony based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, OpenText, Box and others in Enterprise Content Management."The product provides flexibility in collaboration."
"It has helped us with storing all the documents, which means that people are not going to intervene. There is a way of extracting knowledge within documentation and tracking it. There are knowledge assets for where documentation is stored, indexed and searchable through SharePoint."
"Ability to store files of any type."
"Combined reports and data with timeline tracking."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to easily build intranet sites for communicating within teams, storing documentation, product information, pricing policies, updates on product infrastructure, and other related news."
"SharePoint is already moving to cloud, if you are using SharePoint online, which is cloud-based technology, it is more accessible."
"Information is now available instantly to managers on all devices."
"SharePoint enabled the staff to share documents and work on a document simultaneously."
"The solution is user-friendly, and it is very good security-wise."
"The overall functions are good."
"I found the RAM Commander module in Symphony to be the most valuable."
"Symphony and Laravel are the most comfortable frameworks for any developer. It is also lightweight."
"The entire product is good."
"No good process to import emails from several users into a single comprehensive SP repository."
"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."
"The initial setup was very complex."
"I would like it to be more compliant with global regulations. There are certain features which could be included that currently are not there, such as compliance and record management capabilities."
"You still need a bit of expertise to add branding."
"Allow more functionalities for the on-premise version. Do not force the move of content to a non-private cloud."
"The initial setup is complex and has room for improvement."
"Using SharePoint is difficult."
"To improve the situation, enhancing the functionality for integrating with other applications and addressing ticketing issues is crucial."
"The solution needs to improve CI."
"The solution is very expensive, and its pricing could be improved."
"The area that needs to be improved is modular asset management. When we are uploading the assets in bulk, it is not aligned."
"Compared to established vendors, it lacks user flexibility and customization, especially in the PM module."
SharePoint is ranked 1st in Enterprise Content Management with 146 reviews while Symphony is ranked 8th in Enterprise Social Software with 5 reviews. SharePoint is rated 7.8, while Symphony is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of SharePoint writes "Good integrations, helps with collaboration, and increases visibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symphony writes "Makes tasks like network planning and performance monitoring much easier". SharePoint is most compared with Citrix ShareFile, Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, Box and WordPress, whereas Symphony is most compared with Microsoft Teams, Slack and Drupal.
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