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SharePoint vs WordPress Business-Enterprise 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
Ranking in Web Content Management
1st
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
162
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (1st), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (1st), Enterprise Intranet (1st)
WordPress Business-Enterprise
Ranking in Web Content Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
30
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Web Content Management category, the mindshare of SharePoint is 10.6%, down from 13.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WordPress Business-Enterprise is 12.8%, down from 16.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Content Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
SharePoint10.6%
WordPress Business-Enterprise12.8%
Other76.6%
Web Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

Madhur D'silva - PeerSpot reviewer
Collaborative work benefits while user-friendliness challenges persist
The most valuable feature of SharePoint 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.
Irfani Silviana - PeerSpot reviewer
A versatile platform for web development that has helped me cater to a diverse range of clients
I appreciate the flexibility of WordPress, particularly its filter and action hooks, which allow for the development of additional features. We can build our own plugins into this. We can be creative while following our clients' requirements. For example, I recently built a custom plugin where the client wanted extra functionalities about membership, special profile pages, and a subscription system. And WordPress has helped a lot, thanks to its flexibility. I could use current plugins on the market and then modify them with my own plugin and collaborate with other existing plugins. So, WordPress has reduced a lot of work for me as a developer. With WordPress, I can achieve the functionality that I want. I don't have to do everything from scratch because a few solutions exist in the market, and I can enhance that.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"It is very stable."
"Its most valuable feature is the document library."
"No code and low code, scalable, and stable collaboration platform. Straightforward to set up. Its support system is good and offers fast issue resolution."
"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."
"Information is now available instantly to managers on all devices."
"It allows for simultaneous users to be on it."
"The most valuable features are the collaboration and sharing."
"The best feature of WordPress is its flexibility."
"The best feature in WordPress is Elementor. It lets you easily create one-page landing sites."
"It is easy to edit content using WordPress."
"The themes are useful. They change the look and feel of a website with just one click."
"There are so many free plugins"
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is quite easy to use."
"I like the tool's plugins."
"Ready-made themes speed the design process; a huge number of quality themes are available from several sources."
 

Cons

"Microsoft support could be better, especially for enterprise troubleshooting. They require a lot of logs and often rely on online support, which does not meet customer expectations."
"The search functionality could be improved, especially when dealing with 'lift' lists, where there are performance issues."
"Emails stored now do not display metadata in native format."
"Too many versions being released in a short time period. Too much time being devoted to migration planning."
"The initial setup process is not intuitive."
"The solution should improve its integration with other project management tools."
"It is too heavy. MS should not have paid foreign coders dollars per each row of code. They wasted the stability and reliability in the end."
"We would like more security features, like automating."
"I would like to see the addition of social media integration features in WordPress."
"I would like to have the ability to customize the whole WordPress installation. WordPress comes with a number of core features. I would love to be able to remove those I'm not using at the moment."
"WordPress doesn't automatically scan the website, so we need to install paid plugins for this purpose. Unfortunately, this can lead to slower performance, which is a notable drawback."
"I think that WordPress is too cool in its contact."
"In WordPress, the user onboarding process is an area with complexities...there is no step-by-step explanation provided."
"The system should be more informative."
"WordPress could use improvement in terms of optimization, especially for large websites with extensive databases and many images."
"I would recommend dumping the Gutenberg interface, as that is horrible."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is competitive."
"It is pretty reasonable. It is $5 per month per user. We have 12 users now, so it is about $60 per month."
"We have purchased add-ons to handle multiple site collections, form creation, and design."
"The platform has medium pricing."
"It comes bundled with the Microsoft 365 pricing plans."
"The replacement costs for it are cheaper if you use only SharePoint."
"The pricing is competitive."
"The pricing works for us."
"I paid to have a WordPress site for two years and didn't just have a free one."
"As per my understanding, WordPress is an open-source product, owing to which there are no requirements to make any payments towards its licensing costs."
"It is an open-source platform. It doesn't need any license."
"WordPress is a free CMS. Installing WordPress is free. The domain and pushing data costs money."
"WordPress can be pricey, ranging from $0 to thousands per month."
"Set up cost is nothing. Pricing is free. You need to pay a cost only for the domains, hosting, and to buy themes."
"WordPress is a free solution."
"It provides a high ROI."
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Comparison Review

it_user8925 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 23, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Government
13%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
11%
University
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business79
Midsize Enterprise37
Large Enterprise80
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise1
 

Questions from the Community

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?
Not with SharePoint specifically, but overall with the software or tools from Microsoft, I think there are areas that need improvement. It's very difficult to understand the objective. There are so...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for WordPress?
WordPress is good with search engine optimization if you use the plugins.I use WordPress because it is an inexpensive solution for small projects.
What needs improvement with WordPress?
The area that could be improved in WordPress is the security feature. The security features need to ensure they don't rely too much on external plugins for security. WordPress needs to have its own...
What is your primary use case for WordPress?
I have built more than 14 projects for my clients using WordPress, which include various websites. I also have two personal websites that I am trying to build up but haven't found time to complete....
 

Also Known As

SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010
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