SharePoint vs Yammer comparison

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The compared SharePoint and Yammer solutions aren't in the same category. SharePoint is ranked #1 in ECM , with an average rating of 8.2, and holds a 11.8% mindshare in the category. Yammer is ranked #6 in ESS , with an average rating of 7.7, and holds a 5.1% mindshare. Additionally, 79% of SharePoint users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 77% of Yammer users who would recommend it.

SharePoint

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79% willing to recommend

Yammer

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3,597 Views
3,093 Comparison Views

77% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

SharePoint

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

166

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Content Management (1st), Web Content Management (2nd), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (1st), Enterprise Intranet (1st)

Yammer

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Social Software (6th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. SharePoint is designed for Enterprise Content Management and holds a mindshare of 11.8%, down 14.7% compared to last year.
Yammer, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Social Software, holds 5.1% mindshare, down 6.1% since last year.

Enterprise Content Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SharePoint	11.8%
OpenText Documentum Content Management	6.7%
Alfresco	5.9%
Other	75.6%

Enterprise Content Management

Enterprise Social Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Yammer	5.1%
Slack Business - Enterprise	10.5%
Microsoft Teams	7.2%
Other	77.2%

Enterprise Social Software

Q&A Highlights

it_user120486

Works

Jul 10, 2014

How do Sharepoint and Yammer match up to IBM’s connection solution?

Hello, Looking at my referrers, I noticed that this question pointed out to my comparison between SharePoint & Connections (see previous discussions for the link). I didn't compare Connections and SharePoint/Yammer yet but just Connections & SharePoint Social. Now that I have a little bit more experience with Connections & IBM Products in general, I'd consider choosing either of those products the following way: - Do you plan for onpremises or a Cloud-based solution? - Do you plan for 100% out of the box or should you be able to customize the product? - Do you plan to use *only* the Social piece of Connections or do you plan to also store your documents in it? If yes, what kind of documents, Office (integration isn't as in SharePoint).? - Are you already working with SameTime or with Lync? Clearly, I'd choose Connections if : - I'm already using Sametime and/or other IBM products since you'd have an SSO for free using the LTPA tokens - I don't plan to customize the product heavily. - I don't plan to have a real document management system in it (Files+CCM) or only with PDF and non Office Documents If I'd need more than what's listed above, I'd go for SharePoint which doesn't only offer Social Capabilities but also other workfloads such as an extensive Search Engine, LOB integration, WCM, Collaboration, Social and three development/deployment models (Full Trust Solutions, Sandboxed, Apps). My experience now with Connections is that it's a nice product but it's harder to customize than SharePoint. It doesn't offer many APIs and it's rather hard to find valuable technical documentation on the product. It's also way harder to find non-IBM people working on the product. With SharePoint, you can really have an industrialization & full ALM of your devleopments and it's quite easy to find .NET/SharePoint developers all around without the need to involve Microsoft. In conclusion, for pure Social related stuff, Connections is better than SharePoint and maybe even better than Yammer but don't try to do anything else with the product nor to interoperate with other products, especially if these are not IBM ones or headaches will start :)

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AnjneyBhardwaj

Senior Market Research Analyst at IDC Corporate

Collaboration has improved through simplified document access and controlled sharing

SharePoint is definitely used to keep a record of our files and data. The capability is quite good because it is time-saving. I have used it only four or five times, but it has been very helpful to keep all my information in a consolidated manner. The search feature is one of the most beneficial factors that we use to filter out the latest data or the latest file as per our convenience and use case. When you have a large repository, this feature is particularly valuable. Role-based access control has been helpful while developing the knowledge platform. The roles were defined clearly, which made it easy for the four or five of us to work simultaneously and collaborate on our project in a similar manner.

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Deep Bhowmik

Senior Technical Product Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Creates user groups and streamlines communication

I think we should have some improvements in Yammer, similar to what we have in Facebook and others, where we can have targeted communications, so that we can filter some communications to go to a specific subset of that group, not to everybody. We would love to have some AI technologies included in Yammer, but I do not have a specific use case in mind right now.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"SharePoint is better than Google Pages due to the maturity of the content I can create, the way I can store assets, and the way I can consume them."

"The ability to assign an attribute to a library artifact allows the site owner to create the appropriate views based on artifact attributes (category, owner, etc.)."

"Being able to drop all the cloud service subscriptions saves a lot: the amount depends on how many of those services can be replaced."

"SharePoint 2013 had a better and cleaner user interface that has appealed to more users."

"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."

"Its functionality is enormous."

"SharePoint has an option where you can open files on the browser, whereby more than five people can make amendments to one Excel online file."

"SharePoint provides enterprise content management, which includes the enterprise document management tools, and collaboration tools such as workspaces and team sites improve the productivity and increase collaboration."

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"Groups is the most valuable feature in Yammer."

"Yammer provides a simple to use, intuitive platform for enterprise collaboration within the social networking information model."

"It was a stable solution...It was a highly scalable solution considering it was used in a very big company."

"I have found it to be a good tool for building communities and for improving communication."

"Yammer shows the post’s actions, comments, and how people react. We can quickly see what's going on."

"The most valuable feature of Yammer is its integration with all the services of Office 365."

"It has improved information sharing across the company which allows for problems to be solved much faster."

"People share expertise and find solution faster while they are feeling to be part of the same team even if they work in different geo"

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Cons

"Search can be improved a lot because we are always trying to compare it with Google Search. Beyond that, it would be helpful to tag the documents."

"No good process to import emails from several users into a single comprehensive SP repository."

"SharePoint Online is excellent as is, but licensing for the on-premises version is expensive."

"The fact that it relies on the Internet and runs in a browser means it is bound to have performance issues."

"We had some small issues and called MS tech support, but they were only able to help us 60% of the time before we fixed it ourselves."

"Migrating SharePoint sites can be a cumbersome process and it usually results in the incomplete migration of SharePoint sites and data."

"More hints and make it more user-customizable."

"Better collaboration, and team sites (social flavour) mobile enabled More and improved integration capabilities into the eco-system of solutions available."

More SharePoint cons

"I would like to see a fancier user interface. That is one of the weak points of Yammer."

"Technical support specifically gets a fair rating."

"We had some scalability issues."

"Cannot import or invite bulk users from an Active Directory security group."

"There needs to be an "Edit" functionality for posts and replies because grammar and spelling mistakes do happen."

"You can only search by words or person, you cannot filter by person plus terms, date, etc."

"Microsoft should work on templating and provide some built-in templates so that the changes can automatically roll out to all the configured communities."

"The way you want to control the communication could be an issue. It depends on what kind of company you are. We are a public company, and there are some regulations that we need to comply with. Its ease of use can be an issue for a company because anybody can subscribe and use it. There are many competitors that are overlapping. Since Microsoft bought Yammer, it tends to be in the shadow. It is not put in the front from the service perspective."

More Yammer cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"For this type of solution, it is not wise to buy it without Software Assurance."

"The licensing model for SharePoint Online is based on per user, and it is monthly. The price of the solution overall is good."

"It is very expensive."

"It is pretty reasonable. It is $5 per month per user. We have 12 users now, so it is about $60 per month."

"The data classification and search elements are cheap."

"As usual, Microsoft’s licensing structures don’t really seem to fit the needs of their products. This leads to always paying for a project you will never use fully or always be adding to."

"The replacement costs for it are cheaper if you use only SharePoint."

"The product is reasonably priced."

More SharePoint pricing and cost advice

"Its cost is included in the license bundle for Microsoft."

"I think that there is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs of the solution."

"The pricing is not bad."

"Compared to other products like Amazon, Yammer's pricing is fine."

"Yammer is a pretty cheap solution, and it's included in multiple subscriptions."

"We get it as part of our Office 365 subscriptions, so I don't think we pay any additional cost for Yammer. It's included in the Office 365 subscriptions."

"I don't know about the pricing. Now that Microsoft has bought Yammer, it should be a part of our subscriptions for Office 365."

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Comparison Review

it_user8925

Developer with 51-200 employees

Aug 23, 2013

Jive vs Sharepoint vs Drupal Commons

At Mediacurrent we often get requests to compare Drupal to other platforms used for intranet sites and social business platforms (like https://dev.twitter.com/ for example). This is often referred to as “Social Business Software”, which has grown in popularity in recent years. I decided to do a…

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Answers from the Community

it_user120486

Works

Jul 10, 2014

How do Sharepoint and Yammer match up to IBM’s connection solution?

2 out of 9 answers

it_user128490

IT Leader at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jul 1, 2014

I have experience using Yammer, Sharepoint, IBM -Sametime, Cisco-webex as a social platform. I liked Cisco - webex for various reason - Easy to use, online conferencing, blog, message broadcast, desktop share, meeting scheduler and seamless integration with MS office calendar. I found webex connect to be feature rich and meets most of our Orgs social needs. Many Thanks Pratyush

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it_user131589

Works

Jul 1, 2014

IBM Connections Integrates well with SharePoint. Post the integration configuration, most of the time, we should be able to get our SharePoint Libraries and Mysite integrated with connections. By having Microsoft Windows Authentication, we would be able to see the teamsitres, contents etf through SharePoint APIs on Conections page.Availability of Uploading docs are also single click away.Its visa versa from SharePoint as well. Questions regarding MS Yammer or IBM Connections would be subject to business decision however it would also be dependent on wheather we have Connections in the system or Yammer. if its a fresh new set up planning then in long run SharePoint with Yammer negates the need to have IBM connection and have more cost effective solutions. Best regards, Kumar

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

10%

Government

Construction Company

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

15%

Outsourcing Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	81
Midsize Enterprise	40
Large Enterprise	84

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	24
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	31

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SharePoint?

I do not know the difference between the prices of the two solutions; I did not work on this project.

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What needs improvement with SharePoint?

For me SharePoint is amazing. I have not thought about any feature that could be better because downloads and renaming are all easy. However, there is a feature that could be better. When you are u...

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What is your primary use case for SharePoint?

We use SharePoint as our cloud storage for files, folders, and everything else. We have different teams, including the evidence and impact team which I work with, the alumni team, and other teams t...

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What needs improvement with Yammer?

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What is your primary use case for Yammer?

We create user groups in Yammer, so we use it mainly for communications and engagement. The features in Yammer that I find most beneficial for team collaboration, communication, and engagement are ...

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What advice do you have for others considering Yammer?

I would recommend Yammer to others if someone wants to communicate with a big team and needs a good communication platform. I cannot think of any advice or recommendation to share with users who wo...

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Comparisons

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Compared 15% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 12% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

SAP Build Work Zone vs Yammer

Compared 9% of the time

Chatter vs Yammer

Compared 8% of the time

TIBCO tibbr vs Yammer

Compared 4% of the time

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Also Known As

SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010

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Overview

SharePoint offers document management, collaboration, and Microsoft Office integration, with a user-friendly interface supporting workflows and customization. Organizations benefit from centralized content storage, improving team coordination and efficiency.

SharePoint is tailored for document and content management, offering collaboration tools, workflow automation, and integration with Microsoft products. It supports robust search, metadata tagging, and access control. While performance and the interface require enhancements, it remains a valuable tool for organizations managing internal and external communications. Integration with Microsoft Teams and OneDrive facilitates collaboration, and SharePoint's centralized repositories and document storage enhance team efficiency. Power Platform integration allows for quick data handling and automation, boosting productivity.

What Are the Most Notable Features of SharePoint?

Document Management: Organize and manage documents efficiently.
Collaboration Tools: Enhance team collaboration and communication.
Microsoft Office Integration: Seamlessly work with Office applications.
Search Capabilities: Robust search and metadata tagging for easy retrieval.
Access Control: Protect and manage sensitive information access.
Power Platform Integration: Quick data handling and automation for improved productivity.

What Benefits Should Users Look for When Evaluating SharePoint?

Improved Team Efficiency: Enhance coordination and document sharing.
Centralized Storage: Efficient content management in a centralized repository.
Seamless Workflow Automation: Automate processes to boost productivity.
Integration Capability: Enhance functionality with external services and applications.
Customization Options: Tailor workflows and user experience to business needs.

In various industries, SharePoint is used for document and content management, supporting specific department sites and internal communications. It facilitates automation and policy management while offering integration with Microsoft Teams and OneDrive for improved collaboration and geographical team coordination.

Microsoft

Yammer enhances organizational communication and collaboration. It offers intuitive tools for group interaction, integration with Microsoft apps, and secure information sharing. It supports large-scale discussions and cross-functional collaboration without overwhelming email systems.

Yammer provides a robust platform for effective business communication, serving as a hub for social networking and company announcements. It integrates with Microsoft Office and Teams, facilitating seamless content posting and reducing email dependency. Its design encourages knowledge sharing and adaptable workflows. While Yammer is powerful, users have noted areas for improvement, such as integration with Microsoft Office 365 and search functionality. Enhancements in document collaboration, third-party support, and analytics could make it even more valuable, particularly for large multilingual teams. Improvements in editing, navigation, and user experience could enhance its utility further, along with better onboarding support.

What are Yammer's most valuable features?

Simple Group Creation: Allows quick setup of groups for projects and discussions.
Microsoft Integration: Seamless use with Microsoft Office and Teams enhances productivity.
Mobile Apps: Access Yammer on-the-go with robust mobile applications.
Tagging and Crowdsourcing: Facilitates easy content organization and community input.
Secure Sharing: Protects information while enabling open collaboration.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Enhanced Communication: Streamlines internal and external communication processes.
Improved Collaboration: Supports team interactions and project management.
Cross-Functional Reach: Breaks down silos, encouraging organizational connectivity.
Increased Engagement: Fosters active participation and feedback loops within the company.
Reduced Email Overload: Decreases dependency on email for announcements and discussions.

Yammer is widely adopted across various industries for its communication capabilities. Companies use it for creating channels and managing team interactions, making it ideal for sectors that rely on internal announcements and communication. Its integration with Microsoft tools makes it particularly appealing to those already using Microsoft subscriptions, offering a cohesive platform for corporate communication, knowledge sharing, and team engagement. As a digital workspace hub, it serves industries looking to enhance collaboration and streamline communication.

Microsoft

Sample Customers

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.

Verizon, Rakuten,Nationwide, DHL, Westfield, Telefonica, 7-Eleven, Red Robin, Intuit, eBay,Darden, Suncorp, Tyco, Xerox, and ModCloth.

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