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PROS

SharePoint excels in collaborative features that enable simultaneous document editing and version control, enhancing productivity and document integrity.
It provides robust document and content management capabilities, allowing easy organization, searchability, and integration with Office 365 and other services.
SharePoint offers extensive customization and integration possibilities, enabling the development of workflows, portals, and applications aligned with business needs.
It supports efficient project management and knowledge sharing by providing a central repository for documents, conversations, and other content critical for collaborating groups.
Users benefit from SharePoint’s thorough security controls, ensuring secure access and permission management for content both within and outside the organization.

CONS

Document management and integration capabilities need improvement across various tools and platforms.
The setup process and migration of SharePoint are often complex and require specialized expertise.
Technical support for SharePoint is frequently rated as poor, with slow response times when addressing issues.
Workflow and customization options in SharePoint are limited and could benefit from greater flexibility and user-friendliness.
Performance issues arise when handling large amounts of data and co-editing, often requiring optimization and additional resources.
 

SharePoint Pros review quotes

Ravi Raushan Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at ValueMomentum
Mar 29, 2026
An additional thought I would share is that SharePoint is a very capable and reliable platform for organizations looking to improve their collaborations and document management.
AnjneyBhardwaj - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Market Research Analyst at IDC Corporate
Nov 3, 2025
From my perspective, since I am a data professional and we have to keep a record of all the data as per our client's demand, SharePoint provides us a repository where we can keep all our data intact and updated.
Bharat Raghavan - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager For Marketing And Strategy at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
May 4, 2026
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.
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Antoine JACOB - PeerSpot reviewer
Decision-making & data management manager at Erilia
Nov 3, 2025
The SharePoint interface is adequate and also a little bit faster.
AG
PM at EUIPO - European Union Intellectual Property Office
Feb 28, 2025
SharePoint is smooth and easy to use for editing, updating, and uploading files.
MR
Practice Manager at a consultancy with 201-500 employees
Apr 25, 2025
The most valuable features of SharePoint include the ability to co-edit documents in the Office suite, particularly Excel and Word.
Feb 28, 2025
SharePoint is a ten out of ten solution.
RK
Cloud Security & Governance at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Nov 11, 2024
SharePoint's collaborative features are valuable as they enable productivity by allowing multiple users to edit documents simultaneously.
BK
Consultant/Administrator O365 solutions at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 25, 2025
The stability of SharePoint is high.
CP
Financial Director at Est
Feb 28, 2025
I rate it a ten.
 

SharePoint Cons review quotes

Ravi Raushan Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at ValueMomentum
Mar 29, 2026
For new users, the interface and navigation can feel quite complex, specifically when working with multiple sites and document libraries.
AnjneyBhardwaj - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Market Research Analyst at IDC Corporate
Nov 3, 2025
While working with SharePoint, I observed that if the number of files is too much, the upload time, management time, and search time consume a lot of time during the initial phase.
Bharat Raghavan - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager For Marketing And Strategy at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
May 4, 2026
The interface is not all that great, but other than that, there's not much to say because it's a pretty simple tool and I don't have high expectations for it to improve.
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Antoine JACOB - PeerSpot reviewer
Decision-making & data management manager at Erilia
Nov 3, 2025
It is not really better; we use the same solution as before with Google Drive and the Google App solution.
AG
PM at EUIPO - European Union Intellectual Property Office
Feb 28, 2025
When working on a website with SharePoint Online, not many people can edit simultaneously. If I am editing one section, my colleague cannot edit it at the same time.
MR
Practice Manager at a consultancy with 201-500 employees
Apr 25, 2025
The technical support from Microsoft for SharePoint is often slow and rated a three out of ten.
Feb 28, 2025
The technical support process should be more streamlined as it usually involves contacting vendors and arranging calls for resolution.
RK
Cloud Security & Governance at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Nov 11, 2024
The search functionality could be improved, especially when dealing with 'lift' lists, where there are performance issues.
BK
Consultant/Administrator O365 solutions at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Apr 25, 2025
The web parts in SharePoint could be more intuitive for end users.
CP
Financial Director at Est
Feb 28, 2025
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.