We performed a comparison between ASP.NET and SharePoint Designer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two .NET Development Services solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution has good scalability."
"The most valuable feature of ASP.NET is its visual side, which makes building Windows forms applications visually efficient."
"The solution is easy to integrate and understand. It has a very good user interface and a lot of prebuilt tools, which require a lot less coding if we compare it to other solutions."
"We use ASP.NET to develop web applications and web API. I'm working at a government financial institution in Mexico that helps citizens buy a house"
"We find the solution to be scalable."
"The solution is easy to learn, understand and develop."
"The developer support for ASP.NET is a big positive. It's actually very good, and since there are so many people who use ASP.NET, it's easy to get responses to questions about ASP.NET in the broader community."
"It is easy to install ASP.NET on your laptop."
"The most valuable features of SharePoint Designer are integration and collaboration capabilities, such as allowing more than one person to edit a file."
"Designer is easy to manage."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The support on offer is helpful."
"The most valuable feature of SharePoint Designer is the storing of files. In the Office 365 version, there is the capability to share files with others which is helpful. The files have cross versions capability. If the solution is shut down abruptly the file is stored on the system automatically."
"SharePoint Designer is easy to deploy and it is one of the most valuable features. The whole process took a couple of days and it is easy to work on."
"What I found most valuable in SharePoint Designer is that through it, you can perform a lot of SharePoint functionalities, such as creating SharePoint lists and libraries, as well as customizing pages."
"We like the highly customizable websites that you can build."
"The solution is out of date and should not be used."
"The capability related to Python needs to be improved."
"It could use better reporting and documentation."
"The caching could improve in ASP.NET. I don't often run into limitations with ASP.NET. More often, it's the other tools we use that slow us down."
"You are required to have knowledge of C#."
"Performance is an area that can always be improved."
"ASP.NET is a very slow tool, and it should be faster."
"An area for improvement is the structure template."
"The solution is a bit complex. They should work to simplify it."
"I am not sure how stable the solution will be once Microsoft stops supporting it."
"We would like to see an improvement in the stability and overall consistency of performance in this solution."
"The initial setup depends on company specifics. So, it's a bit complex."
"It needs to align with PowerApps and Power Automate."
"Adding guest users is a bit difficult on SharePoint."
"The search capabilities need to be improved."
"The web services aspect of the solution is very weak."
ASP.NET is ranked 3rd in .NET Development Services with 30 reviews while SharePoint Designer is ranked 2nd in .NET Development Services with 49 reviews. ASP.NET is rated 8.4, while SharePoint Designer is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of ASP.NET writes "Beneficial thread management, and asynchronous processing, and template-driven setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SharePoint Designer writes "Intuitive, customizable, and reliable". ASP.NET is most compared with Microsoft Silverlight, whereas SharePoint Designer is most compared with Microsoft Visual Studio. See our ASP.NET vs. SharePoint Designer report.
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