We performed a comparison between Microsoft Visual Studio 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 feature I find most valuable is the fact that it's broad-spectrum, so it can be used for a wide variety of technologies."
"I like that it works fine and that it performs better than competing products. I'm very happy with Microsoft Visual Studio."
"Windows Presentation Foundation or WPF is valuable. It's a tool to give clients a user interface for Windows applications. The summary for mobile applications is also very useful."
"It's a useful integrated development environment."
"The solution is stable, and it has no issues."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Visual Studio is how easy it is to access all the basic templates for development. There are so many features you get with Visual Studio that it's really helpful for the deployment, the development, and the intelligence behind it."
"It's pretty prevalent."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Visual Studio are debugging and IntelliSense."
"The most valuable feature is the development."
"The product is very user-friendly."
"I find the document management and search of SharePoint the most valuable features."
"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."
"The most valuable part of the solution is its ability to allow for a high degree of customization."
"The scalability is excellent, and I rate it ten out of ten."
"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."
"We appreciate the fact that this solution can provide us with an on-premises version, as due to our geographical location, we are not able to use cloud-based tools."
"The solution’s technical support could be improved."
"Despite its advantages, challenges in diverse cloud environments may prompt the uninstallation of the application or entire development environment for resolution."
"There are some features that I have yet to explore and it would be helpful to have more information about what is available and how it works."
"I would like to see support for rapid application development. For example, if I am developing a new project, I am repeating many similar steps again and again and again. But the platform could do this easily, instead of me. It would save me time. This is something I would like to have in Microsoft Visual Studio, to have it take over repetitive tasks from me."
"There have been some issues but not very often."
"The technical support can be slow."
"I have faced configuration issues with Microsoft Visual Studio."
"Microsoft Visual Studio could benefit from a more centralized education system."
"I have heard of clients that have complained about the stability once a certain amount of data, over 200 gigs has been reached as well as the stability of SQL Databases."
"SharePoint Designer is not releasing a new version. Version 2013 was the latest version. Now in 2019, we are still using the biggest version. It doesn't work properly anymore. Sometimes we experience issues, but there is no new version."
"It would be helpful to have the SharePoint Designer capabilities built directly into SharePoint itself, into the management page, so as to create an online version of it directly in SharePoint."
"Exporting the whole SharePoint website is an issue."
"We'd like it if we got less frequent updates."
"If they included some training modules, I would give them a ten, because that would make it even more user-friendly."
"The solution does not need any additional features."
"SharePoint Designer could improve by making the searching feature better. It is not accurate in some cases, and there are some descriptions that are not clear."
Microsoft Visual Studio is ranked 1st in .NET Development Services with 79 reviews while SharePoint Designer is ranked 2nd in .NET Development Services with 49 reviews. Microsoft Visual Studio is rated 8.4, while SharePoint Designer is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft Visual Studio writes "Easy to use, works well in the Microsoft Windows ecosystem, and integrates well with Git". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SharePoint Designer writes "Intuitive, customizable, and reliable". Microsoft Visual Studio is most compared with Genero and Microsoft Silverlight, whereas SharePoint Designer is most compared with ASP.NET. See our Microsoft Visual Studio vs. SharePoint Designer report.
See our list of best .NET Development Services vendors.
We monitor all .NET Development Services reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.
