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 solution is stable, and it has no issues."
"The tool is good for interactive testing. It has good integrations and works well for remote services. The product also has features for collaborative work where it allows others to control my screen. It has a good community for every language."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Visual Studio are the database connections."
"It is a straightforward solution to set up."
"I like it that I don't need any special software to run this program."
"The installation of the solution is easy."
"Microsoft Visual Studio is an easy-to-use solution."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Visual Studio is the good intelligence and UI."
"The most valuable features of SharePoint Designer are integration and collaboration capabilities, such as allowing more than one person to edit a file."
"It’s very convenient for me to update. Last time I used a function called Word. It is a good function, which I can use to coordinate easily."
"The solution tightly integrates with all other collaboration tools."
"The document filing system is the solution's most valuable feature. We have used SharePoint as an option for a document managed system, like Documentum and IBM Filenet."
"Designer is easy to manage."
"I am a developer, and whatever is not possible with the SharePoint default feature, we make custom features available for our clients. Anything which is not possible using all the methods within the solution we can customize."
"The support on offer is helpful."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"It would be nice if Visual Studio's extensions and updates could self-correct, if they are not working or disabled, and also inform the user."
"Microsoft Visual Studio can improve memory management, and packaging and reporting components."
"I would not recommend it for complex tasks."
"Since it is a heavy product, it is somewhat slow in building and executing the code in a localhost environment and it consumes a lot of resources."
"Microsoft Visual Studio can improve integration with the Microsoft Office suite; this was only implemented in 2022."
"I would like to see more on-premise tips and tools along with development time so that I don't need to go to a third-party site."
"The solution is not really good at debugging JavaScript, jQuery, or SQL"
"For Visual Studio, the only challenge I've faced is referencing any package or new concept I'm trying to debug or run."
"We'd like it if we got less frequent updates."
"It has a lot of bugs. It's also not very convenient. The UX/UI is not very user-friendly and not designed to be similar to other applications from Microsoft."
"SharePoint Designer needs filter options for lists and libraries."
"The pricing is a little bit high and can be reduced."
"Adding guest users is a bit difficult on SharePoint."
"The new SharePoint Designer is very limited."
"The interface of SharePoint Designer could be improved, such as in SAP."
"The solution requires more web-based publishing. It would benefit from adding in more collaboration features as well."
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.
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