Amazon WorkDocs vs SharePoint comparison

Amazon WorkDocs

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Amazon WorkDocs

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Amazon WorkDocs and SharePoint based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon WorkDocs

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Content Collaboration Platforms (5th)

SharePoint

Average Rating

7.8

Number of Reviews

150

Ranking in other categories

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

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the market share of Amazon WorkDocs is 16.6% and it increased by 9.2% compared to the previous year. The market share of SharePoint is 22.4% and it decreased by 22.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Enterprise Content Management

16.3%

Web Content Management

14.1%

Q&A Highlights

David Briggs

Senior System Administrator at LS Technologies, LLC

Aug 17, 2023

Does Amazon WorkDocs offer any unique advantages over SharePoint?

Amazon WorkDocs offers the following advantages over SharePoint: It is a fully managed service, meaning that Amazon takes care of the underlying infrastructure and maintenance. It is more scalable so organizations of all sizes can use it. It is more secure, as it is hosted on Amazon's secure cloud infrastructure. SharePoint, on the other hand, offers the following advantages over Amazon WorkDocs: It has a wider range of features, such as workflow automation and business intelligence. It is more integrated with other Microsoft products like Office 365. It is more widely used, so more documentation and support are available. If you are looking for a simple and secure solution that is easy to use, Amazon WorkDocs could be the solution for you. Still, if you need a more powerful and feature-rich solution, SharePoint may be a better option.

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Featured Reviews

Daulath Alikhan

Deputy General Manager at a government with 51-200 employees

Sep 6, 2020

A great collaboration service for small organizations

I used this solution to place a knowledge folder on the cloud so that I can access my files for references from anywhere in the world. Our organization is quite small, we only have roughly 20 to 30 employees using this solution. I would like to continue using this solution, but we are waiting for…

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Wendy Neilan

Microsoft Channel Manager at nVisionIT

Apr 25, 2023

Integrates well and allows me to track history and go back to a previous version

We internally use SharePoint for all of our document management, and we integrate that with D365. We use CRM and SharePoint to manage our sales pipeline and all documentation related to Sales and subsequent projects are stored on SharePoint. We use the Power platform for certain workflows, for…

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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

"This solution is great for inviting and sharing documents with other users."

"The ability to have version control and co-editing is vital to our workflows."

"It has improve our organization by speeding up document sharing."

"Our staff found it simpler, as they did not have to work within a classification system."

"The access control is definitely a good feature. We also appreciate the improvements they've made to the online applications, where multiple users can work on the same documents simultaneously. Everything syncs automatically."

"Quantity and variety of partners with solution development ability on the platform."

"It is very stable."

"The workflow feature is valuable because it enables us to cascade responsibilities."

"The most valuable feature of SharePoint is its ease of use."

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Cons

"I had a very bitter experience with their mobile app."

"The initial setup is complex and has room for improvement."

"The workflow engine cannot support the business needs."

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

"The areas of this solution that need improvement are the relationships between lists, cross-site web parts, and page-building tools."

"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."

"It will fully use your system resources."

"The solution lacks collaboration features."

"The limitations and boundaries must be extended."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's cheaper compared to similar products available"

"It is very expensive."

"The pricing is competitive."

"We have purchased add-ons to handle multiple site collections, form creation, and design."

"The cost is expensive, but worthwhile."

"Any extended support from Microsoft is expensive."

"The data classification and search elements are cheap."

"Licensing can be by server or by seat."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Government

12%

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

Does Amazon WorkDocs offer any unique advantages over SharePoint?

Amazon WorkDocs offers the following advantages over SharePoint: It is a fully managed service, meaning that Amazon takes care of the underlying infrastructure and maintenance. It is more scalab...

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Would Alfresco give an organization more benefits in terms of cost, features & security as compared to Sharepoint?

Alfresco scores are high on all features of an ECM solution and tools. Back office processing, rated as 3.36 good. Business Process Application 3.55 Good to excellent. Document Management 4.12...

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What do you like most about SharePoint?

The search feature is valuable.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SharePoint?

The solution's pricing is relatively expensive because it's bundled with other products. On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a six or ...

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Comparisons

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server vs Amazon WorkDocs

Compared 52% of the time

Office 365 vs Amazon WorkDocs

Compared 12% of the time

Google Workspace vs Amazon WorkDocs

Compared 10% of the time

Quip vs Amazon WorkDocs

Compared 6% of the time

Microsoft OneDrive vs Amazon WorkDocs

Compared 4% of the time

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Citrix ShareFile vs SharePoint

Compared 12% of the time

Microsoft OneDrive vs SharePoint

Compared 8% of the time

Dropbox vs SharePoint

Compared 7% of the time

WordPress vs SharePoint

Compared 7% of the time

Microsoft Teams vs SharePoint

Compared 3% of the time

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SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010

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Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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Overview

Amazon WorkDocs is a fully managed, secure content creation, storage, and collaboration service. With Amazon WorkDocs, you can easily create, edit, and share content, and because it’s stored centrally on AWS, access it from anywhere on any device. Amazon WorkDocs makes it easy to collaborate with others, and lets you easily share content, provide rich feedback, and collaboratively edit documents. You can use Amazon WorkDocs to retire legacy file share infrastructure by moving file shares to the cloud. Amazon WorkDocs lets you integrate with your existing systems, and offers a rich API so that you can develop your own content-rich applications. Amazon WorkDocs is built on AWS, where your content is secured on the world's largest cloud infrastructure.

With Amazon WorkDocs, there are no upfront fees or commitments. You pay only for active user accounts, and the storage you use. Amazon WorkDocs provides a 30-day free trial with 1 TB of storage per user for up to 50 users.

SharePoint is a Microsoft-based platform for building web applications. It covers a widerange of capabilities and while it is appropriate for experienced webdevelopers, even non-technical minded users can easily navigate through thesystem and execute functions such as collaborating data, managing documents andfiles, creating websites, managing social networking solutions, and automatingworkflow.

Major areas that SharePoint deals with are websites,communities, content, search, insights, and composites. The purpose is to give usersthe ability to create or develop these key business components on their owneven without technical knowledge of, for example, how to build a website or howto integrate coding. Configuring SharePoint into a business's system is meantto cut out all of the complicated steps, and pave the way for easierimplementation all around.

Sample Customers

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