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."We have no issues with scaling."
"Visual Studio is a tool used for custom software development. It covers everything under this umbrella, including architecture for automation testing."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Visual Studio are the availability of many extensions, an interpreter, a code formator, and helpful dark and light modes."
"The solution is stable, and it has no issues."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Visual Studio are debugging and IntelliSense."
"The code analysis tool is particularly valuable as it eliminates the need for manual code reviews."
"It is a stable solution."
"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."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"The solution is scalable."
"The most valuable feature is the development."
"The most valuable feature is the capability to directly access the SharePoint data structure."
"The most valuable features of SharePoint Designer are integration and collaboration capabilities, such as allowing more than one person to edit a file."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The workflow is the solution's most valuable feature."
"I find the document management and search of SharePoint the most valuable features."
"File installations are heavy."
"There's not much help to deal with issues on Microsoft's official websites."
"We'd like the solution to be more secure."
"I would like to see more tools in the next release."
"Microsoft Visual Studio can improve integration with the Microsoft Office suite; this was only implemented in 2022."
"I would like the solution to have a designing default in addition to the current coding default."
"IntelliSense could be better."
"Microsoft Visual Studio can improve by adding more features to the Mac version. There are a lot of features lacking in the Mac version, there are limitations. I can install Microsoft Visual Studio on the Mac operating system, but it is not the same as if I installed it on a Microsoft Windows system. The Microsoft Windows version has a lot of features available in Microsoft Visual Studio."
"The search capabilities need to be improved."
"The solution is not scalable at all."
"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."
"In the solution, if you have a case of accidental deletion, there's no restoration, which should have been there."
"The initial setup depends on company specifics. So, it's a bit complex."
"The solution is not very flexible when trying to access the solution via a personal PC."
"I would like to be able to use SharePoint Designer without having to buy other third party programs."
"The downside is the different versions of SharePoint which means we need to have different designers as not all versions are compatible."
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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