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BA Insight

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56 views|42 comparisons
100% willing to recommend
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SharePoint

Read 146 SharePoint reviews
7,894 views|6,463 comparisons
77% willing to recommend
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Indexing and Search
March 2024
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Refiners help to easily narrow down results based on metadata applied to content. Previews allow users to take action...
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Good integrations, helps with collaboration, and increases visibility
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  • "As usual, Microsoft’s licensing structures don’t really seem to fit the needs of their products. This leads to always paying for a project you will never use fully or always be adding to."
  • "Licensing can be by server or by seat."
  • "It is very expensive.​"
  • "The data classification and search elements are cheap."
  • "The replacement costs for it are cheaper if you use only SharePoint."
  • "We have purchased add-ons to handle multiple site collections, form creation, and design."
  • "The cost is expensive, but worthwhile."
  • "The pricing works for us."

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    Jive vs Sharepoint vs Drupal Commons
    At Mediacurrent we often get requests to compare Drupal to other platforms used for intranet sites and social business platforms (like https://dev.twitter.com/ for example). This is often referred to as “Social Business Software”, which has grown in popularity in recent years. I decided to do a round-up of a couple of the more well known platforms and compare their products to Drupal. In this roundup we will be comparing Jive, Sharepoint and Drupal Commons. Drupal Commons is a popular distribution created by Acquia to compete with some of these other proprietary platforms. There are many other options out there, commercial and otherwise, to compare with Drupal but I want to focus on Jive and Sharepoint for a couple of reasons. I chose Jive because it is one of the leading competitors in this space in respect to market share. Next, I chose Sharepoint because I have some history with Sharepoint. This experience dates back to when I built www.adhe.edu with Sharepoint 2007 a few years ago. I subsequently wrote this blog entry about my experience shortly after joining Mediacurrent. This roundup will also act as a refresher for those who read my original “Drupal vs. Sharepoint” blog. Yammer, which was recently bought by Microsoft and is the tool we currently use for office communication will also get some mentions throughout this article. As I went through and tested each of these tools I used three main criteria in my evaluation Cost Ability to Customize Overall features… Read more →
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    What do you like most about SharePoint?
    Top Answer:The search feature is valuable.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SharePoint?
    Top Answer:The pricing is competitive. That's why almost all the companies are using SharePoint. I rate the pricing a ten out of ten. When we buy the license, the person buying must be well-educated on how the… more »
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    Ranking
    20th
    out of 25 in Indexing and Search
    Views
    56
    Comparisons
    42
    Reviews
    0
    Average Words per Review
    0
    Rating
    N/A
    1st
    out of 46 in Enterprise Content Management
    Views
    7,894
    Comparisons
    6,463
    Reviews
    17
    Average Words per Review
    562
    Rating
    8.2
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    BA Insight Enterprise Search Essentials, BA Insight Enterprise Search
    SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010
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    BA Insight
    Microsoft
    Overview

    Our Enterprise Search Essentials delivers capabilities that enhance SharePoint to behave more like internets. By leveraging it to improve your intranet, you can drive adoption (more usage, more users), increase user satisfaction, and improve productivity without the need for costly and time-consuming custom development.  Software can be implemented together, or individually, and each addresses a specific internet capability.

    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
    AARP, Amgen, Blank Rome, Chevron, Australian Government, EY, Hogan Lovells, Keurig Green Mountain, OFWAT, Pfizer, Stanford University, US Army, White & Case
    Toyota, Aeroports de Paris, ASBBank Ltd., Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals, CambridgeshireConstabulary, D&M Group, NPL Construction Company, and The Regional Municipality of Niagara.
    Top Industries
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    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Energy/Utilities Company8%
    University8%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Government12%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
    No Data Available
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business41%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise39%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise60%
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    BA Insight is ranked 20th in Indexing and Search while SharePoint is ranked 1st in Enterprise Content Management with 146 reviews. BA Insight is rated 8.0, while SharePoint is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of BA Insight writes "Refiners help to easily narrow down results based on metadata applied to content. Previews allow users to take action from search results without opening the document". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SharePoint writes "Good integrations, helps with collaboration, and increases visibility". BA Insight is most compared with Elastic Search, whereas SharePoint is most compared with Citrix ShareFile, Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, Box and WordPress.

    We monitor all Indexing and Search 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.