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We performed a comparison between Microsoft Teams and SharePoint based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Virtual Meetings solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Microsoft Teams vs. SharePoint Report (Updated: January 2023).
768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use.
Here are some excerpts of what they said:
Pros
"The group chat is very good.""The most valuable features of Microsoft Teams are the calendar integration and the integration of chat and chat history into events.""I like the solution's chat and meeting feature. We have different teams and the product helps us to communicate fastly. Within five minutes all the teams can be on the same page.""The most valuable features are that it is an all-in-one platform, making it very easy for collaboration with your core employees.""You can use Microsoft Teams to chat with people, share your documents, manage your calendar, manage your project, and assign tasks.""The video conferencing is good.""Setting up Teams was not difficult.""The tool makes it easy for us to book meetings. It seamlessly integrates with the Office application which we are using for the last four years."

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"Removed the need of paper storage and people flow into the office.""It has improve our organization by speeding up document sharing.""SharePoint has made things easier with the increased functionality for building the portals, microsites, and total integration with Microsoft categories.""We can arrange all our documents on one platform and see the document's changes and edits.""We can now share to team members by MS Teams and assign planners to follow and update statuses in a single platform.""SharePoint has an option where you can open files on the browser, whereby more than five people can make amendments to one Excel online file.""What I like about SharePoint is that they keep up with a lot of updates, and they bring out new features. I also like that the system is integrated with the Microsoft 365 suite of apps.""Helps with document collaboration and workflow."

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Cons
"I would say that Microsoft Team invitations from the calendar within the solution could be improved.""The security needs improvement, as well as the ability to back up private chats.""The chat option in the Teams tab is not very helpful. We don't use it very often. There is also an expiration on the recordings. It would be useful to not have a time limit.""Microsoft Teams withdrew the Wiki function, which was quite a good and useful feature.""It would be good if the solution had some sort of AI built into it while taking the transcript so that at least the sentences made sense.""SharePoint was more robust and customizable earlier.""At times, we encounter difficulties with remote access through Teams, which requires improvement.""There are some issues with stability."

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"Needs improvement on the user interface.""One issue is that when users mistakenly hide files or set permissions incorrectly, it can lead to files becoming inaccessible, requiring intervention from Microsoft support to resolve.""Processing data from multiple site collections is not easy as they reside in different databases.""Too many versions being released in a short time period. Too much time being devoted to migration planning.""The initial setup was very complex.""The workflow engine cannot support the business needs.""Integration needs to be more straightforward, particularly with Azure. SharePoint also needs a more comprehensive introductory course for users.""Document management and the ability to easily integrate single sign-on (SSO) are areas for improvement in SharePoint."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Pricing is free to a threshold and then after that you have to license per user."
  • "It is the standard license which is part of many Office packets."
  • "We are satisfied with the price of this solution."
  • "If you have content that requires more security and you want to use it in a more secure manner, with more protection, then it will come at a higher cost."
  • "If you have clients who do not have a computer and are joining with their phones it's an additional fee of $5.00 per user."
  • "The pricing for Teams is very competitive."
  • "My understanding is that there are licensing fees, but I'm not sure how much they might be."
  • "It is affordable because it also includes the licenses on Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office and SharePoint."
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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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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:It's great for meetings and even hybrid classes, for example, where the teacher has students attending in person and online at the same time. It's really convenient for that too, and I like that you… more »
    Top Answer:The pricing is okay. The higher education department manages the subscription, so I am unaware of the licensing costs.
    Top Answer:The only issue is sometimes, when I share my screen, and there's text on it, the compression can make it very blurry. If Teams could solve this problem so that text remains clear during screen… more »
    Top Answer: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… more »
    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 »
    Ranking
    5th
    out of 63 in Virtual Meetings
    Views
    220
    Comparisons
    96
    Reviews
    106
    Average Words per Review
    331
    Rating
    8.4
    Views
    7,894
    Comparisons
    6,463
    Reviews
    17
    Average Words per Review
    562
    Rating
    8.2
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    Also Known As
    MS Teams
    SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010
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    Overview

    At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our mission is grounded in both the world in which we live and the future we strive to create. Today, we live in a mobile-first, cloud-first world, and the transformation we are driving across our businesses is designed to enable Microsoft and our customers to thrive in this world.

    We do business in 170 countries and are made up of 114,000 passionate employees dedicated to fulfilling our mission of helping you and your organization achieve more.

    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
    Honeywll, AIRFRANCE, AccuWeather, Lilly
    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
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Manufacturing Company14%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization61%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Government4%
    Computer Software Company4%
    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
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business34%
    Midsize Enterprise27%
    Large Enterprise39%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business7%
    Midsize Enterprise63%
    Large Enterprise30%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business41%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise39%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise60%
    Buyer's Guide
    Microsoft Teams vs. SharePoint
    January 2023
    Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft Teams vs. SharePoint and other solutions. Updated: January 2023.
    768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Microsoft Teams is ranked 5th in Virtual Meetings with 145 reviews while SharePoint is ranked 1st in Enterprise Content Management with 146 reviews. Microsoft Teams is rated 8.2, while SharePoint is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Microsoft Teams writes "Great for project planning and monitoring with easy communication capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SharePoint writes "Good integrations, helps with collaboration, and increases visibility". Microsoft Teams is most compared with Atlassian Confluence, Symphony, Loom, Chatter and Huddle, whereas SharePoint is most compared with Citrix ShareFile, Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, Box and Objective ECM. See our Microsoft Teams vs. SharePoint report.

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