ASP.NET vs SharePoint Designer comparison

ASP.NET and SharePoint Designer are both solutions in the .NET Development Services category. ASP.NET is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.2, while SharePoint Designer is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.7. ASP.NET holds a 12.4% mindshare in NDS, compared to SharePoint Designer’s 8.6% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of ASP.NET users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 82% of SharePoint Designer users who would recommend it.

ASP.NET

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96% willing to recommend

SharePoint Designer

Read 49 SharePoint Designer reviews

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82% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between ASP.NET 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.

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Categories and Ranking

ASP.NET

Ranking in .NET Development Services

3rd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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SharePoint Designer

Ranking in .NET Development Services

2nd

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the .NET Development Services category, the mindshare of ASP.NET is 12.4%, up from 8.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SharePoint Designer is 8.6%, down from 19.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Abhilash Cr

Solutions Architect at DreamOrbit

Very user-friendly and comes with in-built mechanisms for security and performance

With the technical stacks, what happened is that Microsoft evolved in such a way that the features that are available in other technologies were gradually incorporated into .NET or C# for any Microsoft technical areas, whether it is Azure or any other tech stack. So it's gradually happening. We already have some Power Apps and so on. At this moment, Power Apps is restricted within Azure or any kind of Microsoft environment. Such things in the future should be .NET Core. It should be open source or deployable to any operating system so that the dependency can be removed. And with a click, we can get a solution ready for deployment.

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Raphael Haroun Ikyagh

Network Administrator at Letshego

Offers ability to directly share documents and highly stable

It's been stable for me. I haven't encountered any issues with the sites I've developed locally within the organization as long as the license remains valid. It's very stable. I haven't had any issues with outages or needing to republish content. It's always accessible to authorized users, so it's stable. The stability is almost a ten out of ten for me.

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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

"The solution has good scalability."

"The most valuable feature of ASP.NET is the support of multiple platforms with ASP.NET Core. Additionally, Azure integrates well with ASP.NET and Visual Studio."

"It is easy to install ASP.NET on your laptop."

"The solution's framework supports storing all client-side and server-side code in one place."

"One of the most valuable features in ASP.NET is thread management with asynchronous processing. I've been implementing this for a few years and it has proven to be extremely helpful, especially when using a tool that wouldn't have worked without it. It's definitely a fundamental aspect of the platform."

"ASP.NET is stable. I did not have to do any maintenance on it."

"The solution is very easy to maintain because UI management is simple and many libraries are available."

"We use ASP.NET to develop web applications and web API. I'm working at a government financial institution in Mexico that helps citizens buy a house"

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"The initial setup is very straightforward."

"The drag and drop feature is the most useful feature when using this solution."

"What I found most valuable in SharePoint Designer is that through it, you can perform a lot of SharePoint functionalities, such as creating SharePoint lists and libraries, as well as customizing pages."

"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."

"The initial setup is not too complex."

"We mostly used this solution for file storage and basic functions, etcetera."

"It's been stable for me. I haven't encountered any issues with the sites I've developed locally within the organization as long as the license remains valid."

"If you're working in a communication channel team, SharePoint Designer is a great solution because it helps to have some customized solutions in terms of communication and to create web experiences for external teams."

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Cons

"In the future, I would like to see more AI and machine learning technologies made available in libraries."

"You are required to have knowledge of C#."

"It could use better reporting and documentation."

"The con is that every year they are launching a new technology, and for a company like us, we get confused which version should be used."

"Performance is an area that can always be improved."

"The technology to integrate with cloud information could be improved."

"Scripted languages like AngularJS and Node.js are much faster than using ASP on the client side."

"Sometimes we have issues with instability and it crashes, which is something that should be made to work better."

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"If you compare the workflow with other engines like Olympus and K2, it is very complicated to create a workflow."

"SharePoint Designer could improve by making the searching feature better. It is not accurate in some cases, and there are some descriptions that are not clear."

"The search function should improve in the solution."

"We'd like it if we got less frequent updates."

"The web services aspect of the solution is very weak."

"SharePoint Designer doesn't support the features that are available in the latest version of SharePoint Online."

"The initial setup depends on company specifics. So, it's a bit complex."

"SharePoint is too complex to install and maintain."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"On a scale from one to ten, with one being cost efficient and 10 being the most expensive, I would rate ASP.NET's pricing at six. There used to be IAF, which you could spin on a Windows machine. However, that sort of setup does not exist for Linux machines. Because customers still prefer a Windows underlying infrastructure, it can get expensive."

"ASP.NET is not an expensive solution."

"The price of ASP.NET is reasonable. I rate the pricing a five out of ten."

"The solution requires a licensing fee but is worth the investment."

"The pricing is somewhere in the middle. Not too expensive, but not the cheapest either."

"This is a free solution. However, we have some server licensing costs which are not directly a cost of using the solution."

"The pricing is a bit high and I believe that it can be brought down."

"The solution is open source and free."

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"It is a free solution that does not require a license."

"SharePoint Designer's pricing is okay."

"Priced per user per month with different plans to choose from."

"There is no licensing cost for Designer—it's free."

"I've never paid for SharePoint Designer. What I paid for, is the SharePoint license, the cava, and then the client accesses the line fee."

"The price is reasonable."

"Most of the time, our customer's license from Microsoft includes the cost of SharePoint. However, if you have to buy it then SharePoint is quite expensive."

"The tool is free of cost."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Performing Arts

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Government

13%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Company Size

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Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ASP.NET?

It is easy to install ASP.NET on your laptop.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ASP.NET?

ASP.NET is not an expensive solution.

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What needs improvement with ASP.NET?

ASP.NET is a very slow tool, and it should be faster.

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What do you like most about SharePoint Designer?

It saved me big time once! My car got broken into and they took my laptop with all my files. But I didn't have to worry because everything was backed up on SharePoint. It was a lifesaver!

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SharePoint Designer?

I've leased Microsoft SharePoint Designer for the enterprise, not System Center. It's for private work, web development specifically.

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What needs improvement with SharePoint Designer?

For me, it's flexible enough for most things. But maybe they could improve the user interface to make it easier for everyone to navigate and use. That would be a big plus.

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Overview

ASP.NET is a free web framework for building web sites, apps and services with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Microsoft

SharePoint Designer is the tool of choice for the rapid development of SharePoint applications. Using SharePoint Designer, advanced users and developers alike can rapidly create SharePoint solutions in response to business needs. Advanced users can compose no-code solutions that encompass a variety of common scenarios, from collaborative sites and web publishing to Line-Of-Business data integration, business intelligence solutions, and human workflows, leveraging the building blocks available in SharePoint in an easy to use environment.

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Sample Customers

Kienzle Automotive GmbH, Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Vengo Labs, Oneview Healthcare, BookedOut, Ministry of Rural Development, Grupo WRR

Pyrotek Inc., ICA, Deliver Australia, Secretary of Economy of Mexico, Aegon, ABB Switzerland, Ascent Yarns Private Limited, Bakewell Biscuits Pvt Ltd, Hitachi Consulting

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