ASP.NET vs SharePoint Designer [EOL] comparison

ASP.NET and SharePoint Designer [EOL] are both solutions in the .NET Development Services category. Additionally, 97% of ASP.NET users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 82% of SharePoint Designer [EOL] users who would recommend it.

ASP.NET

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97% willing to recommend

SharePoint Designer [EOL]

Read 49 SharePoint Designer [EOL] reviews

82% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

ASP.NET

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

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SharePoint Designer [EOL]

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

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Featured Reviews

SasidharParupudi

Principle Consultant at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Building reliable web APIs and sites has become faster and development stays well supported

I think Microsoft can make ASP.NET better by catching up with other frameworks by adopting features that are very popular in those frameworks, such as minimal APIs and other innovations. They have introduced Blazor, which is their newer front-end development software framework, but unfortunately, Blazor is not well adopted in the market. However, I feel that they will catch up in the future as Blazor has a lot of potential. In my opinion, there is not anything extra needed immediately for ASP.NET; the framework is self-sufficient and very mature at this stage. The problem lies with wider adoption, as some people are anti-Microsoft and prefer open-source alternatives such as React. Microsoft could potentially do a better job at marketing these solutions, but other than that, the tool has the potential to be used in any enterprise-level applications. I would say the setup process for ASP.NET is relatively simple, but with the latest generation of user management or integration with OpenID, the documentation is not comprehensive in terms of what you can do with the latest libraries. They support many things and have decoupled themselves from their own identity servers, but still need to improve documentation considerably.

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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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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"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."

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

"ASP.NET does have good support for Web APIs for creating RESTful services."

"We find the solution to be scalable."

"The solution has good scalability."

"The solution provides a good framework for creating commands and portals for user log-ins and can perform many functions such as special credentials or authorizations that are specific to each user."

"It's a pretty stable solution."

"I would say that we have seen a return on investment when it comes to this solution."

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"The basic functionality the solution makes it easy to share documents or information with the team."

"The most valuable features of SharePoint Designer are integration and collaboration capabilities, such as allowing more than one person to edit a file."

"SharePoint Designer is easy to deploy and it is one of the most valuable features. The whole process took a couple of days and it is easy to work on."

"As an enterprise, I'd say it is completely worth the money."

"SharePoint Designer is the best solution we have."

"I find the document management and search of SharePoint the most valuable features."

"You can give document access to people based on their email addresses. You will also get notifications whenever the document is ready for review."

"I have setup many simple and complex workflows, very useful for daily automation (invoices, travel, leave approval) and it is also useful to make small branding customizations."

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Cons

"The solution is out of date and should not be used."

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

"Not best for SEO out of the box."

"There are often stability issues when new updates are first released."

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

"The pages are relatively large and hence may be slow."

"The most important thing to improve in the next release would be support in tooling and high-level designer toolbox for cross-platform mobile app development."

"I am sure there is something that has room for improvement but nothing specific comes to mind."

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"We were using SharePoint Designer 2013, but we have recently upgraded to modern SharePoint; however, because the development platform was changed, the new SharePoint Designer is very limited, so we don't use SharePoint Designer very often."

"SharePoint does not have enough resources to cover the security part."

"If they included some training modules, I would give them a ten, because that would make it even more user-friendly."

"SharePoint Designer could improve most in analytics and reporting."

"The solution is a bit complex. They should work to simplify it."

"The interface of SharePoint Designer could be improved, such as in SAP."

"The scalability is a little bit complex. We do have a lot of issues with scalability."

"It needs to align with PowerApps and Power Automate."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is open source and free."

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

"ASP.NET is not an expensive solution."

"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."

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

"ASP.NET is open-source and free of charge."

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

"The solution is free to use."

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"This solution is free of charge."

"The cost of the solution is based on multiple factors such as the number of users, and any customization that may be required."

"We are using an enterprise SharePoint Designer license."

"The pricing is fair."

"The cost of the license is based on the size of the user base."

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

"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."

"I use Macintosh devices, and because this solution is not available in the Apple Ecosystem I use it because it is cost-effective."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

16%

Outsourcing Company

Performing Arts

Financial Services Firm

20%

Construction Company

16%

Outsourcing Company

Marketing Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	16
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	13

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	20
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	21

Questions from the Community

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

Our solution is deployed in a hybrid setup; we have some on-site on a private cloud and some on Azure. Most of our costing comes from database licensing, as we use SQL Server, which has very costly...

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What needs improvement with ASP.NET?

With the Aspire project, the community is working well on third-party tools for integration, but as a framework, it is solid for almost all normal use cases. For some advanced use cases, I do not s...

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What is your primary use case for ASP.NET?

I am mainly developing backend solutions, microservices, and monolithic web backends with ASP.NET.I tried Angular and Blazor; I worked with Angular a long time ago, but I worked with a small projec...

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Overview

ASP.NET is a versatile framework providing cross-platform support, high performance, and robust security. Its architecture supports developers' flexibility and scalability needs, ensuring efficient resource management and seamless Visual Studio and Azure integration.

With its modular framework and dependency injection, ASP.NET enhances development efficiency. Developers appreciate its ease of use, extensive third-party controls, and prebuilt tools, making it a preferred choice for web services, APIs, and backend projects. Despite needing improvements in productivity focus, AI integration, and documentation, its vibrant community and frequent updates keep ASP.NET relevant. Improved mobile support and leveraging open-source capabilities could enhance its adoption further.

What features make ASP.NET stand out?

Cross-Platform Support: Ensures applications run smoothly on different environments.
High Performance: Designed for speed and efficient use of resources.
Asynchronous Programming: Handles more tasks concurrently, boosting performance.
Unified MVC and Web API: Simplifies development with a cohesive approach.
Robust Security: Offers strong protection against vulnerabilities.

What benefits should users consider?

Ease of Use: Simplifies development, reducing learning curves.
Scalability: Allows applications to grow with business demands.
Flexibility: Adapts to different industries and project requirements.
Community Support: Extensive documentation and community resources facilitate problem-solving.

ASP.NET finds major use in sectors such as finance, logistics, automotive, and aerospace. It's integral for businesses handling inventory management, financial services, and e-commerce. Teams use ASP.NET alongside ASP.NET Core for microservices and server-side development, often integrating with frontend frameworks like React and Angular for comprehensive web applications and APIs.

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.

Microsoft

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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