ASP.NET vs SharePoint Designer [EOL] comparison

ASP.NET and SharePoint Designer [EOL] are both solutions in the .NET Development Services category. Additionally, 96% of ASP.NET users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 82% of SharePoint Designer [EOL] users who would recommend it.

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96% 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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Amr Hammad

Managing Director at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Has improved development efficiency through long-term familiarity and reliable architecture

It's important to focus on productivity. The more heavyweight the system becomes, the more we need to focus only on our core and repeated functionalities, making them easier for us. They have done a great job in this, but we still need more improvements. What we need is for developers to complete tasks in less time. ChatGPT helps us significantly, but this is through an external tool. If it were integrated into the system, providing self-revision and highlighting recommendations when code is written, automatically highlighting weaknesses and problems, that would be a great improvement.

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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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Pros

"ASP.NET's best features are its application structure and API testing."

"The most valuable features are ease of use, scalability, and flexibility."

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

"I have found the entity framework to be a valuable feature. The authentication layer is amazing as well. ASP.NET has a vibrant community, and as a result, we haven't had the need to contact technical support."

"The main pro is that it's very easy and we have Microsoft helping to stabilize the product which is coming with the all new features every year."

"The solution is easy to integrate and understand. It has a very good user interface and a lot of prebuilt tools, which require a lot less coding if we compare it to other solutions."

"The most valuable feature is that it's easy to use."

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

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"We used SharePoint Designer 2013 widely for data mining, exploring the content, and editing. Those are the main features that you would need to use SharePoint Designer for."

"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 scalability is excellent, and I rate it ten out of ten."

"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."

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

"Other valuable features are the ability able to update the master file, and creating the workflow."

"It’s very convenient for me to update. Last time I used a function called Word. It is a good function, which I can use to coordinate easily."

"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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Cons

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

"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."

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

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

"It would be beneficial if Microsoft provided more support for certain technologies, such as Blazor, in the form of basic components. As it stands, some reliance on third-party tools may be necessary. Having more support from Microsoft for these technologies would make it easier for users to build and maintain applications. For example, the grids, date pickers, and dropdown lists would be components to add."

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

"Sometimes it can be really difficult to debug using ASP.NET. When there's an issue, trying to find out the cause is not always easy, so debugging is the top area for improvement, in my opinion."

"It could use better reporting and documentation."

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"I have heard of clients that have complained about the stability once a certain amount of data, over 200 gigs has been reached as well as the stability of SQL Databases."

"The system can become slow which should be improved."

"SharePoint is too complex to install and maintain."

"Designer is easy to manage."

"The record management and digital signature sides need improvement because we still need to rely on other third-party tools."

"The solution is not very flexible when trying to access the solution via a personal PC."

"The solution does not need any additional features."

"Adding guest users is a bit difficult on SharePoint."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

"I think ASP.NET, in deployment, is something that's quite costly when you're on a cloud provider such as Azure, and you have to pay the server cost. On average, it can cost approximately $1,000 per month to host a good site with a few databases."

"The solution is comparatively cheaper, and you don't have to pay anything for a developer license."

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

"ASP.NET is not an expensive 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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"The pricing is fair."

"This solution is free of charge."

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

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

"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."

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

"The tool's pricing is cheap."

"SharePoint Designer is a free product. It's SharePoint that needs a license, not SharePoint Designer."

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Company Size

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Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	11

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	19
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	21

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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