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ASP.NET vs SharePoint Designer [EOL] comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

ASP.NET
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
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SharePoint Designer [EOL]
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

SasidharParupudi - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Vladimir Vasilev - PeerSpot reviewer
Digital Lead at Baker Tilly
Helps to centralize and share files and has an easy setup
I'm using the solution for creating different sites in our organization. We also use it for a file repository mainly.  It's provided us with a centralized document database that is available to all collaborators 24/7. There are good features in general. It helps centralize and store files.  It's…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"ASP.NET works well with Windows applications and more generally, the Windows platform."
"The solution has good scalability."
"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 most valuable feature is that it's easy to use."
"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"
"It is easy to install ASP.NET on your laptop."
"Our main product is built using ASP.Net, so basically ASP.Net is helping us formulate the future of our company."
"The most valuable feature is that it's easy to use."
"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."
"The solution tightly integrates with all other collaboration tools."
"We like that the interface is very user-friendly making it easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the capability of creating HTML pages, with CSS code."
"You can give document access to people based on their email addresses. You will also get notifications whenever the document is ready for review."
"The workflow is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The most valuable aspects of the solution are the user-friendly interface and easy workflow."
"The Power App is the most valuable feature."
 

Cons

"It could use better reporting and documentation."
"ASP.NET does not support Apple or macOS devices."
"The caching could improve in ASP.NET. I don't often run into limitations with ASP.NET. More often, it's the other tools we use that slow us down."
"Scripted languages like AngularJS and Node.js are much faster than using ASP on the client side."
"ASP.NET is not the best solution for all companies looking to implement a solution like it."
"Not best for SEO out of the box."
"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."
"But the con is that every year they are launching a new technology, and for a company like us, we get confused about which version should be used."
"If you compare the workflow with other engines like Olympus and K2, it is very complicated to create a workflow."
"I believe Microsoft does not support Sharepoint on-premises. They only support Sharepoint on the Cloud."
"I want the tool to be more approachable to people. I would like to see AI integration with the tool's future versions."
"In the solution, if you have a case of accidental deletion, there's no restoration, which should have been there."
"SharePoint Designer doesn't support the features that are available in the latest version of SharePoint Online."
"The pricing is a little bit high and can be reduced."
"SharePoint Designer's integration with Microsoft tools could be improved."
"The search capabilities need to be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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 free to use."
"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 open-source and free of charge."
"The price of ASP.NET is reasonable. I rate the pricing a five out of ten."
"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 pricing is somewhere in the middle. Not too expensive, but not the cheapest either."
"The solution is comparatively cheaper, and you don't have to pay anything for a developer license."
"The cost of the license is based on the size of the user base."
"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."
"It is a free solution that does not require a license."
"The tool is free of cost."
"SharePoint Designer's pricing is okay."
"SharePoint Designer is less expensive than other solutions we have used. We purchased Office 365 which SharePoint comes with the package."
"The price is reasonable."
"There is no licensing cost for Designer—it's free."
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9%
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Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise13
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Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise21
 

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...
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...
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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