ASP.NET vs SharePoint Designer [EOL] comparison

ASP.NET and SharePoint Designer [EOL] are both solutions in the .NET Development Services category. ASP.NET is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.2, while SharePoint Designer [EOL] is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.7. ASP.NET holds a 12.5% mindshare in NDS, compared to SharePoint Designer [EOL]’s 8.6% mindshare. 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

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82% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

ASP.NET

Ranking in .NET Development Services

2nd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

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Ranking in other categories

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SharePoint Designer [EOL]

Ranking in .NET Development Services

3rd

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

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Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the .NET Development Services category, the mindshare of ASP.NET is 12.5%, up from 9.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SharePoint Designer [EOL] 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 is easy to learn, understand and develop."

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

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

"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"

"The developer support for ASP.NET is a big positive. It's actually very good, and since there are so many people who use ASP.NET, it's easy to get responses to questions about ASP.NET in the broader community."

"The solution is useful for seeing what old technology was before the new technology we use today, such as .NET."

"The most valuable feature of ASP.NET is its visual side, which makes building Windows forms applications visually efficient."

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"When you have a group project and you want to share your document with your group members, the solution is very useful."

"What I like most about this solution, is that we can use it as a secondary customization platform."

"The most valuable feature of SharePoint Designer is document management."

"The initial setup is not too complex."

"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."

"The solution tightly integrates with all other collaboration tools."

"The new version doesn't have the option to view data, but it has other, better features though."

"Retrieving documents and uploading them is easy."

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Cons

"I'd like to be able to run any application from a specific point instead of compiling all the code. For example, if I want to test function A, I should be able to test it even if my other functions aren't working. Like in SQL, you provide parameters to the function, and it executes. I'd like to see something similar in ASP.NET."

"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."

"The solution needs to support its framework on all devices used for mobile application development."

"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."

"It should be open source or deployable to any operating system so that the dependency can be removed."

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

"In my opinion, this solution should improve their web toolkit."

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

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"This solution could definitely be made easier to use."

"The search capabilities need to be improved."

"The solution does not need any additional features."

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

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

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

"SharePoint Designer could be improved by being more user-friendly. I think that they have a new release, but the focus is on Power Automate, not Designer. Designer's interface is somewhat classical, but it should be more user-friendly."

"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."

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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."

"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."

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

"ASP.NET is an open-source solution."

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

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

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

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"SharePoint Online has a subscription-based model for payments and the price is based on user usage."

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

"The tool is free of cost."

"We are using an enterprise SharePoint Designer license."

"The entire package is expensive. There is no extra cost in addition to the standard license."

"SharePoint Designer's pricing is okay."

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

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

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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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