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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
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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.
Raphael Haroun  Ikyagh - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

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."
"Our experience has been very positive and we are satisfied with what we have."
"It is easy to install ASP.NET on your laptop."
"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."
"Our main product is built using ASP.Net, so basically ASP.Net is helping us formulate the future of our company."
"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 useful for seeing what old technology was before the new technology we use today, such as .NET."
"It is seamless compared to Java or any other technology stack."
"We like the highly customizable websites that you can build."
"The most valuable feature is the simplicity, standardization, and ability to create more than one portal."
"SharePoint Designer has made information available centrally 24/7."
"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 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!"
"As an enterprise, I'd say it is completely worth the money."
"SharePoint has very good features for collaboration."
"I find the document management and search of SharePoint the most valuable features."
 

Cons

"In the future, I would like to see more AI and machine learning technologies made available in libraries."
"There should be consistent customization related to security, features, and developers, making the solution more understandable and adaptable."
"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."
"It should be open source or deployable to any operating system so that the dependency can be removed."
"Scripted languages like AngularJS and Node.js are much faster than using ASP on the client side."
"Not best for SEO out of the box."
"The solution needs to support its framework on all devices used for mobile application development."
"In my opinion, this solution should improve their web toolkit."
"The system can become slow which should be improved."
"If you compare the workflow with other engines like Olympus and K2, it is very complicated to create a workflow."
"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."
"Exporting the whole SharePoint website is an issue."
"SharePoint Designer doesn't support the features that are available in the latest version of SharePoint Online."
"Sharepoint could improve the user interface to make it easier for everyone to navigate and use. That would be a big plus."
"I would like to see SharePoint improve the integration with different systems. I also would like to see more customization."
"There is zero technical support. I have to use Google to fix the issues myself."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"ASP.NET is an open-source 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 solution is comparatively cheaper, and you don't have to pay anything for a developer license."
"The price of ASP.NET is reasonable. I rate the pricing a five out of ten."
"ASP.NET is not an expensive solution."
"The solution is free to use."
"The pricing is somewhere in the middle. Not too expensive, but not the cheapest either."
"The pricing is a bit high and I believe that it can be brought down."
"I use Macintosh devices, and because this solution is not available in the Apple Ecosystem I use it because it is cost-effective."
"SharePoint Online has a subscription-based model for payments and the price is based on user usage."
"The price is reasonable."
"Priced per user per month with different plans to choose from."
"The cost of the solution is based on multiple factors such as the number of users, and any customization that may be required."
"SharePoint Designer is less expensive than other solutions we have used. We purchased Office 365 which SharePoint comes with the package."
"The tool is free of cost."
"The entire package is expensive. There is no extra cost in addition to the standard license."
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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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