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BlackBerry Workspaces vs SharePoint comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

BlackBerry Workspaces
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Content Collaboration Platforms (25th)
SharePoint
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
166
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (1st), Web Content Management (2nd), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (1st), Enterprise Intranet (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. BlackBerry Workspaces is designed for Content Collaboration Platforms and holds a mindshare of 1.4%, up 0.2% compared to last year.
SharePoint, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Content Management, holds 11.8% mindshare, down 16.2% since last year.
Content Collaboration Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
BlackBerry Workspaces1.4%
Office 3658.6%
Google Workspace8.1%
Other81.9%
Content Collaboration Platforms
Enterprise Content Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SharePoint11.8%
Alfresco7.1%
OpenText Content Management6.6%
Other74.5%
Enterprise Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

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Principal Director at implefy
Facilitates monitoring and control of our repositories, but would benefit from the inclusion of workflows
Our primary use case for this solution is secure file sharing All of our different repositories of documents, like SharePoint and Box, were linked to Workspaces to ensure that sharing content was monitored, controlled, and secure. The most valuable features are the ability to revoke rights after…
Ravi Raushan Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at ValueMomentum
Centralized document governance has boosted collaboration and made knowledge sharing structured
SharePoint is a powerful platform, but there are a few areas where I think it could be improved, such as user experience. For new users, the interface and navigation can feel quite complex, specifically when working with multiple sites and document libraries. Another improvement would be search functionalities. While it is good sometimes, it does not always return the most relevant result unless a document is very well-structured and tagged. Also, initial setup and customizations can be time-consuming and may require technical expertise, specifically when configuring workflows or permissions. From a modern development perspective, tighter and more seamless integrations with tools including Power Automate and better support for custom backend integrations through APIs could make it more efficient. Overall, simplifying usability and enhancing search and integration capability would make SharePoint even stronger. One additional area I would appreciate improvement would be performance and responsiveness, especially when dealing with a large document library. Sometimes loading or navigating through large datasets can feel quite slow. Another aspect is permissions management. While it is very powerful, it can become complex to manage at scale, specifically when there are multiple levels of access across teams and projects. Improving developer experience would also be beneficial. Making customization, API integrations, and extensions more straightforward would help teams, especially backend developers, leverage SharePoint more efficiently.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"All of our different repositories of documents, like SharePoint and Box, were linked to Workspaces to ensure that sharing content was monitored, controlled, and secure."
"The most valuable features are the ability to revoke rights after sending the document, and shoulder browsing protection."
"The most valuable features are the high number of ready-made snippets, easy basic process automation functionality, security model, and good integration with other Microsoft products."
"The most valuable features are the Integrations, web site, and search."
"MS Office 365 in combination with SharePoint, as a total collaboration tool, brings collaboration to another level."
"SharePoint is a ten out of ten solution."
"It offers an easy way to store unstructured content (.pdf, .doc, .xls, images) and to tag them with metadata."
"It has improve our organization by speeding up document sharing."
"We use this solution as central repository for all the corporate information systems."
"The most valuable aspect of SharePoint is its integration with Teams. T"
 

Cons

"I would like to see workflow implementation, as well as a lite version for non-business users."
"I would like to see workflow implementation, as well as a lite version for non-business users."
"It should have a lighter interface."
"The initial setup process is not intuitive."
"We need the storage of the files, the documents right now are in the database. Maybe SharePoint has to improve the capability to store the information in file systems."
"Setting up permissions can be overwhelming. If this can be improved it would be great."
"Document libraries and document management could be improved."
"The solution lacks collaboration features so that I am unable to collaboratively create and work on a document with others."
"Unless you have worked with a SharePoint business analyst, designer or power user, managing individual sites does require training to understand the components of the site settings and content."
"Ultimately SharePoint offers less than what you need for more than what you bargained."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The cost is expensive, but worthwhile."
"It is pretty reasonable. It is $5 per month per user. We have 12 users now, so it is about $60 per month."
"It is very expensive.​"
"The product is reasonably priced."
"The solution's pricing is relatively expensive because it's bundled with other products."
"The replacement costs for it are cheaper if you use only SharePoint."
"Licensing can be by server or by seat."
"Any extended support from Microsoft is expensive."
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Comparison Review

it_user8925 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer with 51-200 employees
Aug 23, 2013
Jive vs Sharepoint vs Drupal Commons
At Mediacurrent we often get requests to compare Drupal to other platforms used for intranet sites and social business platforms (like https://dev.twitter.com/ for example). This is often referred to as “Social Business Software”, which has grown in popularity in recent years. I decided to do a…
 

Top Industries

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Government
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business80
Midsize Enterprise39
Large Enterprise82
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SharePoint?
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What needs improvement with SharePoint?
SharePoint is a powerful platform, but there are a few areas where I think it could be improved, such as user experience. For new users, the interface and navigation can feel quite complex, specifi...
What is your primary use case for SharePoint?
My main use case for SharePoint is storing data, and it has primarily served as our document management and team collaboration platform. I have used it to organize and share documents, manage versi...
 

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SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010
 

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