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Huddle vs SharePoint comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Huddle
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
9.5
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Content Collaboration Platforms (21st)
SharePoint
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
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. Huddle is designed for Content Collaboration Platforms and holds a mindshare of 1.3%, up 0.2% compared to last year.
SharePoint, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Content Management, holds 12.0% mindshare, down 15.6% since last year.
Content Collaboration Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Huddle1.3%
Office 3658.2%
Dropbox Business - Enterprise7.7%
Other82.8%
Content Collaboration Platforms
Enterprise Content Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SharePoint12.0%
OpenText Documentum Content Management6.5%
Alfresco6.4%
Other75.1%
Enterprise Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

it_user669327 - PeerSpot reviewer
Digital Marketing Manager at a non-tech company with 11-50 employees
With a dispersed team, we set permissions on files that are relevant to each team.
We use Huddle to store important team files. With a dispersed team, we set permissions on files that are relevant to each team. This helps us keep files up to date, as well as to streamline projects For file sharing, we were working on a pitch for a European-based client and our team was broken…
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

"We use Huddle to store important team files, and with a dispersed team, we set permissions on files that are relevant to each team, helping us keep files up to date and streamline projects."
"It is a good solution for the enterprise level."
"For any organization with more than one person in it, if they are trying to organize things to let people in the company know what others are doing, then this solution is good for them."
"It has helped us collapse all our versions into a single file."
"It simplifies development of portal and document management, and by using Office 365, we got good integration with office tools."
"Combined reports and data with timeline tracking, better than looking into three systems to find the full picture."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is file sharing or information sharing."
"It's very high, I can't disclose exact figures, but it's a seven-figure number."
"The intranet was an instant hit with everyone and wikis have been very popular."
 

Cons

"I think the navigation from project to project could be improved, but other than that, nothing I would add."
"I would like it to be more compliant with global regulations. There are certain features which could be included that currently are not there, such as compliance and record management capabilities."
"Almost all of the areas of the product have room for improvement; some more than others."
"Technical support is bad, as the support is for all other Microsoft products."
"SharePoint designer workflows can be buggy sometimes without any apparent reason."
"We'd like to be able to upload from MS Excel to deploy tasks and use drop-down lists to collect further information."
"Submitting document changes function needs to be improved."
"Technical support rates a 3.5/5."
"In general, it is a good product, but it has limited support and too much expertise required."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"For this type of solution, it is not wise to buy it without Software Assurance."
"The pricing is competitive."
"Licensing can be by server or by seat."
"It comes bundled with the Microsoft 365 pricing plans."
"The solution's pricing is relatively expensive because it's bundled with other products."
"The data classification and search elements are cheap."
"It is very expensive.​"
"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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Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
9%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business81
Midsize Enterprise40
Large Enterprise83
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SharePoint?
I do not know the difference between the prices of the two solutions; I did not work on this project.
What needs improvement with SharePoint?
For me SharePoint is amazing. I have not thought about any feature that could be better because downloads and renaming are all easy. However, there is a feature that could be better. When you are u...
What is your primary use case for SharePoint?
We use SharePoint as our cloud storage for files, folders, and everything else. We have different teams, including the evidence and impact team which I work with, the alumni team, and other teams t...
 

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SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010
 

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Sample Customers

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