Microsoft Office SharePoint Server vs Microsoft OneDrive for Business comparison

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server vs. Microsoft OneDrive for Business

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Office SharePoint...

Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms

5th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

4.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Microsoft OneDrive for Busi...

Ranking in Content Collaboration Platforms

4th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

4.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Content Collaboration Platforms category, the mindshare of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is 3.6%, down from 8.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft OneDrive for Business is 7.1%, down from 10.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Content Collaboration Platforms Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Microsoft OneDrive for Business	7.1%
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server	3.6%
Other	89.3%

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Daniel Giacomelli

Security and Compliance at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Has transformed how I manage documents through metadata and automation while enabling structured collaboration

Microsoft should restore some functionalities from older versions of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2003 and 2010. Specifically, bringing back something similar to SharePoint Designer would be beneficial. SharePoint Designer was both advantageous and challenging - developers found it limiting and preferred Visual Studio, while non-developers struggled to use it effectively. A new tool for configuring webpage design and development for content pages would be valuable. The current system is too basic. While integration of filtered lists and libraries is possible, it requires knowledge of Python or jQuery. A WYSIWYG editor would be preferable to requiring programming knowledge or Visual Studio.

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AbhishekMishra2

Technology Analyst at Infosys

Positive features enhance collaboration but room for improvement in file syncing

Regarding Microsoft OneDrive for Business's versioning control, sometimes there are syncing problems. Microsoft OneDrive for Business is available on the cloud as well as on my local machine. When we put a file in Microsoft OneDrive for Business on the local machine, it takes some time to sync, and sometimes it gives an error, which is a specific issue I have encountered. If Microsoft works on the syncing part of Microsoft OneDrive for Business, it would greatly enhance its functionality. Sometimes we update a file, and it isn't showing on another end, which requires us to run a sync again for it to appear. That part, if addressed by Microsoft, would be great. I love SharePoint more, so I will provide feedback in relation to that. SharePoint has only one folder, and we must create multiple folders within that to store files. If they introduce a categorized option, similar to SharePoint where we have team site differentiators, and options for creating communication sites, that would be fantastic for Microsoft OneDrive for Business.

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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 forms aspect of the solution, for example, the creation of surveys, is its most valuable aspect."

"This product has improved the way our organization functions in the following manner: We are provided with policies and procedures for administration, we can store all the documentation related to all IT projects, and we have developed some workflows for automating licensing requests and other types of requests."

"The collaboration, the ability for multiple users to work on a single document."

"Ability to collaborate with others in one location."

"Using these features together, we converted our paper work to electronic digital data."

"The best features of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server are the integration between SharePoint, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, and email."

"Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is a scalable solution because our applications are not staying in one place, year on year we are increasing users, so definitely it can scale with what we need."

"The ability to work through a web browser without requiring installation on devices is particularly beneficial."

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"The most valuable feature is to be able to modify the file online and keep it stored on the cloud, since it is not necessary to download it to make modifications."

"Scalability is good just because it is a cloud-based product."

"Using this software, it has had an amazing impact moneywise on our business."

"The best features of Microsoft OneDrive for Business are its continuous improvement in terms of cloud capabilities, security features, and user experience as it's enhancing every day compared to the past."

"The feature that I have found the most valuable is that Microsoft OneDrive works with any Enterprise Cloud Solutions Office app. You can edit a document on the cloud, share documents with your colleagues, and monitor changes. You can access your work almost anywhere. You can also sync Microsoft OneDrive with your workstation so that whatever you are working on gets automatically backed up to the cloud at regular intervals. So even if your system crashes, you still have a copy of your documents in the cloud, which I found very useful."

"The most valuable feature is to be able to modify the file online and keep it stored on the cloud, since it is not necessary to download it to make modifications."

"My advice to others is that since Microsoft OneDrive for Business is portable, you can access it anywhere from any devices if you have an account with Microsoft."

"Some of the best features I appreciate most about Microsoft OneDrive are the simplicity to map different kinds of SharePoint files that are stored in the cloud."

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Cons

"The velocity and speed of information retrieval in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server could be improved."

"The search feature needs improvement. I can never find the information I need when I use it."

"Sharepoint doesn't integrate well with Oracle, and we use a lot of Oracle products at our company. Therefore, it makes more sense for us to go to Oracle instead of continuing to use Sharepoint."

"It is a bit restrictive to develop in the cloud version. A lot of features are in the cloud now, and you have to develop on the outside. As far as the platform and the programming side of things are concerned, it is moving more towards configuration management rather than programming. When we are doing solutions, we are basically just configuring it to make solutions happen rather than actually using the Visual Studio code and developing from scratch in the cloud. It is almost like creating an app. You have created an app for your phone, but the app doesn't really sit on your phone. It sits somewhere on a server, and the database sits on another server. The app is just pulling and pushing information. The whole development has changed. We used to install things directly on the server and then run the application from the server. Now, it is more of a modular architecture."

"The product could be improved by accommodating different technologies, particularly integration."

"The document management features of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server are not very good compared to OneDrive."

"The product is behind in development and lacks some features."

"The solution needs to be more collaborative. I believe they are just coming up with the themes for this right now."

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"The area that can be improved is to be able to share easily with folks outside the organization and with folks who don't have an office account. Sometimes, when you send a link, you might have some form of repetition. If you don't know how to share it properly, whoever you are sharing it with will have issues using it. Also, the link that you use to share a document can be made a bit shorter. It doesn't have to be long. Typically, when you want to share a document, it has everything, such as the name of the organization, SharePoint, etc. A short URL will be easier to use, and it will just make life easier, especially because a lot of people are now going mobile. I'm not sure if there's a mobile version of Microsoft OneDrive, similar to Google Drive. If they don't have a mobile app, it would also be nice to have a mobile app because that would help in checking out your documents. It would be easy to check your documents on the go on your phone."

"It takes too long for OneDrive to synchronize various applications, especially when you are saving office data. It also requires too much bandwidth."

"There are not enough ways to assign permissions to shared folders and files."

"If I want to pick out certain criteria of pictures, Google enables me to do that whereas OneDrive is a bit sort of flaky."

"An increase in the capacity of storage in the free version would be nice."

"It is not very stable because there are a lot of bugs."

"Microsoft OneDrive could improve because it doesn't support backing up .PST files, which are Outlook data files, and email archives. This is a substantial setback when it comes to Microsoft OneDrive."

"The technical support is really very bad."

More Microsoft OneDrive for Business cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing plans may be flexible depending on volume usage and your corporate relationship with Microsoft."

"There are some aggressive discounts offered by Microsoft for organizations that are not for profit, which we are, and it makes it quite attractive to consider."

"One of the reasons why we don't recommend the cloud version of SharePoint is the cost. With the on premise version, you pay for the license once. For the cloud version, there is a recurring fee. It is very expensive. They expect everyone to pay $20 or $30 per user per month."

"It can be expensive for on-premises deployments, especially when you have to support SQL Server as your backend database. That's where the cost comes into play. SQL Server has its own licensing, which Microsoft keeps on changing. Therefore, it can become costly. In the earlier versions of SharePoint, version 2007 or 2010, they had an express version where the SQL Server licensing was free. It wasn't like a full-blown SharePoint. It was only a slimmed-down version. It used to be whatever your hardware costs. You would install the free software and work with it, but you were very limited in what you could do in SharePoint. If you wanted the SharePoint Enterprise Server with all the bells and whistles, then you had to pay more to get the SQL Server license based on the number of users or servers. The subscription model is different for cloud deployments. Licensing is per user and per month. The cost also depends on the storage required. If you have a lot of sites or documents, then you need to expand it based on your needs."

"Using this software, it has had an amazing impact moneywise on our business. It allows us to share documents without the need of extra hardware."

"Costwise, it is a great option. In most cases, it is a free space, which will be more than enough for most customers."

"We pay a lot for the Enterprise version, but it is a premium service."

"The licensing is expensive and on a yearly basis."

"OneDrive comes with Microsoft 365 so it is just an added part of that package."

"This is a pricy solution, given that we are only using it at 50% capacity."

"It is free if you are using Office 365, and you get a terabyte of storage with your account."

"The price of Microsoft OneDrive is reasonable and compatible with competitors."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

Marketing Services Firm

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	13
Large Enterprise	17

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	15

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server?

I am not aware of the pricing, so I cannot say if the solution is expensive or quite affordable.

What needs improvement with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server?

My expectation when I start using a Microsoft product is that it would be easy to incorporate diagrams and such from other Microsoft Office products. Incorporating a diagram I've embedded in a slid...

What is your primary use case for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server?

I produce content about the work I'm doing inside the company, making information about IT architecture, work processes within IT architecture, and security reviews of applications or infrastructur...

What needs improvement with Microsoft OneDrive?

I don't have any problems with Microsoft online products such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint or with Microsoft OneDrive for Business, and I wouldn't change anything.

What is your primary use case for Microsoft OneDrive?

In this company, we use Microsoft OneDrive for Business for around one year. The use is for storing files automatically when the machine goes down. If I have a local machine and lose information, w...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft OneDrive?

I don't know the pricing for Microsoft OneDrive as I am just an end user. In my company, another person manages this, so I don't have access to pricing information.

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Also Known As

Office SharePoint Server, MS Office SharePoint Server

MS OneDrive

Overview

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) is a Microsoft software portal based on the ASP.NET framework. MOSS facilitates file sharing and collaboration, social networking, Web databases and Web publishing. It is hosted by Microsoft Windows Server and is accessible through Microsoft Office or the Web.

Microsoft

Microsoft OneDrive for Business integrates with Microsoft applications, offering cloud editing, automatic saves, and extensive collaboration tools. It provides substantial storage, allowing users to sync folders, manage version history, and access files globally.

A cloud-based storage service, Microsoft OneDrive for Business enhances productivity through seamless Microsoft applications integration. It enables users to edit documents online, sync specific folders, and maintain extensive version histories. The platform supports file sharing and collaboration with substantial storage capabilities, ensuring data accessibility from anywhere. Its user-friendly interface allows for easy file organization and sharing while prioritizing security through advanced features. Though it excels in connectivity, bandwidth usage and file syncing issues sometimes occur, especially with large files. Room for improvement includes more intuitive interfaces, enhanced multimedia handling, and strengthened customer support during transitions.

What are the important features of Microsoft OneDrive for Business?

Seamless Integration: Works effortlessly with Microsoft applications for productivity.
Automatic Saves: Ensures ongoing work is saved without user intervention.
Extensive Cloud Editing: Provides tools for online document editing and collaboration.
Folder Syncing: Allows selective folder synchronization across devices.
Version History: Maintains records of document edits over time.
Global Access: Facilitates access to files from any location.
Security Features: Implements robust measures to protect user data.
Sharing Capabilities: Offers options for file and folder sharing with permissions.

What benefits should users consider in reviews?

Increased Collaboration: Enhances team productivity with shared folders and access.
Cloud Storage Efficiency: Reduces reliance on physical storage devices.
Data Accessibility: Ensures files are accessible across multiple devices.
Security and Backup: Provides secure storage and backup for critical documents.

Businesses across industries deploy Microsoft OneDrive for Business for secure file sharing and team collaboration. With the ability to store and access documents across devices, the platform supports efficient data management and backup solutions. Companies often integrate it with SharePoint for additional storage and project management flexibility.

Microsoft

Sample Customers

Del Monte Foods, Unicredit Leasing, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, Nokia Czech Republic, Perkins Eastman, JLL, ICA, óxito Software, Dorset Software, PKP Cargo, Arcapita Bank B.S.C., AVE CZ, Chesapeake Energy

Chevron, Accenture, Booz Allen Hamilton, DBS, Nestle, Lowe's, MGM Resorts, Textron, MGM Resorts

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server vs. Microsoft OneDrive for Business