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OpenText Vibe 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

OpenText Vibe
Ranking in Enterprise Intranet
5th
Average Rating
6.6
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SharePoint
Ranking in Enterprise Intranet
1st
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)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Enterprise Intranet category, the mindshare of OpenText Vibe is 6.8%, down from 8.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SharePoint is 20.5%, down from 41.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Intranet Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SharePoint20.5%
OpenText Vibe6.8%
Other72.7%
Enterprise Intranet
 

Featured Reviews

it_user996663 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Specialist in Laboratory at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
The speed of opening files and folders is too slow and can be very frustrating
It's relatively easy to create folders or workspaces. It's just cumbersome because the files and folders take a while to open. So that's the only issue I have. The rest of the solution is relatively user friendly. The deployment is relatively fast. From creating a brand new workspace to actually using it can be done within a day, depending on how complex it is. I know within our organization they are basically forcing us now to move away from our servers to Vibe. That started in July and there has been a significant change over to Vibe. So it's still new but for a big organization like ours, it's actually impressive how quickly people moved over to Vibe. We did the installation and deployment ourselves and, as an end user, it's been relatively user friendly. It doesn't take long to get familiar with the program, and if you know how it works, it becomes relatively easy to set up a workspace and save documents and edit it.
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

"The features that I found most useful were being able to see who made changes to a document, where the document was in the chain of command, and being able to leave comments to make the process more collaborative."
"It's relatively easy to create folders or workspaces."
"What I like most about this solution, is the fact that I can access it anywhere and customize it to my needs."
"We were able to centralize all customer data: files, discussions and technical notes."
"Our end users find great value in building team workspaces to collaborate not only with internal employees, but with third-party consultants and customers as required."
"There were no stability issues; it just works."
"HTML and JSP elements are the most valuable features."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to easily build intranet sites for communicating within teams, storing documentation, product information, pricing policies, updates on product infrastructure, and other related news."
"We can now share to team members by MS Teams and assign planners to follow and update statuses in a single platform."
"Tech support tops off as excellent."
"We use this solution as central repository for all the corporate information systems."
"It helped us manage our documents and records effectively and at a reasonable cost."
"SharePoint provides out-of-the-box data indexing and caching."
"No code and low code, scalable, and stable collaboration platform. Straightforward to set up. Its support system is good and offers fast issue resolution."
"​Combined reports and data with timeline tracking."
 

Cons

"The user interface can be changed to 'look' more like a Microsoft one since this will help market the product more."
"The speed of opening files is too slow and should be increased."
"One thing that really needs to improve, is opening files or folders. It takes much longer than when you are getting it to Windows Explorer on the desktop."
"The following issues need some attention: better integration with MS Office suite, more flexibility in customizing the colors and themes, custom forms and workflows are powerful, but the interface needs revamping to be easier to work with."
"You have to press the BACK button at least three times till it will go back to the previous page. This is something that must be improved."
"While we were working on implementing this product, the entire system crashed and we had to reinstall it from a previous version."
"The end user experience could be improved; some functions are a little too complicated for the average user."
"The documentation can be improved, so it is easier to use for non-technical people."
"Technical support is bad, as the support is for all other Microsoft products."
"The solution should improve its integration with other project management tools."
"Well, for SharePoint Online, the add-on features which are free tend to expire within a month or earlier."
"No good process to import emails from several users into a single comprehensive SP repository."
"Mobile rendering is not up to the mark."
"The initial setup process is not intuitive."
"It has its limitations. We are unable to use this tool to "archive" data and run queries to generate hindsight information."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"It comes bundled with the Microsoft 365 pricing plans."
"SharePoint is included with our Microsoft license."
"The product is reasonably priced."
"The solution's pricing is relatively expensive because it's bundled with other products."
"For this type of solution, it is not wise to buy it without Software Assurance."
"The pricing works for us."
"It is very expensive.​"
"The platform has medium pricing."
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Comparison Review

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Developer with 51-200 employees
Aug 23, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
9%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
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...
 

Also Known As

Micro Focus Vibe, Novell Vibe
SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010
 

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Sample Customers

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen
Toyota, Aeroports de Paris, ASBBank Ltd., Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals, CambridgeshireConstabulary, D&M Group, NPL Construction Company, and The Regional Municipality of Niagara.
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