Planview IdeaPlace vs SharePoint comparison

Why PeerSpot?

The compared Planview and Microsoft solutions aren't in the same category. Planview is ranked #1 in IMS , and holds a 23.2% mindshare in the category. Microsoft is ranked #1 in ECM , with an average rating of 8.1, and holds a 12.1% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Planview users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 79% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

Planview IdeaPlace

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87% willing to recommend

SharePoint

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79% willing to recommend

Planview IdeaPlace

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Planview IdeaPlace

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Innovation Management Software (1st)

SharePoint

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

166

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Content Management (1st), Web Content Management (3rd), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (1st), Enterprise Intranet (1st)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. Planview IdeaPlace is designed for Innovation Management Software and holds a mindshare of 23.2%, down 28.9% compared to last year.
SharePoint, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Content Management, holds 12.1% mindshare, down 13.9% since last year.

Innovation Management Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Planview IdeaPlace	23.2%
Qmarkets	22.0%
BrightIdea Innovation Suite	20.5%
Other	34.3%

Innovation Management Software

Enterprise Content Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
SharePoint	12.1%
OpenText Documentum Content Management	7.1%
Alfresco	5.7%
Other	75.1%

Enterprise Content Management

Featured Reviews

reviewer1695180

Innovation Consultant at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

Lack of enhancements and of attention to our needs hamper our use, but crowdsourcing and collaboration features work well

Spigit helps you to prioritize and select the best ideas, although that is dependent on the organization's criteria for what the best idea is. Spigit could possibly improve the idea review process or the administrative panel for reviewing ideas. It's not strong. Most of it is done manually by pulling down and reviewing reports. Other platforms are doing it through pipelines and funnels that are all automated. But it does help us get to the best idea within an initiative or a challenge. If we set criteria by saying, for example, "We're looking for the one that has the most votes and comments," we're doing things to motivate employees to get socialized and to get buy-in on their ideas. Prioritizing ideas works on the front end but not as much on the back end.

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AnjneyBhardwaj

Senior Market Research Analyst at IDC Corporate

Collaboration has improved through simplified document access and controlled sharing

SharePoint is definitely used to keep a record of our files and data. The capability is quite good because it is time-saving. I have used it only four or five times, but it has been very helpful to keep all my information in a consolidated manner. The search feature is one of the most beneficial factors that we use to filter out the latest data or the latest file as per our convenience and use case. When you have a large repository, this feature is particularly valuable. Role-based access control has been helpful while developing the knowledge platform. The roles were defined clearly, which made it easy for the four or five of us to work simultaneously and collaborate on our project in a similar manner.

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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 biggest impact of using Planview would be that we were able to bridge the silos which existed between a lot of different departments or even locations. We have a very large team member base of about 75,000 employees across various different parts of the country. Being able to bridge that gap and have a way for everybody to communicate together to collaborate together, that was a first for our organization. That's been one of the most valuable things that we've seen. We also see those results in our organizational health survey as well. Our team members truly feel like this is a very inclusive, innovative company. That's been beneficial."

"The voting ability is its most valuable feature. Teammates can vote an idea up or down. They can also offer feedback, and that feedback is instantaneous. It is a tool which allows us to gauge the temperature of certain product enhancements. Our system enhancements are potential areas of gaps that we have in our business."

"It has increased innovation efficiency and has helped cut our time to market for new ideas."

"The ability to collect ideas for people to be able to comment and vote. We like the pairwise portion of it. It is just a simple way in which people can post ideas and review other ideas. We have used it out-of-the-box, without doing much customization."

"When you use this platform, you're able to crowdsource, you get that benefit, and you're implementing an idea or process change that actually works."

"We are 200 percent more effective."

"As a global organization, we are able to allow all our associates around the world to contribute and collaborate."

"The nice thing is how flexible it is. We can run very small challenges. We can run very large challenges. We haven't had a company-wide challenge but we hope to have one this year. We can run a challenge within a day, with several features, or we can run a challenge over two months or an always-on challenge. We can have different goals, whether they be about culture, workplace improvements, business solutions, or strategic issues."

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"The most valuable features of SharePoint include the ability to co-edit documents in the Office suite, particularly Excel and Word."

"There are a lot of valuable features (e.g., ease of use, collaboration, integration with LDAP, security, accessibility, stability, etc.)."

"For a medium to large scale business, it is excellent."

"The most valuable feature of SharePoint is its user interface, which is very easy to use."

"The online editing capabilities, file sharing, auditing, information security, ease of solution management, and the easy user adaptation to the platform are the most valuable features."

"The solution is cost-effective and has a perpetual license per environment."

"The product itself is very robust and capable, but the success of the tool is largely dependent upon the team that deploys and maintains the product, as well as resources available to it."

"We have taken advantage of the list features extensively and the ability to clone subsites, and the creation of lists and the ability to tie lists together has made my job and other different department’s jobs easier."

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Cons

"My six out of 10 rating is based, in part, on knowing what else is out there in the market."

"Setting up a challenge timeline is a bit tedious and could be improved."

"Spigit could possibly improve the idea review process or the administrative panel for reviewing ideas. It's not strong. Most of it is done manually by pulling down and reviewing reports. Other platforms are doing it through pipelines and funnels that are all automated."

"It does enable us to consolidate duplicate responses from employees, but it is difficult sometimes. We are running a challenge right now with two ideas that are pretty close and duplicate. Once they're out there and a significant amount of people have voted on them, it's hard to consolidate or merge them. The merge feature is not very clear, so it basically hides one of the ideas, removing and archiving it. I don't know if that's the best way to do it. I would want to make the secondary idea still visible, but put it under as a possible subidea to the parent idea."

"We haven't really leveraged the reports. The reports are sort of difficult and archaic, e.g., how it downloads into Excel. They are not in a usable manner where other people can look at them. I personally will look at them, but the reports are not the easiest to generate from their system."

"There are times when some of the system aspects move a little bit slowly, but that's a pretty minor complaint. For the most part, those are things that we see behind the scenes as administrators or moderators of challenges."

"It does enable us to consolidate duplicate responses from employees, but it is difficult sometimes."

"The backend configuration could be a little bit easier to configure. It was a little bit cumbersome for a layman to understand how to design some of the functionality and programming on the backend. Although they do offer training courses to support building that skillset."

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"SharePoint’s scalability could be improved."

"For sure, it should offer customisation of data grids, which is not possible, as it seems to use some proprietary OCX control."

"The management of the product/back-end is complex."

"Integration needs to be more straightforward, particularly with Azure. SharePoint also needs a more comprehensive introductory course for users."

"Primarily, the mobile experience is wanting in SharePoint 2010."

"Too many versions being released in a short time period. Too much time being devoted to migration planning."

"Stability, even after deployment three months ago, still seems to be an issue."

"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Because the platform is used in another department, we have one parent. We are able to break off and do platforms for other business units under that parent."

"Planview could drop the price for Spigit. I've done two market assessments and I think that they're overpriced pretty considerably right now."

"We have a tiered annual licensing fee."

"The yearly licensing cost is $55,000."

"It is very expensive."

"The pricing works for us."

"Licensing can be by server or by seat."

"Any extended support from Microsoft is expensive."

"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 replacement costs for it are cheaper if you use only SharePoint."

"We have purchased add-ons to handle multiple site collections, form creation, and design."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Outsourcing Company

21%

Construction Company

12%

Healthcare Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Construction Company

Government

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	1
Large Enterprise	7

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	81
Midsize Enterprise	40
Large Enterprise	84

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Comparisons

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Compared 35% of the time

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Compared 26% of the time

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Compared 15% of the time

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OpenText Documentum Content Management vs SharePoint

Compared 16% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

Drupal vs SharePoint

Compared 3% of the time

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Product Reports

Buyer's Guide

Planview IdeaPlace

October 2026

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SharePoint

October 2026

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Also Known As

Planview Spigit, Spigit

SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010

Overview

Planview IdeaPlace empowers teams with tools for crowdsourcing, idea prioritization, and integration with existing infrastructures, enhancing accessibility and global collaboration.

Planview IdeaPlace provides an efficient platform for teams to collaborate and innovate through features like crowdsourcing and voting, enabling rapid feedback. Its customizable workflows and dashboards offer insights into engagement and challenge success. While praised for facilitating global contributions, there is room for enhancement in mobile experience, report generation, and analytics. Challenge timeline settings can be tedious, and managing duplicate ideas remains an issue. Organizations leverage its capabilities to foster innovation, improve processes, and align business strategies with team-driven ideas.

What are the key features of Planview IdeaPlace?

Crowdsourcing: Encourages team collaboration by gathering diverse ideas.
Voting Abilities: Collects instant feedback for quick idea validation.
Integration: Seamlessly interacts with existing systems to enhance usability.
Customizable Workflows: Adapts to unique organizational needs with tailored processes.
Comprehensive Analytics: Prioritizes ideas and measures engagement success effectively.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Global Collaboration: Facilitates contributions from a worldwide workforce for enriched innovation.
Improved Engagement: Increases team involvement through streamlined feedback and participation.
Efficiency in Decision-Making: Enhances decision-making with clear insights from valuable data.
Enhanced Client Relationships: Strengthens client connections through effective idea management.
Creative Culture: Fosters an environment of innovation and efficient process improvement.

Planview IdeaPlace is implemented across industries to support process improvements and drive innovation. Teams from different sectors use its platform to host challenges, align goals with business strategies, and empower employees to voice ideas, leading to a positive cultural impact and improved client engagement.

Planview

SharePoint offers document management, collaboration, and Microsoft Office integration, with a user-friendly interface supporting workflows and customization. Organizations benefit from centralized content storage, improving team coordination and efficiency.

SharePoint is tailored for document and content management, offering collaboration tools, workflow automation, and integration with Microsoft products. It supports robust search, metadata tagging, and access control. While performance and the interface require enhancements, it remains a valuable tool for organizations managing internal and external communications. Integration with Microsoft Teams and OneDrive facilitates collaboration, and SharePoint's centralized repositories and document storage enhance team efficiency. Power Platform integration allows for quick data handling and automation, boosting productivity.

What Are the Most Notable Features of SharePoint?

Document Management: Organize and manage documents efficiently.
Collaboration Tools: Enhance team collaboration and communication.
Microsoft Office Integration: Seamlessly work with Office applications.
Search Capabilities: Robust search and metadata tagging for easy retrieval.
Access Control: Protect and manage sensitive information access.
Power Platform Integration: Quick data handling and automation for improved productivity.

What Benefits Should Users Look for When Evaluating SharePoint?

Improved Team Efficiency: Enhance coordination and document sharing.
Centralized Storage: Efficient content management in a centralized repository.
Seamless Workflow Automation: Automate processes to boost productivity.
Integration Capability: Enhance functionality with external services and applications.
Customization Options: Tailor workflows and user experience to business needs.

In various industries, SharePoint is used for document and content management, supporting specific department sites and internal communications. It facilitates automation and policy management while offering integration with Microsoft Teams and OneDrive for improved collaboration and geographical team coordination.

Microsoft

Sample Customers

Pfizer, UnitedHealth Group, Citi, AT&T, Cambia Health, Siemens, Veridian Credit Union, Polaris, UNHCR, CCA Global

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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