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Saperion vs SharePoint comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Saperion
Ranking in Enterprise Content Management
29th
Average Rating
3.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SharePoint
Ranking in Enterprise Content Management
1st
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
167
Ranking in other categories
Web Content Management (2nd), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (1st), Enterprise Intranet (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Enterprise Content Management category, the mindshare of Saperion is 1.0%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SharePoint is 11.7%, down from 15.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Content Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SharePoint11.7%
Saperion1.0%
Other87.3%
Enterprise Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

it_user592605 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I would like to see improvements in the web client and the workflow engine.
I think that the biggest area for improvement is for their core component, the Java Core Server (JCS). In addition, there could be improvement in the following areas: * Saperion web client: Does not support many rich-client features and is inconsistent between thin and thick clients * The VBA macro API was very poor * No real toolset provided * No debugging options * Workflow engine * No official and supported procedure of deploying/moving a solution between stages, which was officially stated by the vendor
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 product allowed organizations to move and accelerate their paper-based business flows into electronic ones."
"Tech support tops off as excellent."
"It is functionalities that improve the efficiency of the employee workforce."
"SharePoint provides out-of-the-box data indexing and caching."
"It keeps our company organized and everything is in one place."
"Information is much more readily available."
"SharePoint Search improved document searchability from different sources like file systems and Office 365."
"I think this represents the collective knowledge, which is highly valuable."
"For enterprise global collaboration, DMS, and ECM needs, this is the right platform."
 

Cons

"Do not follow this path. This is a very tough platform to implement anything apart from some simple-case scenarios."
"Processing data from multiple site collections is not easy as they reside in different databases."
"SharePoint has workflow built into the software however it is very simplistic."
"The stability of SharePoint needs improvement, because once you start to get a large amount of data, it becomes very unwieldy, and it takes a long time to index."
"It would be nice if the editing and setting up of SharePoint were more user-friendly, so I do not have to have an expert to deal with it."
"You still need a bit of expertise to add branding."
"The UI could be more flexible out of the box."
"It would be nice if the platform made it easier to implement a complete document management process (digitalization, OCR, protocols, etc.) without the need to integrate software from different vendors."
"SharePoint designer workflows can be buggy sometimes without any apparent reason."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The cost is expensive, but worthwhile."
"The platform has medium pricing."
"As usual, Microsoft’s licensing structures don’t really seem to fit the needs of their products. This leads to always paying for a project you will never use fully or always be adding to."
"The licensing model for SharePoint Online is based on per user, and it is monthly. The price of the solution overall is good."
"SharePoint is included with our Microsoft license."
"The replacement costs for it are cheaper if you use only SharePoint."
"Any extended support from Microsoft is expensive."
"It is very expensive.​"
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Comparison Review

it_user8925 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer with 51-200 employees
Aug 23, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Government
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
8%
 

Company Size

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

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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?
It is a little difficult to name the areas for improvements in SharePoint because I don't use it all that much. I know I can host pages on it and feel that the CMS platform, which helps create thos...
What is your primary use case for SharePoint?
SharePoint is a repository that I use primarily for collaboration and sharing resources and assets. It's a good way to collaborate, and one benefit of SharePoint is the pages you can create on it, ...
 

Also Known As

Hyland Saperion, Hyland Saperion ECM, Saperion ECM
SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010
 

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Sample Customers

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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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