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SharePoint Designer [EOL] vs Zend Studio 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

SharePoint Designer [EOL]
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Zend Studio
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
.NET Development Services (4th)
 

Featured Reviews

Raphael Haroun  Ikyagh - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at Letshego
Offers ability to directly share documents and highly stable
It's been stable for me. I haven't encountered any issues with the sites I've developed locally within the organization as long as the license remains valid. It's very stable. I haven't had any issues with outages or needing to republish content. It's always accessible to authorized users, so it's stable. The stability is almost a ten out of ten for me.
marketacumen - PeerSpot reviewer
President at Market Acumen, Inc.
It has higher quality code, faster debugging, and higher quality projects
* Stability is sometimes lacking in updates. * Search/replace across multiple files is not ideal. * The debugger often has problems determining where to map files to local projects, as well as setting breakpoints, which often are ignored depending on your configuration. * The product requires a subscription to Zend Server Developer, which used to be free and now has an annual fee, but it is still worth the money.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Retrieving documents and uploading them is easy."
"The support on offer is helpful."
"SharePoint Designer has made information available centrally 24/7."
"SharePoint is great for content management of data."
"The most valuable aspects of the solution are the user-friendly interface and easy workflow."
"I am a developer, and whatever is not possible with the SharePoint default feature, we make custom features available for our clients. Anything which is not possible using all the methods within the solution we can customize."
"You can give document access to people based on their email addresses. You will also get notifications whenever the document is ready for review."
"The most valuable part of the solution is its ability to allow for a high degree of customization."
"Generally, it has higher quality code, faster debugging, and higher quality projects."
"It has the ability to jump to any file in your project with a few keystrokes, as well as the ability to command-click on any token in your code and have it jump to the token's definition."
 

Cons

"Microsoft could include more applications in this. And if more applications are included, then it can be scalable that way."
"I would like to see SharePoint improve the integration with different systems. I also would like to see more customization."
"This solution could definitely be made easier to use."
"The availability and quality of technical support both need improvement."
"I want the tool to be more approachable to people. I would like to see AI integration with the tool's future versions."
"Sharepoint could improve the user interface to make it easier for everyone to navigate and use. That would be a big plus."
"The solution requires more web-based publishing. It would benefit from adding in more collaboration features as well."
"The solution does not need any additional features."
"Stability is sometimes lacking in updates."
"The debugger often has problems determining where to map files to local projects."
"Most recent set of patches (2018) on Mac OS X caused the app to crash when you would cut more than 10 lines of code. Apparently, this was due to a bug in Eclipse, but regardless, it took several months for Zend to post a patch."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are using an enterprise SharePoint Designer license."
"Priced per user per month with different plans to choose from."
"I've never paid for SharePoint Designer. What I paid for, is the SharePoint license, the cava, and then the client accesses the line fee."
"There is no licensing cost for Designer—it's free."
"The pricing is fair."
"The cost of the license is based on the size of the user base."
"This solution is free of charge."
"SharePoint Designer's pricing is okay."
"The product requires a subscription to Zend Server Developer, which used to be free and now has an annual fee, but it is still worth the money."
"Licensing is reasonable for this type of tool. Although, you can cobble together a solution which is zero cost."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
23%
Construction Company
12%
Marketing Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
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Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise21
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