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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
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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

"The most valuable feature is the capability of creating HTML pages, with CSS code."
"It’s very convenient for me to update. Last time I used a function called Word. It is a good function, which I can use to coordinate easily."
"You can give document access to people based on their email addresses. You will also get notifications whenever the document is ready for review."
"SharePoint has very good features for collaboration."
"In summary, this product allows our developers to do what they want to do."
"I would rate the solution's stability a nine out of ten."
"The solution tightly integrates with all other collaboration tools."
"The workflow is the solution's most valuable feature."
"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."
"Generally, it has higher quality code, faster debugging, and higher quality projects."
 

Cons

"The solution requires more web-based publishing. It would benefit from adding in more collaboration features as well."
"SharePoint Designer could be improved by being more user-friendly."
"There is zero technical support. I have to use Google to fix the issues myself."
"The pricing is a little bit high and can be reduced."
"I want the tool to be more approachable to people. I would like to see AI integration with the tool's future versions."
"SharePoint Designer could improve most in analytics and reporting."
"I believe Microsoft does not support Sharepoint on-premises. They only support Sharepoint on the Cloud. They should provide for both options and let the client choose their preference."
"I have heard of clients that have complained about the stability once a certain amount of data, over 200 gigs has been reached as well as the stability of SQL Databases."
"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."
"Stability is sometimes lacking in updates."
"The debugger often has problems determining where to map files to local projects."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"SharePoint Designer is less expensive than other solutions we have used. We purchased Office 365 which SharePoint comes with the package."
"We are using an enterprise SharePoint Designer license."
"SharePoint Online has a subscription-based model for payments and the price is based on user usage."
"The cost of the license is based on the size of the user base."
"Priced per user per month with different plans to choose from."
"The pricing is fair."
"SharePoint Designer is a free product. It's SharePoint that needs a license, not SharePoint Designer."
"I use Macintosh devices, and because this solution is not available in the Apple Ecosystem I use it because it is cost-effective."
"Licensing is reasonable for this type of tool. Although, you can cobble together a solution which is zero cost."
"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."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
20%
Construction Company
16%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
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Small Business20
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