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SharePoint vs WordPress Business-Enterprise 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
Ranking in Web Content Management
1st
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
162
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (1st), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (1st), Enterprise Intranet (1st)
WordPress Business-Enterprise
Ranking in Web Content Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
30
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Web Content Management category, the mindshare of SharePoint is 10.6%, down from 13.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WordPress Business-Enterprise is 12.8%, down from 16.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Content Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
SharePoint10.6%
WordPress Business-Enterprise12.8%
Other76.6%
Web Content Management
 

Featured Reviews

Madhur D'silva - PeerSpot reviewer
Collaborative work benefits while user-friendliness challenges persist
The most valuable feature of SharePoint is its user interface, which is very easy to use. I do not have to be very technical to use it. Its rights management capabilities and ability to restrict access to certain people are also very useful. Furthermore, I can access SharePoint from any device, whether it is a phone or laptop, which is very convenient.
Irfani Silviana - PeerSpot reviewer
A versatile platform for web development that has helped me cater to a diverse range of clients
I appreciate the flexibility of WordPress, particularly its filter and action hooks, which allow for the development of additional features. We can build our own plugins into this. We can be creative while following our clients' requirements. For example, I recently built a custom plugin where the client wanted extra functionalities about membership, special profile pages, and a subscription system. And WordPress has helped a lot, thanks to its flexibility. I could use current plugins on the market and then modify them with my own plugin and collaborate with other existing plugins. So, WordPress has reduced a lot of work for me as a developer. With WordPress, I can achieve the functionality that I want. I don't have to do everything from scratch because a few solutions exist in the market, and I can enhance that.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The initial setup is easy."
"The most valuable features of SharePoint include the ability to co-edit documents in the Office suite, particularly Excel and Word."
"SharePoint's collaborative features are valuable as they enable productivity by allowing multiple users to edit documents simultaneously."
"It has good integration with other MS products."
"SharePoint's collaborative features are valuable as they enable productivity by allowing multiple users to edit documents simultaneously."
"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."
"I rate it a ten."
"It has a vast array of themes which could be applied to make the website visually look more appealing to the target market."
"The best feature of WordPress is its user-friendliness and its strong SEO capabilities."
"The best feature of WordPress is its flexibility."
"There are so many free plugins"
"This program has made it possible for our company to advertise all around the country, instead of keeping it local."
"The product provides capabilities to build modern websites and can be used for various aspects of services."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is quite easy to use."
"WordPress offers great flexibility."
 

Cons

"Too many versions being released in a short time period. Too much time being devoted to migration planning."
"SharePoint designer workflows can be buggy sometimes without any apparent reason."
"SharePoint is not always intuitive to use and can be overwhelming for non-tech-savvy users."
"There are some limitations on storage."
"It is too heavy. MS should not have paid foreign coders dollars per each row of code. They wasted the stability and reliability in the end."
"Flexibility and extensibility, above everything, could be improved."
"No good process to import emails from several users into a single comprehensive SP repository."
"Emails stored now do not display metadata in native format."
"WordPress could use improvement in terms of optimization, especially for large websites with extensive databases and many images."
"Backups and moving sites could be handled better."
"In WordPress, the user onboarding process is an area with complexities...there is no step-by-step explanation provided."
"I would recommend dumping the Gutenberg interface, as that is horrible."
"The backend development process needs improvement."
"One area of improvement is hosting. It should have its file manager regardless of where you host your website."
"It could be a little bit easier to use."
"I would like to have the ability to customize the whole WordPress installation. WordPress comes with a number of core features. I would love to be able to remove those I'm not using at the moment."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"They are about an eight in comparison to other similar products."
"It comes bundled with the Microsoft 365 pricing plans."
"For this type of solution, it is not wise to buy it without Software Assurance."
"The licensing model for SharePoint Online is based on per user, and it is monthly. The price of the solution overall is good."
"The pricing is competitive."
"The pricing works for us."
"The cost is expensive, but worthwhile."
"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."
"WordPress is a free solution."
"WordPress is a free CMS. Installing WordPress is free. The domain and pushing data costs money."
"It provides a high ROI."
"Set up cost is nothing. Pricing is free. You need to pay a cost only for the domains, hosting, and to buy themes."
"The pricing is very reasonable because WordPress is an open-source platform."
"I paid to have a WordPress site for two years and didn't just have a free one."
"As per my understanding, WordPress is an open-source product, owing to which there are no requirements to make any payments towards its licensing costs."
"WordPress can be pricey, ranging from $0 to thousands per month."
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Comparison Review

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Aug 23, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Government
13%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
11%
University
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business79
Midsize Enterprise37
Large Enterprise80
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise1
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SharePoint?
As SharePoint is part of the Microsoft 365 suite, the pricing is acceptable.
What needs improvement with SharePoint?
Not with SharePoint specifically, but overall with the software or tools from Microsoft, I think there are areas that need improvement. It's very difficult to understand the objective. There are so...
What do you like most about WordPress?
The best feature of WordPress is its flexibility.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for WordPress?
WordPress is good with search engine optimization if you use the plugins.I use WordPress because it is an inexpensive solution for small projects.
What needs improvement with WordPress?
The area that could be improved in WordPress is the security feature. The security features need to ensure they don't rely too much on external plugins for security. WordPress needs to have its own...
 

Also Known As

SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010
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Sample Customers

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