SharePoint Designer [EOL] Reviews

One of our use cases of SharePoint is designing and branding our content management system. When somebody buys an intranet portal, like a content management system, for employees or a document management system for their company, they can buy SharePoint and use it to change the branding. Microsoft gives you default features—out-of-the-box—so if you want any changes regarding your identity, HTML, CSS, colors, or brand guidelines, then SharePoint Designer can help you to complete that task. SharePoint Designer can also be used to clear workflows. This is a tool which helps us brand the SharePoint portal and our flow sites. 

In the beginning, SharePoint was deployed on-premises, but now it is deployed on the cloud, so we are always using the latest version. 

One of the most valuable features is that it's free. If you have SharePoint and you want to do some branding, then the only tool available is SharePoint Designer. Microsoft gives the portal, the content management system, and, on top of that, it gives you Designer. So we don't have a choice, but Designer is good. 

SharePoint Designer could be improved by being more user-friendly. I think that they have a new release, but the focus is on Power Automate, not Designer. Designer's interface is somewhat classical, but it should be more user-friendly. 

Designer should contain more features. Right now, we are doing the development of web parts on Visual Studio and doing the branding on Designer. If it were possible to merge them both into one tool, it would be easier. 

I have been using SharePoint Designer for 13 years. 

There is no maintenance team necessary. Users can maintain it by themselves because Designer is a tool which can be deployed on each PC to work on. 

In our organization, we have around eight to ten people who are developing on SharePoint Designer. We don't currently have plans to increase usage, but it depends. We are a project delivering company, and I am a project manager, so our SharePoint usage is on a project-based development. If we have a client we need to use SharePoint for, we may increase the usage, but otherwise we won't. 

In 13 years, we have raised tickets two or three times. They don't call us, but when we raise tickets, then the issues can be resolved. 

We also use Visual Studio from Microsoft to develop the programs for SharePoint. Designer is only for branding and workflows, but you have to use Visual Studio to actually develop the portal components and web parts. Visual Studio should be used with SharePoint. 

The installation of Designer is very simple, and it doesn't take more than 30 minutes. You can download and install it yourself. 

There is no licensing cost for Designer—it's free. 

I rate SharePoint Designer a six out of ten. There were some bugs, but when you are working on SharePoint, you have to recommend SharePoint Designer, for sure. 

The solution is used to design and customized Microsoft SharePoint websites.

The most valuable feature is the simplicity, standardization, and ability to create more than one portal.

The solution can be improved with a reduction in price. 

I have been using the solution for over five years.

From my experience the solution is stable. 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.

The initial setup is straightforward. You can have everything deployed in under a month.

The implementation was completed in-house.

The cost of the solution is based on multiple factors such as the number of users, and any customization that may be required.

I give the solution eight out of ten.

I usually recommend this solution to clients before any others.

We use this product to build applications for our systems such as project management and training.

We appreciate the fact that this solution can provide us with an on-premises version, as due to our geographical location, we are not able to use cloud-based tools.

We would like to see an improvement in the stability and overall consistency of performance in this solution.

We would also like to have more step by step instructions on build and customization, so that those without a programming background can easily use the tool.

We have been working with this solution for nearly three years.

This is a generally stable solution, although we do tend to experience issues when we configure the transaction load.

The initial setup of this version was very simple and straightforward.

 I recommend this product to any organization who wants to have a nice framework for building their apps.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

We are using SharePoint Designer for sharing knowledge.

SharePoint Designer could improve by making the searching feature better. It is not accurate in some cases, and there are some descriptions that are not clear.

I have been using SharePoint Designer for approximately five years.

There are some bugs in the solution but it works. There are problems with the server.

The solution is scalable.

We are a small company with five people using the solution. If we grow it will be approximately 10 to 15.

If we ever have a problem we contact our consulting company for assistance.

I did not evaluate other solutions prior to SharePoint Designer.

The initial setup of SharePoint Designer was simple. It took approximately one week.

We used a consultant company for the deployment and with our processes.

I use Macintosh devices, and because this solution is not available in the Apple Ecosystem I use it because it is cost-effective.

We achieved the discount rate for the solution and the price is low for this year, but I think it will increase next year. It cost approximately €10 per user with a discount.

We do not need anyone to maintain the solution, we contact our consultant company if we need to.

My advice to others is to use a good consulting company to assist them with the implementation of the solution.

I rate SharePoint Designer an eight out of ten.

I primarily use the solution for collaborating on work. 

For web applications, you can use it to customize some of your designs for your website or your application. 

The one thing I just love is having a platform that is easy to collaborate on and see my work. It's easy to do, and I can even navigate without many technicalities. That's what I've been getting from it. It's easy to use. You can just play around with it and get things done. You get to get your output easier.

The initial setup is very straightforward. 

It is stable and reliable.

The solution likely can scale, although I haven't tested its limits. 

We'd like it if we got less frequent updates. 

I've been using SharePoint for roughly a year now.

The solution is stable. It's very good. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable, and the performance is good. 

While I find it scalable, my use case is not something where I really use it on a large scale and enterprise level. I wouldn't be able to give a definite answer to scalability for large-scale operations.

I just use the product on a personal level. I don't have any large projects that are ongoing.

I've never reached out to technical support. I cannot speak to how helpful or responsive they are.

The solution is simple to set up. The fact is that most of the initial setup I didn't handle. I just had somebody who walked me through it and did the setup, and made it easy for me. I didn't need to go and research how to do this stuff. 

If you are a designer, you've likely looked at a few options, including, for example, Visual Studio.

I would recommend the solution to other users and companies. 

I'd rate it six out of ten. 

We use this solution to access our cloud-based Microsoft applications.

We like that the interface is very user-friendly making it easy to use.

The solution is not very flexible when trying to access the solution via a personal PC.

We have been using this solution for two years.

We have found it to be a very stable product.

This solution is very scalable.

The setup for this solution is very straightforward as there is nothing to install; users can just log in and access the software.

The licensing for this solution is payable on a yearly basis.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

The interface of SharePoint Designer could be improved, such as in SAP.

I am using SharePoint Designer now and have only used it for a short time.

SharePoint Designer is stable.

We have only recently deployed the solution, I am not able to give much information on the scalability.

We have approximately 200 users using this solution in my organization and we plan to increase usage.

I have not needed to use technical support.

We have used another solution previously and we switched because SharePoint Designer requires less maintenance.

SharePoint Designer is easy to deploy and it is one of the most valuable features. The whole process took a couple of days and it is easy to work on.

We used our own team for the implementation of the solution.

We have one person that handles the maintenance of the solution.

We have received a return on investment.

SharePoint Designer is less expensive than other solutions we have used. We purchased Office 365 which SharePoint comes with the package.

I rate SharePoint Designer an eight out of ten.

Within our organization, there are roughly 3,000 people, but very few of them interact with SharePoint Designer. We plan on using this solution in the future.

It stopped us from having to run around, manually exchanging documents. It's an online system, easy to access, and complete with document storage. Retrieving documents and uploading them is easy.

The user interface is good; it's easy to manage.

I have been using SharePoint Designer for approximately one year. 

SharePoint Designer is a very stable solution.

We have our own IT team that handles most maintenance related problems. When we have interacted with customer support, they have always helped us.

Before SharePoint Designer was introduced, we used to have a manual documentation system — we had to run from one corner of the building to the other, looking for someone. SharePoint has made things a lot easier.

We did a revamp. We migrated from another version. A team then showed us how to operate it properly and made sure we were very comfortable navigating it. It's very easy to use.

I would highly recommend this solution. 

On a scale from one to ten, I would give SharePoint Designer a rating of nine. If they included some training modules, I would give them a ten, because that would make it even more user-friendly.