7 SharePoint Alternatives that Actually Get the Job Done

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MS SharePoint

As SharePoint consultant Jason Masterman says, “Customers are [implementing SharePoint] because they own it. It’s not that they’re doing research and choosing [SharePoint]. They’re doing it because they own it.” In a 2013 survey, only 6% of respondents reported completing a successful SharePoint project. In 2015, that number was up—but just to a mere 11%.

#Cloud Storage #Project Management #File Sharing

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Google Drive

As a SharePoint alternative, Google Drive, on the other hand, comes with Google’s most famous ability baked in: the search feature. Users can even search for features from directly within Gmail. No more toggling back and forth between buried email threads and SharePoint to search for whatever that document ended up being called, and worrying if they have the final version.

#Cloud Storage #File Sharing #Encrypted Cloud Storage 2 social mentions

3

Box

Unlike other SharePoint alternatives, Redbooth is primarily for project management, which means it comes up short in a lot of areas. There’s no document storage capabilities, and its search abilities are poor. It does, however supports Box (and SharePoint), so there are good integrations there if you need them.

#Cloud Storage #File Sharing #Content Collaboration 92 social mentions

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Process Street

We started Process Street precisely because SharePoint and SharePoint alternatives weren’t capable of getting the job done. In addition to having a deeper feature set and better versioning platform, Process Street tackles something that SharePoint is notoriously terrible at: managing recurring workflows.

#Workflow Automation #Web Service Automation #Automation 7 social mentions

5

Confluence

Like other Atlassian products, Confluence is really expensive. Small and growing teams give a one-time payment, but enterprise teams are on a SaaS model that changes based on the number of users on your plan. What’s more, the SaaS price is stable until you hit a threshold, but then it could jump from $500 to $1000 overnight.

#Content Collaboration #WiKi #Task Management

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RedBooth

Redbooth is a project management tool focused on keeping everyone in one place. Project management, they believe, shouldn’t get stuck in email or Slack. It tackles one of the major problems of SharePoint: that things get really scattered. By keeping everything in one place and easy data visualization like Gantt charts, Redbooth wants to keep a whole team in line in a way that SharePoint struggles to do.

#Project Management #Todos #Task Management 2 social mentions

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ONLYOFFICE

ONLYOFFICE is a cloud office solution to help teams share documents. Its primary selling point is that it’s compatible with Microsoft Suite. While it’s not that sophisticated, ONLYOFFICE is certainly cheaper than some other SharePoint alternative options.

#Office Suites #Project Management #Productivity

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Podio

With Podio’s open API, users can create all kinds of apps (which are all free). Users assemble packs of apps that they use in Podio for various projects (from Scrum to “Scrum-ish”) and anyone can download them. They sort by industry and project type. There are also reviews below and a vibrant discussion of what tools work and what don’t.

#Project Management #Task Management #Work Management 2 social mentions