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HipChat [EOL] vs SharePoint comparison

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Categories and Ranking

HipChat [EOL]
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SharePoint
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
166
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (1st), Web Content Management (2nd), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (1st), Enterprise Intranet (1st)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user669342 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineering Operations Lead at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
We like setting up automatic notifications to different chat rooms. It talks directly to other Atlasssian products.
The basic version is free to use. We also like setting up automatic notifications to different chat rooms. It is easy to set up new rooms and invite new users. Emoticons are fun and the mobile app is great too Our entire organization uses this as our default messaging app, not just our software…
AnjneyBhardwaj - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Market Research Analyst at IDC Corporate
Collaboration has improved through simplified document access and controlled sharing
SharePoint is definitely used to keep a record of our files and data. The capability is quite good because it is time-saving. I have used it only four or five times, but it has been very helpful to keep all my information in a consolidated manner. The search feature is one of the most beneficial factors that we use to filter out the latest data or the latest file as per our convenience and use case. When you have a large repository, this feature is particularly valuable. Role-based access control has been helpful while developing the knowledge platform. The roles were defined clearly, which made it easy for the four or five of us to work simultaneously and collaborate on our project in a similar manner.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is a communicator for partners and clients."
"If your organization is struggling with team collaboration and never ending email chains, HipChat is the perfect solution for your problems."
"I would strongly recommend this product."
"Our entire organization uses this as our default messaging app, not just our software engineering teams."
"We communicate with teammates instantly within the channel, which helps us to be productive."
"Real time chat organized into channels with archival and search capabilities was a complete game changer for how I work."
"The most valuable aspect of SharePoint is its integration with Teams. T"
"For simple solutions, I recommend this solution."
"For all-around capabilities that include not just document management, workflows, calendar, task management, blogging, calendars and overall business process management, we deemed SharePoint as the best overall."
"SharePoint’s most valuable feature is its use for community building, as it turns large scores of people into a more cohesive group by creating a central working environment for documents, conversations, knowledge sharing, processes, tasks and content."
"The most valuable features are its ease of integration and customization."
"SharePoint acts as a version control system, allowing easy recovery of past document versions."
"The solution has helped host our intranet and thereby helped in content publishing and distribution."
"The document library feature in this product is most valuable."
 

Cons

"Third-party integrations are continuing to grow, which is good, but sometimes the integration is rocky and not very usable."
"Occasionally, there were stability issues with uploads and downloads."
"We were actually evaluating a move from HipChat to Slack at my last job out of frustration related to repeated downtime with the service."
"There was some problem with the company firewall. It was not stable in some versions."
"I would like HipChat to be more stable. It crashes pretty often on Windows OS."
"Currently, one email ID is linked to one HipChat cloud group."
"SharePoint’s scalability could be improved."
"Despite these changes, we still can't seem to get our version of SharePoint to return meaningful results, even when searching an exact document title."
"The user profile synchronization feature is cumbersome to configure and at least initially had some stability issues."
"Search can be improved a lot because we are always trying to compare it with Google Search. Beyond that, it would be helpful to tag the documents."
"It should have a lighter interface."
"The management of the product/back-end is complex."
"For example, if you installed SharePoint on a virtual machine with dynamic memory, it could destroy the farm without any possibility of repairing it."
"Emails stored now do not display metadata in native format."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"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."
"The cost is expensive, but worthwhile."
"Any extended support from Microsoft is expensive."
"The data classification and search elements are cheap."
"It is pretty reasonable. It is $5 per month per user. We have 12 users now, so it is about $60 per month."
"For this type of solution, it is not wise to buy it without Software Assurance."
"The solution's pricing is relatively expensive because it's bundled with other products."
"The pricing is competitive."
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Comparison Review

it_user8925 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer with 51-200 employees
Aug 23, 2013
Jive vs Sharepoint vs Drupal Commons
At Mediacurrent we often get requests to compare Drupal to other platforms used for intranet sites and social business platforms (like https://dev.twitter.com/ for example). This is often referred to as “Social Business Software”, which has grown in popularity in recent years. I decided to do a…
 

Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
8%
Construction Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise1
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business81
Midsize Enterprise40
Large Enterprise84
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SharePoint?
I do not know the difference between the prices of the two solutions; I did not work on this project.
What needs improvement with SharePoint?
I don't know how SharePoint can be improved because it works effectively, so I can't think of any improvement. It exists in the background, similar to Windows, where you don't think about it, but i...
What is your primary use case for SharePoint?
I have been using SharePoint for three years since I began employment at Wartsila. My main use case for SharePoint is storing documents, meeting recordings, and visiting websites created by my coll...
 

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SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010
 

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