We performed a comparison between Microsoft Visual Studio and SharePoint Designer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two .NET Development Services solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We use the solution to develop applications."
"My company works with outsourced programmers. The solution helps us to test, integrate and foresee the code quality. We can trace the development stages."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Visual Studio are the availability of many extensions, an interpreter, a code formator, and helpful dark and light modes."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Visual Studio is the good intelligence and UI."
"The most valuable feature is that it is a complete package, with an IDE and everything that you need for software development."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Visual Studio are debugging and IntelliSense."
"The valuable feature is that it provides a basic template for everything and built-in debugging tools. They definitely save me time."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Visual Studio is the user interface."
"The support on offer is helpful."
"I am a developer, and whatever is not possible with the SharePoint default feature, we make custom features available for our clients. Anything which is not possible using all the methods within the solution we can customize."
"We used SharePoint Designer 2013 widely for data mining, exploring the content, and editing. Those are the main features that you would need to use SharePoint Designer for."
"The workflow is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The scalability is excellent, and I rate it ten out of ten."
"The workflow is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The new version doesn't have the option to view data, but it has other, better features though."
"We like that the interface is very user-friendly making it easy to use."
"The UI could be better, and development could be easier on Microsoft Visual Studio if there were more features like drag and drop and more frameworks, etc."
"Technical support can be slow to respond at times."
"The stability of Microsoft Visual Studio could improve. There are times it hangs or stops working and I have to restart the program."
"We'd like the solution to be more secure."
"File installations are heavy."
"Microsoft Visual Studio could improve by being compatible with more operating systems. However, we understand the solution is proprietary to Microsoft."
"For Visual Studio, the only challenge I've faced is referencing any package or new concept I'm trying to debug or run."
"The time that it takes to load the application can be reduced"
"The solution does not need any additional features."
"It needs to align with PowerApps and Power Automate."
"Microsoft could include more applications in this. And if more applications are included, then it can be scalable that way."
"SharePoint does not have enough resources to cover the security part."
"I would like to be able to use SharePoint Designer without having to buy other third party programs."
"Sharepoint could improve the user interface to make it easier for everyone to navigate and use. That would be a big plus."
"Adding guest users is a bit difficult on SharePoint."
"We'd like it if we got less frequent updates."
Microsoft Visual Studio is ranked 1st in .NET Development Services with 79 reviews while SharePoint Designer is ranked 2nd in .NET Development Services with 49 reviews. Microsoft Visual Studio is rated 8.4, while SharePoint Designer is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft Visual Studio writes "Easy to use, works well in the Microsoft Windows ecosystem, and integrates well with Git". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SharePoint Designer writes "Intuitive, customizable, and reliable". Microsoft Visual Studio is most compared with Genero and Microsoft Silverlight, whereas SharePoint Designer is most compared with ASP.NET. See our Microsoft Visual Studio vs. SharePoint Designer report.
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