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MS SharePoint
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Likelihood to Recommend
Concrete5
If you have some knowledge of coding or website editing, Concrete5 is a great choice. You can go into their marketplace and find additional add-ons or modules that you would like to add to your site. If you are looking for a simple web site hosting service, this may not be the option for you.
Content Manager
The Next StreetEducation Management, 51-200 employees
MS SharePoint
Well suited if:
- Range of different materials
- Requirement for hierarchical access
- Requirement for multi-level security
- Teams are spread across multiple geographies and/or time zones
- Contributions from internal and external resources
SharePoint is a very good organizational tool for multiple teams that have some overlapping and some unique requirements. SharePoint allows insight and collaboration across many levels, and for many varied purposes or objectives.
Director Advanced Analytics
Smart VisionInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees
Feature Rating Comparison
Security
Concrete5
10.0
MS SharePoint
—
Role-based user permissions
Concrete5
10.0
MS SharePoint
—
Platform & Infrastructure
Concrete5
10.0
MS SharePoint
—
API
Concrete5
10.0
MS SharePoint
—
Internationalization / multi-language
Concrete5
10.0
MS SharePoint
—
Web Content Creation
Concrete5
9.0
MS SharePoint
—
WYSIWYG editor
Concrete5
8.9
MS SharePoint
—
Code quality / cleanliness
Concrete5
9.2
MS SharePoint
—
Admin section
Concrete5
8.5
MS SharePoint
—
Page templates
Concrete5
9.1
MS SharePoint
—
Library of website themes
Concrete5
6.5
MS SharePoint
—
Mobile optimization / responsive design
Concrete5
10.0
MS SharePoint
—
Publishing workflow
Concrete5
9.9
MS SharePoint
—
Form generator
Concrete5
9.8
MS SharePoint
—
Web Content Management
Concrete5
8.0
MS SharePoint
—
Content taxonomy
Concrete5
9.2
MS SharePoint
—
SEO support
Concrete5
10.0
MS SharePoint
—
Bulk management
Concrete5
3.8
MS SharePoint
—
Availability / breadth of extensions
Concrete5
8.2
MS SharePoint
—
Community / comment management
Concrete5
8.7
MS SharePoint
—
Project Management
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
7.2
Task Management
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
7.5
Gantt Charts
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
6.1
Scheduling
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
7.0
Workflow Automation
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
7.5
Mobile Access
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
7.3
Search
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
7.6
Visual planning tools
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
7.3
Communication
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
7.2
Chat
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
6.9
Notifications
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
7.4
Discussions
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
7.4
Surveys
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
6.9
Internal knowledgebase
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
7.7
Integrates with GoToMeeting
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
6.7
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
6.3
Integrates with Outlook
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
8.7
File Sharing & Management
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
8.0
Versioning
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
8.2
Video files
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
7.7
Audio files
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
7.9
Document collaboration
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
8.6
Access control
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
8.5
Advanced security features
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
7.9
Integrates with Google Drive
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
7.0
Device sync
Concrete5
—
MS SharePoint
8.1
Pros
Concrete5
- Concrete5 provides a very easy interface for website owners/administrators. Adding pages and content is simple and straightforward.
- Concrete5.7+ works well on mobile devices such as phones and tablets - including admin editing tools.
- Concrete5 has a good user community and support forums, as well as paid add-ons which provide advanced functionality which other open-source CMSs can lack.
Web Developer
Reitz Internet TechnologiesInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
MS SharePoint
- Permission management: This is super relevant and wonderful for controlling what your audience can see and do, for example, when you need someone to constantly see changes to a "living document" but not have the ability to intervene in the process.
- Contact groups: I find it super good since not necessarily the site administrators are the only ones who can manage the group, you can make any member of the group can manage the rest of the members without this being involved in other site settings. Also when granting permissions, distributing documents, announcements, tasks, it is very easy to do it by group of contacts than one by one.
- Version history: We know that we are exposed to errors and accidents, so having the previous versions of a document, being able to see who has modified and having the possibility of restoring any of those versions can save the day. I always feel that I am protected and that is why I always promote working in the cloud.
- Integration with other MS tools: The workflows that connect outlook, sharepoint, onedrive, among others, where you can manage multiple actions for all these tools seems wonderful to me, it allows a super necessary and simple expansion to be able to automate tasks that used to be performed manually on a daily basis, it certainly contributes to efficiency.
Ingeniero de procesos
Evoluciona ChileTelecommunications, 51-200 employees
Cons
Concrete5
- Concrete5 uses Bootstrap in their UI so when developing themes that may also use Bootstrap there can be conflicts using the same classes. This has been solved somewhat in 5.7, however, by use of namespacing.
- Concrete5's MVC structure is great in how easy you can override blocks. However, if you go nuts you can quickly rack up an obscene amount of stylesheet and "is" calls in the head of the document which can hurt performance.
- It's been criticized for having a rather large amount of files, which can be a problem on cheaper shared hosting, but I can't speak to that personally. We've never had a problem.

Verified User
Director in Marketing
Marketing and Advertising Company, 1-10 employeesMS SharePoint
- Managing access permissions is still clunky - not a whole lot better in newer versions than it was way back when it was first launched.
- Re-organization of the site hierarchy isn't very easy. You need a third-party tool to do anything meaningful when you want to rearrange your site pages and move site libraries.
- It doesn't provide for any kind of backup, so you have to either have it on=prem where you can backup the entire server or you have to buy a third-party tool if you are using the online hosted version (SPO).
Senior Systems Administrator
DRT Holdings, Inc.Aviation & Aerospace, 501-1000 employees
Likelihood to Renew
Concrete5
Concrete5 9.9
Based on 22 answers
Its a very solid, very consistent package that never lets you down or leaves you frustrated. It gets a 10/10 because its so much better than anything else currently available. It also gets a 10/10 because, even if not compared to others, it does not leave you wanting for features or functionality. It is an excellent piece of software that will answer almost every CMS need.
Owner
Host2helpInternet, 1-10 employees
MS SharePoint
MS SharePoint 9.7
Based on 21 answers
We have too much invested at this point to do anything different and there are too many reasons as a company our size to keep it. We are heavily licensed out for Microsoft and have 12 years of SharePoint development baked into who we are. Extracting that as a tool at this point would be dumb and devastating. There are no like-kind competitors to it at an enterprise level that scale and integrate as well.
Staff Project Manager, Awesomizer, Fixer, Maker, Collaboration Enabler
Beckman Coulter, IncBiotechnology, 10,001+ employees
Usability
Concrete5
Concrete5 9.0
Based on 12 answers
I have used it on over 30 projects in the past 3 years and it's still a pleasure to work in. Doesn't always have all the answers, no CMS does, but I still find it very easy to use from prototyping to working to final project. Also there is no problem working on a localhost then moving to a live site, like there is with WordPress. It's my go to app in my CMS quiver.
Owner
TeKno ZizInternet, 1-10 employees
MS SharePoint
MS SharePoint 8.1
Based on 19 answers
A lot of users can give you many great ideas how to cleverly use SharePoint's core functionality to implement almost any process you need. It is very sturdy, never crashes. Many applications and third party solutions are built for SharePoint so even customization without Microsoft programming skills is rather easy and low cost.
Head of ICT department
IGH HoldingCivil Engineering, 501-1000 employees
Reliability and Availability
Concrete5
Concrete5 10.0
Based on 2 answers
Since it's not tied to a central server (other than for authorizing updates and assigning licenses to specific sites), it's available pretty much 100% of the time.
Owner
TeKno ZizInternet, 1-10 employees
MS SharePoint
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Performance
Concrete5
Concrete5 9.0
Based on 2 answers
The site works extremely well, the front end flies, searches and form submissions are very fast indeed.The reason its a 9 not a ten? the back end can be a little slow at times, and this is unfair, because for the backend to be so amazing, it has to do a huge amount of work!
Owner
Host2helpInternet, 1-10 employees
MS SharePoint
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Concrete5
Concrete5 10.0
Based on 6 answers
Concrete5 is open-source and has an incredibly strong, polite, and supportive community. You can get an answer to nearly anything you want to do with Concrete5 by googling for it, searching the Concrete5 discussion forums or stack overflow, or posting your question to the forum. Members are very courteous and do not look down on those with less knowledge. And answers are always quick, informative, and supportive.
★ Assistant Director of Electronic Communications
Emory & Henry CollegeHigher Education, 201-500 employees
MS SharePoint
MS SharePoint 8.7
Based on 13 answers
Support varies by tech and by vendor. I've used Microsoft's support channel and for the most part have been successful to get my questions answered. I've also used third party vendors and have gotten some answers resolved as well, though sometimes getting them on the phone is difficult. It all depends!
Server Engineer
Peterson Management LLCNon-Profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees
Implementation Rating
Concrete5
Concrete5 9.8
Based on 12 answers
Build off of an existing theme to speed up the creation of custom designed themed. Bootstrap is a good one but there are many others that are probably much simpler to build from than the Bootstrap one was. Make sure you host on a Unix/Linux server so you don't have to install PHP or MySQL separately. It's just smoother on those platforms.
Ux Designer
Open Scan Technologies, Inc.Computer Software, 11-50 employees
MS SharePoint
MS SharePoint 6.0
Based on 4 answers
Planning to the last detail would be advised. SharePoint is a very large application that takes a lot of finesse to get operational
Database Administrator
WatcoTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 1001-5000 employees
Alternatives Considered
Concrete5
Freelance Web Developer
SJI Associates | Design & AdvertisingMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees
MS SharePoint
We use OneDrive here too. But it is different than MS Sharepoint. OneDrive is essentially an online folder system for file storage and uploading. On the otherside MS Sharepoint includes many more features than OneDrive, such as collaboration, CMS, dashboards etc. MS Sharepoint granular version control and user access settings helps to control the security of their internal and customer data. While OneDrive encrypt to keep documents safe from prying eyes, only SharePoint can offer the added security of a standalone server.
Programmer
Alcoa IncMining & Metals, 10,001+ employees
Return on Investment
Concrete5
- Clients rarely require support with simple tasks such as updating pages allowing our developers to focus on higher value projects.
- Cost reduction due to increased employee efficiency
- Increased customer satisfaction as clients are able to have more control over their websites.

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 1-10 employeesMS SharePoint
- SharePoint is one of the most underused tools on campus, because no one is exactly sure how to use it. It has a lot of potential, but is too difficult and intimidating for non-technical users to do more than the basics.
- Microsoft hasn't distinguished SharePoint from Teams or other products very well. It's not clear if it'll be easier to just direct users there, and do the behind the scenes stuff in SharePoint. This makes communication with end users muddled.
- SharePoint is a bad place to communicate in real time, and Skype / Teams is much better positioned in this space. Teams is underwhelming and Skype for Business has it's issues - but they are designed with this goal in mind.
Academic Services Manager
The University of KansasHigher Education, 10,001+ employees
Pricing Details
Concrete5
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Concrete5 Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—MS SharePoint
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
MS SharePoint Editions & Modules
Edition
Plan 1 | $5.001 |
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Plan 2 | $10.001 |
Office 365 E3 | $20.001 |
- Per User Per Month