MS SharePoint / SQL vs. OnBase

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
MS SharePoint / SQL
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
MS SharePoint / SQL refers to Microsoft Sharepoint, a web-based collaborative platform, being used in tandem with Microsoft SQL Server to provide business intelligence analytics and reporting. They can provide BI content such as data connections, reports, scorecards, dashboards, and more.N/A
OnBase
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
OnBase by Hyland is an enterprise content management platform with business process and case management capabilities. It is modular by design and allows users to tailor the solution to their specific requirements.N/A
Pricing
MS SharePoint / SQLOnBase
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MS SharePoint / SQLOnBase
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
MS SharePoint / SQLOnBase
Considered Both Products
MS SharePoint / SQL

No answer on this topic

OnBase
Chose OnBase
I have not used alternate products similar to OnBase by Hyland. This software was implemented into our processes before I became a member of this team. I have not considered the need to seek similar products given that OnBase provides our organization with the desired results. …
Features
MS SharePoint / SQLOnBase
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
MS SharePoint / SQL
7.3
66 Ratings
11% below category average
OnBase
-
Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports7.547 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards7.363 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.056 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
MS SharePoint / SQL
7.1
61 Ratings
12% below category average
OnBase
-
Ratings
Drill-down analysis6.450 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities7.961 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages6.236 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.158 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
MS SharePoint / SQL
7.5
66 Ratings
9% below category average
OnBase
-
Ratings
Publish to Web7.359 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF7.955 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning7.555 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.145 Ratings00 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers7.438 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
MS SharePoint / SQL
6.7
43 Ratings
17% below category average
OnBase
-
Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.341 Ratings00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization6.938 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics7.136 Ratings00 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining6.69 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
MS SharePoint / SQL
8.6
78 Ratings
1% above category average
OnBase
-
Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)8.868 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.572 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.577 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control8.411 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.562 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
MS SharePoint / SQL
8.3
67 Ratings
7% above category average
OnBase
-
Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access7.865 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application7.243 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.044 Ratings00 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
MS SharePoint / SQL
6.8
46 Ratings
12% below category average
OnBase
-
Ratings
REST API7.436 Ratings00 Ratings
Javascript API7.235 Ratings00 Ratings
iFrames5.834 Ratings00 Ratings
Java API6.231 Ratings00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)6.841 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)7.431 Ratings00 Ratings
Enterprise Content Management
Comparison of Enterprise Content Management features of Product A and Product B
MS SharePoint / SQL
-
Ratings
OnBase
8.2
43 Ratings
1% above category average
Content capture & imaging00 Ratings9.041 Ratings
File sync, storage & archiving00 Ratings9.033 Ratings
Document management00 Ratings10.042 Ratings
Records management00 Ratings8.040 Ratings
Content search & retrieval00 Ratings8.043 Ratings
Enterprise content collaboration00 Ratings8.034 Ratings
Content publishing & creation00 Ratings8.222 Ratings
Security, risk management & information governance00 Ratings9.033 Ratings
Contract lifecycle management00 Ratings8.424 Ratings
Automated workflows00 Ratings9.023 Ratings
Artificial intelligence00 Ratings5.911 Ratings
Mobile support00 Ratings7.615 Ratings
Integration00 Ratings7.022 Ratings
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User Ratings
MS SharePoint / SQLOnBase
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(87 ratings)
9.9
(43 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.8
(7 ratings)
8.8
(7 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(22 ratings)
8.6
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(7 ratings)
5.8
(16 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.0
(2 ratings)
8.7
(3 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
MS SharePoint / SQLOnBase
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
As I mentioned in my previous answers, MS SharePoint is very useful as a shared drive for the organization and is very easy to manage. It also helps us import data from SharePoint directly into PowerBI for creating reports. According to my understanding, only share link features should be improved.
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Hyland Software
OnBase is a content services solution for organizations that need high visibility to documents or information across multiple teams or departments. It supports users' access control, workflow functionality with transaction history, electronic document retention, and destruction documentation. Hyland can support the organization for implementations or solutions, or the organization can utilize the education services and build out the solution themselves.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Flexible - able to make any changes we would like vs traditional service desk system.
  • ROI - We were already using SharePoint for internal intranet, so we are simply getting more use out of licensing we had already committed to.
  • Easy to use for end users.
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Hyland Software
  • Workflow and Configuration - easy to learn
  • Documentation for each application and toolset
  • Hyland Account Managers and staff are knowledgeable
  • Robust User Community that helps solve an issue or make recommendations
  • Web client - no application installation needed on a PC for users
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Cons
Microsoft
  • It is hard to setup and nightmare
  • It requires a of infrastructure, thus it could be costly because of requirement and licensing required for everything to run smoothly
  • If it is not setup and organized properly from the beginning it could be maintenance nightmare
  • It is hard to have "test" environment to do patches or similar
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Hyland Software
  • I personally find the user inferface to be obnoxious and obtuse.
  • When we have issues it is often hard to resolve the problem as there are many variables such as file types, DPI, and scanner setting that combine to make it hard to pinpoint trouble spots.
  • The upgrade process has always been a nightmare for our team. We are not on the latest version now due to this issue.
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Likelihood to Renew
Microsoft
This was a long-term buy-in from a corporate perspective, to remain in the SharePoint space. Migration is certainly possible, which is good for planning and having options further out. At this point, the only planned migration is to eventually move the architecture up to SharePoint/SQL 2013. At that point, we will be able to leverage some greater efficiencies, some enhanced content design and management features, and some more current social features. It is well worth a full consideration in any shop looking at a new implementation of or migration to SharePoint (although you will probably be considering 2013 versions or beyond in those discussions), but the platform should be a strong competitor to any alternatives. Realizing the capability of a fully-branded and customized website was not part of the original choice for the architecture at Lincoln, but seeing it implemented and functioning now with this capacity far beyond original expectations has certainly cemented plans to continue using it.
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Hyland Software
OnBase has become a core part of our enterprise solutions toolkit due to its ever-growing integration capabilities. Any business process that produces or tracks documents or object entities can be modeled and managed within OnBase and used to supplement almost any line-of-business system that we use.
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Usability
Microsoft
I gave this rating due to MS SharePoint being a big help with our userbase. We have a lot of users that are just old enough to not have much technical skills or they have been in this industry long enough to where they haven't really needed to utilize much technology. MS SharePoint helped us move beyond that barrier without too many bumps and bruises.
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Hyland Software
You get out of something what you put into it. You reap what you sow! If an organization will spend time setting the solution up, dedicating staff to its development and ongoing support, and always keep the end-user in mind during development, you will have one of the most well-received solutions in your organization. So many organizations that I speak with stand up a solution but don't commit someone to its upkeep and development. It is vital that you have the staff to work within the solution on a daily basis.
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Support Rating
Microsoft
I've only had to call in to support on one occasion but they were able to work though our issue and find a solution that did fully resolve the issue in a timely manner. I can't always say the same about support from other companies so it was a refreshing change to have support that did help.
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Hyland Software
This rating is a compromise because I technically have 2 tiers of support.
I go through a re-seller that I give a (10). I send an email and receive acknowledgment within minutes.
For the few times we need to contact Hyland for assistance, it sometimes takes a couple of days to receive a response - and then the first tier might go back and forth a dozen times through email instead of initiating a phone call. And for an advanced issue, they take too long before they forward to an evangelist or someone more knowledgeable that is able to assist. I give that process an (8).
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In-Person Training
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Hyland Software
The trainer was very knowledgeable and was a Hyland employee. The training was at their corporate headquarters, so it allowed our team to become familiar with organization and culture.
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Online Training
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Hyland Software
With the Premium subscription, there is a tone of training with audio and practice options.
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Implementation Rating
Microsoft
Not implemented in best practice way, there are many customizations
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Hyland Software
Using Hyland professional services to assist with the implementation made things much easier. They have the knowledge and experience to get the system live as users are expecting
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
At the time of the two large projects, SharePoint was the enterprise solution so we were required to use that. We have since lobbied the enterprise teams to review and consider Atlassian Confluence and were successful. Confluence is cheaper than Sharepoint which is why we wanted to bring that in. The enterprise has now made Confluence an enterprise solution as an alternative to SharePoint. After using both I think SharePoint has many more add-ins than Confluence. It has much more customization ability than Confluence. SharePoint is not good for mobile readiness. Confluence is so there is a difference that might lead you to Confluence over SharePoint. I would also say that SharePoint is very document-centric and that Confluence has better KM than SharePoint does. even with the use of SQL Server. We were told that we could not use Google Drive even though it had features we liked.
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Hyland Software
The version of SharePoint we were utilizing was not very practical. We oftentimes had issues with archived documents, where they could be found or opening them all together. It seemed the older the document the harder it was to access when logged into SharePoint. This is critical in our business as we need to behave full access to documentation sent and received for an owner's account.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • ROI for ms SharePoint/SQL considering that is the best database engine with excellent features that help you to have all information in your hand.
  • Something negative could be license format.
  • These are the best relational databases in the market with powerful features that complement your system.
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Hyland Software
  • OnBase provides a very reliable ECM platform for the company.
  • OnBase helped to remove the dependency on paper files and file folders. This saved real estate cost as well as facilitated the ability to work from anywhere.
  • OnBase made same day processing of all incoming and outgoing documents a reality.
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ScreenShots

OnBase Screenshots

Screenshot of an Approval for an Ad-Hoc Task.Screenshot of Onbase's Dark Mode.Screenshot of the Document Viewer.Screenshot of the Send to Department feature.Screenshot of the Workflow Stage.