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OpenText WEM vs. SharePoint Designer (discontinued)

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    OpenText WEM

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AOpenText's Web Experience Management is part of the Customer Experience suite and is based on the Vignette product that OpenText acquired in 2009.N/A

    SharePoint Designer (discontinued)

    Score3 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft's SharePoint Designer was a tool for developing SharePoint applications that has been discontinued.N/A
    Pricing
    OpenText WEMSharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    OpenText WEMSharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    OpenText WEMSharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of OpenText WEM and SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    Feature
    OpenText WEM
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of OpenText WEM and SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    Feature
    OpenText WEM
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    5% above category average
    SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    API8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of OpenText WEM and SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    Feature
    OpenText WEM
    7.9
    2 Ratings
    1% above category average
    SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor7.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of OpenText WEM and SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    Feature
    OpenText WEM
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    14% above category average
    SharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Content taxonomy8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support7.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    OpenText WEMSharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    4.9
    (17 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    OpenText WEMSharePoint Designer (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    OpenText
    Areas where OpenText WEM is well suited 1. Improved digital/web presence of the organization's leaders globally. 2. Established the leaders as go-to experts for thought leadership and domain knowledge among C-level executives of related industries. 3. Amplified the client’s marketing and branding efforts. 4. Customer engagement reflected by interaction count on social media—likes,comments and conversations.
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    Discontinued Products
    SharePoint does not provide, out of the box, a tool to create / update workflows from web. You have to use SharePoint Designer in order to create them. If you need to implement custom workflows for specific business processes, then SharePoint Designer is well suited. SharePoint Designer allows you to create workflows with task approval, email notifications, assign variables and update SharePoint Lists / Documents properties. In our company, we have created specific workflows for : - Purchase order - RH forms validation like annual employee review - Dematerialized existing forms and validation
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    OpenText
    • Easier management of websites.
    • Integrates well with Portal to deliver news, working like a blog.
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    Discontinued Products
    • 2013 Workflows - Loops: You can build loops to work while a value (not) equals something, or N number of times. You can insert Parallel Blocks to do multiple things at once, or to watch for multiple things, and when 1 thing finishes, cancels the others and moves to the next step or stage.
    • 2013 Workflows - Stages: Previously all we had were steps, which worked sequentially. With the Concept of Stages, we can create blocks of steps and based on the data collected during those functions, we can tell the workflow to go to a different Stage in the workflow based on a set of 1, or multiple, Conditionals in a transition area after each Stage. Giving you the power to develop multiple entire processes and skipping to the correct part of the workflow, rather than going through 20 conditionals to find out you needed to do action 31.
    • 2013 Workflows - REST API: the "Call HTTP Web Service" is a very powerful tool, but hard to understand if you have never seen it done, or have a guideline. It works very similar to the requirements in PowerShell to connect and get and post data to SharePoint using the Rest API. You can also use this to manage permissions on List Items, Lists, Sites, and Site Collections. Best part is when developed correctly, it is SUPER FAST!
    • Intentionally Building Infinite Loops: I have built multiple review process from Managing Certifications to Updating Published Documentation, that monitors when an Item, based on provided approved metadata, when the "Author" needs to review the document within the given amount of time. They will get e-mails with links asking if changes are needed. If not, it is routed to the Approving Executive, and the Workflow Automatically updates the Metadata to push out the review dates to the next date, based on metadata provided on how how often the document should be reviews. By using conditionals in the transition of stages, it basically starts over, and goes into a parallel block to allow the monitoring of multiple values of metadata to move to the next stage. Very Powerful when you want to automate these types of process. It truly is a "Set It and Forget It" process.
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    Cons
    OpenText
    • It's unable to connect user accounts so that accounts are set and utilize a single sign-in.
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    Discontinued Products
    • In the newest version of SharePoint Designer, they have gotten rid of the Design view which makes what used to be quick and easy changes much more code-intensive. This makes it harder for non-IT users and is more risker for all SharePoint Designer users.
    • SharePoint Designer workflows have a lot of functionality, but there are also some crucial limitations, such as not being able to put lookup fields in email subjects or using parenthesis to separate/group logical conditions.
    • Although this goes along with the Design view, there really isn't a good user interface anymore for adding conditional formatting and styles in views/pages.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    It is a helpful tool that we use every day.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Support is good from Microsoft. They are quite responsive when we raise a ticket but SP Designer support will be ended by Microsoft in the near future as they have got new techs like PowerApps and Flow to achieve the same functionality SP Designer does and even more than that.
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    Alternatives Considered
    OpenText
    We have choosen OpenText WEM against other vendors because : 1. Helped client reinforce brand image
    through unique design language and templatization of collaterals, consistent
    messaging, and regular competitor benchmarking. 2. Enables lead generation through
    high-quality gated collateral, product videos, etc. 3. Senior management and sales lead meet
    client regularly for project review meetings and feedback on engagement
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    Discontinued Products
    I haven't used anything else like this. I use different products for workflows and forms, but they aren't listed in the listings for this page. Instead of using it for workflows or forms (deprecated 2 years ago), I use Nintex. For everything else, I have what I need in the Modern version of SharePoint online
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    OpenText
    • Improved online engagement.
    • Speeds up our digital transformation my the day.
    • Modernizing our web content management system.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • For my needs, I have not found SharePoint Designer useful for my day to day maintenance of SharePoint. It is useful for viewing all the objects that make up the SharePoint site.
    • It is not as intuitive in regard to setting up Workflows. I have yet to use it to set up workflows in SharePoint. Maybe if I needed more complex workflows, it would be beneficial.
    • I like to use SharePoint Designer for moving around files within SharePoint sites.
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