ownCloud vs Microsoft SharePoint | What are the differences?

Overview

ownCloud

Stacks52

Followers54

Votes3

Microsoft SharePoint

Stacks436

Followers314

Votes7

ownCloud vs SharePoint: What are the differences?

ownCloud: Open source self-hosted web apps with sync clients and sharing. It is an open source, self-hosted file sync and share app platform. Access & sync your files, contacts, calendars & bookmarks across your devices. You decide what happens with your data, where it is and who can access it; SharePoint: Content collaboration for the modern workplace. It empowers teamwork with dynamic and productive team sites for every project team, department, and division. Share and manage content, knowledge, and applications to empower teamwork, quickly find information, and seamlessly collaborate across the organization.

ownCloud and SharePoint can be categorized as "File Storage" tools.

Schlumberger, Krajowy Rejestr Długów Biuro Informacji Gospodarczej SA, and Tzunami are some of the popular companies that use SharePoint, whereas ownCloud is used by Packet, Lap2Go, and budikom.net. SharePoint has a broader approval, being mentioned in 19 company stacks & 20 developers stacks; compared to ownCloud, which is listed in 10 company stacks and 6 developer stacks.

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Detailed Comparison

ownCloud	Microsoft SharePoint
It is an open source, self-hosted file sync and share app platform. Access & sync your files, contacts, calendars & bookmarks across your devices. You decide what happens with your data, where it is and who can access it.	It empowers teamwork with dynamic and productive team sites for every project team, department, and division. Share and manage content, knowledge, and applications to empower teamwork, quickly find information, and seamlessly collaborate across the organization.
-	Authentication; Business Intelligence; Web Content Management
Statistics
Stacks 52	Stacks 436
Followers 54	Followers 314
Votes 3	Votes 7
Pros & Cons
Pros 1 Self hosted 1 GDPR compliant 1 Open source	Pros 3 Great online support 1 Perfect version control 1 Stable Platform 1 Seamless intergration with MS Office 1 Secure Cons 2 Rigid, hard to add external applicaions 1 User interface. Steep learning curve, old-fashioned
Integrations
No integrations available	Jira Slack

What are some alternatives to ownCloud, Microsoft SharePoint?

Google Drive

Keep photos, stories, designs, drawings, recordings, videos, and more. Your first 15 GB of storage are free with a Google Account. Your files in Drive can be reached from any smartphone, tablet, or computer.

Dropbox

Harness the power of Dropbox. Connect to an account, upload, download, search, and more.

Box

The Box API gives you access to the content management features you see in our web app and lets you extend them for use in your own app. It strives to be RESTful and is organized around the main resources you’re familiar with from the Box web interface.

HackPad

Hackpad is a smart collaborative workspace that your team will love.

Quip

Edit and discuss in one place. Quip combines documents with messages so you can work faster, on the web or on the go.

Nextcloud

A suite of client-server software for creating and using file hosting services The most deployed self-hosted file share and collaboration platform on the web. Access & collaborate across your devices.

ceph

In computing,It is a free-software storage platform, implements object storage on a single distributed computer cluster, and provides interfaces for object-, block- and file-level storage.

Google Docs

It is a word processor included as part of a free, web-based software office suite offered by Google. It brings your documents to life with smart editing and styling tools to help you easily format text and paragraphs.

OneDrive

Outlook.com is a free, personal email service from Microsoft. Keep your inbox clutter-free with powerful organizational tools, and collaborate easily with OneDrive and Office Online integration.

Dropmark

Dropmark offers super simple drag-and-drop file sharing, like a number of web apps before it, but if you want to use it for more you can create presentations, slideshows, and collaborate with others just as easily.