Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft's intranet and document-site platform, included in most Microsoft 365 business plans.

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About Microsoft SharePoint

SharePoint is Microsoft's platform for intranets, team sites and document libraries. Organisations use communication sites as their company intranet, team sites for department documents and pages, and hub sites to tie them together with shared navigation. Behind the scenes it is also where files shared in Microsoft Teams live, which means many companies already run on it without thinking of it as a wiki. Pages support news posts, web parts, lists and embedded Office documents, and it plugs into Power Automate, Microsoft Search and Copilot. SharePoint in Microsoft 365 comes bundled with most business and enterprise Microsoft 365 subscriptions, and a separate SharePoint Server product still exists for on-premises deployments. Its strengths are permissions, compliance and the tie-in with the rest of Microsoft 365. Its weaknesses are a page editor that feels clunky for quick documentation, sprawling sites without governance, and admin complexity. It runs in the browser with iOS and Android apps.

Best for: Organisations on Microsoft 365 that need an intranet and permissioned document sites.

What works

Usually included in existing Microsoft 365 plans
Strong permissions, retention and compliance tools
Files from Teams already live there

Why people leave

Page editor is slow for everyday documentation
Sites sprawl without active governance
Admin and configuration are complex

Top Microsoft SharePoint alternatives

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1
Confluence
A dedicated wiki with a friendlier page editor and Jira integration.
81.5
2
Notion
Much faster for writing docs, though without SharePoint's compliance depth.
62.4
3
XWiki
Open-source intranet and wiki with SharePoint migration support.
59.6
4
Guru
Delivers verified answers into Microsoft Teams for large companies.
57.2
5
BookStack
A free self-hosted wiki for teams that only need documentation pages.
55.3

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Microsoft SharePoint: common questions

Is Microsoft SharePoint free?

No, Microsoft SharePoint is a paid product.

Is Microsoft SharePoint open source?

No, Microsoft SharePoint is not open source. Open-source alternatives include XWiki and BookStack.

What platforms does Microsoft SharePoint run on?

Microsoft SharePoint is available for Web, iOS, Android and Self-hosted.

What are the best alternatives to Microsoft SharePoint?

The highest-ranked Microsoft SharePoint alternatives right now are Confluence, Notion and XWiki. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.

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Microsoft SharePoint facts

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Teams integration: Teams files are stored in SharePoint; Checked Oct 25, 2026learn.microsoft.com(opens source in a new tab); “Files that are stored in Teams are stored in SharePoint sites.”
On-premises edition: SharePoint Server Subscription Edition; Checked Oct 25, 2026learn.microsoft.com(opens source in a new tab); “plan, deploy, and manage SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, 2019, 2016, and 2013.”
Site types: Team, communication and hub sites; Checked Oct 25, 2026learn.microsoft.com(opens source in a new tab); “Home site and Hub sites Modern team sites”