Compare Microsoft SharePoint and Arena PDXViewer - Mar 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Microsoft SharePoint or Arena PDXViewer?

Arena PDXViewer is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Microsoft SharePoint, and Microsoft SharePoint is rated higher (92/100) than Arena PDXViewer (78/100). Microsoft SharePoint offers users more features (15) than Arena PDXViewer (3). There is a clear winner in this case and it is Microsoft SharePoint!

Looking for the right File Sharing solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Microsoft Vs. Arena

Microsoft: Microsoft Corporation is an American corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. Microsoft is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues.

Arena: Arena pioneered cloud PLM applications over a decade ago. They possess over 70,000 global BOMControl users to date who have affected 2,000,000 change orders, 6,000,000 design files and 20,000,000 item records. The company's products, including BOMControl, PartsList and PDXViewer, enable engineering and manufacturing teams, with their extended supp...

Who is more expensive? Microsoft SharePoint or Arena PDXViewer?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of File Sharing software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Microsoft SharePoint and Arena PDXViewer.

Microsoft SharePoint price starts at $5 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Microsoft SharePoint is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of File Sharing software. Arena PDXViewer price starts at $79 per user/month , When comparing Arena PDXViewer to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average File Sharing software cost.

Bottom line: Arena PDXViewer is more expensive than Microsoft SharePoint.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Microsoft SharePoint Vs. Arena PDXViewer based on some of the most important and required File Sharing features.

Microsoft SharePoint: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Ad-Hoc Analysis, Ad-Hoc Reporting, Automatic Scheduled Reporting, Customizable Dashboard, Customizable Features, Dashboarding, Forecasting & Budgeting, Graphic Benchmark.

Arena PDXViewer: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Target customer size

The software would be perfect for average size companies that are not willing to spend that much in document management but need very basic features that would allow them to collaborate easily. The software is a viable product for small and medium businesses as well as large enterprises.