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About

Microsoft SharePoint is a secure, enterprise-grade collaboration and content management platform that connects teams, information, and workflows. With AI-powered Copilot and SharePoint agents, users can instantly generate pages, summarize content, and surface insights from within their sites. It enables seamless document management, version control, and real-time collaboration—both inside and outside your organization. Customizable templates and drag-and-drop tools make it easy to design visually engaging intranet sites and portals. SharePoint also provides robust security and compliance features, including access controls, data governance, and conditional policies. Integrated deeply into Microsoft 365, it helps businesses streamline communication, boost productivity, and accelerate their AI transformation.

About

SmartVault is the easiest and most secure way to optimize how you, your staff, and your clients gather, store, share, and eSign documents in the cloud. Streamline how you work, collaborate with clients more easily, and reduce costs — through one integrated document management and client portal solution.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Enterprises, IT leaders, and business teams seeking a secure, AI-powered content management and collaboration platform to streamline communication, automate workflows, and enhance knowledge sharing across their organization

Audience

Accounting, Tax, Bookkeeping, Business, SME

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$1.00/one-time/user
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

$20.00/month/user
https://www.smartvault.com/pricing/
Free Version
Free Trial

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.7 / 5
ease 4.6 / 5
features 4.4 / 5
design 4.5 / 5
support 4.6 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.7 / 5
ease 4.6 / 5
features 4.6 / 5
design 4.3 / 5
support 4.4 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • It offers a robust ecosystem of third-party integrations that can extend its functionality and enhance its value. It has improved its user interface and ease of use over the years, making it easier to create, share, and access content across sites and devices. It provides a high level of security and compliance features such as version control, retention policies, records management, legal holds, electronic discovery, and auditing. It supports multiple document libraries, lists, calendars, wikis, blogs, forums, surveys, and other types of content that can be customized and organized according to the needs of each team or project. It enables real-time collaboration and co-authoring of documents with internal or external users, as well as commenting and voting capabilities. It allows users to create workflows and automate business processes using Power Automate or other tools. It has a powerful search engine that can help users find relevant content on sites and documents, as well as customizable search capabilities for advanced users.
  • Microsoft SharePoint has the strategic ways of making the sharing of information straightforward and simplistic. Microsoft SharePoint delivers suitable ways of scanning the authorized information users. It integrates with numerous systems that deals with information.
  • Microsoft SharePoint is a strong and reliable storage and sharing solution, where organization and other business needs are well determined. More so, Microsoft SharePoint has the compatibility with different social programs. The security of the stored files is high and systematic.
  • This tool is great and is one that I currently utilize for collaboration with one of the nonprofits we serve.
  • MS SharePoint is a great tool for project team collaboration. You can easily create a project team home page to store and share relevant documents, announcements, progress reports, and team information like contact list and organization charts.

Cons

  • It can be expensive and complex to implement, configure, customize, and manage, especially for large or distributed organizations. May require experts or consultants to ensure proper use and adoption. You may have some errors or crashes while creating or editing SharePoint pages or documents, such as the inability to change the number of columns or insert images. It does not have a desktop or app version that can be used offline or separate from the browser. It would be helpful to have a separate option with more features that align with Microsoft Office. It can be difficult to keep things organized within SharePoint, especially when there are multiple sites or libraries with similar or overlapping content. It would be helpful to have more options for filtering, tagging, or grouping sites or content.
  • Microsoft SharePoint has the value for every communications transaction, and useful mechanisms are well outlined to suit the business use. Further, Microsoft SharePoint is a resourceful platform in making changes.
  • Microsoft SharePoint offers efficient access sharing procedures, and there is proper follow u in all business needs. However, Microsoft SharePoint is pricey, and there is a challenge in new subscriber having the tool.
  • It is challenging to collaborate with external individuals.
  • Ironically, like most Microsoft tools, MS SharePoint keeps gaining functionality which is great, but then sometimes the basic things get more complicated because there are so many options. An example is that sometimes functionality that I use most often get buried into a "menu" or "layer" or something moves to another location unexpectedly...especially since as a SaaS solution the change can happen overnight.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Secure database, short upload times, good search features to find past uploaded documents, easy to use once certain functions are enabled, download notifications to see who has received the items requested/uploaded.
  • From file storage to file sharing SmartVault provides a secured and seamless platform for business. I liked its collaboration features. It's easy to transfer files around anywhere. The interface is also easy to understand.
  • It provides cloud storage of documents so we can access them from anywhere. It saves the file in encrypted for for absolute security. Features like eSign, version control and scan integration helps a lot.
  • The product is good, not too complicated, and not expensive especially compared to some of the bigger names.
  • It's an easy product to learn. And even easier to walk a client through how to set up their access. All I have to do is send and email, then the client takes a few steps to set up their log in information, and with a few clicks they are ready to send and receive sensitive information through a secure portal!

Cons

  • Difficult to navigate between folders in an account from an non-administrative end, upload process can be confusing when trying to upload to specific folders, pinning folders to Home Screen is not intuitive and using pinned folders is confusing because the "Add" button does not mean upload but means add another pinned folder.
  • There's no downside I experienced on this platform.
  • The app user interface is very simple which makes it easy to use and understand. The app has no cons.
  • I wish there was an app for clients to use on their phone.
  • Nothing that I dislike enough to mention. Sometimes the search bar takes a few seconds to catch up, but that could also be my computer with several other large programs running.

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

Microsoft
Founded: 1975
United States
www.microsoft.com

Company Information

SmartVault
Founded: 2008
United States
smartvault.com/

Alternatives

Alternatives

Intelex

Intelex

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ShareFile

ShareFile

Progress Software
Axero

Axero

Axero Solutions
Igloo

Igloo

Igloo Software
Beyond Intranet

Beyond Intranet

Beyond Key

Categories

Categories

Collaboration Features

Brainstorming
Calendar Management
Chat / Messaging
Contact Management
Content Management
Document Management
Project Management
Real Time Editing
Task Management
Version Control
Video Conferencing

Intranet Features

Activity / News Feed
Blogs
Calendar Management
Content Management
Discussions / Forums
Employee Directory
Knowledge Management
Policy Management
Search
Wiki

File Sharing Features

Audit Trail
Chat / Messaging
Collaboration
Document Management
Drag & Drop
Electronic Signature
Encryption
File Synchronization
Search
User Management
Version Control
Workflow Management

Document Management Features

Access Controls
Archiving & Retention
Collaboration Tools
Compliance Tracking
Document Archiving
Document Assembly
Document Capture
Document Conversion
Document Delivery
Document Indexing
Document Retention
Electronic Signature
Email Management
File Recovery
File Type Conversion
Forms Management
Full Text Search
Offline Access
Optical Character Recognition
Print Management
Version Control

Portal Features

Chat
Collaboration
Content Management
Document Management
File Sharing
Search

Integrations

Affinda
Azumuta
Bodhi
Boomi
ChatGPT
Colligo Enterprise Suite for Microsoft 365
Grooper
Instruct
Lucidworks
Newforma ConstructEx
Newforma Konekt
Power Framework
SmartBid
SmartIQ
Streebo Mobile Forms
Tom's Planner
Trellis
Unqork
cloudHQ
netDocShare

Integrations

Affinda
Azumuta
Bodhi
Boomi
ChatGPT
Colligo Enterprise Suite for Microsoft 365
Grooper
Instruct
Lucidworks
Newforma ConstructEx
Newforma Konekt
Power Framework
SmartBid
SmartIQ
Streebo Mobile Forms
Tom's Planner
Trellis
Unqork
cloudHQ
netDocShare
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