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Microsoft SharePoint vs MODX: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 12th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 5,116 reviews from Content Management users.
% Fit
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Feature ratings
Secure Data Storage
4.6
Website Management
NA
Customizable Branding
NA
Access Controls/Permissions
4.4
Content Publishing Options
4.4
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Missing features
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Feature ratings
Secure Data Storage
NA
Website Management
4.3
Customizable Branding
5.0
Access Controls/Permissions
4.5
Content Publishing Options
4.8
User satisfaction
4.3
User reviews5,291
Ease of use
4.1
Functionality
4.3
Value for money
4.2
Customer support
4.1
4.6
User reviews65
Ease of use
4.0
Functionality
4.4
Value for money
5.0
Customer support
4.7
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Free version
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Best for

Knowledge management application that keeps work moving forward by providing quick access to team sites, organization portals and resources and the team members for all types of companies.

MODX works exceptionally well for organizations that are looking for something beyond a cookie cutter approach, be it integrating third-party applications, or a completely custom design.

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Nikhil C
Supplier Risk Manager
5.0

Nikhil: Hi, my name is Nikhil. I work with the biggest pharmaceutical manufacturing company in Paris, and I use SharePoint on a daily basis. I would rate five. So, I have worked on Google products in the past, but SharePoint has a lot of advantages in terms of you can create your own site. So in my company, we have different departments and each department has its own site and all of the tools which they use on a daily basis, all of them are on SharePoint. So it's very accessible inside the company and each one can take advantage of SharePoint differently based on its needs. And yeah, that's it. SharePoint comes with the Microsoft suite and we have Teams and all of the other, OneDrive and many other, Yammer. So it's a complete suite and SharePoint is just one part of it, and that's why we use SharePoint. It gives very good functionality in terms of intercommunication between different softwares, and it works completely great with other sets of applications. So in my case, when I got the company email address, which was with Microsoft, so once you get that, you automatically get the SharePoint access as well. So SharePoint is a great tool. I believe it has a lot of functionalities where you can create micro-blogging sites and it works completely great with all the data storage and the other functionalities that it has. So the main thing about SharePoint is you can get started with SharePoint if you have a complete Microsoft suite and it works totally great with that. But apart from that, you need to think whether SharePoint is actually useful for you. Many of the companies that I have worked with in the past did not have SharePoint, but considering if your organization is big enough, you can totally have a SharePoint and it would be really great.

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Jakub H
Senior Product Designer
5.0

Jakub H.: Hi, I'm Jakub. I'm a designer and I would rate MODX five from five. And for more review, click below. Before I started to use MODX, I was basically coding sites by myself, or basically the backend of the websites, and it turned out to be really difficult to figure out all the URLs, and the managing of the resources and documents and images. I was looking for something else, something which would help me. There was a lot of stuff on the market like, Joomla! and WordPress, and other things, Drupal at that time. But nothing seems to fit because I wanted creative freedom. Basically, I wanted to connect my site, which I designed the way I wanted it to some management system, and not to bend some pre-made template to my design. MODX somehow materialized and filled all the things, or all the features and all the requirements I needed at that time, so I started using MODX. Why I chose MODX? Basically, the first thing was the easy way to configure friendly URLs on the server and to assign them to the pages. It worked basically out of the box. It was super simple to set up. The other things were the document life cycle basically, because publishing and unpublishing, or programming it by yourself is a tedious task. And the third thing I would point out is basically the super-advanced caching, basically from MODX, because it caches the rendered pages and loads them afterwards super quickly. Installing MODX is super simple. You basically download a zip file and if you have Apache and Myski server handy already, you just upload the files and run the setup and follow the instructions. I never had any issues. If the server was modern, doing this is really extremely simple. In the newer versions, it makes the whole thing even more convenient because there are languages you can choose from, and the whole setup is really straightforward. I wouldn't shy from trying this. I would say, yes, it is simple. It is very simple. Well, if you're considering MODX, I would first look at what do you really want to do with your site? If you need a website builder, then MODX is definitely not the tool to use. But if you want something to manage your website or manage your content inside of a website, or play with basically APIs and are profound with some PHP, then you should definitely start using MODX. Or if you want to amaze your clients with super simple interface, and very, very logical structure of the [inaudible 00:03:03], or basically the website tree or structure, then MODX is definitely the right tool. If you want advanced features such as media management and the document life cycle, like publishing and unpublishing to a specific time, then yes, MODX once again is the right tool. There is a ton of plugins, which extend the functionality of MODX. I think you can find pretty much everything or any feature you are looking forward to use in a modern website.

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Microsoft SharePoint

17/37
  • Activity Dashboard
  • API
  • Asset Lifecycle Management
  • Audio File Management
  • Campaign Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Document Classification
  • Electronic Forms
  • Engagement Tracking
  • Image Editing
  • Metadata Management
  • Multi-Language
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • SEO Management
  • Single Sign On
  • Tagging
  • Text Editing
  • Version Control
  • Website Management
  • WYSIWYG Editor
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Approval Process Control
  • Calendar Management
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Content Library
  • Content Publishing Options
  • Customizable Templates
  • Document Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Full Text Search
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Video Support
  • Workflow Management
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Microsoft SharePoint
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
MODX
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Microsoft SharePoint
  • By Microsoft
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1975
MODX
  • By MODX
  • Located in United States
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