Explore top SharePoint consultants that help businesses build, customize, and manage their collaboration platforms. They streamline document management, workflows, and team communication for better productivity.
By meticulously reviewing over 390 agencies, we curated a list of top SharePoint consultants based on their services, awards, portfolios, industry reputation, pricing, and client reviews. Learn more about our selection methodology and how we shortlisted the industry's top contenders.
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Notable clients: ShelterPoint, Sungas Renewables, BREG, Shift Insight, Kellogg Community College
Beyond Intranet empowers businesses with end-to-end SharePoint consulting, customization, integration, migration, branding, and business intelligence. Drawing on its extensive industry experience, the company assists brands in efficiently managing and enhancing the value of their SharePoint intranet platform, offering ongoing maintenance and support. Having served over 500 clients and garnered over 50,000 product downloads, Beyond Intranet has positioned itself as an industry leader.
Beyond Intranet Success Story
Challenge: A US-based healthcare chain needed a unified platform to monitor and manage its healthcare centers base nationwide to assist them in the decision-making process. Their request extended to tracking inventory, patient status, and hospital bed occupancy rate, which was especially critical during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Solution: Underlined by SharePoint Framework (SPFx) and React JS, Beyond Intranet built a custom utility application with a real-time status dashboard and embedded inventory management tabular reports generator. The app also automatically notified administrators whenever a staff member submitted new data or missed details on their report.
Results: Empowered by the robust application, the client could accurately monitor inventory, manage staff performance, automate the data application process, and maximize the use of its gadgets and facilities. More importantly, the client could make quick, data-driven decisions that saved lives.
Notable clients: Continental Property, Parsons, Marriott, United Refining Company, GE Renewable Energy
HingePoint's Sharepoint consulting drives industry innovation, enhancing its clients' team productivity, information security and compliance, and workforce mobility. As an established SharePoint consultant, the company provides custom development, migration, integration, document management, project management, and hub site customization. Complementary offerings of HingePoint include Azure development, Microsoft 365 integration, and PowerApps consulting.
HingePoint Success Story
Challenge: Without a proper naming convention and an integrated document system, Continental Property users spent excessive time searching for documents, encountering inefficient navigation experience between Procore and SharePoint, and having trouble collaborating within their departments.
Solution: HingePoint introduced an enterprise-wide hub system and integrated HingePoint ProConnector, which automatically synced all files into a single Project Center, allowing users to search every site within the environment. The SharePoint consultant migrated the client's data to a new SharePoint site with an improved user interface (UI) and permission settings. It also trained the employees in document management flow.
Results: HingePoint has helped Continent Party manage 40 sites, 100 projects, 80 document libraries, and 20 Procore connections. It also provided 13 custom meta tags and 20 document workshops. Using the central data source, the client increased efficiency, productivity, team collaboration, and data security.
Notable clients: Jones Energy, Toshiba, United Rentals, BioTech Inc., Hellen Keller International
Entrance Consulting helps businesses maximize their technology stack via comprehensive software consulting and development services. Its client base encompasses diverse entities, benefiting from the company’s SharePoint customization, migration and implementation, document management, and Microsoft 365 consulting. On account of its service quality, Entrance Consulting has received industry recognitions by FastTech 50, Inc. 5000, and the Better Business Bureau (BBB).
Entrance Consulting Success Story
Challenge: Jones Energy needed help in deriving data-based insights from its structured and unstructured leases and wells-related data sets scattered across departments and line-of-business (LOB) applications. While its two-person IT team created a master database, it still requested the assistance of Entrance Consulting as it had no formal organization method in place.
Solution: Entrance Consulting developed a hybrid cloud management data model, making data more accessible and searchable. It also introduced automated workflows, enabling users to be notified when a document has been uploaded and tagged. To top it off, Entrance Consulting deployed document digitization and management capabilities, allowing users to upload and tag files directly.
Results: Jones Energy's workflows were streamlined with intuitive data searchability, leading to timelier data-driven decisions and improved collaboration and communication. The cloud-based system also saved the client about $100,000 in capital expenditures.
Notable clients: Lea+Elliott, American Express, Pfizer, Verizon, Sony
EPC Group is a certified Microsoft Gold member, specializing in SharePoint migration, intranet, custom development, document management, workflow training, and Salesforce integrations. To ensure holistic service, the company extends its service line to customer support, maintenance, and employee training for greater end-user adoption. With over 25 years of industry expertise, EPC Group takes pride in having completed over 247,000 projects and collaborated with 120,000 businesses.
EPC Group Success Story
Challenge: Running on intranet-based SharePoint 2010, Lea+Elliott experienced communication delays, limited search capabilities, and outdated document libraries. The client approached EPC Group wanting to migrate to cloud-based Office 365 and obtain a mobile-accessible solution.
Solution: EPC Group drafted a roadmap, embedding the Office 365 solution within the client’s existing directory architecture and ensuring its layout, features, and functionality aligned with their needs. SharePoint, Teams, and PowerApps tools were additionally integrated to automate workflow and improve collaboration and communication.
Results: Lea+Elliott's automated HR tasks and streamlined approval process considerably reduced the client's monthly costs and positively influenced its bottom line, increasing its return on investment (ROI).
Katpro is a SharePoint consultant offering technical advisory assistance and post-deployment training to companies seeking to adopt SharePoint. In addition to providing deployment, migration, support, workflow automation, and document management, the company tailors ingenious features and custom functionalities to deliver on-demand customizations and feature extensions. Composed of seasoned system advisors and industry specialists, a considerable fraction of Katpro’s team are certified Microsoft and Nintex professionals.
Katpro Success Story
Challenge: An automotive business wanted to scale its existing vendor portal, tasking Katpro to create separate, configured project pages reflecting project costs, time, vendor contracts, and other relevant documents. The solution was envisioned to navigate onboarding vendors in logging their data, empowering the system to generate MIS reports and connect to existing payroll systems.
Solution: Katpro implemented SharePoint’s OOTB template project management solution, further customizing it to align with the client’s requirements. The solution featured various MIS dashboards showcasing the project health summary, individual project dashboards, a project management office, and an engineer-level report with graphs and charts.
Results: Through the advanced SharePoint solution, the project lead could monitor the overall project progress and team members’ performance. This enabled individual engineers to check their conduct via personal MIS dashboard, leading to an elevated project management and productivity.
Notable clients: CentreCourt, Patek Philippe, Philips, Unilever, Trelleborg
Evolvous drives organizational efficiency via end-to-end SharePoint services and robust Intranets. Evolvus team's SharePoint specialization spans document management, migration, integration, custom development, and framework development (SPFx) services. The company's track record includes over 300 successful projects that have benefitted over 200 clients.
Evolvous Success Story
Challenge: CentrePoint enlisted Evolvous’ services to optimize its document management system. As it was based on a local network, integration with other technologies was challenging, limiting its functionality and subsequently leading to inefficiencies.
Solution: Evolvous migrated all the client’s files from its local internet drive to a customized SharePoint environment. Underlined by SharePoint Framework (SPFx), the environment allowed users to have individual sites that connect to a central hub where everyone can access all the folders. The new system featured advanced permission control capabilities and file-sharing options.
Results: Empowered by a user-friendly and accessible document management system, over 100 CentrePoint employees benefited from the adjustment, with the company reducing its document retrieval time by 63%.
SharePoint Designs develops robust Microsoft ecosystems empowered by the SharePoint suite. Its services include custom development, consulting, migration, and support. The company provides document management, performance management, employee onboarding, knowledge management, and project management services to further align clients' workflows with their operational objectives. Specializing in intranet solutions, SharePoint Designs has completed over 100 intranet projects and has automated more than 200 unique processes.
SharePoint Designs Success Story
Challenge: Telecommunications company Lebara partnered with SharePoint Designs, requesting assistance with its internal communication system, which hindered effective and widespread messaging due to siloed touchpoints.
Solution: SharePoint Designs deployed an interactive intranet portal that allowed the client to seamlessly share operation-relevant information. The new intranet setup included translation functionality and country-specific pages so employees could access location-relevant content. It featured sub-pages for announcements, birthdays, photo galleries, employee blogs, and polls.
Results: Lebara gained a unified communication platform that provides timely updates. Due to the customization, the client witnessed increased user adoption and engagement, encouraging proactive communication.
Notable clients: Global Sales Expertise, Daikin, Welspun, Sentosa 4D AdventureLand, Mahangar Gas
Innoventix Solutions is a SharePoint consulting company that harnesses modern digital solutions to deliver agile and streamlined operations. The company offers technical advice and custom SharePoint setups to help clients overcome challenges related to disorganized work processes, ineffective workflows, and obstructed compliance. Its SharePoint portfolio features migration, upgrade, document management, intranet development, Office 365 customization, and workflow management.
Innoventix Solutions Success Story
Challenge: A real estate company relied on manual input for its documentation, requiring staff to fill out paper forms and scan and upload them to SharePoint. The client inquired about automating their flow to eliminate this strenuous manual work.
Solution: Innoventix Solutions automated the client's workflow and improved its SharePoint utilization by placing a dashboard that showed form status, responsible personnel, and key performance indices (KPIs), notifying relevant personnel of the next task. The existing SharePoint infrastructure was split into multiple subsites for each department while remaining under one company site, adapting it to the client’s branding.
Results: The custom forms and automated workflow significantly benefited the client’s operations, eliminating paper-based work. The implementation improved data transparency and security, while increasing employee productivity.
Notable clients: Colorado Mountain College, Port of Seattle, Time Magazine, Columbia Distributing, Microsoft
Affirma is a seasoned SharePoint consultant and a certified Gold Microsoft Partner. The company facilitates corporate communication and collaboration via a robust SharePoint portfolio comprising migration, governance, design and development, intranet, extranet, integrations, and managed services. Delivering top-notch solutions, Affirma has been recognized by Inc. 5000, Ragan’s Intranet Awards, and Seattle Business magazine.
Affirma Success Story
Challenge: Seeking to enhance its communication, collaboration, and content governance, Colorado Mountain College (CMC) partnered with Affirma to migrate its existing intranet infrastructure to SharePoint Online. It also wanted to automate targeted workflow and operational processes associated with college administration and student course requests.
Solution: Affirma leveraged SPFx to tailor web parts to the college’s business needs with social media feeds, announcement systems, and MyCMCApps, allowing users to personalize their experience. Additionally, SharePoint Online implementation streamlined CMC’s repository, removing outdated items and introducing a platform for new automated workflows using PowerApps and Power Automate.
Results: Colorado Mountain College considerably reduced its expenditure by eliminating a third-party tool preventing its modernization efforts. More importantly, the client automated six workflows, improved site management and user permissions, and empowered platform users. All of which increased organizational efficiency.
Notable clients: Trinity Grammar School, Oakley, Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, Kogarah City Council, Hawaii State Public Library
SYNERGY powers businesses’ digital transformation journey via SharePoint consulting, process automation, intranet branding and design, custom development, and employee training. As an industry leader for over 25 years, SYNERGY has established numerous lucrative partnerships with eminent corporations, including Microsoft, Dell, Google, Nintex, and ShareGate.
SYNERGY Success Story
Challenge: A leading Australian university approached SYNERGY to optimize its hiring process, which heavily relied on manual input. The lack of visibility and traceability hindered efficient administration. The client sought to automate three critical areas across the flow: (1) creating and approving schedules, (2) completing and accepting them, and (3) managing timesheets.
Solution: SYNERGY engineered a multi-tier SharePoint Enterprise solution with multiple third-party integrations. The solution automated workflows optimized the form answering process and digitized miscellaneous paper documents. As part of the solution, SYNERGY developed a public-facing e-response website for the accepted candidates, making the hiring process traceable, auditable, and transparent.
Results: The Australian university shortened its hiring process from a week to 20 minutes, granting its administration higher self-sufficiency. Additionally, the SharePoint solution reduced administrative overheads, workload, and business risk, while enhancing overall productivity.
How We Picked the Best SharePoint Consulting Companies
We selected the best SharePoint consulting companies by assessing their category-relevant case studies, industry reputation, team expertise, client roster, and executive management. Through this, we developed an effective evaluation process to identify leading SharePoint consultants with the expertise to deliver successful online solutions to diverse industries.
Our team of industry experts conducts evaluation based on the following criteria:
Reviews: Client satisfaction, quality of service, project management, communication style, and work ethics
Portfolio: Successful projects showcasing the agency’s approach to delivering tangible results
Awards and recognitions: List of notable achievements and industry recognitions by reputable third-party agencies
Team bios: Assessment of team members’ skill level and experience, team dynamics, and leadership qualities
Top services: Overview of agencies’ core competencies and areas of expertise
SharePoint expertise: The agency’s ability to customize SharePoint features, functions, tools, and integrations to meet the client’s specific requirements and improve its business processes
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A SharePoint consulting company is an agency that customizes and integrates SharePoint, a Microsoft cloud-based document management platform, into a company's internal operations. This allows the company to organize information, automate workflows, and improve productivity, efficiency, communication, and security.
SharePoint consultants also assist in migrating data and workflows from legacy systems or older platform versions to newer or cloud-based ones. Below are some of the shortcomings that SharePoint consulting companies help businesses address:
Large unorganized data volumes: Without a proper data infrastructure, businesses might experience challenges with data inaccuracy. SharePoint consulting companies will coordinate with clients when planning the information architecture to create a functional system that accommodates the request.
Siloed workflows: Siloed workflows often lead to limited project management visibility and bottlenecks. To eliminate these inconsistencies across departments, consulting companies introduce standardization techniques supplemented by SharePoint automation tools to create a centralized platform for tracking task progress and cross-department communication.
Document management and navigability issues: Businesses often lack a structured document management system which impedes their efficient access, storage, retrieval, and version control of documents. In that regard, SharePoint consultants can design a user-centric navigation system that facilitates intuitive information retrieval to minimize time wasted on document searching.
Legacy systems: SharePoint consulting companies can assist in migrating data from outdated systems to modern SharePoint platforms. By eliminating the reliance on cumbersome legacy systems, businesses streamline their information access and achieve greater business agility.
User adoption: Employees accustomed to older systems may resist using SharePoint. To help clients' employees overcome their apprehension, consultant companies schedule training sessions to ensure the team adopts the platform effectively.
Findings show that 80% of Fortune 500 firms employ Microsoft SharePoint, ranking the platform as the third most favored mobile enterprise application. In terms of content collaboration software, SharePoint dominates with a substantial 75% market share.
One example of a lucrative SharePoint deployment encompasses the collaboration between an exploration and production (E&P) company and Entrance Consulting to upgrade its content management system (CMS).
The client's HR team struggled with a disorganized file-storing system and encountered issues with security, document versioning, and data accessibility. Its employee portal was also limited and ineffectual. Entrance Consulting migrated its CMS to SharePoint to relieve the client of these hindrances, allowing meta-tagging, document versioning, and easy sharing while providing high-security measurements. Additionally, the agency streamlined workflows, customized notifications, and site administrator settings and trained the client's HR team.
As a result, the client has more control over their own data, leading to more informed decisions.
What does a SharePoint consultant do?
A SharePoint consultant is responsible for the migration, architecture, development, deployment, and maintenance of the SharePoint platform across new and existing users alike. The consulting companies customize their approach to suit clients' needs, drawing upon Microsoft SharePoint's optimal techniques and considering practical functionalities and scaling opportunities. It also conducts workforce training sessions, equipping them with the necessary skills to fully utilize SharePoint and maximize its potential.
Common services of SharePoint consultants include:
Custom SharePoint development: Tailoring the service scope to include specialized solutions aligned with the client's request
Workflow automation: Streamlining processes and setting automation features to improve communication and reduce manual tasks
Data and document management: Implementing and optimizing SharePoint for efficient data storage, organization, and retrieval, ensuring secure and compliant document management
SharePoint intranet design: Creating user-friendly SharePoint intranet portals and personalizing the document management system (DMS) to enhance collaboration, communication, and knowledge-sharing within an organization
Platform migration: Transferring workflows and communications from other platforms to SharePoint
SharePoint integration: Connecting SharePoint with a business's tech stack, including project management platform and enterprise software solution, to ensure a seamless workflow
Support and maintenance: Providing ongoing technical support and maintenance services to ensure good performance across SharePoint environments
Employee training: Offering training programs and workshops to help employees effectively use SharePoint functionalities, thus maximizing productivity
XML and HTML development: Developing custom solutions using XML and HTML to extend SharePoint's capabilities and improve user experience
By providing these services, SharePoint consultants improve a business's document management system, increasing security, data accuracy, and collaboration; which improves their bottom line. A good representation of such an instance is when Modular Wind Energy consigned AllianceTek's services.
Modular Wind Energy needed help in optimizing and simplifying its purchasing process, as it struggled with a fragmented database with a file system that couldn't be integrated with its tech stack. To accommodate the request, AllianceTek built a customized SharePoint solution containing vendor information, job codes, categories, account lists, shipping locations, material masters, and purchase-order masters. The solution served as a centralized database for all relevant documents, with customized permission levels, access rights, and automated workflows based on user roles.
Through AllianceTek's SharePoint services, Modular Wind Energy gained a solution that fully integrates with its existing system, effectively managing its data and simplifying the purchasing process. This allowed the client to facilitate a better user experience for its team and clients and achieve a positive return on investment (ROI).
How much does SharePoint consulting service cost?
SharePoint consulting services cost an average of $75-$200 per hour, depending on the project scope, complexity, agency expertise and team size.
Here are some key factors that affect SharePoint consultant's rates:
Number of users: SharePoint's pricing plan is defined by the number of users per month, which means your consulting fees increase with more users. You can choose between a monthly or annual payment plan.
SharePoint version: SharePoint On-Premise requires hardware upkeep and subscription fees, so you may be entitled to additional charges for the service. On the other hand, you will only need to pay the subscription fee of SharePoint 365, as all your files will be hosted on a cloud server.
Range of functionalities: Additional features like PowerApps, Power Automate, and Project Server impose extra fees, subsequently increasing the service price.
Third-party tools: Third-party tools and add-ons that improve SharePoint functionality may also call for additional charges.
Additional services: Services like legacy system updates, SharePoint migration, and employee training and development may not be included in the basic price plan of your SharePoint consultancy service and as such, might entail added charges.
The top 50 SharePoint consultants on DesignRush charge an average of $47 per hour. 13% of SharePoint consulting companies accept a minimum project budget of less than $1,000, while only 3% accept projects with a $50,000 minimum budget.
Why should I hire a SharePoint consulting company?
You should hire a SharePoint consulting company to obtain an all-encompassing solution that integrates existing processes into a single environment. On top of receiving practical guidance on using the platform to its full extent, you will achieve an expenditure reduction and efficient cross-department communication among your employees.
Contracting a SharePoint consultant company provides numerous advantages, including:
Specialized expertise: SharePoint-specific skills are not always readily available. Hiring a SharePoint consulting company will help you harness the platform's full potential and provide specialized services like SharePoint intranet design.
Platform tailored to your needs: While you can get SharePoint without hiring an agency, the off-the-shelf version has limited functions that may not comprehensively support your business operation. In that regard, a SharePoint consultant can develop custom features and functions on the platform for higher practicality and productivity.
Improved user adoption: SharePoint consultants provide practical advice to the broader workforce on the platform's functionalities, addressing user apprehension and unfamiliarity. By providing guidance, troubleshooting, and support, consultants build confidence in platform utilization, propelling the adoption of SharePoint as an integral tool.
Reduced overhead costs: A SharePoint consultant's salary averages $68 per hour or approximately $141,000 annually. Considering this, opting for a subcontractor can be more cost-efficient than hiring a full-time employee as you pay solely for the services you need, bypassing added expenses like licensing, training, and onboarding.
Increased security: SharePoint consultants can create an advanced security setup, granting permission only to authorized personnel to access and modify sensitive documents and information. With their help, you can define granular permissions, assigning specific access levels to users and groups, thus safeguarding confidential data from unauthorized access.
Improved workflows and information accuracy: SharePoint consultants can introduce you to novel functionalities for automating workflows, enhancing data architecture, and streamlining processes.
Manage migration, updates, and issues: A consultant helps move your current workflows to SharePoint and ensures your system stays stable during updates or expansions.
Relevant updates and developments: SharePoint consultants' service extends to providing ongoing maintenance and system migration so you can easily navigate and keep abreast with the platform's novelties and intricacies.
Integration within your existing system: Integrating SharePoint with your HRMS, SAP, payroll, and other business processes allows you to set a single source of truth (SSOT) that contributes to data-driven insights and better data retrieval.
One case study that illustrates the benefits of hiring a SharePoint consulting company is when United Refining Company partnered with HingePoint.
Before hiring HingePoint, United Refining Company relied on hard-copy documents and an outdated on-premise file server. Additionally, its file server recently endured a ransomware attack, forcing it to save files on local drives. To solve this, HingePoint designed a document management system on SharePoint Online and customized seven document libraries for the Pipeline Center.
By leveraging Custom Power, HingePoint automated the client's workflows, successfully migrating 15,746 files and 2,410 folders worth 100GB of data. United Refining Company also standardized its folder structure, which improved its file searching capabilities while gaining a secure internal and external collaboration platform and auditable system.
How do I choose the best SharePoint consulting service for my business?
You can choose the best SharePoint consulting service for your business by following a systematic approach:
Audit your current system: Are you looking to redo your entire document management system, or do you simply need a few plugins? Assess your system's shortcomings and goals to specify the Microsoft SharePoint consulting services you need.
Familiarize yourself with the different versions of SharePoint: SharePoint 365, SharePoint On-Premise, and other versions of SharePoint entail different benefits. Learn about each to decide on a version that aligns with your operations.
Set a budget: SharePoint implementation can be a significant operational investment. Define a feasible budget range, considering factors such as project scope, platform licensing, and third-party APIs and plugins.
Define your project scope: Set a timeline, project requirements, and key success metrics based on your long- and short-term project goals.
Research and gather references: Search online directories, marketplaces, and agency listings for potential Microsoft SharePoint consultants. List developers that are highly recommended by credible third-party agencies.
Do your due diligence: Read their portfolios, case studies, client testimonials, reviews, and awards on marketplace websites and platforms like DesignRush and Google My Business.
Check their technical prowess: In addition to having an extensive knowledge of Microsoft systems, search for agencies with expertise in HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, and Big Data. Proficiency in these fields is a good indicator that the agency can customize features and plugins to your specifications and integrate SharePoint with other operational tools and technology in your business.
Assess their service scope and expertise: Pinpoint consultants with experience in your industry and ensure they offer the specific SharePoint services and features you need.
Send your request for proposal (RFP): Once you have shortlisted potential agencies, send them an RFP outlining the project scope, timeline, costs, and strategy. Assess proposals from various agencies to understand value for money, the extent of work, and projected outcomes.
Interview your potential agencies: Schedule an interview with SharePoint consultants to better assess their soft skills, like team dynamics, communication style, and organizational values.
Negotiate and finalize the contract: Review and negotiate the payment and terms of service and ensure there are clauses that allow you to exit the partnership without severe penalties if it does not meet your expectations.
Prepare for deployment: Implementing a new SharePoint system can disrupt daily business operations. Considering this, you need to schedule the deployment after business hours and prepare for potential system downtime.
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How do I find the best SharePoint consultant on DesignRush that fits my budget?
You can find the best SharePoint consultant on DesignRush that fits your budget using our search filters. You can refine your search according to hourly rates, minimum budgets, agency region, company size, and client type.
Below are five SharePoint consultants with the most affordable hourly rates on DesignRush: