Top SharePoint Companies

SharePoint Consulting - By the Numbers

• Microsoft reported more than 250 million SharePoint users in 2024
• SharePoint Online is included in Microsoft 365 Business Basic ($6/user/month) and all higher tiers - there is no separate SharePoint-only price for most organizations
• A SharePoint intranet build project runs $30,000 to $150,000 depending on scope, number of departments, and custom features
• File server or legacy SharePoint migration projects cost $10,000 to $60,000 for a typical SMB
• 141 companies in this directory list SharePoint as a core specialization
• SharePoint Framework (SPFx) is the primary custom development model - custom web parts typically cost $5,000 to $20,000 each

What SharePoint Consultants Do

Intranet Design and Modern Experience

The modern SharePoint experience (introduced with SharePoint Online and available on SharePoint 2019 on-prem) uses communication sites, hub sites, and section-based page layouts. Consultants design the site hierarchy, branding, navigation structure, and page templates - then build department sites, news pages, HR resource centers, and company-wide home pages that look and work like a proper intranet rather than a file cabinet with a web browser in front of it.

Document Management

This is where SharePoint is most frequently misconfigured. Consultants design content types (templates with required metadata fields), managed metadata term stores, document sets, and co-authoring workflows. Proper document management means employees can find documents by what they are, not just by where someone happened to save them.

Permissions Architecture

SharePoint's permissions model is powerful but gets complicated quickly when inheritance is broken at multiple levels. Consultants design a permissions scheme from the top down - site collection, site, library, folder - that meets security requirements without creating an unmaintainable maze of individual user permissions.

Migration from File Shares and Legacy SharePoint

Migrating from Windows file servers, SharePoint 2013, or SharePoint 2016 to SharePoint Online is a major service category. Consultants use tools like ShareGate, Mover, or Microsoft's SPMT (SharePoint Migration Tool) to move content, preserve permissions where possible, and reorganize information architecture during the move rather than just replicating the old structure in the new system.

Search Configuration

SharePoint's search is only as good as the metadata attached to content and the search schema configuration. Consultants configure managed properties, result sources, query rules, and promoted results - and connect SharePoint search to Microsoft Search across M365 apps.

Power Apps and Power Automate Integration

SharePoint lists are a common data source for Power Apps (replacing InfoPath forms, which Microsoft retired) and Power Automate (approval workflows, notification flows, document review processes). Consultants build these integrations as part of SharePoint projects or as standalone automation engagements.

SharePoint Syntex and AI Document Processing

Microsoft Syntex (formerly Project Cortex) applies AI models to automatically classify documents and extract metadata. Consultants train document understanding models, configure content assembly, and set up eSignature integration for organizations with high document volumes.

SharePoint Framework (SPFx) Custom Development

When out-of-box SharePoint features are not enough, SPFx developers build custom web parts, extensions, and application customizers using TypeScript and React. These are deployed as add-ins and work in both SharePoint Online and modern on-premises deployments.

SharePoint Consulting Costs and Pricing

• Intranet build (modern, department sites, home page, navigation): $25,000 to $100,000
• Migration from file server to SharePoint Online: $10,000 to $60,000 depending on data volume and source complexity
• Legacy SharePoint (2013/2016) to SharePoint Online migration: $15,000 to $80,000 including information architecture redesign
• Ongoing SharePoint administration: $1,000 to $4,000 per month for regular management, user support, and governance
• Custom SPFx web part development: $5,000 to $20,000 per web part
• Power Apps form to replace InfoPath: $3,000 to $12,000 per form/workflow
• SharePoint Syntex model training and deployment: $5,000 to $25,000 plus Syntex license costs ($5 per AI credit or $25/user/month)

How to Choose a SharePoint Partner

1. Confirm their experience with your specific version. SharePoint Online (Microsoft 365) and SharePoint Server on-premises are different products at this point. A consultant who primarily works with SharePoint Online may not have experience with the on-premises patch model, farm administration, or service application configuration. Ask directly which version the majority of their recent projects involved.
2. Ask about their migration track record and tools. The most common failure mode in SharePoint migration projects is data integrity issues - permissions not carrying over correctly, file metadata lost, version history dropped. Ask what tool they use (ShareGate, SPMT, Mover), what their validation process looks like post-migration, and whether they have had to recover from a failed migration.
3. Start with information architecture, not technology. A good SharePoint partner asks about your business before opening a browser. If the first conversation is about modern vs. classic experience or hub site configuration before they understand how your documents are organized, how your teams collaborate, and what problems you are trying to solve, they are building in the wrong order.
4. Check governance documentation in their deliverables. A SharePoint implementation without a governance document is a system that will degrade within 12 months as users add sites, break inheritance, and accumulate clutter. Ask to see an example governance framework from a past project.
5. Evaluate training as a core deliverable. SharePoint adoption consistently fails when end users are handed a new system without training. Verify that user training and adoption support are explicitly included in scope - not an afterthought.

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