Orbit vs SharePoint
Sprocket Orbit vs SharePoint pages
This is not really a head to head, because Orbit is built on SharePoint. Every Orbit note is a markdown file in a SharePoint site or OneDrive folder you nominate. The real question is whether modern SharePoint pages alone give you what a wiki needs, and for most teams the honest answer is partly.
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The short answer
Use SharePoint pages alone for published, relatively static content such as policies, handbooks and announcements. Add Sprocket Orbit when you need wiki behaviour SharePoint lacks: nested page hierarchy, links between notes, search scoped to the wiki, and AI assistants that can author pages rather than only read them.
Side by side
Sprocket Orbit and SharePoint alone compared
| Sprocket Orbit | SharePoint alone | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free for 10 editors, unlimited readers, then $10 per editor per month billed yearly | Included with Microsoft 365 |
| Where content is stored | Your own SharePoint and OneDrive | Your own SharePoint |
| Page hierarchy | Nested pages with a navigable tree | One flat page library |
| Links between pages | Backlinks and a workspace graph | Manual links only |
| Search | Scoped to the workspace | Site-wide, mixing pages with documents and news |
| Opens in Teams | Yes, as a Teams app | As a browser tab |
| AI assistants | Copilot, Claude and Codex read and write notes over MCP | Copilot reads and summarises, cannot author structured pages |
| Editing speed | Markdown, fast, with real-time co-authoring | Page editor built for polished publishing |
Decision guide
Which one fits your team
Stay with SharePoint alone if
- Your content is published and fairly static, such as policies and handbooks
- You have fewer pages than your team can hold in their heads
- Presentation matters more than speed of writing
- Adding another product is not worth the budget line
Add Sprocket Orbit if
- Your page library has grown past the point where anyone can find anything
- People will not leave Teams to write, so pages go stale
- You want Copilot and Claude writing notes, not just answering questions
- You need nested structure and links between related notes
Questions
Frequently asked
Can SharePoint be used as a wiki?
It can hold wiki content, and modern site pages have no page hierarchy, no wiki-style tree navigation and no way to scope search to just the wiki. Classic wiki pages and the Enterprise Wiki template are legacy features. SharePoint works well as a publishing platform and needs an added layer to behave like a living team wiki.
Does Sprocket Orbit replace SharePoint?
No. Orbit runs on SharePoint. Every note is a plain markdown file written into the SharePoint sites and OneDrive folders your organisation nominates, so your existing permissions, retention policies and compliance tooling keep applying.
Can Copilot write to SharePoint pages?
Copilot can read and summarise SharePoint content, and it cannot author structured wiki pages. Orbit supports the Model Context Protocol, so Copilot, Claude and Codex can create and update notes with the same permissions and version history as a human editor.
Other comparisons
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