Compare SharePoint 2010 and Sharepoint 2013

SharePoint Server 2013 brings strong enhancements to its 2010 predecessor. Customer feedback and a growing social world have influenced SharePoint 2013 changes to development, social, search and management unavailable with SharePoint 2010 making upgrading an attractive possibility. Microsoft's cloud experience with SharePoint Online is also evident in SharePoint 2013's scalability and reliability.

SharePoint 2010 vs SharePoint 2013

SharePoint 2013 vs. 2010 Feature Comparison Matrix

Learn the ways that SharePoint 2013 has built upon SharePoint 2010 to become a more efficient platform to fit your business needs.

SharePoint 2010 Logo SharePoint 2010 SharePoint 2013 Logo SharePoint 2013
Foundation Server Std. Server Ent. Foundation Server Std. Server Ent.
Apps
Sandbox Solutions included included included included * included * included *
App Catalog & Marketplace – – – included included included
Collaboration
Team Sites included included included included included included
Work Management – – – – included included
Social
Personal Sites – included included – included included
Newsfeed – – – – included included
SkyDrive Pro – – – – included included
Community Sites – – – – included included
Task List Aggregation – – – – included included
Follow Content & People – – – – included included
Search
Content Management
Content Authoring – included included – included included
Records Management – included included – included included
Managed Navigation – – included – – included
Managed Metadata – included included – included included
Cross-site Publishing – – – – included included
eDiscovery – – – – – included
Business Intelligence
Excel Services, PowerPivot – – included – – included
Scorecards & Dashboards – – included – – included
Business Solutions
Access – included included – included included
Visual Studio – included included – included included
InfoPath – included included – included included
Excel – included included – included included
SharePoint 2013 Workflow – – – – included included
Business Connectivity Services included included included included included included
Branding
Design Manager – – – – – included
Channels (master pages) – – – – – included
Updated SharePoint Designer – – – included included included
Mobile
Native support for iOS/Android – – – included included included
Mobile Views included included included included included included
Office Web Apps included included included included included included

* Please note that while SharePoint 2013 supports Sandbox solutions, the new app model is highly recommended as Sandboxed solutions are deprecated in SharePoint 2013. The general recommendation is to upgrade your Sandboxed solutions to Apps since they will be completely removed in the next version of SharePoint.

SharePoint 2010 vs. 2013 Scalability Boundaries & Limits

SharePoint 2013 brings a vast amount of changes from the SharePoint 2010 platform including performance and scalability optimizations accomplished by shredded storage, request management, the new Cloud App Model, SQL optimization and new search architecture.

SharePoint 2010 logo SharePoint 2010 SharePoint 2013 Logo SharePoint 2013
Foundation Server Std. Server Ent. Foundation Server Std. Server Ent.
Web Application Limits
Web Application Not published 20 per farm
Content Databases 300 per web app 300 per web app
Site Collections 250,000 per web app 250,000 per web app
Content Database Limits
Number of Content Databases 300 per web app 500 per farm
Content Database Size (general usage) 200 GB 200 GB
Content Database Size (all usage) 4 TB 4 TB
Content Database Items 60 million items 60 million items
Site Collection Limits – –
Site Collections Not published 2,000,000 per Farm
Site Collection Size Max size of content database Max size of content database
List and Library Limits
File Size 2 GB 2 GB
Documents 30,000,000 per library 30,000,000 per library
Major Versions 400,000 400,000
Minor Versions Not published 511