SharePoint 2016 Feature Comparison Between Standard and Enterprise Editions

Developer features	SharePoint Server 2016 Standard CAL	SharePoint Server 2016 Enterprise CAL
Access Services	No	Yes
App Catalog (SharePoint)	Yes	Yes
App Deployment: Cloud-Hosted Apps	Yes	Yes
App Deployment: SharePoint-Hosted Apps	Yes	Yes
App Management Services	Yes	Yes
BCS: Alerts for External Lists	Yes	Yes
BCS: App Scoped External Content Types (ECTs)	Yes	Yes
BCS: Business Data Webparts	Yes	Yes
BCS: External List	Yes	Yes
BCS: OData connector	Yes	Yes
BCS: Profile Pages	Yes	Yes
BCS: Rich Client Integration	No	Yes
BCS: Secure Store Service	Yes	Yes
BCS: Tenant-level external data log	No	Yes
Browser-based customizations	Yes	Yes
Client Object Model (OM)	Yes	Yes
Client-side rendering (CSR)	Yes	Yes
Custom Site Definitions	Yes	Yes
Custom Site Provisioning	No	Yes
Developer Site	No	No
Forms Based Applications	Yes	Yes
Full-Trust Solutions	Yes	Yes
InfoPath Forms Services	No	Yes
JavaScript Object Model	Yes	Yes
List and Library APIs	Yes	Yes
Remote Event Receiver	Yes	Yes
REST API	Yes	Yes
Sandboxed Solutions	Yes¹⁰	Yes¹⁰
SharePoint Design Manager	Yes	Yes
SharePoint Designer	Yes	Yes
SharePoint Store	Yes	Yes
Workflow 2010 (.NET 3.5)	Yes	Yes
Workflow 2010 (out of the box)	Yes	Yes
Workflow 2013	Yes	Yes
Workload API: ECM APIs	Yes	Yes
Workload API: Search APIs	Yes	Yes
Workload API: Social APIs	Yes	Yes

IT Professional features	SharePoint Server 2016 Standard CAL	SharePoint Server 2016 Enterprise CAL
Active Directory Synchronization	Yes	Yes
Alternate Access Mapping (AAM)	Yes	Yes
Analytics Platform	Yes	Yes
Anti-malware protection	No	No
Claims-Based Authentication Support	Yes	Yes
Configuration Wizards	Yes	Yes
Deferred Site Collection upgrade	Yes	Yes
Distributed Cache	Yes	Yes
Data loss prevention	No	Yes
Encryption at rest	No	No
Host Header Site Collections	Yes	Yes
Improved Permissions Management	Yes	Yes
Improved Self-Service Site Creation	Yes	Yes
Managed Accounts	Yes	Yes
Minimal Download Strategy (MDS)	Yes	Yes
OAuth	Yes	Yes
Patch Management	Yes	Yes
Quota Templates	Yes	Yes
Read-Only Database Support	Yes	Yes
Remote BLOB Storage	Yes	Yes
Request Management	Yes	Yes
Request throttling	Yes	Yes
Resource throttling	Yes	Yes
Service Application Platform	Yes	Yes
SharePoint Health Analyzer	Yes	Yes
SharePoint admin center	No	No
Shredded Storage	Yes	Yes
Site Collection Compliance Policies	Yes	Yes
Site Collection Health Checks	Yes	Yes
State Service	Yes	Yes
Streamlined Central Administration	Yes	Yes
System Status Notifications	Yes	Yes
Unattached Content Database Recovery	Yes	Yes
Upgrade evaluation site collections	Yes	Yes
Usage Reporting and Logging	Yes	Yes
Windows PowerShell Support	Yes	Yes

Content features	SharePoint Server 2016 Standard CAL	SharePoint Server 2016 Enterprise CAL
Accessibility Standards Support	Yes	Yes
Asset Library Enhancements/Video Support	Yes	Yes
Auditing	Yes	Yes
Auditing & Reporting (e.g. doc edits, policy edits, deletes)	Yes	Yes
Content Organizer	Yes	Yes
Design Manager	Yes	Yes
Document Sets	Yes	Yes
Document Translation in Word Online	Yes	Yes
eDiscovery Search	Yes	Yes
eDiscovery Hold	No	Yes
eDiscovery Export	No	Yes
Email enabled lists and libraries	Yes	Yes
External Sharing: External Access	No	No
External Sharing: Guest Link	No	No
Folder Sync	Yes	Yes
IRM using Azure Rights Management	Yes	Yes
IRM using Windows Server AD RMS	Yes	Yes
Managed Metadata Service	Yes	Yes
Metadata-driven Navigation	Yes	Yes
Multi-stage Disposition	Yes	Yes
Office Online (edit)	Yes	Yes
Office Online (view)	Yes	Yes
Office Web Apps Server integration	Yes	Yes
PowerPoint Automation Services	Yes	Yes
Preservation hold library	No	Yes
Quick Edit	Yes	Yes
Records management	Yes	Yes
Recycle Bin (SharePoint admin center)	No	No
Recycle Bin (site collection)	Yes	Yes
Related Items	Yes	Yes
Rich Media Management	Yes	Yes
Shared Content Types	Yes	Yes
SharePoint Translation Services	Yes	Yes
Site mailbox	Yes	Yes
Surveys	Yes	Yes
Unique Document IDs	Yes	Yes
Video Search	No	Yes
WCM: Analytics	Yes	Yes
WCM: Catalog	No	Yes
WCM: Category page and catalog item page
WCM: Search web parts	No	Yes
WCM: Cross-Site Publishing	No	Yes
WCM: Designer Tools	Yes	Yes
WCM: Faceted navigation	No	Yes
WCM: Image Renditions	Yes	Yes
WCM: Managed navigation	Yes	Yes
WCM: Mobile and Device Rendering	Yes	Yes
WCM: Multiple Domains	Yes	Yes
WCM: Recommendations	Yes	Yes
WCM: Search Engine Optimizations (SEO)	Yes	Yes
Word Automation Services	Yes	Yes

Insights features	SharePoint Server 2016 Standard CAL	SharePoint Server 2016 Enterprise CAL
Business Intelligence Center	No	Yes
Data Connection Library	No	Yes
Excel Services	No	Yes
Excel WebPart for SharePoint	No	Yes
ODC file support	No	Yes
PerformancePoint Services	No	Yes
PerformancePoint Services (PPS) Dashboard Migration	No	Yes
Power View for Excel in SharePoint	No	Yes
PowerPivot for Excel in SharePoint	No	Yes
Scorecards & Dashboards	No	Yes
Scheduled data refresh	No	Yes
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) Integrated Mode	Yes	Yes
User-defined function assemblies	No	Yes
Using another workbook’s model as a data source	No	Yes
Visio Services	No	Yes

Search features	SharePoint Server 2016 Standard CAL	SharePoint Server 2016 Enterprise CAL
Advanced Content Processing	Yes	Yes
Continuous crawls	Yes	Yes
Custom entity extraction	No	Yes
Deep links	Yes	Yes
Event-based relevancy	Yes	Yes
Expertise Search	Yes	Yes
Extensible content processing	No	Yes
Graphical refiners	Yes	Yes
Hybrid search	Yes	Yes
Manage search schema	Yes	Yes
On-premises search index	Yes	Yes
Phonetic name matching	Yes	Yes
Query rules—Add promoted results	Yes	Yes
Query rules—advanced actions	No	Yes
Query spelling correction	Yes	Yes
Query suggestions	Yes	Yes
Query throttling	Yes	Yes
Quick preview	Yes	Yes
Ranking models	Yes	Yes
Refiners	Yes	Yes
RESTful Query API/Query OM	Yes	Yes
Result sources	Yes	Yes
Search connector framework	Yes	Yes
Search results sorting	Yes	Yes
Search vertical: “Conversations”	Yes	Yes
Search vertical: “People”	Yes	Yes
Search vertical: “Video”	No	Yes
“This List” searches	Yes	Yes

Sites features	SharePoint Server 2016 Standard CAL	SharePoint Server 2016 Enterprise CAL
Change the look	Yes	Yes
Connections to Microsoft Office Clients	Yes	Yes
Cross Browser Support	Yes	Yes
Custom Managed Paths	Yes	Yes
Governance	Yes	Yes
Large List Scalability and Management	Yes	Yes
Mobile Connectivity	Yes	Yes
Multi-Lingual User Interface	Yes	Yes
My Tasks	Yes	Yes
OOTB Web Parts	Yes	Yes
Permissions Management	Yes	Yes
Project functionality for team sites	Yes	Yes
Project site template	Yes	Yes
Project Summary web part	No	Yes
Project workspace	Yes	Yes
SharePoint Lists	Yes	Yes
SharePoint Ribbon	Yes	Yes
Site folders	Yes	Yes
Task list	Yes	Yes
Team Site: Drag & Drop	Yes	Yes
Team Site: Notebook	Yes	Yes
Team Site: Simplified Access	Yes	Yes
Templates	Yes	Yes
Themes	Yes	Yes
Variations	Yes	Yes
Usage Analytics	No	Yes
Work Management Service	Yes	Yes

Social features	SharePoint Server 2016 Standard CAL	SharePoint Server 2016 Enterprise CAL
Ask Me About	Yes	Yes
Blogs	Yes	Yes
Communities Reputation, Badging, and Moderation	Yes	Yes
Community	Yes	Yes
Company Feed	Yes	Yes
Document Conversations with Yammer	No	No
Follow	Yes	Yes
Microblogging	Yes	Yes
Newsfeed	Yes	Yes
One Click Sharing	Yes	Yes
People, Sites, Document Recommendations	Yes	Yes
Personal Site	Yes	Yes
Photos and Presence	Yes	Yes
Profile	Yes	Yes
Ratings	Yes	Yes
Shared with Me	No	No
Site Feed	Yes	Yes
OneDrive for Business	Yes	Yes
Tag profiles	Yes	Yes
Tasks integrated with Outlook	Yes	Yes
Trending Tags	Yes	Yes
Wikis	Yes	Yes

Add-Ons	SharePoint Server 2016 Standard CAL	SharePoint Server 2016 Enterprise CAL
Additional Storage	Yes	Yes
Azure Provisioned Apps: Access Services	No	No
Azure Provisioned Apps: Custom Code in Azure LWR	No	No
Duet Online	No	No