SharePoint 2016: Feature Comparison for IT Developers
In this article, we will list a feature comparison between SharePoint 2013 vs. SharePoint 2016 including the Standard and Enterprise features. Please see the table below for comparison across SharePoint versions. This comparison is only for Developer features.
Developer features
SharePoint Foundation 2013
SharePoint Server 2013 Standard CAL
SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise CAL
SharePoint Server 2016 Standard CAL
SharePoint Server 2016 Enterprise CAL
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
App Deployment: Cloud-Hosted Apps
Yes1
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
App Deployment: SharePoint-Hosted Apps
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes1
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
BCS: Alerts for External Lists
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
BCS: App Scoped External Content Types (ECTs)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
BCS: Tenant-level external data log
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes10
Yes10
Yes10
Yes10
Yes10
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Workflow 2010 (out of the box)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
1 Certain app authoring features require user profiles, which aren’t available in SharePoint Foundation 2013.
*10 = Because Kiosk users can’t be administrators, tenants with Kiosk users need at least one Enterprise user to access the admin center.
Reference:
This is based on SharePoint 2016 RTM release as per TechNet SharePoint feature availability across on-premises solutions.