Sharelio vs custom SPFx development: cost and timeline compared

Last updated: July 12, 2026

The short version: a custom SPFx web part built by a consultancy costs €3,000–8,000 and takes 6–12 weeks; with Sharelio, the AI platform for building SharePoint tools, an equivalent internal tool costs part of a €300/month flat subscription (unlimited components) and is published in minutes. Over a year, ten consultancy web parts cost €30,000–80,000; a year of Sharelio costs €3,600 regardless of how many components you create.

That comparison only holds for what both can build. Custom SPFx development remains the right choice for complex business logic, deep integrations with external systems and fully bespoke UX — and it's the only option of the two that produces code you own. Here is the full breakdown.

Custom SPFx development vs Sharelio (2026)
	Custom SPFx development	Sharelio
Cost per web part	€3,000–8,000	Included — €300/month per tenant, unlimited
Cost for 10 web parts	€30,000–80,000	€3,600/year (flat)
Timeline	6–12 weeks each	Minutes each
Changes after delivery	New quote per change	Edit in plain language, instantly
Maintenance	Yours: SPFx/Node upgrades, bug fixes	None — managed, audited runtime
IT security review	Every new package deployed	One package, reviewed once
Complex logic & external integrations	Yes — its core strength	No — outside the closed runtime
Code ownership	You own the source code	No code: declarative configurations

What custom SPFx development really costs

European consultancies typically quote €3,000–8,000 per SPFx web part, driven by day rates of €400–900 and 2–4 weeks of effective work spread over 6–12 calendar weeks (specification, development, testing, deployment approvals). Complex components with integrations regularly exceed €10,000.

The quote is only the entry price. SPFx projects carry ownership costs that rarely appear in the proposal: keeping up with SharePoint Framework and Node.js version changes, fixing regressions after Microsoft updates, and a new quote for every change request. Each new web part is also a new package your IT team must review and approve.

How Sharelio's model works

Sharelio is a no-code builder: you describe the tracker, form, dashboard or directory in plain language, and the AI generates it while provisioning the SharePoint lists in your own tenant. Pricing is flat — €300/month per tenant, unlimited components and users — so the marginal cost of the next internal tool is zero.

Security-wise the model is the inverse of custom development: instead of reviewing every new package, IT reviews and installs one auditable SPFx runtime package, once. Everything generated afterwards is declarative configuration confined to that runtime — no AI-generated code ever executes in the tenant, and every component is traceable and centrally deactivatable from a governance panel.

When custom SPFx development is worth the price

Deep integrations: reading and writing to ERPs, CRMs or third-party APIs beyond Microsoft 365.
Complex business logic: calculations, validation chains or workflows too specific for any no-code tool.
Fully bespoke UX: pixel-perfect interfaces where design is the requirement itself.
Code ownership as policy: organisations that require holding the source of everything they run.

If your component fits this profile, hire good SPFx developers — no no-code tool will match them. And if it's a single, well-scoped component but you don't want an open-ended consulting engagement, Sharelio also builds it for you at a closed, fixed price on its audited runtime.

When Sharelio is the better choice

For the everyday queue of internal tools — incident trackers, request forms, project dashboards, team directories — custom development is structurally overqualified: you pay bespoke-software prices for patterns that repeat in every company. Sharelio turns that queue into a subscription: minutes per tool, no maintenance, and IT governance included. One consultancy web part (€3,000–8,000) costs about the same as one to two full years of unlimited Sharelio.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a custom SPFx web part cost in 2026?

Typically €3,000–8,000 from a European consultancy, with 6–12 weeks of delivery time. Complex components with external integrations often exceed €10,000. Maintenance and change requests are billed separately.

Can Sharelio fully replace a SharePoint consultancy?

For standard internal tools (trackers, forms, dashboards, directories), yes — that's its purpose. For deep integrations, complex business logic or fully bespoke UX, custom SPFx development remains the right tool. Many teams use Sharelio for the recurring queue and reserve consulting budget for the genuinely complex cases.

Can Sharelio components coexist with existing custom SPFx web parts?

Yes. Sharelio installs as one more standard SPFx package from your app catalogue and doesn't touch existing web parts, which keep working unchanged alongside it.

Is Sharelio's runtime auditable by our IT team?

Yes — that's the design goal. IT reviews a single SPFx package with a standard permissions manifest before installing. A technical security dossier is available on request, and the AI's output is declarative configuration, not executable code.

What if we need just one component but don't want a consultancy project?

Sharelio offers a done-for-you service: its team builds the component at a closed fixed price with a delivery date agreed upfront, on the same audited runtime. It captures the middle ground between subscribing to the platform and commissioning custom development.