With that said, we understand that deciding on which version is best for you could potentially be an overwhelming task, so we’ve gone ahead and collected information from Microsoft to compare the feature sets that are available in both environments on SharePoint 2016.
We always like to recommend customers to keep in mind the scalability of their environment, in which, keyforrest will be housed on.
Here is a summary of the available feature sets available in SharePoint 2016 Standard and Enterprise:
| 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 |