Find below a version comparison chart for all the features for an on premise install of SharePoint 2013. You can find more details on this Technet article.

Developer features Foundation Standard Enterprise
Access Services No No Yes
App Catalog (SharePoint) Yes Yes Yes
App Deployment: Autohosted Apps No No No
App Deployment: Cloud-Hosted Apps Yes Yes Yes
App Deployment: SharePoint-Hosted Apps Yes Yes Yes
App Management Services Yes Yes Yes
BCS: Alerts for External Lists No Yes Yes
BCS: App Scoped External Content Types (ECTs) No Yes Yes
BCS: Business Data Webparts No Yes Yes
BCS: External List Yes Yes Yes
BCS: OData connector No Yes Yes
BCS: Profile Pages No Yes Yes
BCS: Rich Client Integration No No Yes
BCS: Secure Store Service No Yes Yes
BCS: Tenant-level external data log No No Yes
Browser-based customizations Yes Yes Yes
Client Object Model (OM) Yes Yes Yes
Client-side rendering (CSR) Yes Yes Yes
Custom Site Definitions No Yes Yes
Custom Site Provisioning No No Yes
Developer Site No No No
Forms Based Applications No Yes Yes
Full-Trust Solutions Yes Yes Yes
InfoPath Forms Services No No Yes
JavaScript Object Model Yes Yes Yes
List and Library APIs Yes Yes Yes
Remote Event Receiver Yes Yes Yes
REST API Yes Yes Yes
Sandboxed Solutions Yes Yes Yes
SharePoint Design Manager No Yes Yes
SharePoint Designer Yes Yes Yes
SharePoint Store Yes Yes Yes
Workflow 2010 (.NET 3.5) Yes Yes Yes
Workflow 2010 (out of the box) No Yes Yes
Workflow 2013 No Yes Yes
Workload API: ECM APIs No Yes Yes
Workload API: Search APIs Yes Yes Yes
Workload API: Social APIs No Yes Yes
IT Professional features      
Active Directory Synchronization No Yes Yes
Alternate Access Mapping (AAM) Yes Yes Yes
Analytics Platform No Yes Yes
Anti-malware protection No No No
Claims-Based Authentication Support Yes Yes Yes
Configuration Wizards No Yes Yes
Deferred Site Collection upgrade Yes Yes Yes
Distributed Cache Yes Yes Yes
Host Header Site Collections Yes Yes Yes
Improved Permissions Management Yes Yes Yes
Improved Self-Service Site Creation No Yes Yes
Managed Accounts Yes Yes Yes
Minimal Download Strategy (MDS) Yes Yes Yes
OAuth No Yes Yes
Patch Management Yes Yes Yes
Quota Templates Yes Yes Yes
Read-Only Database Support Yes Yes Yes
Remote BLOB Storage Yes Yes Yes
Request Management Yes Yes Yes
Request throttling Yes Yes Yes
Resource throttling Yes Yes Yes
Service Application Platform Yes Yes Yes
SharePoint Health Analyzer Yes Yes Yes
SharePoint admin center No No No
Shredded Storage Yes Yes Yes
Site Collection Compliance Policies No Yes Yes
Site Collection Health Checks Yes Yes Yes
State Service Yes Yes Yes
Streamlined Central Administration Yes Yes Yes
System Status Notifications Yes Yes Yes
Unattached Content Database Recovery Yes Yes Yes
Upgrade evaluation site collections Yes Yes Yes
Usage Reporting and Logging Yes Yes Yes
Windows PowerShell Support Yes Yes Yes
Content features      
Accessibility Standards Support Yes Yes Yes
Asset Library Enhancements/Video Support No Yes Yes
Auditing No Yes Yes
Auditing & Reporting (e.g. doc edits, policy edits, deletes) No Yes Yes
Content Organizer No Yes Yes
Design Manager Yes Yes Yes
Document Sets No Yes Yes
Document Translation in Word Online Yes Yes Yes
eDiscovery Search No Yes Yes
eDiscovery Hold No No Yes
eDiscovery Export No No Yes
Email enabled lists and libraries Yes Yes Yes
External Sharing: External Access No No No
External Sharing: Guest Link No No No
Folder Sync No Yes Yes
IRM using Azure Rights Management No Yes Yes
IRM using Windows Server AD RMS Yes Yes Yes
Managed Metadata Service No Yes Yes
Metadata-driven Navigation No Yes Yes
Multi-stage Disposition No Yes Yes
Office ProPlus (Osub) No No No
Office Online (edit) Yes Yes Yes
Office Online (view) Yes Yes Yes
Office Web Apps Server integration Yes Yes Yes
PowerPoint Automation Services No Yes Yes
Preservation hold library No No Yes
Quick Edit Yes Yes Yes
Records management No Yes yes
Recycle Bin (SharePoint admin center) No No No
Recycle Bin (site collection) Yes Yes Yes
Related Items Yes Yes Yes
Rich Media Management No Yes Yes
Shared Content Types No Yes Yes
SharePoint Translation Services No Yes Yes
Site mailbox No Yes Yes
Surveys No Yes Yes
Unique Document IDs No Yes Yes
Video Search No No Yes
WCM: Analytics No Yes Yes
WCM: Catalog No No Yes
WCM: Category page and catalog item page No No Yes
WCM: Search web parts No No Yes
WCM: Cross-Site Publishing No No Yes
WCM: Designer Tools No Yes Yes
WCM: Faceted navigation No No Yes
WCM: Image Renditions No No Yes
WCM: Managed navigation No Yes Yes
WCM: Mobile and Device Rendering No Yes Yes
WCM: Multiple Domains No No Yes
WCM: Recommendations No Yes Yes
WCM: Search Engine Optimizations (SEO) No Yes Yes
Word Automation Services No Yes Yes
Insights features      
Business Intelligence Center No No Yes
Calculated Measures and Members No No Yes
Data Connection Library No No Yes
Decoupled PivotTables and PivotCharts No No Yes
Excel Services No No Yes
Field list and Field Support No No Yes
Filter Enhancements No No Yes
Filter Search No No Yes
PerformancePoint Services No No Yes
PerformancePoint Services (PPS) Dashboard Migration No No Yes
Power View for Excel in SharePoint No No Yes
Power Pivot for Excel in SharePoint No No Yes
Quick Explore No No Yes
Scorecards & Dashboards No No Yes
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) Integrated Mode Yes Yes Yes
Timeline Slicer No No Yes
Visio Services No No Yes
Search features      
Advanced Content Processing Yes Yes Yes
Continuous crawls Yes Yes Yes
Custom entity extraction No No Yes
Deep links No Yes Yes
Event-based relevancy No Yes Yes
Expertise Search No Yes Yes
Extensible content processing No No Yes
Graphical refiners No Yes Yes
Hybrid search No Yes Yes
Manage search schema Yes Yes Yes
On-premises search index Yes Yes Yes
Phonetic name matching No Yes Yes
Query rules—Add promoted results No Yes Yes
Query rules—advanced actions No No Yes
Query spelling correction Yes Yes Yes
Query suggestions No Yes Yes
Query throttling No Yes Yes
Quick preview Yes Yes Yes
Ranking models No Yes Yes
Refiners Yes Yes Yes
RESTful Query API/Query OM Yes Yes Yes
Result sources Yes Yes Yes
Search connector framework No Yes Yes
Search results sorting Yes Yes Yes
Search vertical: “Conversations” No Yes Yes
Search vertical: “People” No Yes Yes
Search vertical: “Video” No No Yes
“This List” searches No Yes Yes
Sites features      
Change the look Yes Yes Yes
Connections to Microsoft Office Clients Yes Yes Yes
Cross Browser Support Yes Yes Yes
Custom Managed Paths Yes Yes Yes
Governance Yes Yes Yes
Large List Scalability and Management Yes Yes Yes
Mobile Connectivity Yes Yes Yes
Multi-Lingual User Interface Yes Yes Yes
My Tasks No Yes Yes
OOTB Web Parts Yes Yes Yes
Permissions Management Yes Yes Yes
Project functionality for team sites Yes Yes Yes
Project site template Yes Yes Yes
Project Summary web part Yes Yes Yes
Project workspace Yes Yes Yes
Public Website (SPO) No No No
SharePoint Lists Yes Yes Yes
SharePoint Ribbon Yes Yes Yes
Site folders Yes Yes Yes
Task list Yes Yes Yes
Team Site: Drag & Drop Yes Yes Yes
Team Site: Notebook Yes Yes Yes
Team Site: Simplified Access Yes Yes Yes
Templates Yes Yes Yes
Themes Yes Yes Yes
Variations No Yes Yes
Usage Analytics No No Yes
Work Management Service No Yes Yes
Social features      
Ask Me About No Yes Yes
Blogs Yes Yes Yes
Communities Reputation, Badging, and Moderation No Yes Yes
Community No Yes Yes
Company Feed No Yes Yes
Document Conversations with Yammer No No No
Follow No Yes Yes
Microblogging No Yes Yes
Newsfeed No Yes Yes
One Click Sharing No Yes Yes
People, Sites, Document Recommendations No Yes Yes
Personal Site No Yes Yes
Photos and Presence Yes Yes Yes
Profile No Yes Yes
Ratings No Yes Yes
Shared with Me No No No
Site Feed No Yes Yes
OneDrive for Business Yes Yes Yes
Tag profiles No Yes Yes
Tasks integrated with Outlook No Yes Yes
Trending Tags No Yes Yes
Wikis Yes Yes Yes
Add-Ons      
Additional Storage No No No
Azure Provisioned Apps: Access Services No No No
Azure Provisioned Apps: Custom Code in Azure LWR No No No
Duet Online No No No

Adnan, a distinguished professional, boasts an impressive track record as a Microsoft MVP, having achieved this prestigious recognition for the eighth consecutive year since 2015. With an extensive career spanning over 18 years, Adnan has honed his expertise in various domains, notably excelling in SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, the .Net Platform, and Microsoft BI. Presently, he holds the esteemed position of Senior Microsoft Consultant at Olive + Goose. Notably, Adnan served as the MCT Regional Lead for the Pakistan Chapter from 2012 to 2017, showcasing his leadership and commitment to fostering growth within the tech community. His journey in the realm of SharePoint spans 14 years, during which he has undertaken diverse projects involving both intranet and internet solutions for both private and government sectors. His impact has transcended geographical boundaries, leaving a mark on projects in the United States and the Gulf region, often collaborating with Fortune 500 companies. Beyond his roles, Adnan is a dedicated educator, sharing his insights and knowledge as a trainer. He also passionately advocates for technology, frequently engaging with the community through speaking engagements in various forums. His multifaceted contributions exemplify his dedication to the tech field and his role in driving its evolution.

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