We performed a comparison between Microsoft Exchange Online and Zimbra Collaboration based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Email Applications solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Microsoft Exchange Online is an easy-to-use solution."
"The solution is easy to use and the cloud version has taken a lot of challenges away from the user."
"I have found the interface to be user-friendly and the overall simplicity valuable features."
"Exchange Online doesn't just do email, it allows for collaboration with inbuilt chat and calling facilities and document sharing."
"The most valuable feature as it encompasses all aspects of collaboration, communication, reporting, and storage."
"The solution is quite convenient because you can access the web version anywhere."
"We also create technical presentations, so most of the time we are dealing with MS Word and Excel. Sometimes, we also use Visio for diagramming. Our overall experience is good."
"It is a fantastic solution."
"The most valuable feature of Zimbra Collaboration is the cost."
"The stability is good and keeps getting better with each new update."
"The web interface is powerful and easy to use."
"Network NG Modules are valuable to us."
"It has all collaboration features, such as document sharing, video conferencing, chatting, task sharing, and calendar sharing."
"Zimbra Collaboration is light to manage. It works on the Linux operating system, which is far better to manage than Microsoft Windows. Microsoft Exchange works only on the Windows server. We prefer working on the Linux server for security reasons and ease of management. Zimbra Collaboration also has some integrated tools for security. It some modules to fight malware. These modules are not very powerful but are still doing a great job. Microsoft Exchange doesn't have a basic module. You have to purchase a security solution and add it to the solution. The cost of Zimbra Collaboration is one more reason for liking it. It is also very simple to migrate from Zimbra Collaboration to another email solution."
"The product is easy to set up."
"The solution is easy to implement."
"We'd like to see more integration with other platforms."
"I couldn't delete an email account because it was identified as my primary account by the application."
"The efficiency could improved."
"We would like to have more automation with Microsoft Exchange Online."
"When initially setting up, it took a bit of time because we had a lot of PST files with the users, and we had to migrate them batch by batch."
"The ActiveSync services and the mapping services could be improved."
"I would rate Exchange Online's stability eight out of ten - it has room for improvement."
"Microsoft needs to lower the price of the extra production add-ins for Exchange Online."
"File sharing permissions with Nextcloud integration need improvement."
"They should enhance its online meeting features."
"Zimbra should provide a desktop client. Right now, we are using a web browser for accessing our emails. There should also be a desktop client."
"I can confidently say that Zimbra is good enough for 2,000 client users. But, at the same time, if my client needs more than that and we have two options—Zimbra or Microsoft—I'm going with Microsoft because many admins will speak to Microsoft's ability to handle that many."
"The antispam and antivirus features are hard to understand on mobile devices."
"In the next release, Zimbra Collaboration should include a security feature to allow access for mobile device administrators."
"Zimbra Collaboration could improve the migration from a basic solution to a more containerized solution. For example, the installation should be able to extend to the containers and manage them with some solution, such as OpenShift or Kubernetes."
"The new patches are, at times, not so good, so we don't install them, causing the tool to be not so stable overall."
Microsoft Exchange Online is ranked 2nd in Email Applications with 85 reviews while Zimbra Collaboration is ranked 4th in Email Applications with 28 reviews. Microsoft Exchange Online is rated 8.6, while Zimbra Collaboration is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Exchange Online writes "Helps reduced IT operations, scalable, and simple setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zimbra Collaboration writes "Provides good email capability; lacking in security and performance". Microsoft Exchange Online is most compared with Google Workspace, Amazon WorkMail, ProtonMail, Zoho Mail and IceWarp, whereas Zimbra Collaboration is most compared with Microsoft Exchange, Open-Xchange, IceWarp, Google Workspace and HCL Notes. See our Microsoft Exchange Online vs. Zimbra Collaboration report.
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