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"The solution offers great features."

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"The web interface is powerful and easy to use.""The most valuable feature is sending messages as well as text and documents. It's a big solution for us since internal communication is a must in our organization.""Zimbra Collaboration is a good tool for video calls...Zimbra Collaboration's initial setup phase was easy.""Good email solution and it's open-source.""One of the most valuable features involves the solution's automatic backup, which I find to be pretty simple and straightforward, and obviates the need for additional software.""The logs, troubleshooting, and tracking we have found to be the most valuable features. We have any issues with lost messages the features are useful. It is very easy to track and log.""It has all collaboration features, such as document sharing, video conferencing, chatting, task sharing, and calendar sharing.""Zimbra Collaboration has integrated a lot of their party tools and they have good documentation available."

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"NVMe support is lacking when it comes to performance on the disk side."

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"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.""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.""They should enhance its online meeting features.""Zimbra must improve its solution to make it easy so that the users don't have to use webmail to connect to their accounts and log in to webmail every time. This is something that is lacking in Zimbra Collaboration. They should provide a better way to easily connect email applications on the desktop to the Zimbra server. They should also try to have more functionality for storage management, like Microsoft Exchange. Currently, the management of the email data must be done manually in Zimbra Collaboration, which we are finding very difficult. They should provide a way to save emails so that you can have more space on the server and storage. Because of the lack of this functionality, we are planning to migrate to Microsoft Exchange. Microsoft Exchange provides a better way to manage storage than Zimbra Collaboration. You cannot have a mail solution without storage management because emails will always increase. Zimbra Collaboration also needs tools for management. More back-office tools are required to manage the whole mailbox and space. You don't only manage emails but also the documents attached to the emails. Therefore, you require tools to select and decide what do you want to save or how do you want to free up space in your infrastructure.""In the next release, Zimbra Collaboration should include a security feature to allow access for mobile device administrators.""The product must be more customizable.""The solution could improve by making it easier to use.""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."

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  • "Zimbra Collaboration is less expensive than Microsoft Exchange. Zimbra works for small companies because it is not expensive. Zimbra Collaboration has more security tools than Microsoft Exchange. If you are choosing between Zimbra Collaboration and Microsoft Exchange, you have to take into account the cost of security tools with Microsoft Exchange. When you purchase Microsoft Exchange, you will also have to purchase tools for security, which adds to the cost. The migration from Zimbra Collaboration to another email solution is very simple and easy. Migration from Microsoft Exchange to another email solution is very difficult. Microsoft doesn't allow migration that easily. In fact, you have to pay for tools to do that. You have to buy some expensive tools to migrate."
  • "If you choose the network edition, it is a little pricier. They have the open-source edition too which is only community supported."
  • "We are using perpetual licenses. We have deployed it in our local data center, and we buy perpetual licenses on a per-user basis."
  • "When it comes to the licensing of Zimbra Collaboration, my license covers the servers and I find its terms to be much simpler than those of Microsoft Exchange."
  • "We do not pay for licenses to use this solution."
  • "The price of the solution is low."
  • "It's very expensive. When we compare the cost with Google Workspace, it's so expensive."
  • "There is an annual standard licensing fee to use Zimbra Collaboration and there is no other cost."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The solution offers great features.
    Top Answer:Everything we have is under warranty. In some countries we have a five-year contract and in others a three-year contract.
    Top Answer:I think one of the missing things is the NVMe support when it comes to performance on the disk sides. Hardware Node has SSD Disks and not NVME Modules for Disks as an option to increase the IOPs.
    Top Answer:Zimbra is a free, open source collaborative software suite. The features I like best are the ease of integration and the email, calendar, and collaboration server with web interface. In addition, I… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of Zimbra for our team's productivity is its efficiency in handling email communication.
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    Exchange Rules, Exchange Rules Pro
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    Overview

    CodeTwo Exchange Rules Pro is a Microsoft certified email signature and email flow manager for Exchange and Centrally managed email signatures, disclaimers, marketing banners and email flow control.

    Zimbra Collaboration provides administrators and their end users innovative features that solve the challenges faced by organizations using today's legacy communications infrastructure.
    Sample Customers
    Telmex, UNICEF, Davis LLP, Gosford City Council, Silgan Containers Corporation, Dr. Dr. Wagner, Wealth Enhancement Group, PKP Energetyka, St. Andrew's College, Kingston College, Investment Property Databank Limited, City of Westfield, BenComm
    NEC Biglobe, City of Ventura, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Hola Publishing, BIG, Sleepwell, LaFayette College, Xmission, DNA, Ring Line, Future Group, TIGC
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company15%
    Comms Service Provider15%
    Wholesaler/Distributor11%
    Construction Company9%
    REVIEWERS
    Media Company22%
    Financial Services Firm22%
    Energy/Utilities Company22%
    Comms Service Provider11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company19%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    Government10%
    Financial Services Firm5%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business42%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise42%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business70%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise19%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business32%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise49%

    CodeTwo Exchange Rules is ranked 3rd in Email Signature Software with 1 review while Zimbra Collaboration is ranked 4th in Email Applications with 27 reviews. CodeTwo Exchange Rules is rated 9.0, while Zimbra Collaboration is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of CodeTwo Exchange Rules writes "Great features that enabled us to reduce hardware at our on-prem sites". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zimbra Collaboration writes "Provides good email capability; lacking in security and performance". CodeTwo Exchange Rules is most compared with Microsoft Exchange Online and Exclaimer Signature Manager, whereas Zimbra Collaboration is most compared with Microsoft Exchange, IceWarp, Open-Xchange, Google Workspace and KerioConnect.

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