We performed a comparison between HCL Verse and Zimbra Collaboration based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"HCL Verse has a nice interface and it is a practical email solution. There are a diverse set of features, such as the search bar on top of the screens."
"Good email solution and it's open-source."
"Zimbra Collaboration's sharing features are most valuable."
"The Zimbra Collaboration's most valuable feature is web access."
"The most valuable feature of Zimbra Collaboration is the cost."
"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."
"We can control all the data in my IT infrastructure."
"The web interface is powerful and easy to use."
"The stability is good and keeps getting better with each new update."
"Security is very important to us, so improvements to this functionality are welcome."
"The solution could improve by allowing us to use a color that we want in the editing boxes."
"It does have a few bugs."
"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."
"The installation is not straightforward, it can take two days for the full implementation."
"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."
"We have had an issue with security."
"The product must be more customizable."
"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."
"They should enhance its online meeting features."
Earn 20 points
HCL Verse is ranked 14th in Email Applications while Zimbra Collaboration is ranked 4th in Email Applications with 27 reviews. HCL Verse is rated 9.0, while Zimbra Collaboration is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of HCL Verse writes "Stable, scalable, and good interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zimbra Collaboration writes "Provides good email capability; lacking in security and performance". HCL Verse is most compared with HCL Notes, HCL Domino, Office 365, Huddle and Hub, whereas Zimbra Collaboration is most compared with Microsoft Exchange, Open-Xchange, IceWarp, Google Workspace and KerioConnect.
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