We performed a comparison between Microsoft Exchange and Zimbra Collaboration based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Microsoft Exchange and Zimbra Collaboration have a similar user rating regarding ease of deployment, pricing, and service and support. However, based on the reviews, Microsoft Exchange reviewers felt it was an overall better solution for medium to larger enterprises, whereas Zimbra Collaboration was a better solution for smaller businesses.
"I like the logistics and the Microsoft protocol of reaching Outlook anywhere."
"What I love about Microsoft Exchange is the good integration since 2013, particularly its integration with the calendar and other software such as Zoom, TeamViewer, AnyDesk, etc."
"It integrates well with calendar, scheduling, etc. It's easy for employees to make meetings and plan their agendas."
"The deployment is a plug-and-play process."
"The functionality on the user side is quite good. Exchange provides an excellent platform for collaboration between users."
"Microsoft Exchange is stable."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Microsoft Exchange is a user-friendly product that is easy to manage and configure."
"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 Zimbra Collaboration's most valuable feature is web access."
"The solution is easy to implement."
"Zimbra Collaboration's best feature is its compatibility with Microsoft's ActiveSync protocol, which allows users to use Outlook on Windows or MacOS."
"Good email solution and it's open-source."
"The product is easy to set up."
"Zimbra Collaboration's sharing features are most valuable."
"It has all collaboration features, such as document sharing, video conferencing, chatting, task sharing, and calendar sharing."
"Microsoft Exchange could improve the price."
"The setup is difficult so could be easier."
"There are issues when you add your domain to Microsoft Tenant, and you try to create that. Which is a problem for me."
"An area for improvement would be the convenience of working with Azure services from Exchange on-premise installations."
"I would like to see Microsoft Exchange improve their documentation."
"The solution could be more user-friendly."
"They could improve on the search function, it takes too much time."
"The solution could be more secure."
"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 antispam and antivirus features are hard to understand on mobile devices."
"We have had an issue with security."
"The tool should improve its multi-cloud feature."
"The installation is not straightforward, it can take two days for the full implementation."
"The new patches are, at times, not so good, so we don't install them, causing the tool to be not so stable overall."
"They should enhance its online meeting features."
"There are some security issues."
Microsoft Exchange is ranked 3rd in Email Applications with 78 reviews while Zimbra Collaboration is ranked 4th in Email Applications with 27 reviews. Microsoft Exchange is rated 8.4, while Zimbra Collaboration is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Exchange writes "Very stable with an easy-to-use email management system". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zimbra Collaboration writes "Provides good email capability; lacking in security and performance". Microsoft Exchange is most compared with KerioConnect, HCL Domino, Open-Xchange, HCL Notes and IceWarp, whereas Zimbra Collaboration is most compared with Open-Xchange, IceWarp, Google Workspace, KerioConnect and Microsoft Exchange Online. See our Microsoft Exchange vs. Zimbra Collaboration report.
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