We performed a comparison between OpenText GroupWise 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."The cost-effectiveness of the solution is most valuable."
"Very secure with great storage capacity."
"I like the ease of logging best in Micro Focus GroupWise. I also like its proxy capabilities from a user level. I also like how secure Micro Focus GroupWise is."
"Good email solution and it's open-source."
"We can control all the data in my IT infrastructure."
"The most valuable feature of Zimbra for our team's productivity is its efficiency in handling email communication."
"A lot of other products like Microsoft Exchange offer email or collaboration features, but they are not as fast as Zimbra."
"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."
"The Zimbra Collaboration's most valuable feature is web access."
"It has all collaboration features, such as document sharing, video conferencing, chatting, task sharing, and calendar sharing."
"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."
"Their support can be improved. It is not as good as it used to be."
"What I don't like about Micro Focus GroupWise is the removal of the Unix client. Micro Focus took that function away about ten years ago because there wasn't enough demand for it."
"The WebAccess feature is somewhat lacking and could be improved."
"The support was lacking in my experience. However, recently the support I received was good. Perhaps they have improved."
"The installation is not straightforward, it can take two days for the full implementation."
"In the next release, Zimbra Collaboration should include a security feature to allow access for mobile device administrators."
"The new patches are, at times, not so good, so we don't install them, causing the tool to be not so stable overall."
"There are some security issues."
"Zimbra Collaboration's video conferencing could be improved."
"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."
"I would like to see a Microsoft schedule function added."
OpenText GroupWise is ranked 10th in Email Applications with 3 reviews while Zimbra Collaboration is ranked 4th in Email Applications with 27 reviews. OpenText GroupWise is rated 9.0, while Zimbra Collaboration is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of OpenText GroupWise writes "It has proxy capabilities, is secure, and allows easy logging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zimbra Collaboration writes "Provides good email capability; lacking in security and performance". OpenText GroupWise is most compared with Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Exchange Online, Google Workspace and HCL Notes, whereas Zimbra Collaboration is most compared with Microsoft Exchange, Open-Xchange, IceWarp, Google Workspace and Zarafa. See our OpenText GroupWise vs. Zimbra Collaboration report.
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