We performed a comparison between Microsoft Exchange and OpenText GroupWise 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 initial setup was straightforward and fast."
"The deployment is a plug-and-play process."
"One of the most valuable features of Microsoft Exchange is its security."
"I find Exchange's basic mail features to be highly valuable."
"On-premises Microsoft Exchange is good because it protects data privacy."
"This solution handles all of our primary functionality including email, message delivery, message archiving and calendars."
"Exchange has helped us with encryption."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Exchange are it is always online and has broad email and file-sharing capabilities."
"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."
"The cost-effectiveness of the solution is most valuable."
"Microsoft needs to make some modifications to meet the current needs of the environment. For example, they need to add more cell service features because people work from home during the pandemic, and certain elements should be available as a mobile service."
"The solution is stable, but it could improve. It's crashing if there is a big mail database. The Zimbra solution is better in this area."
"There are issues when you add your domain to Microsoft Tenant, and you try to create that. Which is a problem for me."
"They could improve on the search function, it takes too much time."
"Deployment should become a bit easier, the process is a bit complicated. You have to have done it one or two times before you get it right. The first time you do it, it won't be perfect. There are a lot of complications compared to Gmail For Business, which is a bit easier when it comes to configuration."
"The pricing could be better, and it could have an easier implementation."
"The solution could be more user-friendly."
"In terms of Microsoft Exchange, I think maybe what can be done is to make it more user-friendly."
"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."
"Their support can be improved. It is not as good as it used to be."
Microsoft Exchange is ranked 3rd in Email Applications with 78 reviews while OpenText GroupWise is ranked 12th in Email Applications with 3 reviews. Microsoft Exchange is rated 8.4, while OpenText GroupWise is rated 9.0. 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 OpenText GroupWise writes "It has proxy capabilities, is secure, and allows easy logging". Microsoft Exchange is most compared with Zimbra Collaboration, KerioConnect, HCL Domino, Open-Xchange and Veritas Enterprise Vault, whereas OpenText GroupWise is most compared with Microsoft Exchange Online and Zimbra Collaboration. See our Microsoft Exchange vs. OpenText GroupWise report.
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