We performed a comparison between IceWarp and Microsoft Exchange Online 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 most valuable feature of IceWarp is the chat rooms and file-sharing, they are useful. It is convenient that everything is in one place. You can easily share and collaborate documents, making the program's unity a significant advantage."
"Its price is the most valuable. It is definitely one of the lowest price solutions."
"The solution's voice services work well for our company."
"The groupware module is the most valuable feature."
"IceWarp has multiple applications that are easy to use for many people."
"It has great communication capabilities for team chatting and web conferences."
"The product is used very extensively in my company since we have around 1,500 users using it. Also, there is no requirement for any administrators to manage the product by the people who own the solution."
"An effective, functional, very good tool for controlling resources."
"The solution is stable."
"I have found the interface to be user-friendly and the overall simplicity valuable features."
"The solution is easy to use and the cloud version has taken a lot of challenges away from the user."
"I have not had issues with stability of the product."
"Stability has increased exponentially since 2010."
"What I like about Microsoft Exchange Online is that it's a very convenient solution because it's part of the Microsoft business suite. This is the first email service I've used that lasted for many years, and I'm still using it because it's very convenient and it's suitable for my needs. Microsoft Exchange Online is the best product in the world for me because I don't remember any other service that's so well-accepted."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its integration with Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Teams for shared calendars."
"The most valuable feature is the cloud environment."
"The solution should improve the mailing list feature. Google has a similar feature where you can automate sending files to different people in a sequence, but that feature is no longer available in the current version of IceWarp. Other features may also have been removed in the current version."
"Although the documentation is extensive and in depth, you must familiarize yourself with it before taking full advantage of the product."
"Our customers sometimes have problems receiving mail."
"The tool's configuration capabilities are not straightforward. Apart from that, if I want to archive emails into a vault so that they can be retrieved again later, the integration doesn't work, and IceWarp crashes."
"It is difficult to disable user rights on the console so some users accidentally delete their documents or user details."
"The exchange compatibility mode is rather limited. Their technical support can also be better. They only provide online support, and there should be some option for escalating."
"Support should be improved. Most of the time, the queries are not resolved within the SLA."
"Although it is not a tool, video conferencing should be scalable and operate in a professional and efficient way."
"In the past, we had issues with DB in mailboxes."
"In terms of machine controls, it was very confusing, and some of the administrative parts will be done from the control, but in online writing mostly we can handle everything."
"I would like to make the solution more user-friendly."
"The problem with Exchange is that the attributes aren't flexible enough. I'd like to see more interaction with Office 365 and tighter integration between on-prem Exchange and Exchange Online. There's still a disconnect between mailboxes and the cloud."
"I would like to see better security added to Microsoft Exchange Online in the area of phishing or spam emails."
"I would like to let new users know that there are challenges regarding user provisioning, HRMS and the AD. Also, the data migration integrity needs to be checked in terms of the old data."
"They should tighten their cloud security."
"From an IT perspective, we need clearer documentation to understand the product’s configuration process."
IceWarp is ranked 6th in Email Applications with 15 reviews while Microsoft Exchange Online is ranked 2nd in Email Applications with 85 reviews. IceWarp is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Exchange Online is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of IceWarp writes "A tool that is scalable and can accommodate a large number of users but needs to improve the support it provides to its users ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Exchange Online writes "Helps reduced IT operations, scalable, and simple setup". IceWarp is most compared with Google Workspace, Zimbra Collaboration, Microsoft Exchange, Zoho Mail and Cisco Secure Email, whereas Microsoft Exchange Online is most compared with Google Workspace, Amazon WorkMail, ProtonMail, Zoho Mail and HCL Domino. See our IceWarp vs. Microsoft Exchange Online report.
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