We performed a comparison between Google Workspace 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."It's a secure solution that enables you to choose those you wish to share with."
"It's certainly easier to meet. We have offices around the world and the ability to have a company meeting on Google Meet platform makes it a whole lot easier to actually have everybody virtually in one room at the same time."
"The user interface is fantastic. It's also available for the individual person, so that's also a great thing about it."
"We haven't had any issues with scalability - we have over a thousand employees, and G Suite just scales."
"They are launching more and more features for mobile, which I understand our customers appreciate."
"The solution is very intuitive."
"It's secure. It offers data security and user privacy. I use it for personal purposes. The interface is okay, and it's easy to use."
"The product can scale easily."
"The Zimbra Collaboration's most valuable feature is web access."
"We can control all the data in my IT infrastructure."
"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."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of Zimbra Collaboration is email functionality."
"Good email solution and it's open-source."
"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 backup and storage management features of Zimbra Collaboration are valuable."
"In the next release, I would like to see more encryption of documents, mail, and things like that. There should be a better way to encrypt mail and documents that are pushed through this system. That would be some improvement or additional features that could be good to have."
"Some concerns over security, but there are moves to address this and provide admin tools to secure content and adhere to data protection regulations."
"Google Workspace has limitations as a document or file management system. Without a workspace account, manual actions are required to perform tasks such as managing groups of people. Additionally, managing permissions individually is a time-consuming and inefficient process. It's difficult to articulate, but the process is not very streamlined."
"I am not a big fan of how Gmail organizes the mail. I find it complicated to see which mail from which users send at which date. Especially if there is a lot."
"Less customizations than there used to be."
"The cost could be improved. It can sometimes be a bit confusing figuring out how we are actually being charged."
"We've had difficulty using PowerPoint files in G Suite. PowerPoint has some functions that are not available in G Suite, so when you convert from PPTX to the Slides format, they don't work."
"The UI could be simplified and made more user friendly."
"In the next release, Zimbra Collaboration should include a security feature to allow access for mobile device administrators."
"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."
"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."
"There are some security issues."
"File sharing permissions with Nextcloud integration need improvement."
"Zimbra Collaboration does not have a solution roadmap as aggressive as the new collaboration mail solutions. Additionally, they can have a better interface and integration with single sign-on."
"I would like to see a Microsoft schedule function added."
"We have had an issue with security."
Google Workspace is ranked 1st in Email Applications with 92 reviews while Zimbra Collaboration is ranked 4th in Email Applications with 27 reviews. Google Workspace is rated 8.2, while Zimbra Collaboration is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Google Workspace writes "If you misplace things, it's much easier to find them because of the search capability. ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zimbra Collaboration writes "Provides good email capability; lacking in security and performance". Google Workspace is most compared with Microsoft Exchange Online, Amazon WorkMail, IceWarp, Google Cloud Storage and Google Drive Enterprise, whereas Zimbra Collaboration is most compared with Microsoft Exchange, Open-Xchange, IceWarp, KerioConnect and Microsoft Exchange Online. See our Google Workspace vs. Zimbra Collaboration report.
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