Google Workspace vs OpenText GroupWise comparison

Google and OpenText are both solutions in the Email Applications category. Google is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.2, while OpenText is ranked #12. Google holds a 18.9% mindshare in EA, compared to OpenText’s 1.6% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of OpenText users who would recommend it.

Google Workspace

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95% willing to recommend

OpenText GroupWise

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 19, 2025

Google Workspace and OpenText GroupWise are competing productivity solutions, each with distinct advantages. Google Workspace takes the lead with integration capabilities and application diversity, while OpenText GroupWise excels with security-focused features and admin control options, fulfilling specific organizational needs despite higher costs.

Features: Google Workspace supports extensive collaboration tools, cloud storage, and seamless application integration on a unified platform. OpenText GroupWise provides robust security measures, effective email management, and enhanced data protection and compliance features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Google Workspace offers straightforward cloud-based deployment for quick scaling and is backed by comprehensive documentation and responsive customer service. OpenText GroupWise features a more complex deployment with enhanced administrative controls, requiring more initial configuration.

Pricing and ROI: Google Workspace provides transparent subscription pricing and flexible plans suited for various business sizes, offering strong ROI with collaborative efficiency. OpenText GroupWise involves higher initial setup costs but delivers long-term value with its advanced security and management capabilities, catering to enterprises focused on data integrity and compliance.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Google Workspace

Ranking in Email Applications

1st

Ranking in Wireless Email

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

105

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Storage (8th), Content Collaboration Platforms (4th)

OpenText GroupWise

Ranking in Email Applications

12th

Ranking in Wireless Email

3rd

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2025, in the Email Applications category, the mindshare of Google Workspace is 18.9%, down from 24.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText GroupWise is 1.6%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Email Applications Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Google Workspace	18.9%
OpenText GroupWise	1.6%
Other	79.5%

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Sunil-Nair

IT Manager at Universal Carpets & Rugs

Email collaboration and accessibility have improved team productivity

The valuable features include the email service, email updates, and Google Drive. People are given email access to Google Drive. The team can share manual files and work accordingly. They can access different teams from anywhere, collectively putting files, sharing them, and managing them. Additionally, the manufacturing product does not require any downgrades. It works fine and continuously for the last three or four years. Users can access their emails from anywhere in their browser without a laptop or can directly access from Gmail. This is helpful for salespeople.

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John Novak

Consulting Manager at Technical Consulting Resources

Great security, stability, versatility expandability and low cost of ownership

About the only thing I don't like about GroupWise is the lack of a modern Linux client. Micro Focus stop their development of the Linux Client a long time because there wasn't enough demand for it. Most other solutions do not have the Linux client. I would really like to see OpenText add a modern GroupWise Linux Client back. But until they do there is the Web Client to be used in a browser.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The user interface is fantastic. It's also available for the individual person, so that's also a great thing about it."

"The valuable features include the email service, email updates, and Google Drive."

"Good performance, even on relatively slow connections; no local apps required."

"Reduces IT spend, freeing up cash for other areas: sales, marketing, recruitment, etc."

"In terms of email, I could probably do the same things with other programs, however, I find 90% of my usage is Gmail."

"The Hangouts feature is the most valuable aspect of the solution for us."

"G Suite Enterprise is scalable."

"Being able to back up our data on Google Drive is a critical and valuable feature for our customers. It is just in sync. Imagine you change a file on the desktop, and it gets updated directly to your Google Drive. Our laptop is completely in sync with Google Drive. Google Meet, Google Sheets, and Google Docs are also amazing products. They're very versatile and easy to use as compared to Office 365. I am using Google Sheets and Google Docs, which first save the work on my memory or ROM, and then on my RAM. It gives me better productivity through Google Sheets and Google Docs."

More Google Workspace pros

"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."

"Very secure with great storage capacity."

Cons

"Google Workspace does a pretty good job, so it doesn't have that much room for improvement, but what would make it even better is if its apps, for example, Gmail, could integrate with more apps, such as Evernote and specific cloud-based platforms."

"Scalability is not as good as we would like."

"The problem with the presentation is that if you upload a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation and you convert it to Google presentation, the slides or pictures, their images are not editable. You can't edit the slides that you brought in. They're just images."

"They can maybe improve its graphical user interface. Google is not really known for having a PC interface. It is just a nice-to-have feature."

"There are times the plugins or extensions in the solution do not work properly and I need to disable and enable the solution."

"We use Zoom most of the time for official meetings, and we use Google Meet only for internal meetings. I would like to get an improvised Google Meet. It would be good if they can make Google Meet more clear in communication and more scalable like Zoom."

"Their tool called Sheets is the counterpart to Excel but it doesn't have the same functionality that Excel would have. So usually if somebody needs to go back to Excel or Office, it's because of Excel."

"Some concerns over security, but there are moves to address this and provide admin tools to secure content and adhere to data protection regulations."

More Google Workspace cons

"Their support can be improved. It is not as good as it used to be."

"The WebAccess feature is somewhat lacking and could be improved."

"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."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are several areas where a G Suite implementation can reduce costs: lower license fees than some competing products, reduced hardware, and IT support costs."

"I give the pricing an eight out of ten, with ten being the most affordable."

"Licensing costs are on a yearly basis."

"We pay on yearly basis."

"It's low in cost as compared to Office 365. There is an annual licensing cost."

"There are different versions of the solution available, such as premium."

"We have purchased an annual subscription."

"The pricing is comparable, it's pretty decent."

More Google Workspace pricing and cost advice

"It was a part of the suite, so it was very cost-effective. There were no costs beyond the licensing fee."

"Micro Focus GroupWise is the most affordable solution on-premises. Versus Microsoft Exchange on-premises, pricing is 20:1, so there's no comparison. Micro Focus GroupWise is cheaper, though, for my clients, it's not about the cost but the stability and security of the solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

14%

Educational Organization

10%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

17%

University

10%

Educational Organization

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	64
Midsize Enterprise	14
Large Enterprise	27

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Google Workspace?

Easy-to-build forms are allowing me to get feedback and information from my internal teams as well as from the customers very efficiently with the result data in structured manner.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Workspace?

The pricing for Google Workspace is moderate. I would rate it a five out of ten, indicating it is neither cheap nor expensive. The current cost is approximately seven to ten euros per user per mont...

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What needs improvement with Google Workspace?

I don't see many areas of Google Workspace that could be improved or enhanced because everything I have been using has been effective. Regarding the user interface, when calling a member in the org...

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Also Known As

G-Suite Enterprise, G-Suite, Google Apps for Business, G Suite Basic, G Suite Business, G-Suite Basic, G-Suite Business, Google Vault

Micro Focus GroupWise, GroupWise

Overview

Similar to G Suite, all Google Workspace plans provide a custom email for your business and include collaboration tools like Gmail, Calendar, Meet, Chat, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Sites, and more.

As we’ve evolved G Suite into a more integrated experience across our communication and collaboration tools, we’ve rebranded to Google Workspace to more accurately represent the product vision.

Google

Collaboration solution that offers support for any communication over intranets, extranets and the Internet.

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Sample Customers

There are over five million businesses that use Google Apps for Business worldwide. Some key customers include The Roche Group, National Geographic, American Red Cross, City of Los Angeles, Flight Centre, and Konica Minolta.

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