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."
"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."
"Very secure with great storage capacity."
"Network NG Modules are valuable to us."
"Zimbra Collaboration's best feature is its compatibility with Microsoft's ActiveSync protocol, which allows users to use Outlook on Windows or MacOS."
"A lot of other products like Microsoft Exchange offer email or collaboration features, but they are not as fast as Zimbra."
"It has all collaboration features, such as document sharing, video conferencing, chatting, task sharing, and calendar sharing."
"The backup and storage management features of Zimbra Collaboration are valuable."
"The Zimbra Collaboration's most valuable feature is web access."
"The web interface is powerful and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Zimbra Collaboration is email functionality."
"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."
"In the next release, Zimbra Collaboration should include a security feature to allow access for mobile device administrators."
"It would be great if a group chat feature were created to allow for a team environment."
"Zimbra Collaboration's video conferencing could be improved."
"I can confidently say that Zimbra is good enough for 2,000 client users. But, at the same time, if my client needs more than that and we have two options—Zimbra or Microsoft—I'm going with Microsoft because many admins will speak to Microsoft's ability to handle that many."
"The product must be more customizable."
"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."
"It does have a few bugs."
"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 ProtonMail. See our OpenText GroupWise vs. Zimbra Collaboration report.
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