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."Microsoft Exchange is highly stable for the end-user systems. When we move to Office 365, it will be even more stable even. There's less administration required and it's very robust. We are really quite happy in using that."
"The best features are that Exchange is very customer-friendly, its interface is self-explanatory, it doesn't hang, and it keeps evolving."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Exchange's best feature is single sign-on access using the Microsoft Identity framework."
"Communication is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"It is easy to use and we can allow many users because now our users are scattered They over a wide area. We can use it from anywhere. That is the main benefit for us."
"I find the Outlook client very valuable. It allows me to connect to the Exchange Server and send and receive emails easily. The graphical interface is user-friendly and has a good look and feel."
"Exchange is a robust system that is well suited for an enterprise environment. It's always up, and we hardly face any technical issues. Exchange has a web interface and integrates perfectly with Microsoft Outlook. This web interface can be easily used to change the passwords from the domain controllers."
"Very secure with great storage capacity."
"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."
"Microsoft Exchange could improve by adding artificial intelligence."
"They keep making all these changes, and our system was down for four or five days. They finally got it up, but there are still lots of quirks."
"It is important to have the updated version for scalability."
"The calendar integration in Exchange is not that great. The email features are okay, but it doesn't integrate well with the calendar and appointments, especially Zoom appointments. It integrates fine with Microsoft Teams, but Zoom is a challenge."
"The cost could be cheaper."
"In terms of what should be improved, they should probably move to a cloud option like Office 365. We would like to get this functionality without the need to deploy complex hardware and software solutions. This should be the next thing, making Exchange more related to Office products, which are more cloud-oriented, less on-premise or desktop-oriented solutions, like the direction Google is strongly moving towards."
"The desktop version of Microsoft Exchange receives emails a little slower than the online version."
"There can be occasional challenges during the product's implementation phase, making it an area where improvements are needed."
"Their support can be improved. It is not as good as it used to be."
"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."
Microsoft Exchange is ranked 3rd in Email Applications with 78 reviews while OpenText GroupWise is ranked 10th 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 ProtonMail, whereas OpenText GroupWise is most compared with Microsoft Exchange Online, Zimbra Collaboration, Google Workspace and HCL Notes. See our Microsoft Exchange vs. OpenText GroupWise report.
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