Zarafa vs Zimbra Cloud comparison

Zarafa and Zimbra are both solutions in the Email Applications category. Zarafa is ranked #15, while Zimbra is ranked #16. Zarafa holds a 0.4% mindshare in EA, compared to Zimbra’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Zarafa users are willing to recommend the solution.

Zarafa

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100% willing to recommend

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0% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Zarafa and Zimbra Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Zarafa

Ranking in Email Applications

15th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Zimbra Cloud

Ranking in Email Applications

16th

Average Rating

4.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Email Applications category, the mindshare of Zarafa is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zimbra Cloud is 0.2%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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it_user302112

Senior Consultant IT Infrastructure at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

Our customers are able to use this groupware solution to connect to Active Directory and OpenLDAP, although Postgres support would be an improvement.

Zarafa has several very valuable features, among them a very good Outlook-like web interface. Furthermore, ZPush for talking between ActiveSync and mobile devices is a valuable asset. In addition, one is able to connect via Outlook and the exchange protocol to Zarafa. This makes Zarafa a free, and working, alternative to Microsoft Exchange.

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OmarOrta

Director of Cybersecurity at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Quick solution, but not very user-friendly or suitable for collaboration

It's not a good solution for collaboration. We're using it because of the price. It's not very strong or comparable with Office 365. An additional feature I would like to see is the ability to connect from different devices. Zimbra could be more user-friendly and deploy security rules. The integration with Outlook could be better to share agendas.

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Overview

Open-source email and collaboration software with calendaring, tasks and contacts management, mobile devices compatability.

Zarafa

Zimbra Cloud – The Platform

Built from the ground up to lower TCO
Native on Cloud Infrastructures like AWS and Oracle
Users aren’t locked-in — use built-in apps or link to any favorite tool
Highly available and flexible
Scales from one mailbox to millions
Optimizes high performance

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Sample Customers

Tivoli, InterAkt Contour, Riagg Rijnmond, Lammerink, Revell, KMP, International School of the Hague

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