Zimbra Collaboration Reviews

While I believe that Zimbra nine is the latest update, I am working with eight. 

The solution employs open source software. 

I implement the solution so that our end user customers may have mailing features, one-on-one chat facilities and unified communication. Within one's email are contained his calendaring facilities. 

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 web client features have good graphics and are pretty useful. 

It would be great if a group chat feature were created to allow for a team environment. The current chatting facility only allows for one-to-one chats. 

I have been using Zimbra Collaboration for nearly two years.

The product is very stable. One need only implement it, at which point it does not require further contemplation. Only basic maintenance is required. 

The solution is easy to scale. It boasts scalability features such as those allowing an additional server to be added for horizontal scaling.We have encountered no issues in this regard. 

We have not required much technical support, as the implementation we do primarily concerns the community edition with which we started. We feel the technical support to be good. They supply good email support. We do not require this at the moment. 

Nearly two years back, I was working with Microsoft Exchange. 

The advantage of Microsoft Exchange over Zimbra Collaboration is that it is very heavy and has much more features, but its management requires a person to have a greater level of skill. Microsoft is also a more mature solution. 

When it comes to the licensing of Zimbra Collaboration, my license covers the servers and I find its terms to be much simpler than those of Microsoft Exchange. Microsoft has multiple requirements, such as one concerning the need for the best OS licenses. There are multiple products needed to get Microsoft Exchange to work, but there is also a standalone option available. The licensing of Zimbra Collaboration is better than that of Microsoft Exchange and it's more affordable. 

The initial setup is simple. As the implementation is pretty simple, a small organization can initially make use of the community edition and move on from there. 

The management of the solution is simple. Save for mailbox related issues, the maintenance of the solution is minimal. Issues are limited to comparatively minor ones and mainly would arise at the SMTP end. 

When it comes to the licensing of Zimbra Collaboration, my license covers the servers and I find its terms to be much simpler than those of Microsoft Exchange. Microsoft has multiple requirements, such as one concerning the need for the best OS licenses. There are multiple products needed to get Microsoft Exchange to work, but there is also a standalone option available. The licensing of Zimbra Collaboration is better than that of Microsoft Exchange and it's more affordable. 

The product is on the client side, so our company provides implementation and support services. 

The solution is best suited for medium enterprises, although my organization supports mainly government organizations which range from medium to large. 

I rate Zimbra Collaboration as an eight out of ten. 

Zimbra is open source. They got absorbed by Yahoo, but they're still primarily open-source and have continued to extend their technology. A lot of other products like Microsoft Exchange offer email or collaboration features, but they are not as fast as Zimbra. And with Exchange, it's not easy to purchase the license. And Zimbra is more reliable in terms of integration.

Yahoo acquired Zimbra, and Yahoo Mail is a web-based email, not a software platform. So as part of the acquisition, they have to continue providing support to the open-source license holders. But lately, they have decreased their support for the open-source community, and they're pivoting to the enterprise market. So they're starting to transition to a proprietary cloud-based solution. And when they adopt this proprietary solution, it won't be good. So hopefully, in the future, they'll continue to offer an open-source version. That's what makes Zimbra trustworthy for users as an email host. Email is still essential for communities and businesses. Even if you are currently using instant messaging or any communications tool, you still need email. 

Maybe Zimbra can improve by implementing an architecture that mimics social media, like offering short messages instead of just email. Instant messaging can mean light messaging or group messaging, like a B2B chat or something like that.

We've been using Zimbra for about four or five years.

Zimbra is roughly as scalable as Microsoft, but I haven't deployed Zimbra for any huge clients yet. For example, all of my clients have fewer than 2,000 users. So if they had more than 2,000, I couldn't say whether Zimbra could manage that or not. But I know that Microsoft can work with clients that serve 10,000-plus users. 

So in my experience, 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.

It's easy for me because I have worked with Zimbra concepts since Yahoo acquired it in 2007, but I can't speak for the average users.

I rate Zimbra Collaboration eight out of 10. It stacks up well compared to OWA or Microsoft Exchange. I've developed solutions for my clients using all of these. And compared to other web applications, I prefer the web-hosted Zimbra. I think Zimbra is more reliable and competitive than Microsoft because they offer an open-source version. 

Our primary use case is for email purposes.

I would like to see a Microsoft schedule function added. In addition, some additional appearance and convenience features would be nice.

The most valuable feature of Zimbra Collaboration is the cost.

I have been working with Zimbra Collaboration for the past three or four years.

In general, the overall stability is good.

The initial setup was straightforward and not difficult.

Zimbra Collaboration has a better price than Microsoft.

When you compare it to Microsoft the only major difference is the scheduling and advanced scheduling feature

I would rate Zimbra Collaboration and eight out of ten.

We primarily install Zimbra Collaborations for the many customers that we have. It's primarily used for networking and collaboration.

The pricing of the solution is excellent.

It's a newer solution with a modern interface and dashboard.

The interface itself is very responsive and easy to navigate.

The initial setup is very simple and straightforward.

The stability is good and keeps getting better with each new update. 

The pricing of the product is excellent. 

The solution really does scale very easily. 

Technical support is quite helpful.

We are simply a customer and an end-user. We don't have a business relationship with the organization.

The log files need to be improved. It needs to show us more information. Right now, a lot of detail is lacking and that's not very helpful or insightful.

The solution could use more integration with third-party tools. That would be very useful.

I've been working with the solution for two years at this point. It hasn't been too long.

The solution is quite stable. In fact, its stability continues to grow with updates. It doesn't crash and freeze. there are no bugs or glitches. It's reliable.

Zimbra is very, very scalable. We can start small and go from 20 accounts to very high numbers of additional accounts. It's quite easy to do. If a company needs to scale, it can do so very quickly.

I've been in contact with technical support in the past and I find that they are quite good. They are helpful and responsive. they are knowledgeable about the product and they are helpful when we have queries. We are satisfied with their level of attention.

The initial setup is quite straightforward and very simple. It's not overly complex or difficult. It shouldn't prove to be too much of a challenge.

We install the solution for our customers.

The solution is very low cost. It's an open-source solution. It's not an expensive option.

I'd recommend the solution to other organizations due to the fact that the solution very low-cost and it's an open-source option - which is very attractive to many companies. We installed it in a Linux system so that we can get more security on our platform. 

I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten. We are quite satisfied with the capabilities of the product.

We are using the solution for inhouse emails.

The web interface is powerful and easy to use.

I have been using the solution for a couple of years.

The solution is very stable.

From what I have heard the solution is scalable. I have not had an experience with scaling it but I am aware of some very large companies that use it.

The support was lacking in my experience. However, recently the support I received was good. Perhaps they have improved. 

With the networking edition of the solution you receive 
the full support options.

If you choose the network edition, it is a little pricier. They have the open-source edition too which is only community supported.

My advice is to try and make sure that the target environment is suited for the web interface because that is where most of its features are found.

I rate Zimbra Collaboration a nine out of ten.

We have customers that are using the on-premise version of Zimbra Collaboration and others are using the cloud.

We Zimbra Collaboration to send and receive email primarily. Additionally, we use it for collaboration, sharing documents, and calendar contacts. It's a solution for massaging and collaboration.

The backup and storage management features of Zimbra Collaboration are valuable.

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.

The video conference solution Zimbra Connect is a mediocre solution for video conferences. They should make it more similar to Office 365 and add some collaboration with other solutions, such as Alfresco.

I have been using Zimbra Collaboration for approximately two years.

Zimbra Collaboration must work on the high availability of the platform.

I have found Zimbra not to be very stable. If we see in one node, we have a lot of patches and collective principles of security. Zimbra is not very stable, but it's okay. We can see some bugs in the Zimbra Collaboration but they release patches to fix them. For example, in the last patches, they corrected a vulnerability that could have caused an attack with Log4j.

This solution is scalable horizontally and vertically

Zimbra Collaboration is suitable for all sizes of companies, small, medium, and large companies, such as government, industry, and media.

I have been satisfied with the support.

The initial setup of Zimbra Collaboration is straightforward. However, we must be the administrators of Linux because we need to have access to the command-line to install it. We cannot install it with the graphic interface. We must have the ability to manage some command line code in the systems of Linux.

The time of the deployment depends on the complexity of the architecture. For example, if we install it in one node, it can take a maximum of one hour. However, when we install in the multi-node system. A complex installation can take over three days.

We provide the services for our customers, the fabric, and the training centers.

The price of the solution is low. 

The total cost of our projects is low. For example, if we compare Zimbra Collaboration with Microsoft, the license of one account they are probably the same price. However, after the initial licensing, to add more options or use features in the Microsoft solution you must purchase them. In Zimbra, when we buy a license, there are only two levels of license. If we buy the premium license, we have almost all the features activated in our license.

My advice to those wanting to implement Zimbra Collaboration is they will have to have some experience in the manipulation of Linux systems. If there are issues with Zimbra Collaboration there should be someone with experience. If there is no one with experience with the ability to manage Linux systems, you will not be able to troubleshoot any problem in Zimbra Collaboration.

I rate Zimbra Collaboration an eight out of ten.

Zimbra Collaboration is useful for small to medium organizations, such as educational institutes, schools, and universities. For big businesses and enterprises, I do not this it is as useful. There are some other useful solutions, such as Office 365 and Google Cloud which would be better suited.

The logs, troubleshooting, and tracking we have found to be the most valuable features. We have any issues with lost messages the features are useful. It is very easy to track and log.

I have been using Zimbra Collaboration for approximately 10 years.

Zimbra Collaboration has been stable.

I have found Zimbra Collaboration to be scalable but could improve.

We have approximately 400 to 500 users that use this solution.

We do not have plans to increase usage.

I have been satisfied with the technical support from Zimbra Collaboration.

The installation is not straightforward, it can take two days for the full implementation.

We used help from an integrator for the implementation.

We have approximately four administrators and engineers that support this solution.

We do not pay for licenses to use this solution.

I would recommend this solution for small to medium-scale businesses.

I rate Zimbra Collaboration a seven out of ten.

We are using it as an email server and collaboration suite.

It has all collaboration features, such as document sharing, video conferencing, chatting, task sharing, and calendar sharing.

It is awesome in terms of stability and scalability.

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.

I have been using this solution for approximately nine years.

Its stability is very good.

Its scalability is very good. We have approximately 900 users. We have one person for its maintenance.

Their technical support is good.

We migrated from IBM Lotus Domino.

We are using perpetual licenses. We have deployed it in our local data center, and we buy perpetual licenses on a per-user basis.

I would rate Zimbra Collaboration an eight out of 10.