HCL Domino vs Zimbra Collaboration comparison

"The full-text searching capabilities are great."

"We have been able to set up a portal using a special XPage application that gives our customers access to this system."

"HCL Domino is an application development and collaboration platform with strong stability and security. Deployment of this platform is easy and takes only 10 minutes."

"This solution can be used for workflow application so that applications can be easily developed."

"They offer good support and provide a roadmap."

"One valuable feature of HCL Domino is its integration with other directories."

"I like that HCL Domino is stable. It's a great product. I also like that HCL Domino is a mature product under IBM, which is why many companies use it."

"HCL Domino is cost-effective because it serves as a complete platform with a web server, app server, and IT management system, eliminating the need for multiple platforms and complex integrations."

"Good email solution and it's open-source."

"A lot of other products like Microsoft Exchange offer email or collaboration features, but they are not as fast as Zimbra."

"The configuration is simple."

"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."

"Zimbra Collaboration has a good web interface."

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

"Zimbra Collaboration's best feature is its compatibility with Microsoft's ActiveSync protocol, which allows users to use Outlook on Windows or MacOS."

"The product is easy to set up."

"Its performance and integration could be better. It has capabilities for large deployment with several servers, but in the latest interface, running with different servers isn't supported."

"HCL Domino could improve by having integration with other solutions, such as Microsoft 365."

"Recently, IBM sold the product to HCL. Since Pakistan and India have some problems on a domestic level, we were actually considering replacing it with Indian products from the organization. We're just facing some regulatory issues."

"The solution is expensive."

"The client version of this solution could be faster and be made simpler for non-IT users. You will need to have some knowledge of Notes to correctly install this solution."

"From the Domino side, it should support DKIM and DMARC."

"HCL Domino needs to be more user-friendly."

"Many people are not very happy with its speed."

"Some issues cause the solution not to function correctly or to cause downtime once a month."

"They should enhance its online meeting features."

"It would be great if a group chat feature were created to allow for a team environment."

"The product must be more customizable."

"I would like to see a Microsoft schedule function added."

"Zimbra must improve its solution to make it easy so that the users don't have to use webmail to connect to their accounts and log in to webmail every time. This is something that is lacking in Zimbra Collaboration. They should provide a better way to easily connect email applications on the desktop to the Zimbra server. They should also try to have more functionality for storage management, like Microsoft Exchange. Currently, the management of the email data must be done manually in Zimbra Collaboration, which we are finding very difficult. They should provide a way to save emails so that you can have more space on the server and storage. Because of the lack of this functionality, we are planning to migrate to Microsoft Exchange. Microsoft Exchange provides a better way to manage storage than Zimbra Collaboration. You cannot have a mail solution without storage management because emails will always increase. Zimbra Collaboration also needs tools for management. More back-office tools are required to manage the whole mailbox and space. You don't only manage emails but also the documents attached to the emails. Therefore, you require tools to select and decide what do you want to save or how do you want to free up space in your infrastructure."

"The solution could use more integration with third-party tools."

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

"The license for Domino is yearly. The price is high."

"We're happy with the price of our license — it's pretty standard."

"I'd rate it a seven out of ten in terms of price."

"Customers have to pay for a license for the Notes Client, not for the Domino database. There is a quarter license that we use."

"We pay annually for the use of this solution and it is only a standard fee."

"The pricing is subjective and contingent on the intended usage."

"HCL Domino's pricing depends on the number of users, but its license is not cheap."

"While I don't have precise pricing information at hand, my understanding is that it tends to be on the higher end."

"The price of the solution is low."

"We pay yearly licenses for Zimbra Collaboration."

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

"On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the price a four"

"There is an annual standard licensing fee to use Zimbra Collaboration and there is no other cost."

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

"Zimbra Collaboration offers a good price-to-feature ratio."

"I use Zimbra Collaboration's community version. We may move to the enterprise version since prices are affordable."