HCL Domino vs Zimbra Collaboration comparison

"The most important benefit is security. The security architecture is very good. It's the best part of the solution."

"I find the HCL Domino server scalable."

"This solution works very well straight out of the box; we have no plans to customize it."

"The email system is the most valuable feature."

"HCL Domino is the best product from a security point of view."

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

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

"It is an excellent solution."

"The most valuable feature of Zimbra Collaboration is email functionality."

"Zimbra Collaboration is light to manage. It works on the Linux operating system, which is far better to manage than Microsoft Windows. Microsoft Exchange works only on the Windows server. We prefer working on the Linux server for security reasons and ease of management. Zimbra Collaboration also has some integrated tools for security. It some modules to fight malware. These modules are not very powerful but are still doing a great job. Microsoft Exchange doesn't have a basic module. You have to purchase a security solution and add it to the solution. The cost of Zimbra Collaboration is one more reason for liking it. It is also very simple to migrate from Zimbra Collaboration to another email solution."

"The product is very stable."

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

"Zimbra Collaboration has integrated a lot of their party tools and they have good documentation available."

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

"Zimbra Collaboration is a good tool for video calls...Zimbra Collaboration's initial setup phase was easy."

"The configuration is simple."

"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."

"HCL Domino needs to be more user-friendly, as end users prefer Outlook over it, because they find Outlook easier to use."

"IBM Lotus is good but there is other, better software available with much better pricing, and value-added functionality and features."

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

"When you compare with Microsoft Exchange, the UI could be more user-friendly."

"The client version of this solution could be faster and be made simpler for non-IT users."

"When you compare with Microsoft Exchange, the UI could be more user-friendly."

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

"There can be difficulties resolving problems on the server side when problems arise."

"The tool should improve its multi-cloud feature."

"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."

"It does have a few bugs."

"There are security and performance issues which is one of the concerns of using an open-source product."

"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."

"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."

"Server deployment and the GUI for emails should be better."

"The pricing is individually determined. For us, in our current deployment, we pay $12.50 Canadian per month per user."

"It is less expensive compared to other vendors."

"For 30 licenses, we pay $1,500 every year. It is not an expensive product."

"We chose to pay for our licensing fees annually."

"HCL Domino is costly, but it still depends on how your organization views it price-wise."

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

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

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

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

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

"We do not pay for licenses to use this solution."

"The solution is not expensive compared to other products."

"The solution is competitively priced."

"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"