Atlassian Crowd vs Univention Corporate Server (UCS)

Likelihood to Recommend

For companies that are already using other Atlassian systems, then Atlassian Crowd will fit in very well. This is especially the case if the company is not yet big enough to use LDAP for user management, Atlassian Crowd can act as a temporary solution until the company outgrows it, as it is much easier and simpler than LDAP.

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Employee in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 1-10 employees

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Univention Corporate Server is well suited:

If an Organization would like to use it as a complete Active Directory Server.
If an Organization wants to deploy other applications which are important like SSO, Mail Server, 2FA etc., as with one click all these Apps will be integrated magically thus reducing the Admin job considerably.
Web based management which will be quite useful for the Admins who are from Windows background only.
Univention as a company which has close to 2 decades of experience.

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Ravi Kumar Tenneti

Head - Operations & Sales

Computer Port IT SolutionsInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Atlassian Crowd

Univention Corporate Server (UCS)

ID-Management Access Control

ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO)

Multi-Factor Authentication

Account Provisioning and De-provisioning

Pros

Integrates seamlessly with all Atlassian applications out of the box.
Provides Single Sign-On (SSO) capabilities for integrated applications.

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Patrick Li

CTO (Chief Technical Officer)

AppFusionsInformation Technology & Services, 1-10 employees

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Complete replacement for MS Active Directory Server.
Univention App Center - awesome concept with which Apps can be installed for the Domain.
App Center can be compared to Google Play Store or Apple Play Store - Organizations can gain tremendous advantages.
Plethora of Apps which are both free and paid and excellent apps for the Organizations.

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Ravi Kumar Tenneti

Head - Operations & Sales

Computer Port IT SolutionsInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees

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Cons

We did not get the speed that we needed vs. hosting our own local atlassian product
Configuring accounts could have been easier
I didn't like the process for installing extensions

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Verified User

Project Manager in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees

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As Univention is from Germany, lot of informative articles are in German but English articles are also good but less in number.

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Ravi Kumar Tenneti

Head - Operations & Sales

Computer Port IT SolutionsInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees

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Support Rating

Atlassian Crowd 9.3

Based on 3 answers

Overall, support is good, you get quick responses from Atlassian's official support system, and documentation is decent enough for you to find what you need.

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Employee in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

In most ways, I preferred Duo Security as it offered a better 2-factor authentication method, and Crowd is definitely better than just having to rely on Active Directory. I have always been of the mind to have a centralized server that sits between your active directory (azure or on premise) and the systems that you integrate it with via LDAP or similar protocols. It would surprise a lot of people to see how many organizations do not secure their active directory or LDAP connections

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Craig Lockley

VP of IT & Innovation

Momentum Credit Union LtdBanking, 11-50 employees

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We have evaluated Zentyal and ClearOS but we found out that UCS is more suited to every Organization.

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Ravi Kumar Tenneti

Head - Operations & Sales

Computer Port IT SolutionsInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

Centralized user management without the need of an LDAP/AD service.
Single Sign-On across applications to reduce users having to remember multiple credentials.

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Patrick Li

CTO (Chief Technical Officer)

AppFusionsInformation Technology & Services, 1-10 employees

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As a partner, we have gained lot of respect from our customers as UCS is rock solid.
UCS is truly Open Source.
UCS has surpassed our expectations.

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Ravi Kumar Tenneti

Head - Operations & Sales

Computer Port IT SolutionsInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Atlassian Crowd Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

Univention Corporate Server (UCS) Editions & Modules

On-premise Edition

UCS Core Edition	$0.00¹
UCS Base Subscription	$382.00¹
UCS Standard Subscription	$1295.00¹
UCS Premium Subscription	$2250.00¹

per installation

SaaS Edition

UCS Core Edition	$0.00¹
UCS Base Subscription	$382.00¹
UCS Standard Subscription	$1295.00¹
UCS Premium Subscription	$2250.00¹

per installation

Additional Pricing Details

The core edition of UCS is free, but does not offer a great deal of support. There are three different subscription options (for either On-Premise- or SAAS deplyoment) which include the installation of UCS and apps, support and maintainance via phone, security updates and hotfixes, domain services and much more.

Rating Summary

Atlassian Crowd

Univention Corporate Server (UCS)

Atlassian Crowd

Univention Corporate Server (UCS)

Atlassian Crowd vs Univention Corporate Server (UCS)

Atlassian Crowd

Univention Corporate Server (UCS)

Feature Rating Comparison

Identity Management

ID-Management Access Control

ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO)

Multi-Factor Authentication

Account Provisioning and De-provisioning

Pros

Cons

Support Rating

Alternatives Considered

Return on Investment

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Atlassian Crowd Editions & Modules

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Univention Corporate Server (UCS) Editions & Modules

On-premise Edition

SaaS Edition

Additional Pricing Details

Rating Summary

Likelihood to Recommend

Support Rating

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