Oracle Beehive Enterprise Collaboration Server vs. Zimbra Email & Collaboration

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Oracle Beehive Enterprise Collaboration Server
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Oracle Beehive Enterprise Collaboration Server provides hosted collaboration and voice / web conferencing tools at the enterprise level.N/A
Zimbra Email & Collaboration
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
Zimbra offers social collaboration software.N/A
Pricing
Oracle Beehive Enterprise Collaboration ServerZimbra Email & Collaboration
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Oracle Beehive Enterprise Collaboration ServerZimbra Email & Collaboration
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Oracle Beehive Enterprise Collaboration ServerZimbra Email & Collaboration
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Beehive Enterprise Collaboration Server
7.1
2 Ratings
10% below category average
Zimbra Email & Collaboration
9.0
6 Ratings
14% above category average
Task Management7.02 Ratings9.86 Ratings
Gantt Charts7.01 Ratings8.13 Ratings
Scheduling8.02 Ratings9.85 Ratings
Workflow Automation6.01 Ratings7.23 Ratings
Mobile Access8.02 Ratings9.76 Ratings
Search8.02 Ratings9.86 Ratings
Visual planning tools6.02 Ratings8.53 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Beehive Enterprise Collaboration Server
5.5
2 Ratings
37% below category average
Zimbra Email & Collaboration
7.6
8 Ratings
5% below category average
Chat7.02 Ratings7.07 Ratings
Notifications7.02 Ratings8.07 Ratings
Discussions7.02 Ratings7.46 Ratings
Surveys7.02 Ratings7.72 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase7.02 Ratings7.73 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting7.01 Ratings7.63 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts1.01 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook1.02 Ratings7.53 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Oracle Beehive Enterprise Collaboration Server
5.1
2 Ratings
46% below category average
Zimbra Email & Collaboration
7.5
9 Ratings
8% below category average
Versioning4.01 Ratings7.08 Ratings
Video files6.02 Ratings7.08 Ratings
Audio files4.02 Ratings7.08 Ratings
Document collaboration5.02 Ratings7.18 Ratings
Access control5.02 Ratings8.75 Ratings
Advanced security features5.02 Ratings9.76 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive4.02 Ratings6.62 Ratings
Device sync8.01 Ratings6.64 Ratings
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User Ratings
Oracle Beehive Enterprise Collaboration ServerZimbra Email & Collaboration
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(2 ratings)
7.0
(9 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Oracle Beehive Enterprise Collaboration ServerZimbra Email & Collaboration
Likelihood to Recommend
Oracle
The software is well suited in most areas of messaging. The communication features it contains and the messaging quality it utilizes provides for standards, like scalability, manageability and, most importantly, secure communications. Again, the software is well suited for scenarios where an organization is aimed at making use of a centralized management. it is built to provide a unified collaborative platform characterized by a single object model and also has a database storage for almost all communication records.
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Synacor
Zimbra is great for an email system for a medium or large organization with appropriate IT staffing. The system is easy to use for end-users, and has a fantastic web interface. Unfortunately, it is overly complex, when considering staffing requirements and price, when compared with Office 365 or Google Apps for smaller organizations. For other education customers, it is hard to compete with Microsoft and Google providing their services for "Free" now though
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Pros
Oracle
  • Video conferencing - The features it provides is apart from any standalone.
  • Mail messenger `
  • Instant messaging
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Synacor
  • Filter emails with specific information required.
  • Very good storage capacity.
  • Has a mobile version and another web.
  • It has a friendly and modern graphic interface.
  • It is compatible with all operating systems.
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Cons
Oracle
  • The only area that the software has room for improvement is in the mail part. To a large extent, the email capabilities to the Oracle Beehive Enterprise Collaborative Server is not user-friendly. My opinion is that if the mail option was made in a more separate appearance to that of the calendar, task management, and address books it would appear more user-friendly.
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Synacor
  • The password change is not activated when you access by IMAP, Pop3 or Exchange sync. You have to know that the password change is required and you must go to the website to do so.
  • The management of mail rules should have more checking options.
  • There should be more applications compatible with Zimbra, the ones that appear in the Zimlets.
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Implementation Rating
Oracle
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Synacor
Overall, we were satisfied with the implementation. We perhaps should have spent more time consulting with Zimbra or others regarding best practices but as we got to know the system better we were able to make changes relatively easily after the fact.
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Alternatives Considered
Oracle
The only feature that makes Beehive Enterprise Collaborative software stack up against similar software is unification. It is wholly unified. Basically, it allows IT to function as one platform providing services like email, team workspace, and conferencing. Uniquely, this results in saving time and cost related to managing separate systems
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Synacor
We selected Zimbra because it has a lower cost in the market, offers more development features for its open source, has a very easy to use interface and adjusts to the needs of the company.
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Return on Investment
Oracle
  • If one uses all its features to its optimum, I think they can go for break-even within around 1 year. We were able to achieve it. It helped us grab many projects.
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Synacor
  • Since all of our ROI studies and strategies are performed at the corporate level, I'm really not sure what positive or negative impacts Zimbra has had on our overall business objectives. I can say that at least one positive impact it has on my business objectives, in the medical record department, is the ability to be as paperless as possible.
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