Crowdbase (discontinued) vs Zimbra Email & Collaboration

Likelihood to Recommend

I wouldn't suggest Crowdbasefor smaller companies, even for bigger companies a more integrated solution would be desirable. It may suit companies that want their collaboration separate from project management and CRM, but at least for our organisation it seems to make more sense to have most of our work tools in one place

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Verified User

Director in Other

Real Estate Company, 1-10 employees

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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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Paul Chauvet

Information Security Officer

SUNY New PaltzHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Crowdbase (discontinued)

Zimbra Email & Collaboration

Chat

Notifications

Discussions

Surveys

Internal knowledgebase

Integrates with GoToMeeting

Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts

Integrates with Outlook

Crowdbase (discontinued)

Zimbra Email & Collaboration

Task Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Mobile Access

Search

Visual planning tools

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Zimbra Email & Collaboration

Versioning

Video files

Audio files

Document collaboration

Access control

Advanced security features

Integrates with Google Drive

Device sync

Pros

Collaboration
Interaction with staff
Great way to engage staff and support each other

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Verified User

Director in Other

Real Estate Company, 1-10 employees

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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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EDUARDO SANDOVAL

Account Executive

TIGO COLOMBIATelecommunications, 5001-10,000 employees

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Cons

It is very limited
Although it has an API it doesn't link to the services we use.
It isn't customisable like podio.

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Verified User

Director in Other

Real Estate Company, 1-10 employees

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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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Eliz Marvic Melicio Carvajal

Coordinador de desarrollo de software

Ingeniería de Consulta IncostasOil & Energy, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

No score

No answers yet

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Zimbra Email & Collaboration 10.0

Based on 2 answers

It just works very well, solid solution for the deployment of communication, mail and messaging services that are agile and simple to use.

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Diego Gamez

Analista de Proyectos

Cyberline SRLTelecommunications, 51-200 employees

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Implementation Rating

No score

No answers yet

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Zimbra Email & Collaboration 8.0

Based on 2 answers

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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Paul Chauvet

Information Security Officer

SUNY New PaltzHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Crowdbase's strength may lie in its ability to do just one main thing well, but for us this was a massive limitation. I know that it is not trying to be Podio and it is therefore unfair to compare the two but there are features that overlap. for us Podio was better suited.

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Verified User

Director in Other

Real Estate Company, 1-10 employees

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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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Alexander Palma Ibarra

Coordinador de Proyectos

IC CORPORATION VENEZUELATelecommunications, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

Encourages communication
Easy to use
Before crowdbase we never though of collaborating this way

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Verified User

Director in Other

Real Estate Company, 1-10 employees

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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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Sam Massanopoli, RHIT Superstar

Health Information Manager

Peak ResourcesHospital & Health Care, 501-1000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

Crowdbase (discontinued)

Zimbra Email & Collaboration

Crowdbase (discontinued)

Zimbra Email & Collaboration

Crowdbase (discontinued)

Zimbra Email & Collaboration

Likelihood to Recommend