Socialtext (discontinued) vs. Zimbra Email & Collaboration

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Socialtext (discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Social Text was a tool that focused on social learning and includes Twitter-like microblogging capabilities. The product competed with MindTouch,Confluence, Jive Team Collaboration and other collaboration platforms. It was acquired by PeopleFluent in 2012 and is no longer available as a separate product, though similar capabilities are supplied by the PeopleFluent platform.
$1
Starting Price Per Month
Zimbra Email & Collaboration
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
Zimbra offers social collaboration software.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
Socialtext
$1.00
Starting Price Per Month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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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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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
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Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Socialtext (discontinued)
7.6
1 Ratings
3% below category average
Zimbra Email & Collaboration
9.0
6 Ratings
14% above category average
Task Management8.01 Ratings9.86 Ratings
Gantt Charts7.01 Ratings8.13 Ratings
Scheduling9.01 Ratings9.85 Ratings
Workflow Automation8.01 Ratings7.23 Ratings
Mobile Access4.01 Ratings9.76 Ratings
Search9.01 Ratings9.86 Ratings
Visual planning tools8.01 Ratings8.53 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Socialtext (discontinued)
7.2
1 Ratings
11% below category average
Zimbra Email & Collaboration
7.6
8 Ratings
5% below category average
Chat7.01 Ratings7.07 Ratings
Notifications6.01 Ratings8.07 Ratings
Discussions9.01 Ratings7.46 Ratings
Surveys4.01 Ratings7.72 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase10.01 Ratings7.73 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings7.63 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings7.53 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Socialtext (discontinued)
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Ratings
Zimbra Email & Collaboration
7.5
9 Ratings
8% below category average
Versioning00 Ratings7.08 Ratings
Video files00 Ratings7.08 Ratings
Audio files00 Ratings7.08 Ratings
Document collaboration00 Ratings7.18 Ratings
Access control00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
Advanced security features00 Ratings9.76 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings6.62 Ratings
Device sync00 Ratings6.64 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(2 ratings)
7.0
(9 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Socialtext (discontinued)Zimbra Email & Collaboration
Likelihood to Recommend
Discontinued Products
We use Social Text as a platform to air our issues with different departments. We voice our concerns and suggestions so we can help find a solution to the problems we incur on a daily basis. We need to have social text as an app so we can communicate in real time not only during work hours.
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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
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  • Version history - Always keeps the edited versions and one can revert back any time
  • Creating and Editing an article is very easy and intutive
  • Sharing the articles with peers
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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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Cons
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  • Search needs a ton of improvements. It was very slow a year ago
  • Search result quality was also not that good
  • I know they have improved their UI recently but when i used it last year it did not really have any design elements which could be used to make the articles look more presentable. It was important for us as we used it for external communication as well.
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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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Likelihood to Renew
Discontinued Products
We have a lot of info in Socialtext already. It would be hard to get all that info out and port it to a different system
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Synacor
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Implementation Rating
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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
Discontinued Products
I frankly like Confluence better than socialtext because of the speed and the quality of search. They also have better design elements which can help make the articles pleasant to the eyes.
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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
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  • We get solutions to concerns much faster
  • We promote interactions with the other depts
  • We listen and have discussions
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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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