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OpenText Corporation

OpenText GroupWise

Composite Score

8.5 /10

CX Score

8.8 /10

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What is OpenText GroupWise?

OpenText™ GroupWise gives you modern email, messaging, calendaring, contact management and scheduling for today’s mobile world. With a dynamic, flexible interface, you can easily meet your organization’s requirements.

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Awards & Recognition

OpenText GroupWise won the following awards in the Business Instant Messaging - Enterprise category

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11 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

11 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

2023

OpenText GroupWise Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

91 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

96 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love OpenText GroupWise?

0% Negative

3% Neutral

97% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 89

Instant Messaging

Search

Task Management

Document Collaboration

Integration With Productivity Tools

Screen Sharing

Voice and Video Collaboration

Notifications

Granular Access Management

File Sharing Collaboration

Cross Platform Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 89

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

OpenText GroupWise Reviews

Reece E.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Retail
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2022

A communication & information management platform

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates OpenText GroupWise from other similar products?

It has built-in capabilities to store and save documents and information provided by the user. It helps you to analyze and check your progress through the dashboard reporting feature. It supports various mediums like desktops or even mobile phones for automation procedures. It has an advanced interface for the users and it supports good collaboration. Saves time.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It provides mobility and productivity. You can get connected from wherever you are. It can be accessed via laptop, mobiles, tablets, etc. These aspects make you more efficient at work and give you easy accessibility. It provides calendaring and instant communications.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Automation is annoying sometimes due to long intervals of executions. It affects in less performance. This problem should be worked out and solved. It could be found expensive for some users. PDF-related applications should also be provided with automation. More improvements are needed to make a user-friendly interface to add more flexibility.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is well designed for those who deal with the demands coming from other agencies or businesses. It appears well suited for those who want to manage some portfolios or projects as well as resources. It isn’t well suited to manage basic projects that are needed by many business customers.

Pros

Efficient Service
Helps Innovate
Reliable
Trustworthy

Susan G.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Transportation
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2022

It's a Perfect Solution For Business Collaboration

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates OpenText GroupWise from other similar products?

Unlike most tools in it's category, Micro Focus GroupWise is resourceful in that it takes care of business instant messaging, collaboration, calendaring, document management, and much more

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like that Micro Focus GroupWise is the most affordable yet effective business collaboration software. I like that Micro Focus GroupWise is very capable and handles more than just employees collaboration

What do you dislike most about this product?

Everything has worked well so far and I have no complaints

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you're considering Micro Focus GroupWise, I can assure you it's one of the best. We have used it successfully and no complaints

Pros

Helps Innovate
Unique Features
Effective Service
Inspires Innovation

Mwihaki M.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2022

More Than Just Collaboration With Micro Focus

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates OpenText GroupWise from other similar products?

With this software, business collaboration is made easy thanks to the amazing features such as calendaring, messaging, emails, document management, task management among other features.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like the capabilities of Micro Focus GroupWise as business collaboration software. It's affordable, easy to use and offers amazing features. I like that I makes content and document management easy besides being a great communication solution for business.

What do you dislike most about this product?

With the many benefits of Micro Focus GroupWise, I have no negative issues to raise

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I recommend Micro Focus GroupWise without doubt for business collaboration. It's affordable and has all the features any business would need.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Trustworthy
Unique Features

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OpenText GroupWise

What is OpenText GroupWise?

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Awards & Recognition

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

OpenText GroupWise Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

96 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love OpenText GroupWise?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Instant Messaging Real-time, text-based communication between two or more people

Search The system can search an entire body of a document for a keyword or phrase.

Task Management Includes task prioritizing, task assignments, subtasks, and task tracking and monitoring.

Document Collaboration Multiple people can work simultaneously on the same file or set of files

Integration With Productivity Tools Ability to integrate with the tools people use to do their jobs

Screen Sharing The ability to share screens.

Voice and Video Collaboration The ability to have video and audio conversations/conferences, either between two people or within large groups.

Notifications Tool alerts business of an application generated event.

Granular Access Management Able to ensure that only your team has access to information, or open up access to other groups, roles, users, etc.

File Sharing Collaboration Users share, view, edit, discuss, and provide feedback on content, synchronously or asynchronously, either natively or through a third-party integration.

Cross Platform Support Includes the variety of client devices and operating systems supported by the solution.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

OpenText GroupWise Reviews

Reece E.

A communication & information management platform

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Susan G.

It's a Perfect Solution For Business Collaboration

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Mwihaki M.

More Than Just Collaboration With Micro Focus

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Instant Messaging

Search

Task Management

Document Collaboration

Integration With Productivity Tools

Screen Sharing

Voice and Video Collaboration

Notifications

Granular Access Management

File Sharing Collaboration

Cross Platform Support

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Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

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Ease of IT Administration

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Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

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