# Univention Corporate Server Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 Univention Corporate Server Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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Univention Corporate Server

## What is Univention Corporate Server?

Centralized identity, group, and permission management with predefined role models. Customizable web interface, standardized interfaces, AD integration, single sign-on for all services, and password self-services.

## What is Univention Corporate Server used for?

[Identity Management](https://www.capterra.com/identity-management-software/)[Server Management](https://www.capterra.com/server-management-software/)

Overall rating

Based on 9 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

Positive

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Negative

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Starting price

€25

Per User, Per Year

Free trial  
available

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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### Univention Corporate Server

4.8 (9)

VS.

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Starting Price

€25

Per User, Per Year

Starting Price

$6

Per User, Per Month

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.3 (9)

Ease Of Use

4.6 (913)

Value For Money

4.8 (5)

Value For Money

4.5 (475)

Customer Service

4.8 (6)

Customer Service

4.5 (494)

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## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Access Certification

Verify user access rights within systems to confirm each user has appropriate and authorized access to resources

Access Controls/Permissions

Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems

Access Management

Control and manage access to company resources

Active Directory Integration

Integrates with Active Directory

Activity Dashboard

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

API

Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases

Univention Corporate Server 26 features

Verify user access rights within systems to confirm each user has appropriate and authorized access to resources

Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems

Control and manage access to company resources

Integrates with Active Directory

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases

Track, manage and store the applications of potential future members, customers or candidates

Verify the identity of users/devices to enable secure access

Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier

Monitor performance details involving CPU/memory utilization

Manage usernames, account numbers, passwords, biometric data, public access keys, and other documentation

Move from one database to another, or upgrade the version of database software being used

Ability to oversee and optimize the operations of a mail server

A chronological record of actions or occurrences within a network, software, or process

Observe and track the demand, usage, progress or quality of a system, product, or user

Request two or more credentials to prove user's identity before granting access to systems

Generate and store passwords in an encrypted database and assist in retrieving lost or forgotten passwords

Install software updates and bug fixes remotely

Control, monitor, and secure privileged accounts and their access to critical data and IT applications

Online portal through which end users can access the system, manage tasks, or obtain information

Enable end users to request access or request changes to their account privileges

Continuously scan servers on a designated network to monitor health and search for any irregularities or failures

Allow users to access multiple services after entering their login credentials once

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

Manage user accounts, profiles, roles, permissions, and other details across applications, devices or networks

Track and manage virtual machines (VMs) running on physical host machines

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Features

4.7 (9)

4.7

Based on 9 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.8 (5)

Free Trial

Free Version

UCS Base Subscription

€25.00

Per User,Per Year

UCS Standard Subscription

€30.00

Per User,Per Year

Value for money

4.8 (5)

4.8

Based on 5 reviews

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## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.8 (6)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

4.8 (6)

4.8

Based on 6 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.8

Based on 9 reviews

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5(7)

4(2)

3(0)

2(0)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

Alejandro G.

Self Contractor

Information Technology and Services

### "Great alternative to corporate services"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

January 14, 2020

I've implemented a couple of organizations which didn't have a Domain Controller, so Univention provides high quality service and flexibility.

Pros

Its all-in-one, al services you need in one plataform, fully compatible with propietary solutions, easy to deploy and mantain. From domain controller services to DHCP, Print server, file sharing, RADIUS, and more.

Cons

Maybe the fact taht it doesn't have a Spanish version, I've wrote them asking if they haver any project to release new version in Spanush language for wich I'd be pleased to cooperate.

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AU

Anonymous User

System Admin

Information Services

### "UCS makes life simple"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

March 18, 2019

Pros

Quick and easy start-up to get the core services going such as DHCP, DNS and Active Directory

Cons

Besides the core services that UCS provides, the "App Store" seems to be limited

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DM

Daniel M.

IT DIRECTOR

Financial Services

### "Corporate culture "

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

5/10

March 16, 2019

Pros

Functionality of the software to educate and learn oneself to improve skillset

Cons

Editable , customized features can be tricky

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DR

Daniel R.

CEO

Information Technology and Services

### "The swiss army knife in IT"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

October 1, 2018

There are so many use cases: - Use it as virtualization host with the UVMM (Univention virtual machine manager) - Use it as identity management system (LDAP, Samba) - Use it as Active Directory replacement or addition - Use it as a web-UI for managing identities (users, groups, etc) for other application like Kopano - Use it as centralized printer management - Have a backup system on every location as a fallback and to keep latencies low - ...

Pros

Univention Corporate Server is a very flexible but robust enterprise software. It runs very stable, scales with your needs, and is easily extensible by various apps. We are using it for almost 10 years now for ourselves as well as on dozens of customers, from single server instances to hosting clusters or backups on various locations with many servers.

Cons

Its versatility is also a "con": If you extended your UCS by apps from the appstore you are dependend from the app vendor.

Review source

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HW

Heiko W.

Owner

Information Technology and Services

### "Allin Software, Integrated Services, Flexible and Professional"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

October 1, 2018

Univention with UCS has got an impressive development. With each new version they get better and better. For me the best thing is, they live opensource every day and during a long period of time.

Pros

Univention UCS is a very good solution for IT-Infrastructure Services. All used services are integrated in that way to easy manage heterogen structures, especially User- and Computer-Accounts as also basic it-services like DNS and DHCP The Management-UI is web-based, well-designed and with every version they fix failures quickly and developt the UI further.

Cons

The technology they try to manage is complex and full of features. With teh UCS-Registry they use a Configuration Database which is ease of use but not very well documented. Theres is no central document or tool which decribes all keys an possible values. Means, there are lot of keys, which you can create but there are only described in the relevant chapter in the documentation or support database etc.

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AJ

Andreas J.

GM

Information Technology and Services

### "The complete solution that can replace Windows Servers entirely or works in combination"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

September 28, 2018

This is an excellent product for everyone who wants to setup his own network infrastructure with Windows, MAC or Linux clients and servers. It makes it easy to connect on-premise ressources with cloud ressources like Office365 or Google Docs.

Pros

Central Management of all features, even if multi server environments Included virtualisation plattform Included Windows ActiveDirectory support Included SAML2-Support Included Docker Support

Cons

The Systemd deamon may cause challenges after upgrades or power outages without UPS.

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CK

Christian K.

Owner

Information Technology and Services

### "Modern easy to administrate Linux Server Solution"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

September 28, 2018

As Microsoft discontinued SBS2011 Server with no AD/Mailserver combo available - myself and all my small Customers searched for a valid replacement - and there we tested some Linux Distributions but non of them had the possibilities that UCS Server gave us. A nice part of UCS is the AD-Takeover APP which allowed us to migrate the SBS2011 AD Domain to UCS without changing anything on the joined clients (no rejoin was needed) and to take over allaccounts

Pros

One of the great advantages in UCS is the UCS Domain concept (Master - Backup -Slave Server roles) where the LDAP and AD (Samba4) Domain is replicated from Master to Backup role servers and in fact of loosing the Master Server you are easily able to promote a Backup Role Server to the new Master Role Server. Also very impressive is the Management over the UCS WebFrontend - where you are able to administrate your whole Infrastructure (DHCP, DNS, SAMBA, LDAP, USERS, GROUPS, MACHINES,etc)

Cons

we are using UCS on 5 installations on 5 independent customers (from 5 to 50 Users) since about 3 years - and till today I can't tell any cons as there are nothing that did not work or made problems in the last 3 years

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KP

Kris P.

owner

Computer Networking

### "Perfect for use in SMB"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

September 10, 2018

Pros

Complete solution for your SMB (directory service, DNS, DHCP, mailserver, fileserver and much much more. Easy to manage with very intuitive web interface.

Cons

Although the basic manual which comes with Univention is really good, some features should be documented better.

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CT

Craig T.

IT Service Provider

Information Technology and Services

### "Univention UCS - A real world alternative to M$ Active Directory"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

September 8, 2018

As an IT service provider in the SMB space I've found the demise of Microsoft SBS is posing many issues for customers. Univention UCS is a perfect fit for SBS replacement & requires much less in the way of hardware resource overhead for any given environment. Univention's approach of partnering with a wide range of software vendors to integrate their products into the UCS platform provides a wide range of easy to implement solutions for all sorts of needs.

Pros

Robustness & reliability. Having used UCS for over 5 years in my own business I am now integrating it into my customers IT infrastructure. It is obvious from the rock solid stability of the platform it's the product of an organisation who employs the highest levels of stringent software development & engineering.

Cons

There is very little I don't like about UCS. Occasionally, the web management interface (UMC) will not accomplish some tasks & some command line admin is required. So from that perspective less technically inclined folk might find it lacking. But for anyone with basic linux admin skills it's a breeze to work with.

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