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SOGo vs Hive
A side-by-side editorial comparison of SOGo and Hive — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
SOGo vs Hive: at a glance
What is SOGo?
SOGo's 5.12.13 fixes its largest batch of vulnerabilities yet, some critical.
SOGo, Alinto's self-hosted webmail, calendar and contacts suite, has made almost every 2026 release about security. v5.12.13 on 4 November fixes two SQL injections, a buffer overflow, an LDAP filter injection, path traversal, an impersonation flaw and several unsafe HTML elements, affecting all previous versions. It follows 5.12.11's password reset poisoning fix and 5.12.12's switch to verifying LDAP TLS certificates by default.
What is Hive?
Hive turns reporting into a planning tool: shared inputs, grouped values, per-person drill-downs.
Hive's November releases have two tracks. Bulk work got easier with undo and redo, a rebuilt Workflows library and now setting or shifting dates across many actions at once. Reporting got deeper: on November 13 dashboards gained per-person burndown drill-downs, grouped custom-field values in charts, and formulas that read monthly capacity and factors stored in Tables.
SOGo vs Hive: editorial side-by-side
SOGo
5.0COLLAB
SOGo's 5.12.13 fixes its largest batch of vulnerabilities yet, some critical.
◆ Current state
SOGo, Alinto's self-hosted webmail, calendar and contacts suite, has made almost every 2026 release about security. v5.12.13 on 4 November fixes two SQL injections, a buffer overflow, an LDAP filter injection, path traversal, an impersonation flaw and several unsafe HTML elements, affecting all previous versions. It follows 5.12.11's password reset poisoning fix and 5.12.12's switch to verifying LDAP TLS certificates by default.
◆ Where it's heading
Outside researchers and coordinators such as VulnCheck are now reporting issues in batches, and each release closes several at once. The fixes are moving from individual XSS paths toward input handling across SQL, LDAP and file paths, which points to a broader audit of the codebase rather than one-off patches.
◆ Prediction
Expect CVE IDs for the 5.12.13 fixes to be published and further 5.12.x security releases at a roughly monthly pace; the entries show no sign of a feature release.
Hive
6.3COLLABPM
Hive turns reporting into a planning tool: shared inputs, grouped values, per-person drill-downs.
◆ Current state
Hive's November releases have two tracks. Bulk work got easier with undo and redo, a rebuilt Workflows library and now setting or shifting dates across many actions at once. Reporting got deeper: on November 13 dashboards gained per-person burndown drill-downs, grouped custom-field values in charts, and formulas that read monthly capacity and factors stored in Tables.
◆ Where it's heading
Dashboards are moving from showing tracked time toward capacity planning, with shared inputs that update every report when edited. Bulk editing keeps reaching more views, and each new bulk action ships with undo.
◆ Prediction
Expect more report widgets to accept Tables inputs and drill-downs, and bulk actions extending to fields beyond dates and status.
Alternatives to SOGo and Hive
Other Collab products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either SOGo or Hive.
Nextcloud
Nextcloud's November patches lean on preview speed and sharing fixes across three branches.
Mattermost
Mattermost v12.1 puts bots and burn-after-reading messages under the same access rules.
Asana
Asana lets Division admins run their own custom roles, on top Enterprise plans only.
Double
Double turns a recorded Chrome session into an agent that repeats the task.
SiYuan
SiYuan 3.8.11 alphas add freeform mind maps and plugin snapshots right after 3.8.10.
Recent activity from SOGo and Hive
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 1d agoHiveCharts can group custom field values into categories
- 1d agoHiveReporting formulas can use values stored in Tables
- 1d agoHiveBurndown chart points open a per-person breakdown
- 1d agoHiveSet, shift or clear dates across many actions at once
- 2d agoHiveWorkflows library beta adds filters, grouping and bulk actions
- 3d agoHiveUndo and redo for bulk action changes
- 10d agoSOGoSOGo 5.12.13 fixes SQL injections, overflow and impersonation
- 1mo agoSOGoSOGo 5.12.12 fixes a vulnerability, enforces LDAP TLS checks
- 2mo agoSOGoSOGo 5.12.11: reset poisoning and XSS fixed, new required setting
- 3mo agoSOGoFour more vulnerabilities patched; all prior versions affected
- 5mo agoSOGoPatch undoes 5.12.8 regressions in preferences and mail display
- 6mo agoSOGoTwo CVEs fixed for PostgreSQL user sources
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between SOGo and Hive?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Hive is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is SOGo better than Hive?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Hive is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Collab products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to SOGo?
Top SOGo alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "SOGo alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/sogo for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Hive?
Top Hive alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Hive alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/hive for the full list with editorial commentary on each.