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Mail Server Competitor Comparison
Pricing and features are taken directly from related websites, customer support,
and marketing materials as of March 1, 2013, unless otherwise noted. Information, features and pricing
are subject to change. To report corrections, please contact the
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For a more detailed comparison of SmarterMail and
Microsoft Exchange, see SmarterMail and
Microsoft Exchange: An Administrative Comparison
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Features
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MDaemon Pro
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Mailsite Fusion
SE
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IMail Premium
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Icewarp Enterprise
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Kerio Connect
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Exchange 2010 Enterprise
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SmarterMail Enterprise
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Initial cost for 500 mailboxes
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$1,510
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$2,000
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$1,795
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$2,1801
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$13,830
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$57,9702
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$699
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Over-the-air iPhone sync
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•
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$2,0003
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$249
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•
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•
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•
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•
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Over-the-air BlackBerry sync
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•
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•
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•
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•
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•
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Over-the-air Windows Mobile sync
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•
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•
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•
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•
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•
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Exchange ActiveSync (50 mailboxes)
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–
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$469
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•
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•
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$349
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Microsoft Outlook sync
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$2,400
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•
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•
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$4,859
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•
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•
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Exchange Web Services
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–
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–
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–
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–
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–
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•
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$149
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Webmail interface with collaboration
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•
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•
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•
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$744
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•
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•
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Instant messaging server
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•
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–
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•
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$744
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–
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•
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•
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FTP
server
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–
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–
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–
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–
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–
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–
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SIP
server
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–
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–
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–
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$79
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–
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–
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–
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SMS
server
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–
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–
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–
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$79
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–
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•
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–
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Events & notifications system
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–
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–
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–
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–
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–
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–
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•
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SyncML synchronization
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•
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–
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–
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$3,239
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–
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–
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•
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Antivirus
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•
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$2,000
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•
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•
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$1,500
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–
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•
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Antispam
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•
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$2,000
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–
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•
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•
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–
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•
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Premium antivirus
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$1,035
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–
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$1,629
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$839
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–
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•4
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$349
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Premium antispam
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–
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$1,200
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$1,509
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–
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•5
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$349
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Intrusion detection system
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–
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–
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•
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–
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–
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•
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Message archiving
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•
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•
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$4,480
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•
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•
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•
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•
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File storage
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–
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–
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–
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–
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–
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Available6
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•
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Upgrade protection (12 months)
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•
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•
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•
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–
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•
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$1,985
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•
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Business hour support
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$650
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•
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•
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•
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•
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Available7
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•8
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Emergency support (24/7/365)
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–
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$995
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$999
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–
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–
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Available9
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$34910
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Total Cost
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$5,595
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$8,995
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$10,352
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11$14,240
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$15,330
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$59,995
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$2,644
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1Icewarp pricing based on the cost of 450 mailboxes as of March 3, 2011, as pricing information is no longer available directly from their website.
2Exchange 2010 Enterprise pricing as of March 3, 2011, as pricing information is not available on the Microsoft website, and includes Enterprise Client Access Licenses (CALs) for 500 users.
3Exchange ActiveSync license required for every mailbox.
4Included with Enterprise CAL.
5Included with Enterprise CAL.
6Available with the inclusion of Sharepoint Server at an extra charge
(licensing varies).
7Available at a substantial extra charge.
8SmarterTools provides two email support incidents with every purchase.
9Available at a substantial extra charge.
10Emergency support is available if needed and is part of the Platinum
Support Package. More information about our support packages can be found on the
Support page of the SmarterTools website.
11Icewarp provides 30 GroupWare, 30 instant messaging, 30 SIP, 30
SMS, 5 Outlook connectors, 5 SyncML, 5 desktop client and 5 Exchange ActiveSync
licenses at no cost by deducting $628 from the total cost at checkout. This discount
is reflected in the product's total cost in the chart above.