6 Contenders for Best Microsoft Exchange Alternative

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Microsoft Exchange

That said, Exchange isn’t without its drawbacks. As an on-prem email server, it requires a significant amount of storage space and computing resources, which could present a challenge for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Also challenging for SMBs? Exchange’s price tag. In addition to the initial licensing cost, businesses using Microsoft Exchange Server must also foot the bill for routine hardware maintenance, as well as any necessary repairs should the system go down. Although Microsoft offers a cloud-based version of Exchange with Exchange Online, prospective buyers are better off investing in the full Office 365 Business Premium package in order to access the full range of Microsoft services.

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Google Workspace

Any list of Exchange alternatives would be incomplete without G Suite, Google’s collaboration and productivity software suite. Although its vast array of applications makes it a more fitting analogue for Office 365 than Exchange alone, Gmail — a cloud-based email server included in G Suite — is a leading competitor for both Exchange Server and Exchange Online. For the starting price of $6 per user, per month, users get access to Gmail for business email, 30GB of cloud storage and shared calendars, as well as Google’s full suite of productivity applications.

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Horde

Horde is a fully open source webmail client and “enterprise-ready, browser-based communication suite.” Although its functionality isn’t quite as advanced as that of Office 365 or G Suite, it does offer more productivity features than the traditional webmail client, as well as advanced access controls for more granular user permissions. At the exceptionally low cost of free, Horde Groupware Webmail Edition is a more than suitable Microsoft Exchange alternative for the price.

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IceWarp

Perhaps the biggest selling point of IceWarp — a self-proclaimed “fully-featured Exchange alternative” — is that it’s less than half the cost of Exchange Server. For that low cost, users get access to an impressive array of collaboration applications, including business-class email and calendaring, instant messaging functionality and document storage. IceWarp’s browser-based webmail client boasts everything from custom domains and multi-layered security to GDPR-compliant login settings and smart attachments, making it an exciting Exchange alternative.

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Kerio Connect

Recently acquired by GFI Software, Kerio Connect is a software suite featuring business email, instant messaging, calendar applications and more. Users have their choice of on-premises deployment or partner-hosted cloud environment and, according to the GFI website, Kerio Connect takes as little as 10 minutes to install and deploy. Kerio Connect offers many of the same collaboration tools as Exchange, including email integration with calendars and scheduling, contact and task management, notes and instant messaging. Prospective buyers interested in this Exchange alternative should note that Kerio Connect is priced according to the number of users within an organization; full pricing information can be found here.

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OX Open-Xchange

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Zimbra

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