Microsoft Exchange Alternatives

Microsoft Exchange is described as 'Exchange business-class email helps increase user productivity while protecting your data. Get it as a hosted service or run it on your servers' and is a Mail Server in the social & communications category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Microsoft Exchange for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Web-based, Windows, Self-Hosted and Mac apps. The best Microsoft Exchange alternative is Google Workspace. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try mailcow: dockerized or Kolab. Other great apps like Microsoft Exchange are Kopano, hMail Server, Infomaniak kSuite and Zimbra Collaboration Suite.

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  1. OX App Suite icon
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    The OX App Suite by Open-Xchange is web-based platform offering a suite of apps like an email client, calendar, contacts magement, cloud storage with synchronization and productivity apps for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  2. SmarterMail is the only other email server on the market with native support for MAPI, the protocol that powers Exchange and Outlook. That means anything you can do on Exchange you can do with SmarterMail: no plug-ins and no additional software required.

    15 SmarterMail Mail Server alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Docker
     
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    Comments about SmarterMail Mail Server as an Alternative to Microsoft Exchange
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    Offers native MAPI integration, along with EWS and EAS. Works great with Outlook, but also other clients like the MacOS client, eM Client, and others. No CALs, like for on-prem Exchange.

    SmarterMail Mail Server icon
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    • SmarterMail Mail Server is Paid and ProprietaryMicrosoft Exchange is also Paid and Proprietary
    • SmarterMail Mail Server is Privacy focused and LightweightMicrosoft Exchange is not according to our users
  3. Low cost, easy to use Email Server software for virtual, on-premise, or hosted deployments for companies that want control of their email. Integrated web-mail with doc sharing, Drop Box integration, client and server side encryption.

    25 MDaemon Messaging Server alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  4. iRedMail icon
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    A fully fledged, free email server solution, an open source project (GPL v2).

    Use official binary packages from Linux/BSD distributions, with both i386 and x86_64 support.

    Easy, fast deployment in LESS THAN 1 MINUTE. View YouTube Video to check how easy it is.

    Works on both no.

    66 iRedMail alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. OpenChange icon
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    OpenChange aims to provide a portable Open Source implementation of Microsoft Exchange Server and Exchange protocols.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6.  7 likes

    Is a collaboration suite (messaging and groupware). It is designed to run on open source operating systems such as Linux or BSD. In order to modernize the Citadel platform for the Internet, the Citadel/UX developers added functionality such as shared calendars, instant...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
     
  7. CrossBox icon
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    Real-time email, chat, audio/video calls & conferences, file-sharing, and contacts app with a modern and intuitive UI.

    43 CrossBox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Zarafa icon
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    Open Source Collaboration, providing integration with your existing Linux mailserver, native mobile phone support, Outlook "Look & Feel" webaccess and stable Outlook sharing (100% MAPI).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  9. Poste.io icon
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    Full featured solution for your Email server. Native implementation of last anti-SPAM metods, webmail and easy administration included.

    19 Poste.io alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. EGroupware icon
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    Web-based team collaboration suite combining email client, calendar, contact and task tools, CRM, project and file management, file sharing, trouble tickets, Rocket.Chat chat, and Collabora online editing. Offers open source, self-hosted, and SaaS options.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. Blue-Mind icon
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    Blue Mind is a complete solution of company messaging, calendars and collaborative work. It aims to enable you to work daily with comprehensive, useful, efficient and effective tools.

    10 Blue-Mind alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  12. Atmail webmail system offers a webmail client, email server platform and mailserver appliance for Linux, Unix and Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
     
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