Thinking of buying Exchange for your organisation? Before you do, you may want to consider MailCore as an alternative solution. You might save a lot of money and even have the potential to make money.
Although we've called this page 'Thinking Exchange', it actually applies to the costs and time associated with implementing any SMTP server.
Before taking the plunge with Exchange, ask yourself if you need all it's functionality. Exchange is a feature-rich product and does much more than email. Unless you're intent on using calendaring and forms, for example, you might find you've paid a lot of money for features that stay on the shelf.
Keep reading if the answers to any of these questions are yes:
- I need Exchange so I can provide group-wide email
- I'll need to buy a server, maybe two for redundancy
- I'll need to get a license
- I'll need a backup strategy
- I'll need anti-virus software (and an annual subscription for it)
- I'll need anti-spam software
- I'll need someone who knows how all this stuff works
MailCore provides all the critical email functionality provided by servers such as Exchange. You can have multiple mailboxes, aliases, autoreplies, spam & virus protection. Your users can also use their favorite email client, such as Outlook or Thunderbird.
The big difference is that MailCore comes with none of the baggage that running your own email server incurs. No servers, no software licensing and you don't need a guru to look after it. Just sign up, set a few options and start using it. All for a simple, fixed monthly cost with no initial capital expenditure.
Fact is, choosing MailCore over Exchange could save you thousands of pounds getting your email up and running.
- No startup fees
You don't need a server or any up-front software licenses - No expertise required
Anyone can signup and get things running - Support team Included
You don't need to employ an email administrator, we monitor the system 24/7 - Zero Maintenance
We'll update, improve and bug-fix. - Development team included
We have a policy of continuous improvement. You'll get a stream of new functionality as we add it. - No hidden renewal costs
A fixed monthly fee, that's it - Releases resource
You may find you need to distract valuable technical resource to email management. Not so with MailCore, so that can do the job you pay them to do. - Makes Money!
Ok, it's bold claim but look at it this way. Staff looking after your mail server are released to do other work. If that work is for a customer, you've become more productive and the turnover goes up. By no means guaranteed, but we've had it happen before!
We recommend you work out how much Exchange is going to cost you, then go to step 2 of our signup process to work out how much MailCore will cost in comparison. Try It...