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Email Services Comparison
Cost, Features and Support
by Matt Hicks
There are many companies that provide email services.
There are companies who are specialized in providing email services and they charge anywhere from $2.00 to $15.00 per email address per month. There are also companies who provide unlimited email for very low cost, but those services are often unreliable with very little support if there are any problems.
With all of the recent email issues such as spam and viruses, it would make sense to sign up with a company whose main focus is email service.
The companies below specialize in email services, you may want to contact them and pick the company with the best support and the most features that you care about for the money (such as iPhone synchronization, etc..)
| Microsoft Office 365 Small Business | Microsoft Office 365 Small Business Premium | Microsoft Office 365 Midsize Business | Google Apps for Business | Rackspace Standard | Rackspace Microsoft Exchange | Intermedia (Enterprise) | AppRiver | |
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| Cost p/user p/month | $6.00 | $12.50 | $15.00 | $5.00 | $2.00 | $10.00 | $15.99 | $12.95 |
| Minimum User Required | 1 User | 1 User | 1 User | 1 User | 5 Users | 1 User | 3 Users | 4 User |
| Commitment | Month to month | Month to month | Annual | Month to month | Month to month | Month to month | Annual | Month to Month |
| Storage | 25 GB |
25 GB | 25 GB | 30 GB | 25 GB | 25 GB | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Attachment | 25 MB |
25 MB | 25 MB | 50 MB | 50 MB | 50 MB |
50 MB | 50 MB |
| Message Sent Limit per Day | 10,000 |
10,000 | 10,000 | 2000 | No Limit | No Limit |
12000 |
No Limit |
| Live Phone Support | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 |
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| Email Server Used | Microsoft Exchange | Microsoft Exchange | Microsoft Exchange | Postini | OpenStack | MIcrosoft Exchange | Microsoft Exchange | Microsoft Exchange |
| Uptime | 99.9% | 24/7 | 24/7 | 99.9% | 24/7 | 24/7 | 99.999% | 24/7 |
| *Above research was completed on June 2013; Pricing, Hardware, SLAs, ratings and other data may change. | ||||||||