poste.io vs SmarterMail
poste.io
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| Figure | poste.io | SmarterMail |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $29.08/mo | $41.67/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 5 |
| Spec score · Email Server Software | 8.0 (#10) | 8.0 (#11) |
| Spec score · Mail Server Software | 8.0 (#13) | 8.0 (#14) |
| Company | Poste.io identifies Analogic s.r.o. in Klatovy, Czech Republic, and says it has been shipping since 2014. | SmarterTools Inc. says it began in 2003 and serves small to medium-sized businesses, enterprise organizations, and hosting companies. |
| Integrations | The documentation describes an Elasticsearch integration for PRO log viewing and names Uptime Kuma, Prometheus, and Grafana as external monitoring systems that can use its monitoring API. | The Marketplace lists Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, ownCloud, LeitzCloud, Rocket.Chat, ChatGPT, Collabora Online, and OnlyOffice integrations. |
| Product | Poste.io is a self-hosted email server with web administration, webmail, spam protection, and mail server components in one Docker container. | SmarterMail is an email, groupware, and collaboration server positioned as an alternative to Microsoft Exchange. |
| Security | The feature page states that TLS is used on every protocol, passwords use salted SHA512, and SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and SRS are supported. | The product includes spam filtering and enterprise-level antivirus, with Message Sniffer available as an integration. |
Plans
SmarterMail
- SmarterMail FreeFree
- SmarterMail High Availability — Hub$150 a month
- SmarterMail High Availability — Node$250 a month
- SmarterMail Professional (50 mailboxes)$500 a year
- SmarterMail Enterprise (50 mailboxes)$700 a year
In their own words
SmarterMail
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