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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Exchange

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Exchange is a secure email / messaging gateway with file archiving and encryption / data loss capability, available as a hosted service (Exchange Online) or installed (Exchange Server).N/A

    Proton Mail

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AProton Mail, from Proton Technologies, boasts being the world’s largest encrypted email provider. An email server, the vendor states their mission is to defend the right to privacy by making end-to-end encrypted email easy enough for anyone to use, and offers free email accounts without ads, and fully encrypted storage wtih servers hosted in Geneva. The ProtonMail high-tier Visionary plan also includes VPN, via the inclusion of Proton Technologies' ProtonVPN service.

    $4.99

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Microsoft ExchangeProton Mail
    Editions & Modules
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    Proton Free
    $0
    Up to 1 GB total storage & 150 messages per day
    Mail Plus
    $4.99
    per month 15 GB total Storage and 10 email addresses
    Proton Unlimited
    $12.99
    per month Access to all Proton apps and premium features
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft ExchangeProton Mail
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft ExchangeProton Mail
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Exchange
    We use Zimbra for some specific tasks in our company. Microsoft has superiority over Zimbra in terms of the graphical user interface. I like the Microsoft exchange interface as it is more futuristic. Also, Microsoft exchange has a better user experience. Zimbra mail can be …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Exchange
    Microsoft Exchange is the go-to software if you are going with the Microsoft stack as your main infrastructure provider. It made the most sense going with Microsoft to use Outlook with Exchange, as it would provide the most seamless experience when paired with Defender or most …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Exchange
    MDaemon is too simplistic for complex uses, while Exchange covers any uses and scale for every customer size.
    Incentivized
    Proton
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Microsoft ExchangeProton Mail
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Microsoft Exchange and Proton Mail
    Feature
    Microsoft Exchange
    8.1
    80 Ratings
    Proton Mail
    -
    Ratings
    Anti-malware8.163 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizability7.975 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection8.665 Ratings00 Ratings
    Threat Detection8.064 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sandboxing7.444 Ratings00 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption8.364 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Tools8.477 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Microsoft ExchangeProton Mail
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (98 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.9
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)