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Features & Cost | SiliconVault Email Server | In-house / Self-hosted Email Server Solution (e.g. MS Exchange Server) |
Starting Cost | $0-29.9/month, $299/year for VOSI-5 plan, which includes far more features than just an Email Server | $1500-5000 or more: Must buy Email server machine & Email server software. In the case of MS Exchange Server, it is expensive and requires an expert to setup / configure / manage the email server |
Email Server Management and Maintenance Cost | Low: easy web-based administrative tool, little IT background required. (might require to configure DNS) | High: Requires a system administrator with IT background, in particular, understands the Email protocol, DNS and firewall security configurations |
Estimated Setup Time | In just a few minutes to 24 hours (mainly waiting for DNS to update) | At least a few days (Order a server; setup server, install Email Server, configure email server, setup DNS / hosting, etc.) |
Email Server Backup Cost | Low: SiliconVault Email Server has multiple levels of redundancies. Any single storage / server crash will not cause system downtime or data loss. | High: Email Server must be backed up manually, which will add additional cost. Server crash could cause service down-time or data loss. |
Web Mail and Web-based Address Book | Yes: Already included and no additional setup is required | Yes (Requires additional webmail setup) |
Automatic Email / Address Book Backup and Migration software | Yes: SiliconVault Email Backup client software | No |
Private domain emails and advanced features | Yes | Yes |
Hardware, Software and Hosting | Already included! | Need to order hardware, software and hosting. |
Info is checked to be correct as of Jan 1, 2009. Please email NULL for corrections or updates.