Free Self-Hosted Microsoft Exchange Alternatives

There are many alternatives to Microsoft Exchange as a self-hosted solution if you are looking for a replacement. The best free Self-Hosted alternative is mailcow: dockerized, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Microsoft Exchange and six of them are free and available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Self-Hosted alternatives to Microsoft Exchange are Kolab, grommunio, OX App Suite and iRedMail.

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  1. Kolab icon
     43 likes

    Kolab provides a FOSS communication & collaboration solution that can be completely self-hosted. Take back control of your data and access it via the webinterface, or existing mobile & desktop clients.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. grommunio icon
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    grommunio (formerly known as grammm) efficiently combines all requirements of modern, digital communication and collaboration.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    grommunio vs Microsoft Exchange Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Great Activesync Support POOR and I mean VERY Poor Calendar that has a mind of It's own, setting events or reminders is a NIGHTMARE

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    norbertlambing
    Positive
    2

    As the first open source solution to offer a full-featured OutlookAnywhere (RPC over HTTP) and MAPI/HTTP implementation, grammm is the alternative to proprietary backends for native interoperability with Microsoft Outlook

    • grommunio is Freemium and Open SourceMicrosoft Exchange is Paid and Proprietary
    • grommunio is Privacy focusedMicrosoft Exchange is not according to our users
  3. OX App Suite icon
     16 likes

    The OX App Suite by Open-Xchange is web-based platform offering a suite of apps like an email client, calendar, contacts magement, cloud storage with synchronization and productivity apps for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  4. iRedMail icon
     20 likes

    A fully fledged, free email server solution, an open source project (GPL v2).

    Use official binary packages from Linux/BSD distributions, with both i386 and x86_64 support.

    Easy, fast deployment in LESS THAN 1 MINUTE. View YouTube Video to check how easy it is.

    Works on both no.

    66 iRedMail alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. EGroupware icon
     9 likes

    Web-based team collaboration suite combining email client, calendar, contact and task tools, CRM, project and file management, file sharing, trouble tickets, Rocket.Chat chat, and Collabora online editing. Offers open source, self-hosted, and SaaS options.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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