Price Comparison

The following table is designed to show a balanced pricing comparison between 5 email and groupware products. It shows a true comparison based on a common end goal: A fully functioning system for 20 Users. Note some products mentioned require more than 20 users to be purchased, but this table factors those down to 20 for comparison.

Balanced Pricing Comparison

All in $ OX EE MS Ex 07 MS SBS 03 Zimbra Pro Scalix Ent Minimum Order $435 $700 $600 $875 $3,000 5 Users No Users Inc 5 Users Inc 25 Users Inc 50 Users Renewal $108 $0 $0 $875 $0 5 Users No Renewal No Renewal Annual Fee No renewal Add-on Users $250 $92 $690 $700 $60 5 Users 1 User 5 User Pack 25 User Pack 1 User Renewal $63 $0 $0 $700 $12 5 Users No Renewal No Renewal Annual Fee 1 User For All Years             Hardware P4/1GB AMD64 2GB P4 1GB AMD64 4GB AMD64 1GB Operating System Included $1,000 Included $462 $462     OX EE MS Ex 07 MS SBS 03 Zimbra Pro Scalix Ent Example: 20 Users Year 1 Product-Base $435 $700 $600 $875*0.8 $3000*0.4 Product-Users 3*$250 20*$92 3*$690 None 20*$12 Operating System Included $1,000 Included $462 $462 Total $1,185 $3,540 $2,670 $1,162 $1,902 Total Year 1 $1,185 $3,540 $2,670 $1,162 $1,902             Example: 20 Users Year 2 Product-Base $108 None None $875*0.8 None Product-Users 3*$63 None None None 20*$12 Operating System Included None None None None Total $297 $0 $0 $700 $240 Total Year 1,2 $1,482 $3,540 $2,670 $1,862 $2,142             Example: 20 Users Year 3 Product-Base $108 None None $875*0.8 None Product-Users 3*$63 None None None 20*$12 Operating System Included None None None None Total $297 $0 $0 $700 $240 Total Year 1,2,3 $1,779 $3,540 $2,670 $2,562 $2,382             Example: 20 Users Year 4 (Refresh of software required) Product-Base $108 $700 $600 $875*0.8 None Product-Users 3*$63 20*$92 3*$690 None 20*$12 Operating System Included $1,000 Included None None Total $297 $3,540 $2,670 $700 $240 Total Year 1,2,3,4 $2,076 $7,080 $5,340 $3,262 $2,622

Ref on 13 Aug 07:
Microsoft Ex07 http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/howtobuy/default.mspx
Microsoft SBS http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/howtobuy/pricing.mspx
Scalix http://www.scalix.com/enterprise/editions/pricing.php
Zimbra: http://www.zimbra.com/products/pricing.html


Notes: Exchange Rate: EUR = 1.3 * USD
Rounding up has taken place
Data obtained from referred sites, but is subject to interpretation errors.
All values normalised to 20 users
Assuming after 3 years customer wishes to refresh (make current) software