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We performed a comparison between Amazon WorkMail and KerioConnect based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"Amazon SES is very easy to configure.""We use the tool for transactional emails and marketing.""It is highly available and scalable. It is also highly reliable. I don't lose any of the messages or emails. If there is an issue where the email sent operation failed, Amazon as a platform ensures that the send operation is retried, and the email reaches its destination. This way, it is highly reliable.""The best feature is that Amazon SES provides verified email messages.""Amazon SES can handle a high volume of emails, making it suitable for organizations with large email lists or that need to send a large number of emails on a regular basis.""The most valuable thing is that emails sent through SES have a delivery rate of greater than ninety percent.""There is no need for me to set up security.""The product is very user-friendly."

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"The most valuable features are security and privacy because you installed it on your server, within your company premises, not in the cloud.""We have contacted technical support a handful of times and received some assistance.""It's relatively simple to use.""The most valuable features are its ease of use, excellent pricing, and it is platform agnostic.""The user interface is good.""Kerio Connect is secure, flexible, and easy to control from the user interface. It has many security features able to be controlled from one place, such as anti-spam. I have found it very convenient. Additionally, you can analyze log files and share folders which is helpful.""What I like most about Kerio Connect is that it supports ActiveSync, and that is its most critical feature. The solution is also a nice, simple, robust, and stable mail server."

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Cons
"The only issue is the price, which is far too expensive.""There is room for improvement in the scalability.""I would like to see detailed reports on email success and failure rates.""There is room for improvement in the support. It's just that customer support, though good, takes time to resolve issues.""The product should improve technical support.""Email service is definitely a requirement from an enterprise standpoint. Many organizations have their own on-premise email services, which take a lot of memory, backup, and other resources. If we can have a completely managed backup solution where we have a tiered backup or a tiered archival to be able to retrieve emails, it would be great. I would like to be able to retrieve emails in real-time (hot retrieval), over the 90-days period (warm retrieval), and over the one-year period (cold retrieval). It would be useful to have tiered backup and retrieval. It would help us in managing emails better and have a better backup solution. So, backup is something that we require.""It would be ideal to have detailed data and reporting on email opens, clicks, bounces, and other metrics, as well as integration with other business intelligence tools.""When we first set up an email on Amazon SES, they had to verify it, which was not fast enough."

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"It could be simpler to use and install, but I still wouldn't use it because there isn't a compelling use case.""I would like to see better support from their support team.""The solution could improve the redundancy because we only have one copy of the Kerio Connect server on our hardware. The next step for us is to move to the cloud and if Kerio does not have a cloud version available they should release one""You cannot integrate with other services like Google Docs, Google Assistant, Google Calendar, etc.""Having a native Outlook map integration would make Kerio Connect better.""Most of our clients use Outlook and Kerio Connect. Occasionally, Kerio can be a bit slow. They could make it faster to get onto the web interface without so much load time. It's just slow with Outlook, however, for some reason.""The search and archiving documentation capabilities need to be stronger."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "WorkMail does require a license, it is, per user."
  • "The solution should improve its price."
  • "It's very cheap. The cheapest among all the services available."
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  • "The pricing is about $3 per mailbox per month."
  • "The price of Kerio Connect is better when comparing it to others solutions."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:We use the tool for transactional emails and marketing.
    Top Answer:WorkMail is very expensive. We have lost several clients because it is too expensive. WorkMail is a bit expensive per user. That is something they must correct. They provide excellent service, but it… more »
    Top Answer:I would like to see detailed reports on email success and failure rates.
    Top Answer:The search and archiving documentation capabilities need to be stronger. The user documentation is ridiculous. The connectivity with CRM is a significant issue here. We don't have a great way of… more »
    Top Answer:It's a corporate email. All of our corporate emails go through it.
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    Amazon SES
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    Overview

    Amazon WorkMail is a secure, managed business email and calendar service with support for existing desktop and mobile email client applications. Amazon WorkMail gives users the ability to seamlessly access their email, contacts, and calendars using the client application of their choice, including Microsoft Outlook, native iOS and Android email applications, any client application supporting the IMAP protocol, or directly through a web browser. You can integrate Amazon WorkMail with your existing corporate directory, use email journaling to meet compliance requirements, and control both the keys that encrypt your data and the location in which your data is stored. You can also set up interoperability with Microsoft Exchange Server, and programmatically manage users, groups, and resources using the Amazon WorkMail SDK.

    Kerio Connect, a messaging and collaboration solution, meets the needs of small and mid-sized businesses while offering a robust feature lineup. Business users enjoy support for their favorite email client and easy web-based access. Kerio Connect is highly stable—so you can focus on business rather than unexpected downtime and recovery.

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    Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Government9%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    Media Company7%
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    Computer Software Company17%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    Government10%
    Educational Organization8%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business58%
    Large Enterprise42%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise53%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business75%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business46%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise39%
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    Amazon WorkMail is ranked 5th in Email Applications with 9 reviews while KerioConnect is ranked 8th in Email Applications with 7 reviews. Amazon WorkMail is rated 8.6, while KerioConnect is rated 6.2. The top reviewer of Amazon WorkMail writes "Reliable with good deliverability and the ability to expand". On the other hand, the top reviewer of KerioConnect writes "Lightweight, simple, and robust; easy to maintain and doesn't require a lot of system resources to run". Amazon WorkMail is most compared with Google Workspace, Microsoft Exchange Online, ZeptoMail, SendGrid and MailChimp, whereas KerioConnect is most compared with Microsoft Exchange, Zimbra Collaboration, IceWarp, Microsoft Exchange Online and Google Workspace.

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