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Mailcow vs Mail-in-a-Box: catalog facts
Mailcow	Mail-in-a-Box
Free Free and open source, self-hosted.	Free Free and open source, self-hosted on your own server.
Linux, Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted
Docker packaging makes deployment and updates more manageable Includes a full web admin panel and SOGo webmail out of the box	Automates the entire setup of a mail server stack on a single Ubuntu box Open source, so the full setup can be audited and self-hosted
Requires Docker and server administration knowledge to run Resource requirements are higher than a single lightweight mail daemon	Requires comfort running and maintaining a Linux server Tied specifically to Ubuntu, limiting deployment flexibility
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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