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Paid-feature tierATier ANo paid feature gates in the self-run edition
Self-hostSelf-hostable: noNot offered as software you run yourself.
Paid-feature limitsNone established
Tier A: Desktop client operated locally on Windows, Linux, and macOS; A describes the freely available client functionality, not server hosting. Official pages call it free forever and link MPL 2.0. Dependencies/other-licenses have separate notices; not every bundled file is MPL. Current developer docs and repository identify thunderbird/thunderbird-desktop as official, superseding use of the experimental Mozilla GitHub copy as canonical. License source. Repository: thunderbird/thunderbird-desktop. Self-host: desktop; hosted offer from the project: no.
Replaces 2 paid tools
FrontEntry price USD 25 / seat / month
Fit: Fit: PartialCore overlap exists; named gaps need replacing or rebuilding.Fit is not feature parity.
Only the individual-email portion of Front is comparable: connect existing mail accounts and organize personal mail locally. Front individual inboxes also participate in comments, sharing and delegation. No parity or migration path is asserted for Front shared inboxes, assignments, team comments, ticketing, analytics, or automation.
Microsoft OutlookEntry price USD 19.99 / account / year
Fit: Fit: PartialCore overlap exists; named gaps need replacing or rebuilding.Fit is not feature parity.
Local alternative for email, calendars, contacts, tasks, and multi-account organization. Reconnect mail accounts using supported authentication; Microsoft-hosted accounts may require OAuth, SMTP enablement, and administrator consent. Full Exchange/calendar or Microsoft 365 suite parity is not asserted. Existing subscription storage/security benefits are separate from the client.
Thunderbird is listed as an open-source alternative to Front and Microsoft Outlook, with partial fit or better. Maintainers can show this in a README; the badge links back to this page.
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