Pricing and support
Lotus Domino- Domino Messaging Server (e-mail only) $2084 per CPU
- Domino Enterprise Server (e-mail, applications and clustering) $5395 per CPU
- Notes Messaging Client (Notes Client and Browser access to e-mail only) $164
- Notes Desktop Client (Notes Client and Browser access to e-mail and applications) $228
- iNotes Messaging (Browser only access to e-mail only) $115
- iNotes Collaborative (Browser only access to e-mail and applications) $177
- Domino Designer $1376
- Domino Administrator (included in the server license)
- QuickPlace $89 per user
- Sametime $87 per user
(Both Sametime and QuickPlace need a user licence only.)
All software is sold with 12 months maintenance, which includes software updates and 24 x 7 telephone and e-mail support. There are also a number of other different licensing models (like extranet servers with unlimited users).
Microsoft Exchange
- Exchange Standard Server $1533
- Exchange Client Access License (CAL) $147
- Exchange Enterprise Server pricing not available
The price for SharePoint Portal Server 2003 is yet to be announced, however:- SharePoint Portal Server 2001 $8770
- SharePoint Portal Client Access License (CAL) $159
These figures are based on open business entry-level volume licensing prices. The vast majority of Australian customers will purchase these products according to the Open, Volume, or Select License agreements that they have chosen.
Visit Microsoft's Web site for extensive support information or to log incidents online. Phone support is Mon-Fri 8am to 8pm. Variety of options starting at $297 per incident.
Editor's Choice: Lotus Domino/Notes
If a company invests in Lotus Domino and Lotus Notes, it will be spending more than it would for Exchange and Outlook, however the potential is much greater with Lotus Domino on board. If you're after a complete collaborating environment and plang on developing in-house applications, then Lotus Domino would definitely be your best bet. If only basic e-mail and groupware capabilities are needed, then you could have an argument for Exchange.
We should also mention that many companies are showing an impressive return on investment with Lotus Domino and we're not surprised. It features a more consistent framework than Exchange, its common toolkits are more tightly integrated, and above all it's a much better platform for developing applications. Quickplace was also our preferred application for sharing information among small teams. We were able to move around Quickplace much easier and it only costs $89 per user.
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This article seems to overlook the historically poor performance of the Lotus Notes client for regular email and calendaring functions.
Even most workers at IBM cannot get the web mail portions to work properly.
I love the way the author described the EXTREMEMLY overdue feature of automatic inbox refreshing. This feature has been a "Duh" default in even free email clients for years.
Advanced collaboration functions are of little value if I cannot count on the basic commincation features.