Mox vs Maddy Mail Server
A side-by-side comparison of Mox and Maddy Mail Server — pricing, license, deployment, and where each tool wins.
Mox
xmox.nl
Complete e-mail solution with IMAP4, SMTP, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MTA-STS, DANE and DNSSEC, reputation-based and content-based junk filtering, Internationalization (IDNA), automatic TLS with ACME and Let's Encrypt, account autoconfiguration, and webmail.
Maddy Mail Server
maddy.email
All-in-one mail server that implements SMTP (both MTA and MX) and IMAP. Replaces Postfix, Dovecot, OpenDKIM, OpenSPF, OpenDMARC with single daemon.
| Feature | Mox | Maddy Mail Server |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| Model | Open-source | Open-source |
| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Self-hosted |
| Category | Communication - Email - Complete Solutions | Communication - Email - Complete Solutions |
| Self-hosted | ✓Yes | ✓Yes |
| Free tier | ✓Yes | ✓Yes |
Pick Mox if…
- ✓You prefer Mox's feature set or ecosystem fit.
Pick Maddy Mail Server if…
- ✓You prefer Maddy Mail Server's feature set or ecosystem fit.