--- description: Get information about GFI MailEssentials price, usability & features from verified user experiences. Read reviews from Indian business users & discover similar tools. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: GFI MailEssentials Price, Features, Reviews & Ratings - Capterra India --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Anti-spam Software](/directory/30996/anti-spam/software) > [GFI MailEssentials](/software/88914/gfi-mailessentials) # GFI MailEssentials Canonical: https://www.capterra.in/software/88914/gfi-mailessentials Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.in/software/88914/gfi-mailessentials?page=2) > GFI offers email, calendar, chat, faxing, and archiving software that's easy to deploy. > > Verdict: Rated **3.4/5** by 11 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **3.4/5** | 11 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 3.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support Software | 3.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 3.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 3.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 60% | (6/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: GFI Software - **Founded**: 1992 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: €99.00 - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000 - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Windows (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Malta ## Features - Allow/Block List - Email Attachment Protection - Spam Blocker - Spam Quarantine ## Support Options - Chat ## Category - [Anti-spam Software](https://www.capterra.in/directory/30996/anti-spam/software) ## Related Categories - [Anti-spam Software](https://www.capterra.in/directory/30996/anti-spam/software) - [Email Security Software](https://www.capterra.in/directory/31358/email-security/software) ## Alternatives 1. [Hoxhunt](https://www.capterra.in/software/1015704/hoxhunt) — 4.9/5 (337 reviews) 2. [Microsoft Defender for Office 365](https://www.capterra.in/software/219685/microsoft-defender-for-office-365) — 4.6/5 (235 reviews) 3. [SpamTitan](https://www.capterra.in/software/168436/spamtitan) — 4.6/5 (563 reviews) 4. [Proton Mail](https://www.capterra.in/software/201276/protonmail) — 4.5/5 (122 reviews) 5. [Trustifi](https://www.capterra.in/software/218859/trustifi) — 4.9/5 (18 reviews) ## Reviews ### "An OK spam solution" — 2.0/5 > **Matt** | *5 June 2018* | Consumer Services > > **Pros**: Administration is easier then on some of the other spam solution products I've used. Also one of the cheaper spam solutions. > > **Cons**: The filters are sub par at filtering. Even after verifying hardened settings. Too much spam still gets through. ----- ### "Great Email security product" — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *9 November 2021* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: The software is easy to implement, friendly interface, lots of useful functions and customizations. > > **Cons**: nothing in particular. we didn't face any problems with our setup and the regular updates had been converging most issues. > > We used GFI MailEssentials to fight SPAM and Email viruses, it served us well for several years and its highly recommended for SMBs ----- ### "Brain-dead easy to manage, but brain-dead stupid software" — 2.0/5 > **Jared** | *12 September 2018* | Leisure, Travel & Tourism | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10 > > **Pros**: I suppose the management interface is generally intuitive, though something as simple as whitelisting an individual address or domain can be stupidly cumbersome. Oh, that email address your manager asked you to whitelist still isn't being allowed through? Better make sure you hit 'apply' in both areas, including the more hidden one not readily apparent from the section you enter the email address. Support is fairly responsive, but I have not once had a serious issue resolved by them and isntead referred to their published knowledge base myself. This is not the fault of their support, but instead limitations of the software itself. > > **Cons**: Where to begin? Extraordinarily limited anti-spam, anti-spoof and antivirus engines cause so much spam to waltz through on an hourly basis. It is an absolute embarassment of a product that is humiliating to our department - we've switched to Mimecast which we hopefully plan to implement in the next few weeks. We were saved by our endpoint antivirus software, mercifully, when an email spoofing our domain recently was sent to nearly every user in the company simultaneous attached with a crypto payload in a word doc. It is inexcuseable for software this poorly functioning to be marketed and sold at the price they are requesting. This may be particular to our environment due to the nature of our business and the tremendous email volume, so a smaller company may have success with it. ----- ### "Set it and Forget it AntiSPAM product that we use for most of our non-Office365 Clients" — 4.0/5 > **Shawn** | *14 May 2018* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: The Installation is fairly quick and easy. GFI has a host of add-ons so it makes it easier to piece-meal the products you want to add to your deployment. Love the end-user SPAM/Quarantine Access. The Daily Digest feature is excellent, clients like the reports they get daily. > > **Cons**: Can get cumbersome if you start going into the minutiae. The Licensing part I'm not very fond of, if you go over the quantity the software simply stops working after a week or so of grace-period. I would prefer if they sent email reminders when License renewal is closer. Customer Service is hard to get a hold of. ----- ### "System administrator" — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *24 April 2018* | Hospital & Health Care > > **Pros**: It's very easy to install system. Mostly the default configuration works out of the box without any problems. > > **Cons**: The system is somewhat easy to use. They have a lot of limitations when you try to do advanced configuration load or reset spam lists. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.in/software/88914/gfi-mailessentials?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.in/software/88914/gfi-mailessentials) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | ----- ## Structured Data