Choose the Right Edition

Both editions offer powerful email archiving. Choose based on your organization's needs and resources.

Piler is available in two editions: the Open Source Edition (free and community-supported) and the Enterprise Edition (with professional support and additional features). Both provide robust email archiving capabilities—choose the one that fits your organization best.

Open Source Edition

Free, powerful, community-driven

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Perfect for organizations that want full control, have technical expertise, and prefer community support. Use it on 1 server.

What's Included:

  • Full archiving capabilities with SMTP server
  • AES-256 encryption & virus checking
  • Advanced search & full-text indexing
  • Retention & exclusion rules
  • Legal hold & audit logs
  • Deduplication & compression
  • Web GUI with AD/LDAP, SSO, OAuth, 2FA
  • Google Apps & Office 365 support
  • Import/export (EML, MBOX, IMAP, POP3)
  • Community support & documentation
  • Full source code access
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Enterprise Edition

Professional support & AI-powered features

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Ideal for organizations that need professional support, AI-powered features, and enterprise-grade management tools. Also for service providers, MSPs that provide archiving as a service to other organisations.

Everything in Open Source, plus:

  • AI-Powered Intelligence: On-premise AI for enhanced email analysis
  • S3 object storage
  • Scale out using multiple nodes
  • REST API for automation
  • MS Teams archiving
  • SIEM support
  • eDiscovery support
  • Semantic search
  • Observability: Logs, metrics and traces
  • Permission profiles
  • Professional Support
  • Advanced Features: Enterprise-specific capabilities
  • Guaranteed Updates: Regular security patches & updates
  • Implementation Assistance: Help with setup & configuration
  • Training & Onboarding: User and admin training sessions
  • Custom Development: Tailored features for your needs
  • Compliance Consulting: Expert guidance on regulations

Which Edition Is Right for You?

Choose Open Source if you:

  • Have in-house technical expertise
  • Want full control over your infrastructure
  • Prefer community-driven development
  • Need to minimize costs
  • Want to customize and extend the platform
  • Are comfortable with self-support

Choose Enterprise if you:

  • Need professional support and SLAs
  • Want AI-powered email intelligence features
  • Require implementation assistance
  • Need guaranteed response times
  • Want training and onboarding services
  • Prefer vendor accountability

Start with Open Source, Upgrade When Ready

Many organizations begin with the Open Source Edition to prove value and later upgrade to Enterprise as their needs grow. There's no pressure—use what works best for your organization.