Alinto

What Alinto does

Alinto is a Lyon-headquartered European provider of business email infrastructure, founded in 2000 by Philippe Gilbert and operating across France, Spain, Switzerland, and Germany with 11–50 employees. The company offers a portfolio of proprietary and open-source products spanning the email lifecycle: SOGomail (sovereign mail server), Cleanmail (AI-enhanced anti-spam and security relay), Serenamail (high-volume SMTP transactional relay), SOGo (open-source collaborative webmail, led by Alinto), MailCleaner (anti-spam virtual appliance), Exchange in Cloud, and the 2025-launched CollabNext sovereign office suite. Its platform processes approximately 100 million emails daily for around 10,000 companies and 1 million users, anchored by enterprise, public-sector, healthcare, and managed-service-provider customers across Europe.

Alinto generates revenue primarily through annual subscription contracts for mailboxes, security, archiving, and collaborative tooling, with tacit annual renewal and price indexation tied to the Syntec index, plus usage-based billing for high-volume transactional email transmission (Serenamail) and fixed-price professional services for implementation. Go-to-market combines direct enterprise and public-sector sales with a channel partner program serving MSPs, ISPs, and resellers such as Plesk and DBM Technologies, supplemented by an active presence at European conferences (Cloudfest, FOSDEM, ASLAN, Open Source Experience). Growth has been driven by an acquisition-led roll-up strategy (Cleanmail in 2016, MA Software in 2017, SerenaMail in 2019, SOGo and MailCleaner in 2022) and approximately 25% of annual turnover reinvested into R&D, with the company targeting revenue above €25 million in 2025.

Name

Alinto

Legal name

Alinto

Website

https://alinto.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Alinto is a French email solutions provider founded in 2000, offering sovereign European mail server, security relay, SMTP delivery, and open-source webmail products to enterprises, public sector, healthcare organizations, and service providers across Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Email Security and Messaging Infrastructure

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Data Security & Privacy Managed Services (DLP/Encryption) (BPAEADAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Enterprise Application Security, GRC & Compliance Services (BPAEAGAL), Secure/Encrypted Messaging (BPAMACAG)

Keywords

• Secure email infrastructure
• Transactional SMTP relay
• Email security and antispam
• Sovereign mail server
• Collaborative webmail solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Email Service Subscriptions: Alinto provides messaging services including mailboxes, mailbox protection systems, and transactional email solutions on a subscription basis. Contracts are annual with tacit renewal for successive one-year periods. Billing is annual by default, with quarterly or half-yearly options for invoices above €500 ex-tax.
2. Transactional Email Services (Serenamail): Usage-based billing for services such as sending faxes or SMS and high-volume email sending. Charges based on actual transmission volume defined in commercial offers.
3. Professional Services: Implementation services invoiced at fixed price; additional customization and technical assistance services charged at Alinto's standard rates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Alinto provides secure business email infrastructure solutions, including sovereign email servers (SOGomail), AI-enhanced email security relays (Cleanmail), transactional SMTP gateways (Serenamail), open-source collaborative webmail (SOGo), and a comprehensive sovereign office suite (CollabNext). The company serves approximately 10,000 companies and 1 million users, processing 100 million emails daily across cloud and on-premises deployments in Europe.

Product overview

Alinto is an email solutions provider offering a comprehensive portfolio of products for secure business email infrastructure. The core offering consists of SOGomail (professional mail server), Cleanmail (AI-enhanced security relay), Serenamail (SMTP transactional gateway), and SOGo Open Source webmail. These are complemented by add-on services including MailCleaner Antispam, Exchange in Cloud, CollabNext collaborative suite, Sign & Encrypt, and Email Archiving. The products serve Service Providers, Enterprises, and Public Sector/Healthcare organizations, with deployment options in cloud or on-premise. Alinto emphasizes European digital sovereignty, open-source technology (especially SOGo), and AI-enhanced security features.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SOGomail: Secure mail server for professional organizations looking for a recognized European alternative
• Cleanmail
• Serenamail
• SOGo
• CollabNext

Products and services

• SOGomail Business-class secure mail server offering an independent European alternative to mainstream email platforms, providing organizations control over their digital data. Targets enterprises and service providers seeking sovereign email infrastructure.
• Cleanmail Intelligent email security relay protecting email communications against cyber threats, spam, and phishing, powered by an in-house spam-fighting team and enhanced by AI-based filtering.
• Serenamail Transactional SMTP gateway and email relay service with proven deliverability for high-volume transactional and marketing emails, protecting IP and domain reputation from blocklisting.
• SOGo Open Source Webmail Collaborative, scalable open-source webmail with a rich AJAX interface supporting CalDAV, CardDAV, GroupDAV, and Microsoft Outlook via ActiveSync. Undergoing major redesign with a modernized tech stack.
• MailCleaner Antispam Dedicated virtual appliance for anti-spam filtering, offering organizations an on-premises email security solution within the Alinto group's anti-spam portfolio.
• Exchange in Cloud Microsoft Exchange email hosting delivered securely on European cloud infrastructure, offering the world's most used mail server with sovereign European data hosting benefits.
• CollabNext Comprehensive sovereign European collaborative office suite launched in February 2025 as an alternative to Office 365 with full digital sovereignty, offering integrated document collaboration alongside email.
• Email Archiving Solutions Email archiving solutions that retain communications on-premise or in the cloud to reduce storage and IT costs, ensure regulatory compliance, and maintain accessible records for audit.

Quantifiable outcome

• Processes 100 million emails daily
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability3 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• PleskminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 2 July 2024Plesk became a new SOGo ecosystem partner, integrating SOGo webmail with the Plesk hosting control panel to offer comprehensive email solutions to their shared customer base.
• DBM TechnologiesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 2 July 2024DBM Technologies joined the SOGo ecosystem as a new partner, distributing and supporting SOGo webmail solutions in their markets.
• MailCleanercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 September 2022Alinto acquired Swiss anti-spam company MailCleaner, adding dedicated virtual anti-spam appliance capabilities to the group and strengthening the Swiss market presence.
• Pricewin Networks (SerenaMail)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 November 2019Alinto acquired the SerenaMail anti-spam filtering business from Spanish company Pricewin Networks through a joint venture, establishing SerenaMail as the entity name. The acquisition strengthened Alinto's presence in Spain with a new office in Barcelona, adding customers such as Activa Mutua, Asepeyo, Codorniù, Damm, Desigual, and Mango.
• CleanmailcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 November 2016Alinto merged with Swiss anti-spam specialist Cleanmail (active since 2002) to form an international group. The €2.3 million funding round was supported by Rhône-Alpes PME (Groupe Siparex), CIC Lyonnaise de Banque, and BPI. The combined entity had over 2,000 clients and 3 million users.
• Collabora ProductivitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 March 2016Alinto partnered with Collabora Productivity to integrate LibreOffice-based CloudSuite document collaboration into Alinto Mail Server Pro. This partnership enables hosted and on-premise customers to access collaborative document editing alongside email, creating a full groupware suite as an alternative to US cloud providers.
• Risc BelgiumminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 4 December 2014Distribution agreement with Risc Belgium to serve TPE/PME Belgian companies with Alinto's email solutions, marking Alinto's expansion into Belgium.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Proofpoint: Large US-listed enterprise email security, archiving, and compliance vendor; competes with Alinto's Cleanmail in regulated verticals and government at the high end, with much broader product portfolio.
• OVHcloud: Largest European cloud and hosting provider offering email hosting and Exchange in their portfolio; competes with Alinto's SOGomail/Exchange in Cloud for sovereignty-oriented buyers, though email is not their primary focus.
• Cisco Secure Email (IronPort): Enterprise-grade email security gateway from Cisco's IronPort heritage; competes with Cleanmail in larger regulated environments, though typically at much higher price points and bundled into Cisco security suites.
• Mimecast: Public email security, archiving, and resilience vendor serving mid-market and enterprise; directly comparable to Alinto's Cleanmail + Archiving bundle, though heavier on Microsoft 365 ecosystems.

Direct peers

• Hornetsecurity: European (German) email security and compliance provider offering anti-spam, archiving, backup, and compliance for SMBs and managed service providers—directly comparable to Alinto's Cleanmail and MailCleaner offerings and similar channel-led GTM.
• Mailgun (Sinch): Developer-focused transactional email API (also under Sinch) offering SMTP relay and deliverability tooling comparable to Serenamail, though more developer-centric than Alinto's MSP/channel focus.
• Posteo: German privacy-focused email provider; similar European sovereignty, GDPR-first positioning, and small-team operating model as Alinto, though consumer/SMB rather than enterprise-led.
• Gandi: French domain registrar and hosting provider with bundled email/mailbox services; shares Alinto's French SME target customer and sovereignty narrative, though narrower product breadth.
• Mailjet (Sinch): French transactional and marketing email delivery platform now owned by Sinch; competes head-to-head with Serenamail on SMTP relay, deliverability, and high-volume sending for European senders.
• Mailbox.org: German ad-free, privacy-focused email and office suite provider; shares Alinto's sovereign-European positioning and target of customers seeking GAFAM alternatives.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors2 records

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M&A2 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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