Of course there are other email discussion services available. However, DiscussThis offers you maximum flexibility and service at an affordable price. There are no long term commitments; you pay by the month. You can create as many discussion groups as you need and your members can send an unlimited number of emails at no additional charge. Check out the chart below and see how we compare with a few of our competitors.

Features	Lsoft EASE Basic	Lyris Basic ListHosting	Sparklist Standard	DiscussThis
Contractual commitment	12 months	6 months	6 months	None (you just pay month-to-month)
Customer support	Email only	Web site and email, but, no phone support	Six emails per year and no phone calls	Free, unlimited emails, online chats, and toll-free phone calls
Maximum number of messages allowed	$.0025 per email delivery*	40,000 messages per month* (plus $5.00 per 1,000 extra messages)	10,000 messages per month* (plus $1.00 per 1,000 extra messages)	Unlimited at no extra cost
Maximum message size	None	10 kB	10 kB	2000 kB (2 MB)
Number of lists	Unlimited, but, you are charged set up and annual fees per list.	3	1	Unlimited (free set up for first 5 lists, then $5 set up per list)
Number of members allowed per list	Unlimited	2,000	2,000	Unlimited
Pricing per list	$300 per year plus $2.50 for every 1000 deliveries	$200 per month (for 3 lists)	$50 per month	$10 per month per 50 list members ($20 monthly account minimum)
Set-up fees	$100 per list	$100 per account (includes three lists)	$50 per account	Free for your first 5 lists, just $5 each additional list
Spam filtering and blocking	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Anti-virus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	* Lsoft, Lyris, and Sparkdiscussion count an email sent to 1000 discussion list members as 1000 messages, not one. Information from competitors' websites as of March 2007.