Palisade vs DMARC Manager
DMARC Manager vs Palisade in 2026
DMARC Manager combines readable DMARC reporting with sender qualification, managed DMARC and SPF records, change approvals, and scheduled alerts. Palisade is agentic: its AI agent investigates every sender, drafts every fix, and proposes each policy step for your approval.
Our verdict: Pick DMARC Manager if you want a structured reporting and record-management platform with detailed operator controls. Pick Palisade if you want an AI agent to investigate senders, draft authentication fixes, and propose the path to p=reject while your team approves each change.
Samuel Chenard · CEO & Co-Founder, PalisadeSource checks through 2026-08-261 domain free up to 1,000 emails/month
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Which one is right for you?
Best for Teams needing reporting controls and managed records
Best for MSPs and IT teams responsible for multiple domains
- You prefer a more traditional DMARC Manager workflow with people involved in each enforcement step.
- Your buying criteria center on vendor-specific enterprise requirements.
- You want detailed reporting controls, managed DMARC and SPF records, and approval or commit stages for operator-reviewed changes.
- SMTP TLS reporting, Easy and Expert views, domain groups, or the documented alert channels are important selection criteria for your team.
- You run an MSP, or an internal IT or security team, responsible for multiple domains.
- You want an AI agent to investigate issues, configure authentication, and move domains toward p=reject.
- Teams already using Claude, OpenAI, or other AI tools can bring the same agent-led operating model to DMARC.
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Where the day-to-day work actually differs
| Feature | DMARC Manager | Palisade |
|---|---|---|
| Reporting and analysis | ||
| DMARC aggregate report monitoring and analyticsWhether DMARC aggregate reports are collected and analyzed for sender authentication review.Source (2026-08-26) | Supported | Agent analyzes reports |
| Sender and application qualification from report dataWhether report data identifies senders and applications for authentication review.Source (2026-08-26) | Supported | Agent investigates senders |
| Detailed filters with Easy and Expert viewsWhether reporting filters can be adjusted for different operator skill levels.Source (2026-08-26) | Supported | Not available |
| SMTP TLS report monitoringWhether TLS reports are collected and analyzed alongside DMARC reports.Source (2026-08-26) | Supported | Not available |
| DNS operations | ||
| DMARC record management through a one-time CNAME delegationWhether a DMARC record can be managed after an initial DNS delegation.Source (2026-08-26) | Supported | Hosted on managed DNS |
| SPF management through a managed record and one-time delegationWhether an SPF record can be managed after an initial DNS delegation.Source (2026-08-26) | Supported | Hosted on managed DNS |
| Approval and commit controls for DMARC and SPF changesWhether DMARC and SPF changes move through an approval step before commit.Source (2026-08-26) | Supported | Agent drafts and proposes |
| Team operations | ||
| SAML 2 SSO, spaces, roles, and domain groupsWhether teams can control access and organize domains across shared workspaces.Source (2026-08-26) | Supported | Multi-tenant management |
| AI agent that investigates every sender and drafts each fixWhether an agent investigates senders and drafts authentication fixes for approval.DMARC Manager advertises sender qualification, detailed reporting, presets, and operator approval flows, but does not advertise an AI agent that investigates every sender and drafts authentication fixes for approval (checked 2026-08-26). Source (2026-08-26) | Not advertised | Agent drafts and proposes |
| Native ConnectWise, HaloPSA, or Autotask integrationsWhether the product connects directly to the named PSA systems.DMARC Manager's public product navigation and knowledge base list reporting, domain, DMARC, SPF, change-management, access-control, SSO, and alert features, but do not advertise native ConnectWise, HaloPSA, or Autotask integrations (checked 2026-08-26). Source (2026-08-26) | Not advertised | Native PSA integrations |
| AI and automation access | ||
| Documented REST or GraphQL API for customer integrationsWhether a customer can build against a documented public API.DMARC Manager's public feature menu and knowledge-base index list reporting, record management, alerts, account controls, checkers, and DMARC guides, but do not advertise a REST or GraphQL API reference or developer portal (checked 2026-08-27). Source (2026-08-27) | No API listed | REST API published |
| MCP server for connecting AI assistants to domain dataWhether an AI assistant can reach the product's data directly.DMARC Manager does not advertise an MCP server or an AI-assistant integration on its public feature or knowledge-base pages (checked 2026-08-27). Source (2026-08-27) | No MCP server listed | MCP server published |
| Advertised AI features for sender investigation or change draftingWhether the vendor advertises AI or machine-learning features that investigate senders or draft configuration work.DMARC Manager's public feature page advertises reporting, domain and record management, SPF automation, sender management, changesets, reports, access controls, and checkers, but does not advertise AI or machine-learning features that investigate senders or draft authentication fixes (checked 2026-08-27). Source (2026-08-27) | No AI features listed | Agent drafts work |
| Outgoing alert webhooks for external channelsWhether the product can send alert events to external channels after a webhook is configured.DMARC Manager documents alert events sent to Google Chat, Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Splunk through the destinations' webhook configuration. Source (2026-08-27) | Webhook alert channels | REST API access |
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Palisade 96 vs DMARC Manager 80, and why
Both products are scored on the same eight dimensions the comparison hub uses, so the figures here are the figures there. Four are derived from vendor facts that each carry a source and a checked date. Four are editorial, marked as such below, and each states its reasoning and its source.
Each dimension is out of 10 and the total is the raw sum out of 80, rescaled to 100 — the raw figure is printed beside it so the conversion is checkable rather than a black box. Scored on what each vendor publishes, not on how the product feels in use. Editorial dimensions last reviewed 2026-08-30.
How reachable the product is from your own software and AI tools. 10 = a documented API on every plan plus a published MCP server. 6 = an API, gated to a tier or to a sales conversation. 3 = no programmatic access advertised.
The published plan matrix lists product features but no API or MCP server, so DMARC Manager does not advertise programmatic access (checked 2026-08-28). Source (2026-08-28)
Palisade publishes a REST API and a remote MCP server on every plan, making the same domain data and remediation workflows available to connected software. Source (2026-08-30)
How much of the report analysis is done for you. 10 = the platform turns raw report data into a prioritised, actionable queue on its own.
Pulse monitoring, sender management, alerts, domain groups, and approval flows organize report evidence into operational steps. Source (2026-08-28)
Report data is analysed into a prioritised list of sender, SPF, DKIM and DMARC issues, so nobody reads raw XML. Source (2026-07-29)
How much of the work the vendor's own software does. 10 = it identifies the sending sources, drafts the SPF and DKIM fixes each one needs, and proposes the next policy step. 6 = it applies the records for you, but a person decides what to fix and when to advance. 3 = it reports, and every change is yours to make. A vendor whose team does the work rather than its software scores here on the software alone.
DMARC Manager applies delegated DMARC record changes through presets, but a person chooses the preset, approves it and commits the policy change. Source (2026-08-28)
The agent investigates each sender, drafts the SPF and DKIM changes it needs, and proposes the next policy step; a human approves before deployment. Source (2026-08-30)
10 = full pricing published. 6 = some tiers published, rest quote-gated. 3 = quote only.
Published reporting tiers from €0 to €499 per month and management tiers from €0 to €799 per month. Source (2026-08-28)
Published: free plan, then flat monthly plans by email volume from $19/mo Source (2026-08-30)
10 = hosts the records for you. 6 = partial or add-on. 3 = you manage your own DNS.
Yes: delegated DMARC and SPF management is included on paid management tiers. Source (2026-08-28)
10 = a genuine free plan. 6 = time-limited trial only. 3 = no free access.
An ongoing free tier covers two sending domains, 1,000 monthly emails, one user, and one week of history. Source (2026-08-28)
Free plan: one domain, up to 1,000 emails/mo, 14-day report history, no credit card, plus a 15-day full-product trial Source (2026-08-30)
10 = a real MSP program with multi-tenant management. 6 = partial. 3 = none.
Yes: a partner portal manages customer tenants and includes a branded registration page, training, and support. Source (2026-08-28)
How much work it takes to get a domain from p=none to p=reject. 10 = the platform (or the vendor's team) gets you there without manual DNS edits.
Delegated DMARC and SPF management removes repeated DNS edits, and the product provides presets and approval flows for staged policy work. Source (2026-08-28)
The DMARC Agent detects when a domain's authentication and alignment are ready for the next policy stage and proposes the move, but a human still approves and applies it, so it is not fully hands-off. Source (2026-07-29)
Operator insight vs guided action
Reporting: detailed operator views with real parity
DMARC Manager's reporting surface is more than an XML inbox. Its public feature page describes aggregate-report overviews, recognition of legitimate providers and possible shadow IT, sender and application qualification, SPF-domain relationships, customisable report fields, and filters across pass or fail, alignment, country, domain, IP range, PTR, DKIM selector, and reporter. It also offers Easy and Expert views, so a generalist can start with a simpler interpretation while an experienced operator can inspect more fields. Source (2026-08-26)
That is honest parity with Palisade on the central reporting job: both products turn DMARC aggregate data into a way to identify senders and investigate authentication and alignment. The distinction is not that DMARC Manager lacks useful data. It is that Palisade's agent is intended to take the next operational step by investigating every sender, drafting the SPF and DKIM work, and proposing policy changes for your approval. DMARC Manager's documented experience is built around views, filters, notes, reports, and operator-controlled workflows. Source (2026-08-26)
- Supported
- Supported
- Supported
- Agent analyzes reports
- Agent investigates senders
- Not available
Record control vs guided changes
DNS management: delegated records and controlled changes
DMARC Manager offers a managed-record path for teams that want to stop editing a complete DMARC string at their DNS provider every time policy changes. Its guide says DMARC management uses a one-time CNAME change, after which the platform can manage the record through presets. Its SPF guide describes a corresponding managed SPF record and one-time delegation, with the Sender Manager providing the source information used to build the SPF state. The guides also document an undelegation path for returning record control to your own DNS setup. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)
The change workflow is also a parity point rather than a simple gap. DMARC Manager documents approval and commit stages for DMARC and SPF changes on the relevant license, with different users able to receive approval or committing rights. Palisade's agentic approach keeps a human in the loop too: the agent investigates, drafts, and proposes, and you approve before anything ships. If the important requirement is a review gate, both platforms address it. If the requirement is reducing the analysis and draft work before that gate, Palisade is the more direct fit. Source (2026-08-26)
- Supported
- Supported
- Supported
- Hosted on managed DNS
- Hosted on managed DNS
- Agent drafts and proposes
Team controls vs MSP operations
Team controls, alerts, and the scale question
DMARC Manager gives teams several ways to organise operational ownership. The account documentation describes spaces, users, roles, a domain catalogue, and access to specific spaces. Domain groups can classify sending and non-sending domains and can be used for business units, brands, DNS providers, or customer domains. Its SSO documentation says the platform supports SAML 2, and its Pulse alerts guide describes email, Google Chat, Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Splunk channels, with availability limited by license tier. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26) Source 3 (2026-08-26)
For an internal IT team, those controls can be enough to create a careful review process around a defined domain portfolio. For an MSP, the public evidence needs closer reading. DMARC Manager's site discusses customer domains inside domain-group examples, but it does not publish a native PSA catalogue or a specific multi-tenant per-client operating model. Palisade's MSP offer is explicit about portfolio-based per-client-domain pricing, no client email metering, multi-tenant operations, and ConnectWise, HaloPSA, and Autotask integrations. That makes the fit question practical: DMARC Manager suits a team that wants to design its own domain and approval structure; Palisade suits a provider that wants the agent and PSA workflow to carry repeatable work across a client fleet. Source (2026-08-26)
Native PSA integrations
Palisade imports client domains straight from these three. DMARC Manager's own coverage is stated above, from their site.
- ConnectWise PSA
- Autotask
- HaloPSA
- Supported
- Not advertised
- Not advertised
- Multi-tenant management
- Agent drafts and proposes
- Native PSA integrations
Operator control vs agent assistance
Who should choose which operating model
DMARC Manager fits an operator-led program that values transparent plan limits, detailed reporting controls, managed DMARC and SPF records, and explicit approval or commit stages. It is also a reasonable narrow fit when SMTP TLS reporting, Easy and Expert views, domain groups, or the documented alert channels are important selection criteria. The free and reporting-only tiers give a small team a way to start with visibility, while the higher Reporting & Management tiers add record-management controls.
Palisade fits an internal IT or security team, or an MSP, that wants to move beyond organising the queue. Its agent investigates every sender, drafts every fix, and proposes each policy step, with the customer approving before anything ships. That does not remove the need for a DNS owner or a human decision. It changes where the routine investigation and configuration work happens. Compare the products against your actual domain count, sending volume, regional availability, need for TLS-RPT, workflow ownership, and willingness to carry the manual work before selecting one.
Dashboard access vs programmatic access
DMARC Manager exports data but does not advertise a public API or MCP server (checked 2026-08-27)
DMARC Manager documents data export from its Domains view: after filtering, a user can generate CSV, Excel, TSV, JSON, or JSONL files and download them from Recent Exports. Its alert documentation also explains channels that send alert events to Google Chat, Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Splunk through the destinations' incoming-webhook setup. The product navigation and knowledge-base index list reporting, record management, alerts, account controls, and checkers, but do not advertise a REST or GraphQL API reference, developer portal, MCP server, or AI product features (checked 2026-08-27). Source (2026-08-27) Source 2 (2026-08-27) Source 3 (2026-08-27) Source 4 (2026-08-27)
Palisade publishes an MCP server and a REST API. Its agent investigates senders, drafts SPF and DKIM fixes, and proposes each policy step. A human approves before anything ships.
Reachable from your own AI tools
Palisade's MCP server exposes 30 tools over OAuth, so the assistant your team already uses can read domains, pull the exact records to publish and work the task queue. These are the clients the connection guide walks through.
- Claude
- ChatGPT
- Cursor
- Windsurf
- Any MCP client
- No API listed
- No MCP server listed
- No AI features listed
- REST API published
- MCP server published
- Agent drafts work
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The agent does the heavy lifting
Sources identified, SPF and DKIM fixes drafted, each policy step proposed. You approve; nothing ships on its own.
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“We evaluated many DMARC providers before choosing Palisade. The quality of their product, the responsiveness and friendliness of their team and their rapid progress on their product roadmap made it a no-brainer for us to move forward.”
DMARC Manager pricing explained (and how Palisade compares)
DMARC Manager publishes separate Reporting and Reporting & Management price views. Both use sending-domain counts, monthly email volume, and data-history limits. The second view adds DMARC and SPF management, so the same plan names have different prices depending on whether you need record management.
What you'd actually pay
The same five buyer sizes on every comparison, so a shape carries from one page to the next.
1 domain, up to 1,000 emails a month
Free: 2 sending domains and 1,000 monthly email volume; no 1-domain tier is published
2 set-up domains, up to 100K emails a month
Basic, Reporting & Management: 2 sending domains and 100,000 monthly email volume
10 set-up domains, up to 1M emails a month
Enterprise, Reporting & Management: 15 sending domains and 5,000,000 monthly email volume; no 10-domain tier is published
20 set-up domains, up to 2.5M emails a month
Published Reporting & Management plans stop at 15 sending domains
Client domains under management, any volume
No MSP or per-domain price is published
Palisade’s figures are derived from its published tiers. DMARC Manager figures read from their pricing page on 2026-08-28. Plans and prices may have changed since.
How DMARC Manager prices
- The pricing page shows the Reporting and Reporting & Management views as separate tabs. Do not compare the €19 Reporting Basic tier with a management tier that includes DMARC and SPF changes.
- DMARC Manager advertises a free trial with all Reporting & Management features and says no payment details are required. The page does not state a trial length.
- The public site says its services do not include the United States, Canada, or Russia. Confirm service availability and the applicable regional account before purchase.
- The published limits are sending domains and monthly email volume. Non-sending domains are listed as unlimited on the displayed plans.
How Palisade prices
- Palisade publishes a Free plan for one domain and up to 1,000 emails per month, plus flat monthly IT-team plans from $19 per month sized by email volume. The paid tiers include 2, 3, 6, 10, or 20 set-up domains depending on the published tier, while adding domains remains free and unlimited.
- Palisade's MSP pricing is portfolio-based per client domain and does not meter client email volume. MSPs also receive a free NFR domain, a 15-day full-product trial, multi-tenant operations, and PSA integrations for ConnectWise, HaloPSA, and Autotask.
- The product choice is therefore partly about cost visibility and partly about workflow. DMARC Manager's management tier charges a higher published price for its record-management surface. Palisade's agentic workflow is designed to reduce the investigation, drafting, and configuration work your team carries across domains.
DMARC Manager pricing read from their public pricing page on 2026-08-26.Plans and prices may have changed since.
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What each one covers, and where it stops
Published facts only, read from each vendor's own material. Neither column describes a hands-on trial, because we have not run one.
DMARC Manager combines readable DMARC reporting with sender and application qualification, managed DMARC and SPF records, change approvals, and Pulse alerts. It uses detailed filters plus Easy and Expert views to analyze report data, while spaces, roles, domain groups, SAML sign-on, and webhook alert channels support operational ownership across an organized domain portfolio.
DMARC Manager sells Reporting and Reporting & Management plans with published limits for sending domains, monthly email volume, data history, and users. The management tier adds DMARC and SPF record controls under one-time DNS delegation, with presets and approval or commit stages. It targets teams that want to combine detailed views with controlled record changes.
Palisade is built around an agent that does the DMARC work rather than reporting on it. It identifies every sending source, drafts the SPF and DKIM changes each one needs, and proposes the next policy step when the evidence supports it.
The agent investigates every sender, drafts every fix, and proposes each policy step, you approve before anything ships.
- Supports DMARC aggregate report monitoring and analytics
- Supports sender and application qualification from report data
- Supports SMTP TLS report monitoring
- Supports managed DMARC and SPF records through one-time DNS delegation
- Supports approval and commit controls for DMARC and SPF changes
- The agent investigates senders and drafts the fix, so the work arrives prepared rather than as a list of findings
- Hosted SPF, DKIM and DMARC on redundant managed DNS, so an approved change can be carried out rather than handed off
- Portfolio workflow for MSPs, with ConnectWise, HaloPSA and Autotask integrations and a free NFR domain
- An MCP server and a REST API, so the same data and workflow are reachable from the AI tools a team already uses
- Does not advertise an AI agent that investigates every sender and drafts authentication fixes for approval
- Does not advertise native ConnectWise, HaloPSA, or Autotask integrations
- Does not advertise a documented REST or GraphQL API for customer integrations
- Does not advertise an MCP server for connecting AI assistants to domain data
- Does not advertise AI or machine-learning features for sender investigation or change drafting
- Every policy change waits for a human approval, by design: nothing ships on the agent's own authority
- MSP pricing is quoted per client domain rather than published as a rate card
- Plans are sized by monthly email volume, so a low-domain, high-volume sender lands on a higher tier than domain count alone suggests
- Starts at
- €0 per month
- Free tier
- 2 sending domains; 1,000 emails/mo
- Management entry
- €199 per month
- Data history
- 1 week to more than 1 year
- Trial length
- Not published
- Starts at
- Free, then $19/mo
- Free tier
- 1 domain, up to 1,000 emails/month
- Trial
- 15 days, full product, no credit card
- MSP model
- Quoted per client domain, portfolio-based
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Sources and further reading
Source checks run through 2026-08-26; every entry keeps its individual check date.
- DMARC Manager pricing
Checked 2026-08-26
- DMARC Reporting feature page
Checked 2026-08-26
- DMARC Management guide
Checked 2026-08-26
- SPF Management guide
Checked 2026-08-26
- Account Management and approval flow
Checked 2026-08-26
- DMARC Manager knowledge-base access review
Checked 2026-08-27
- DMARC Manager public website
Checked 2026-08-27
- DMARC Manager feature overview
Checked 2026-08-27
- DMARC Manager domain export guide
Checked 2026-08-27
- DMARC Manager Pulse alerts guide
Checked 2026-08-27
Palisade vs DMARC Manager: FAQ
What is the main difference between DMARC Manager and Palisade?
DMARC Manager is a reporting and management platform built around detailed views, sender qualification, managed records, alerts, and operator-controlled changes. Palisade is agentic: its agent investigates every sender, drafts SPF and DKIM fixes, and proposes policy steps for your approval. The key comparison is who carries the work before a change is approved.
Does DMARC Manager manage DNS records?
Yes. DMARC Manager documents managed DMARC records through a one-time CNAME delegation and managed SPF records through a one-time delegation. The platform then exposes presets and controlled changes. You still need to make the initial DNS change and confirm the account-specific values shown by the platform.
Does DMARC Manager have a free plan or trial?
Yes. The pricing page lists a Free reporting plan with 2 sending domains, unlimited non-sending domains, 1,000 monthly emails, and 1-week data history. It also advertises a free trial with Reporting & Management features and says payment details are not required. The public page does not state the trial length.
Does DMARC Manager offer MSP or PSA integrations?
DMARC Manager's public product and knowledge-base pages do not advertise native ConnectWise, HaloPSA, or Autotask integrations. They do document spaces, domain groups, users, roles, and customer domains as possible organisational categories. If PSA-driven ticketing or a defined multi-tenant client workflow is required, confirm the exact integration and service model with the vendor before purchase.
Is DMARC Manager available in the United States and Canada?
No. DMARC Manager's public site says its services do not include the United States or Canada, and it also excludes Russia. Confirm the current regional service policy before starting an account.
Can I run DMARC Manager and Palisade at the same time?
Yes. DMARC reporting supports multiple recipients, so you can send reports to both platforms during an evaluation period. Keep DNS record ownership and policy changes coordinated, compare sender and alignment findings, and remove the previous destination only after the replacement workflow is ready.
Switching from DMARC Manager takes three steps
- 1
Batch-import your domains
Bring your client domains into Palisade in bulk, or let your ConnectWise, HaloPSA, or Autotask integration sync them automatically.
- 2
Run both platforms in parallel
DMARC reporting supports multiple recipients, so Palisade and DMARC Manager receive the same reports during the overlap window. Nothing breaks while you compare.
- 3
Cut DNS over on your schedule
Point records at Palisade's hosted infrastructure (redundant managed DNS), then retire the old setup when you're satisfied.
Our onboarding team handles the technical transition with you.
Competitor information on this page was last reviewed against public sources on 2026-08-26. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll fix it.