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Palisade vs DMARC Manager

DMARC Manager vs Palisade in 2026

The August 2026 comparison recorded DMARC Manager reporting, sender qualification, managed DMARC and SPF records, approvals and alerts; these capabilities and commercial terms have not been reverified. Palisade’s agent investigates senders, drafts fixes and proposes policy steps for human approval. DMARC Manager’s current regional notice excludes the United States, Canada and Russia; confirm present availability.

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 ChenardSamuel Chenard · CEO & Co-Founder, PalisadeSource checks through 2026-10-14

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DMARC Manager
DMARC Manager SPF Management screen showing SPF status, SPF domains, managed status, managed DNS status, details, and changeset actions
Palisade
Palisade domains dashboard with email activity chart and DMARC compliance report
DMARC Manager
Historical August 2026 comparison
Palisade rubric score
Historical 80/100

August 2026 assessment. 0/8 dimensions currently established; current score and rank are not established.

Starts at
Historical August 2026: €0/mo; current terms not reverified
Best fit
Teams needing reporting controls and managed records
In one line
The recorded August 2026 comparison covers reporting, record management and operator controls. Confirm current features and commercial terms; the current regional notice excludes the United States, Canada and Russia.
Palisade
Agentic DMARC platform
Palisade rubric score
86/100

Full rubric · 8/8 dimensions established

Palisade rubric: tied rank #7 of 67 current providers
Score calculation: 69 ÷ 80 × 100 = 86.25, rounded to 86/100
Palisade’s 8-dimension rubric
Starts at
IT plans from $19/mo by email volume; 15-day trial
Best fit
MSPs and IT teams responsible for multiple domains
In one line
Palisade is agentic DMARC software for IT teams and MSPs. Find every sender, fix SPF and DKIM, and reach p=reject with human-approved changes.

Palisade's IT-team plans start at $19 a month, sized by email volume. Start with a 15-day full-product trial; nothing is charged until it ends.

The decision

Which one is right for you?

Pick DMARC Manager if…
Pick Palisade if…

Best for Teams needing reporting controls and managed records

Best for MSPs and IT teams responsible for multiple domains

  • The documented DMARC Manager workflow and commercial terms match your operating requirements.
  • 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.
Starts at
Historical August 2026: €0/mo; current terms not reverified
Starts at
IT plans from $19/mo by email volume; 15-day trial

IT-team plans start at $19 a month, sized by email volume. Start with a 15-day full-product trial; nothing is charged until it ends.

Feature comparison

Where the day-to-day work actually differs

DMARC Manager feature statuses below are recorded August 2026 assessments, not reverified for current terms.

FeatureDMARC ManagerPalisade
Reporting and analysis
DMARC aggregate report monitoring and analyticsWhether DMARC aggregate reports are collected and analyzed for sender authentication review.Historical comparison record; current capability not reverified. Source (2026-08-26)August 2026: SupportedAgent analyzes reports
Sender and application qualification from report dataWhether report data identifies senders and applications for authentication review.Historical comparison record; current capability not reverified. Source (2026-08-26)August 2026: SupportedAgent investigates senders
Detailed filters with Easy and Expert viewsWhether reporting filters can be adjusted for different operator skill levels.Historical comparison record; current capability not reverified. Source (2026-08-26)August 2026: SupportedNot available
SMTP TLS report monitoringWhether TLS reports are collected and analyzed alongside DMARC reports.Historical comparison record; current capability not reverified. Source (2026-08-26)August 2026: SupportedCollects and displays TLS reports
DNS operations
DMARC record management through a one-time CNAME delegationWhether a DMARC record can be managed after an initial DNS delegation.Historical comparison record; current capability not reverified. Source (2026-08-26)August 2026: SupportedHosted on managed DNS
SPF management through a managed record and one-time delegationWhether an SPF record can be managed after an initial DNS delegation.Historical comparison record; current capability not reverified. Source (2026-08-26)August 2026: SupportedHosted on managed DNS
Approval and commit controls for DMARC and SPF changesWhether DMARC and SPF changes move through an approval step before commit.Historical comparison record; current capability not reverified. Source (2026-08-26)August 2026: SupportedAgent drafts and proposes
Team operations
SAML 2 SSO, spaces, roles, and domain groupsWhether teams can control access and organize domains across shared workspaces.Historical comparison record; current capability not reverified. Source (2026-08-26)August 2026: SupportedMulti-tenant management
AI agent that investigates every sender and drafts each fixWhether an agent investigates senders and drafts authentication fixes for approval.Historical comparison record; current capability not reverified. 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)—August 2026: Not advertisedAgent drafts and proposes
Native ConnectWise, HaloPSA, or Autotask integrationsWhether the product connects directly to the named PSA systems.Historical comparison record; current capability not reverified. 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)—August 2026: Not advertisedNative PSA integrations
AI and automation access
Documented REST or GraphQL API for customer integrationsWhether a customer can build against a documented public API.Historical comparison record; current capability not reverified. 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)—August 2026: No API listedREST API published
MCP server for connecting AI assistants to domain dataWhether an AI assistant can reach the product's data directly.Historical comparison record; current capability not reverified. 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)—August 2026: No MCP server listedMCP 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.Historical comparison record; current capability not reverified. 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)—August 2026: No AI features listedAgent drafts work
Outgoing alert webhooks for external channelsWhether the product can send alert events to external channels after a webhook is configured.Historical comparison record; current capability not reverified. DMARC Manager documents alert events sent to Google Chat, Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Splunk through the destinations' webhook configuration. Source (2026-08-27)August 2026: Webhook alert channelsREST API access

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Historical scorecard

Palisade vs DMARC Manager: score evidence and limitations

DMARC Manager retains its August 2026 assessment below. This dated historical score is separate from current evidence coverage and current ranks.

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. Unknown scoring dimensions are shown as Not established; provisional scores average only established dimensions and show coverage. They may change as remaining dimensions are verified. Current ranks include full and provisional scores; equal displayed scores share a rank. Historical assessments are separate. Editorial dimensions last reviewed 2026-10-15.

DMARC Manager
Historical 80/100

August 2026 assessment. 0/8 dimensions currently established; current score and rank are not established.

Palisade
86/100

Full rubric · 8/8 dimensions established

Palisade rubric: tied rank #7 of 67 current providers
Score calculation: 69 ÷ 80 × 100 = 86.25, rounded to 86/100
Palisade’s 8-dimension rubric
Dimension
MCP & API connectivityEditorial

How reachable the vendor's DMARC data is from your own software and AI tools. Two paths count, an API and an MCP server, and each only if it reaches DMARC data (domains, records, reports or sending sources). A path is open when it is documented and included from the cheapest paid plan; gated when it needs a higher tier, an add-on, a sales call or a request, or the vendor does not say which plans include it. 10 = both open. 9 = one open, one gated. 8 = both gated. 7 = one open, the other absent. 6 = one gated, the other absent. 5 = access claimed in marketing only, with no docs or plan listing. 4 = reachable only through a self-hosted tool's own interface or a host platform's API, such as parsedmarc's library or Splunk's REST API; a dashboard over a database you run yourself does not count. 3 = no API or MCP server reaches DMARC data.

DMARC ManagerHistorical 3/10 (August 2026)

Historical August 2026 assessment; current product behavior has not been reverified. 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 (2026-10-14)

Palisade10/10

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)

Analysis automationEditorial

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.

DMARC ManagerHistorical 7/10 (August 2026)

Historical August 2026 assessment; current product behavior has not been reverified. Pulse monitoring, sender management, alerts, domain groups, and approval flows organize report evidence into operational steps. Source (2026-08-28)

Palisade9/10

Report data is analysed into a prioritised list of sender, SPF, DKIM and DMARC issues, so nobody reads raw XML. Source (2026-08-30)

Agentic softwareEditorial

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 ManagerHistorical 6/10 (August 2026)

Historical August 2026 assessment; current product behavior has not been reverified. 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)

Palisade9/10

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)

Pricing transparency

10 = full pricing published. 6 = some tiers published, rest quote-gated. 3 = quote only.

DMARC ManagerHistorical 10/10 (August 2026)

Recorded in the August 2026 comparison; current terms not reverified. Published reporting tiers from €0 to €499 per month and management tiers from €0 to €799 per month. Source (2026-08-28)

Palisade6/10

Self-service IT-team prices are published by email volume from $19/month; MSP pricing is portfolio-based per client domain, and Enterprise pricing is custom. Source (2026-08-30)

Hosted SPF/DKIM/DMARC records

10 = hosts the records for you. 6 = partial or add-on. 3 = you manage your own DNS.

DMARC ManagerHistorical 10/10 (August 2026)

Recorded in the August 2026 comparison; current terms not reverified. Yes: delegated DMARC and SPF management is included on paid management tiers. Source (2026-08-28)

Palisade10/10

Yes: hosted DMARC, SPF, DKIM, BIMI & MTA-STS Source (2026-08-30)

Free access

10 = a genuine free plan. 6 = time-limited trial only. 3 = no free access.

DMARC ManagerHistorical 10/10 (August 2026)

Recorded in the August 2026 comparison; current terms not reverified. An ongoing free tier covers two sending domains, 1,000 monthly emails, one user, and one week of history. Source (2026-08-28)

Palisade6/10

No free plan: a 15-day full-product trial; nothing is charged until the trial ends Source (2026-09-25)

MSP & multi-tenant

10 = a real MSP program with multi-tenant management. 6 = partial. 3 = none.

DMARC ManagerHistorical 10/10 (August 2026)

Recorded in the August 2026 comparison; current terms not reverified. Yes: a partner portal manages customer tenants and includes a branded registration page, training, and support. Source (2026-08-28)

Palisade10/10

Yes: MSP-first, multi-tenant with native PSA integrations Source (2026-08-30)

Path to enforcementEditorial

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.

DMARC ManagerHistorical 8/10 (August 2026)

Historical August 2026 assessment; current product behavior has not been reverified. 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)

Palisade9/10

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 (2026-08-30)

In depth

Where Palisade and DMARC Manager actually differ

Each argument keeps the product screens, sourced comparison points, and supporting analysis together.

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)

DMARC Manager

DMARC Manager Aggregate Reports showing date and domain filters, compliance and alignment summaries, a sending-volume chart, and a threat-source map
DMARC Manager, from its own site · Vendor source, checked 2026-08-28
  • DMARC aggregate report monitoring and analytics: August 2026: SupportedSource
  • Sender and application qualification from report data: August 2026: SupportedSource
  • Detailed filters with Easy and Expert views: August 2026: SupportedSource

Palisade

Palisade domains dashboard with email activity chart and DMARC compliance report
Palisade product evidence · Vendor source, checked 2026-07-17
  • DMARC aggregate report monitoring and analytics: Agent analyzes reports
  • Sender and application qualification from report data: Agent investigates senders
  • Detailed filters with Easy and Expert views: Not available

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)

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)

DMARC Manager

DMARC Manager SPF Manager showing managed SPF domains and changeset actions.
DMARC Manager, from its own site · Vendor source, checked 2026-08-29
  • DMARC record management through a one-time CNAME delegation: August 2026: SupportedSource
  • SPF management through a managed record and one-time delegation: August 2026: SupportedSource
  • Approval and commit controls for DMARC and SPF changes: August 2026: SupportedSource

Palisade

'Fix SPF for Microsoft Outlook' guided wizard on step 3 (Fix) with an Update SPF automatically button and manual-setup link — flat full-frame app capture
Palisade product evidence · Vendor source, checked 2026-07-17
  • DMARC record management through a one-time CNAME delegation: Hosted on managed DNS
  • SPF management through a managed record and one-time delegation: Hosted on managed DNS
  • Approval and commit controls for DMARC and SPF changes: Agent drafts and proposes

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)

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)

DMARC Manager

DMARC Manager Domain Groups showing a Marketing domains group with protection, message volume, policy state, filters, and group controls
DMARC Manager, from its own site · Vendor source, checked 2026-08-28
  • SAML 2 SSO, spaces, roles, and domain groups: August 2026: SupportedSource
  • AI agent that investigates every sender and drafts each fix: August 2026: Not advertisedSource
  • Native ConnectWise, HaloPSA, or Autotask integrations: August 2026: Not advertisedSource

Palisade

A relevant product screenshot was not available in the reviewed evidence.

Palisade product evidence
  • SAML 2 SSO, spaces, roles, and domain groups: Multi-tenant management
  • AI agent that investigates every sender and drafts each fix: Agent drafts and proposes
  • Native ConnectWise, HaloPSA, or Autotask integrations: Native PSA integrations

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. Historical DMARC Manager material documents a partner portal for customer tenants. Native ConnectWise, HaloPSA and Autotask integrations are not established by the reviewed sources. The current captured pages show a regional-service notice, so confirm present availability and partner scope with the vendor. 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) Source 2 (2026-08-28)

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

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.

DMARC Manager

DMARC Manager changeset awaiting approval with Approve and Deny actions, proposed DMARC record content, and an affected-domains table
DMARC Manager, from its own site · Vendor source, checked 2026-08-28

Palisade

A relevant product screenshot was not available in the reviewed evidence.

Palisade product evidence

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)

DMARC Manager

DMARC Manager alert scope settings showing event selectors, advanced filters, DNS and user-event labels, and a notification-channel selector
DMARC Manager, from its own site · Vendor source, checked 2026-08-28
  • Documented REST or GraphQL API for customer integrations: August 2026: No API listedSource
  • MCP server for connecting AI assistants to domain data: August 2026: No MCP server listedSource
  • Advertised AI features for sender investigation or change drafting: August 2026: No AI features listedSource

Palisade

Fully Hosted SPF, DKIM, DMARC, BIMI & MTA-STS
Palisade product evidence · Vendor source, checked 2026-07-17
  • Documented REST or GraphQL API for customer integrations: REST API published
  • MCP server for connecting AI assistants to domain data: MCP server published
  • Advertised AI features for sender investigation or change drafting: Agent drafts work

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 42 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.

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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.

Connect your AI with MCP

  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Codex
  • Cursor
  • Windsurf

42 tools over MCP, so your assistant reads your domains and works the queue.

Connect your DNS manager directly

  • GoDaddy
  • Cloudflare
  • Namecheap
  • Amazon Route 53

One-time sign-in supports 64 providers without retaining credentials. Optional account connections support Cloudflare, GoDaddy and Route 53. You approve every change.

“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.”
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Pricing

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.

Buyer size
Small

1 domain, up to 1,000 emails a month

DMARC Manager
€ 0

Historical August 2026 comparison; confirm current terms. Free: 2 sending domains and 1,000 monthly email volume; no 1-domain tier is published

Palisade
$19/mo ($15/mo annual), entry tier covers up to 100K emails
Medium

2 set-up domains, up to 100K emails a month

DMARC Manager
€ 199 per month

Historical August 2026 comparison; confirm current terms. Basic, Reporting & Management: 2 sending domains and 100,000 monthly email volume

Palisade
$19/mo ($15/mo annual)
Large

10 set-up domains, up to 1M emails a month

DMARC Manager
€ 799 per month

Historical August 2026 comparison; confirm current terms. Enterprise, Reporting & Management: 15 sending domains and 5,000,000 monthly email volume; no 10-domain tier is published

Palisade
$99/mo ($79/mo annual)
Enterprise

20 set-up domains, up to 2.5M emails a month

DMARC Manager
Not published at this size

Historical August 2026 comparison; confirm current terms. Published Reporting & Management plans stop at 15 sending domains

Palisade
$249/mo ($199/mo annual)
MSP

Client domains under management, any volume

DMARC Manager
Not published at this size

Historical August 2026 comparison; confirm current terms. No MSP or per-domain price is published

Palisade
Portfolio-based per client domain; minimum of 5 client domains; no email metering

Palisade’s figures are derived from its published tiers. DMARC Manager pricing or licensing source reference: vendor source citation date 2026-08-28. Plans and prices may have changed since.

How DMARC Manager prices

  • Historical comparison: the plan amounts and feature assessments below reflect the August 2026 comparison and are not newly verified commercial terms. Confirm current plans and eligibility directly; the current site excludes the United States, Canada and Russia.
  • 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 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, with a minimum of 5 client domains, 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 source reference: primary reference citation date 2026-08-26.Palisade source reference: the public pricing page citation date 2026-08-30.Plans and prices may have changed since.

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Standing

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 · Overview

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 · Overview

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.

DMARC Manager · What it covers
  • 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
Palisade · What it covers
  • 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 records, 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
DMARC Manager · Where it stops
  • 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
Palisade · Where it stops
  • Every policy change waits for a human approval, by design: nothing ships on the agent's own authority
  • MSP pricing is portfolio-based per client domain, with a minimum of 5 client domains
  • Plans are sized by monthly email volume, so a low-domain, high-volume sender lands on a higher tier than domain count alone suggests
DMARC Manager · At a glance
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
Palisade · At a glance
Starts at
IT plans from $19/mo by email volume; 15-day trial
Trial
15 days, full product
MSP model
Portfolio-based per client domain; minimum of 5 client domains

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Evidence

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Source checks run through 2026-10-14; every entry keeps its individual check date.

Questions

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?

In the August 2026 review, DMARC Manager’s pricing page listed a Free reporting plan with 2 sending domains, unlimited non-sending domains, 1,000 monthly emails, and 1-week data history. It also advertised a free Reporting & Management trial without payment details and did not state its length. These are historical terms; confirm current availability and pricing with the vendor.

Does DMARC Manager offer MSP or PSA integrations?

Historical DMARC Manager material documents a partner portal for customer tenants, alongside spaces, domain groups, users and roles. Native ConnectWise, HaloPSA and Autotask integrations are not established by the reviewed sources. Current captured pages show a regional-service notice rather than the product documentation; confirm present availability, customer-tenant operation and required PSA integrations with the vendor before purchase. Source (2026-08-28)

Is DMARC Manager available in the United States and Canada?

DMARC Manager’s regional service notice says it does not currently serve the United States, Canada or Russia. Confirm current eligibility before starting an account. Source (2026-10-14)

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. 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. 2

    Run both platforms in parallel

    Keep both reporting destinations configured during the overlap, verify external-report authorization where required, and confirm reports arrive in both platforms before retiring DMARC Manager. Review hosted-record dependencies before changing DNS.

  3. 3

    Cut DNS over on your schedule

    Point records at Palisade's hosted infrastructure, then retire the old setup when you're satisfied.

Our onboarding team handles the technical transition with you.

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