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DMARCwise vs Palisade in 2026

DMARCwise is a self-service DMARC monitoring platform with transparent domain-based plans and a dedicated MSP program. Palisade adds an approval-based AI-agent workflow for investigating senders, drafting fixes, and carrying domains toward enforcement.

Our verdict: Pick DMARCwise if you want a self-service monitoring platform with published plans, hosted DMARC and MTA-STS, client access, and a €1-per-active-domain MSP model. Pick Palisade if you want an AI agent to investigate the work, draft the fixes, and propose each policy step for your approval.

Samuel ChenardSamuel Chenard · CEO & Co-Founder, PalisadeSource checks through 2026-08-26

1 domain free up to 1,000 emails/month

DMARCwise
DMARCwise DMARC Sources dashboard showing authorized and forwarded sending sources with reported email counts and DMARC, SPF, and DKIM alignment results
Palisade
Palisade domains dashboard with email activity chart and DMARC compliance report
DMARCwise
Self-service DMARC monitoring platform
Palisade rubric score
89/100
Palisade rubric: tied rank #2 of 69 verified providers
Score calculation: 71 ÷ 80 × 100 = 88.75, rounded to 89/100
Palisade’s 8-dimension rubric
Starts at
€0/month
Best fit
Teams wanting transparent, self-service pricing
In one line
DMARCwise suits self-service teams that want published plans, hosted DMARC and MTA-STS, and client access.
Palisade
Agentic DMARC platform
Palisade rubric score
96/100
Palisade rubric: rank #1 of 69 verified providers
Score calculation: 77 ÷ 80 × 100 = 96.25, rounded to 96/100
Palisade’s 8-dimension rubric
Starts at
Free, then $19/mo
Best fit
MSPs and IT teams responsible for multiple domains
In one line
The agent investigates every sender, drafts every fix, and proposes each policy step, you approve before anything ships.

Palisade is free for one domain, up to 1,000 emails a month. Paid IT-team plans are sized by email volume. Start a 15-day full-product trial with no credit card.

The decision

Which one is right for you?

Pick DMARCwise if…
Pick Palisade if…

Best for Teams wanting transparent, self-service pricing

Best for MSPs and IT teams responsible for multiple domains

  • You want a transparent, self-service product with a free tier and published € pricing.
  • Your team values DMARC, SPF, DKIM, TLS reporting, hosted policies, and weekly digests in one dashboard.
  • You run an MSP that can work with a 100-active-domain minimum and wants direct client dashboard access.
  • You want the agent to investigate every sender, draft every fix, and propose each policy step while your team approves before anything ships.
  • You want a workflow built around prioritized tickets and review rather than a dashboard your operators must continually work through.
  • You want Palisade's flat IT-team tiers or portfolio-based MSP pricing, with the current plan and domain boundaries confirmed for your use case.
Starts at
€0/month
Starts at
Free, then $19/mo

Free for one domain, up to 1,000 emails a month. Paid IT-team plans are sized by email volume. Start a 15-day full-product trial with no credit card.

Feature comparison

Where the day-to-day work actually differs

FeatureDMARCwisePalisade
Enforcement workflow
AI agent that investigates senders, drafts fixes, and proposes policy stepsWhether a product investigates senders, drafts fixes, and proposes policy steps for review.DMARCwise advertises monitoring, diagnostics, hosted-policy management, REST API automation, and an MCP server whose write access is granted at connection time (https://dmarcwise.io/features, https://dmarcwise.io/docs/mcp); its public product and documentation pages do not advertise an agent that carries the investigation and drafting workflow through each approval step (checked 2026-08-26).Not advertisedAgent drafts and proposes
Guided path from monitoring to DMARC enforcementWhether a product guides teams from monitoring toward an enforced DMARC policy.DMARCwise describes fixing authentication issues and moving safely from monitoring to enforcement, with hosted DMARC settings managed from its dashboard. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)Dashboard policy managementAgent proposes policy steps
Monitoring & diagnostics
DMARC aggregate reporting and source-level analysisWhether a product turns aggregate reports into readable sender-level findings.DMARCwise documents aggregate-report processing, source categorization, alignment results, an Explorer, and a raw aggregate report viewer. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)Explorer and raw reportsAgent analyzes reports
SPF and DKIM monitoring with configuration checksWhether a product checks SPF and DKIM records for configuration problems.DMARCwise says it continuously scans SPF and DKIM, evaluates SPF resolution and lookup usage, and discovers and monitors DKIM selectors from DMARC data. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26) Source 3 (2026-08-26)Continuous record scansAgent drafts record fixes
Weekly email digests for teams and clientsWhether teams and clients receive scheduled summaries of authentication activity.DMARCwise documents configurable weekly digests that can be organized by domain, domain group, or the whole organization. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)Configurable weekly digestsReport and ticket alerts
Hosted services
Hosted DMARC and MTA-STS with TLS reportingWhether a product hosts DMARC and MTA-STS policies and reports on SMTP TLS.Paid DMARCwise plans include hosted DMARC and MTA-STS; its product pages also describe SMTP TLS reporting and policy management. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26) Source 3 (2026-08-26)Hosted policies and TLS reportsHosted on managed DNS
MSP operations
Client access, domain groups, and per-client permissionsWhether providers can give each client access limited to its domains.DMARCwise's MSP documentation covers client records, read or write access to selected domain groups, and client users who can sign in to the dashboard. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)Client groups and permissionsMulti-tenant client access
Published active-domain MSP billingWhether MSP billing is based on active client domains.DMARCwise publishes an MSP price of €1 per active domain per month, with a 100-active-domain minimum and unlimited domains in the program. Source (2026-08-26)€1 per active domainPortfolio-based client pricing
Automation
REST API for domains, policies, and reporting dataWhether an API manages domains, hosted policies, and reporting data.DMARCwise documents a paid-plan REST API for domain management, hosted settings, DNS setup instructions, and report-data queries; the API does not expose every dashboard feature. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)Paid-plan REST APIAPI on every plan
Native ConnectWise, HaloPSA, or Autotask integrationsWhether a product connects directly to the named PSA systems.The DMARCwise product, MSP, API, and documentation pages reviewed (https://dmarcwise.io/features, https://dmarcwise.io/msp, https://dmarcwise.io/docs/api) do not advertise named ConnectWise, HaloPSA, or Autotask connectors (checked 2026-08-26).Not advertisedNative PSA integrations
AI and automation access
MCP server for connecting AI assistants to domain dataWhether an AI assistant can reach the product's data directly.DMARCwise publishes an MCP server that lets AI applications access domain, reporting, and monitoring data. MCP access is included with paid plans and excluded from the free plan. Source (2026-08-27)MCP on paid plansMCP server published
REST API for programmatic account accessWhether software can manage the product through documented endpoints.DMARCwise documents a REST API with a public reference for endpoints, parameters, response formats, authentication, pagination, and rate limits. The API is included with paid plans and excluded from the free plan. Source (2026-08-27)Paid-plan REST APIREST API published
Human-approved writes from connected AI applicationsWhether an AI-connected integration can make supported changes only with explicit approval.DMARCwise's MCP server supports read and write operations. Write access is optional and must be explicitly approved when an application connects; the available tools include supported hosted-DMARC changes. Source (2026-08-27)Connection-level write approvalHuman approval required
AI agent that prepares authentication fixes for reviewWhether the product advertises an agent that prepares remediation work before a human review.DMARCwise advertises AI integrations that connect AI applications through MCP to ask questions about a domain in natural language. Its public features and MCP pages do not advertise an AI agent that investigates senders, drafts SPF and DKIM fixes, and proposes each policy step for human approval (checked 2026-08-27). Source (2026-08-27) Source 2 (2026-08-27)No approval agent listedAgent drafts and proposes

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The scorecard

Palisade 96 vs DMARCwise 89, 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.

DMARCwise
89/100
71 of 80 raw
Palisade
96/100
77 of 80 raw
Dimension
MCP & API connectivityEditorial

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.

DMARCwise9/10

DMARCwise publishes a REST API and an OAuth-based MCP server, but both are limited to paid plans. Source (2026-08-28)

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.

DMARCwise8/10

Identified sources, diagnostics, history, digests, REST automation, and MCP access provide structured ways to inspect and act on report data. 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 (2026-07-29)

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.

DMARCwise6/10

Hosted DMARC applies delegated record changes through the dashboard, but a person chooses each setting and policy step. 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.

DMARCwise10/10

Published direct plans are €0, €15, €39, and €99 per month billed yearly; MSP is €1 per active domain with a €100 minimum. Source (2026-08-28)

Palisade10/10

Published: free plan, then flat monthly plans by email volume from $19/mo 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.

DMARCwise10/10

Yes: paid plans include hosted DMARC and hosted MTA-STS. 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.

DMARCwise10/10

An ongoing free plan covers one domain, 1,000 monthly emails, two weeks of history, and limited features. Source (2026-08-28)

Palisade10/10

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)

MSP & multi-tenant

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

DMARCwise10/10

Yes: €1 per active domain per month with client access, centralized digests, unlimited domains and clients, SSO, and REST API. 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.

DMARCwise8/10

Hosted DMARC and MTA-STS remove recurring record and policy-file work, while monitoring and guidance support a staged move to enforcement. 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 (2026-07-29)

Monitoring breadth vs remediation work

DMARCwise is strong on the monitoring foundation

DMARCwise covers the core evidence-gathering loop thoroughly. Its product pages describe aggregate-report processing, source categorization, recognizable provider names, filterable SPF and DKIM alignment results, an Explorer for investigation, and a readable raw-report viewer. It also continuously scans SPF and DKIM records, exposes the SPF resolution chain, tracks lookup usage, and discovers DKIM selectors from DMARC data. For a team that wants a clear picture of who is sending and which records need attention, this is meaningful parity rather than a superficial check-box. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26) Source 3 (2026-08-26)

DMARCwise Explorer showing sending sources, reporting periods, identifiers, SPF and DKIM alignment results, and DMARC dispositions
DMARCwise, from its own site
Palisade domains dashboard with email activity chart and DMARC compliance report
Palisade

The platform also extends beyond DMARC aggregate reports. Paid plans include hosted DMARC, MTA-STS hosting, SMTP TLS reporting, diagnostics, DNS record history, and weekly digests. The hosted-DMARC path uses a CNAME so customers can manage the DMARC configuration from the dashboard; the manual path remains available when the customer wants to keep the TXT record in its own DNS workflow. That combination makes DMARCwise a credible operational monitoring platform for an internal team or an MSP that wants to centralize visibility. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26) Source 3 (2026-08-26)

DMARCwise
  • Explorer and raw reports
  • Continuous record scans
  • Configurable weekly digests
Palisade
  • Agent analyzes reports
  • Agent drafts record fixes
  • Report and ticket alerts
  1. Investigates. Works out what is sending as your domain, and which of it is legitimate.
  2. Drafts the fix. Prepares the SPF and DKIM record changes each sender needs, rather than describing them.
  3. Proposes the policy step. Moves toward p=reject when the evidence supports it. You approve before anything ships.

Self-serve workflow vs approved execution

The decision is who carries the enforcement work

DMARCwise's public workflow is self-service: add a domain, publish or delegate the DMARC record, inspect reports and diagnostics, correct authentication problems, and move toward an enforced policy. Its hosted-DMARC documentation lets an authorized team member change settings in the dashboard, and the product pages say the service helps customers fix issues and enforce policies. That is a capable guided workflow, but it leaves the team's operating question intact: who investigates each new sender, turns the evidence into a fix, and keeps the change moving when several domains need attention at once? Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26) Source 3 (2026-08-26)

DMARCwise Hosted DMARC policy controls showing Reject, inherited subdomain handling, percentage rollout, and relaxed alignment modes
DMARCwise, from its own site

Palisade answers that question with a different operating model. The agent investigates every sender, drafts every fix, and proposes each policy step—you approve before anything ships. It analyzes report evidence, identifies sender and alignment issues, drafts SPF and DKIM changes, files prioritized tickets, detects policy readiness, and carries domains toward p=reject with each step approved. The relevant contrast is not whether both products can show a failing sender or host a policy; both can. It is whether the product leaves an operator with a work queue or does the investigative and drafting work before the review. Source (2026-08-26)

DMARCwise
  • Not advertised
  • Dashboard policy management
Palisade
  • Agent drafts and proposes
  • Agent proposes policy steps
  1. Investigates. Works out what is sending as your domain, and which of it is legitimate.
  2. Drafts the fix. Prepares the SPF and DKIM record changes each sender needs, rather than describing them.
  3. Proposes the policy step. Moves toward p=reject when the evidence supports it. You approve before anything ships.

Client access vs portfolio economics

MSP workflow: real parity, different economics

DMARCwise has a specific MSP surface. Its program groups domains by client or project, lets an MSP import and export domains, and supports client records with read or write access to selected domain groups. Client users can receive dashboard access, while the MSP controls which groups they can see. Weekly digest rules can be scoped to the domains granted to a client. That is a practical multi-tenant workflow for a provider that wants customers to see the evidence without exposing the entire portfolio. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26) Source 3 (2026-08-26)

DMARCwise Clients dashboard listing client organizations, users, pending invitations, assigned groups, domain counts, and disabled status
DMARCwise, from its own site
Multi-tenant solution
Palisade

The commercial model is equally explicit: €1 per active domain per month, with a minimum of 100 active domains, and unlimited domains in the MSP program. That can be a clean fit for an established provider with a portfolio above the minimum and mostly active domains. A smaller MSP should model the floor carefully, while any provider that sells a fixed-fee service should also decide whether a bill based on active-domain status maps cleanly to its own client contracts. Palisade's MSP rate is quote-based and portfolio-based per client domain, so the meaningful comparison is written margin at the actual portfolio size—not a headline currency conversion. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)

DMARCwise
  • Client groups and permissions
  • €1 per active domain
Palisade
  • Multi-tenant client access
  • Portfolio-based client pricing

Automation scope vs service model

Automation and support boundaries

DMARCwise publishes a REST API on paid plans. The documented surface can manage domains and groups, retrieve DNS setup instructions, inspect reporting data, and manage hosted DMARC and MTA-STS settings. API keys have read and read/write permissions, and the documentation says the API does not yet cover every dashboard feature. Its MCP documentation describes a connection for AI applications that inspects domains, reports, sources, SPF chains and DKIM selectors, and changes supported hosted-DMARC settings when write access is approved at connection time through enable_hosted_dmarc, update_hosted_dmarc and disable_hosted_dmarc. If your automation plan depends on a specific endpoint or write operation, confirm that endpoint against the current API reference before designing the workflow. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)

DMARCwise Sources report grouping authorized and forwarded or unaligned senders by DMARC, SPF, and DKIM results.
DMARCwise, from its own site
Fully Hosted SPF, DKIM, DMARC, BIMI & MTA-STS
Palisade

DMARCwise also states its support posture plainly: paid plans include email support and guidance, with help from people in English and Italian. Its philosophy page says customers should not expect consulting services, dedicated support, or custom onboarding, and that demos are not usually offered. That is a narrow-fit consideration, not a quality judgment. A self-directed team that prefers transparent pricing and documentation may appreciate the boundary; an MSP onboarding a large fleet may want to compare that support model with Palisade's dedicated onboarding and the amount of implementation work its own staff wants to retain. Source (2026-08-26) Source 2 (2026-08-26)

What each side charges

Three points on each published range: the cheapest plan, one in the middle, and the top of what the vendor publishes. Every plan on both sides is in the pricing section further down.

DMARCwise
  • Free
    €0/month

    1 domain, 1,000 reported emails/month, 2 weeks of data retention, limited features, no additional team members

  • Growth
    €39/month billed yearly as €468 + taxes

    20 domains, unlimited reported email volume, 6 months of retention, unlimited members, SAML single sign-on, hosted services, and REST API

  • MSP
    €1 per active domain/month; 100 active domains minimum (€100/month) + taxes

    Unlimited domains and DMARC/TLSRPT, 1 year retention, unlimited members, client access, SSO, REST API, hosted DMARC and MTA-STS

Palisade
  • Free
    $0

    1 domain, your own, capped at 1,000 emails/mo

  • IT teams: up to 500,000 emails/mo
    $59/mo ($47/mo billed annually)

    Same product: 6 set-up domains, pick the tier that matches your sending

  • Enterprise (more than 2.5M / month)
    Custom

    Custom volume, retention, and terms

DMARCwise
  • Paid-plan REST API
  • Not advertised
Palisade
  • API on every plan
  • Native PSA integrations

Dashboard access vs programmatic access

DMARCwise's paid-plan REST API and consented MCP writes

DMARCwise publishes a REST API for programmatic account management, with a public reference for endpoints, parameters, response formats, authentication, pagination, and rate limits. The API is included with paid plans and excluded from the free plan. It also publishes an MCP server for AI applications. That connection can access domains, reporting data, and monitoring status; it supports read and write operations, while write permission is optional and must be explicitly approved when an application connects. DMARCwise's feature index lists an AI integration for asking natural-language questions about a domain. Source (2026-08-27) Source 2 (2026-08-27) Source 3 (2026-08-27)

DMARCwise OAuth consent page for connecting Claude, with organization access, selected read access, unchecked write permission, and Connect action
DMARCwise, from its own site

Palisade publishes an MCP server and a REST API. The 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.

DMARCwise
  • MCP on paid plans
  • Paid-plan REST API
  • Connection-level write approval
Palisade
  • MCP server published
  • REST API published
  • Human approval required
Palisade

Still deciding between DMARCwise and Palisade? See what changes with Palisade.

1 domain free up to 1,000 emails/month

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

  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • Cursor
  • Windsurf

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

Connect your DNS manager directly

  • GoDaddy
  • Cloudflare
  • Namecheap
  • Amazon Route 53

Approved records go into your own zone at your own provider, across 64. No credentials reach us.

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

DMARCwise pricing explained (and how Palisade compares)

DMARCwise publishes a free tier, three paid domain-count tiers, and a separate MSP program. The pricing page shows yearly-billing equivalents of €15, €39, and €99 per month for Starter, Growth, and Scale, while the MSP page publishes active-domain billing. Those limits are concrete enough to model before a sales conversation because DMARCwise says it is self-service and does not usually offer demos.

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

DMARCwise
0 € / month

Free: 1 domain, 1k emails / month

Palisade
Free
Medium

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

DMARCwise
15 € / month billed yearly as 180 € + taxes

Starter: 3 domains, unlimited reported email volume; no 2-domain tier published

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

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

DMARCwise
39 € / month billed yearly as 468 € + taxes

Growth: 20 domains, unlimited reported email volume; no 10-domain tier published

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

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

DMARCwise
39 € / month billed yearly as 468 € + taxes

Growth: 20 domains, unlimited reported email volume

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

Client domains under management, any volume

DMARCwise
1 € / active domain / month

MSP: unlimited domains and unlimited DMARC / TLSRPT; 100-domain minimum (100 €) per month, taxes not included

Palisade
Quoted per client domain; no email metering

Palisade’s figures are derived from its published tiers. DMARCwise figures read from their pricing page on 2026-08-28. Plans and prices may have changed since.

How DMARCwise prices

  • The Free plan has a soft 1,000-reported-emails-per-month limit; DMARCwise says the service continues to work while it asks customers who consistently and significantly exceed the limit to upgrade.
  • Paid plans publish unlimited reported email volume, but they still differ by domain count, retention, team-member access, and organization features.
  • The MSP price is based on active domains at the end of the billing month. DMARCwise defines an active domain using recent legitimate sending or received TLS-report activity, and the published minimum is 100 active domains.
  • DMARCwise advertises a 14-day trial with no credit card required. After the trial, the customer chooses a subscription or downgrades to Free.
  • The public pricing page also advertises a 50% first-year startup discount for eligible companies and a free nonprofit plan for eligible organizations; confirm qualification directly before using either offer in a budget.

How Palisade prices

  • Palisade publishes a Free plan for one domain and up to 1,000 emails/month, then flat IT-team plans of $19, $29, $59, $99, and $249/month by email volume, with 20% off annually. New paid subscriptions cap set-up domains at 2, 3, 6, 10, and 20 respectively; adding domains remains free and unlimited.
  • Palisade's MSP model is portfolio-based per client domain, with a rate that improves as the portfolio grows, no public dollar rate card, and the MSP's own domain included as a free Not-For-Resale license.
  • Palisade includes the same agentic product surface across its paid plans, unlimited users and API access on every plan, and unlimited report retention on paid plans. The Free plan retains 14 days of report history.
  • Palisade offers a 15-day full-product trial with no credit card required. Compare the actual portfolio, set-up-domain count, sending volume, and required retention instead of treating the euro and dollar figures as currency-converted equivalents.

DMARCwise pricing read from their public pricing page on 2026-08-26.Plans and prices may have changed since.

Try Palisade free on one domain, or start a 15-day full-product trial with no credit card.

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.

DMARCwise · Overview

DMARCwise is a self-service DMARC monitoring platform with transparent domain-based plans and a dedicated MSP program for teams and MSPs that manage their own workflow. It processes aggregate reports, categorizes sources, shows SPF and DKIM alignment results, scans records, and provides an Explorer and raw-report viewer. A paid-plan REST API manages domains, groups, DNS setup instructions, reporting data, hosted DMARC, and MTA-STS settings.

DMARCwise guides a self-service workflow: add a domain, publish or delegate the DMARC record, inspect reports and diagnostics, correct authentication problems, and move toward an enforced policy. Its MSP program provides client records, client access to selected domain groups, and weekly digests scoped to client domains. Pricing includes a free tier, annual-billing equivalents of €15, €39, and €99 per month, and €1-per-active-domain MSP billing.

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.

DMARCwise · What it covers
  • Provides dashboard policy management
  • Provides Explorer and raw reports
  • Provides continuous record scans
  • Provides configurable weekly digests
  • Provides hosted policies and TLS reports
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 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
DMARCwise · Where it stops
  • Does not advertise an AI agent that investigates senders, drafts fixes, and proposes policy steps
  • Does not advertise named ConnectWise, HaloPSA, or Autotask connectors
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 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
DMARCwise · At a glance
Starts at
€15/month billed yearly
Free tier
€0/month for 1 domain
MSP minimum
€100/month for 100 active domains
Maximum retention
1 year on Scale and MSP
Palisade · At a glance
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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Evidence

Sources and further reading

Source checks run through 2026-08-26; every entry keeps its individual check date.

Questions

Palisade vs DMARCwise: FAQ

Is DMARCwise a DMARC monitoring platform?

Yes. DMARCwise publishes DMARC aggregate reporting, source analysis, record validation, SPF and DKIM monitoring, diagnostics, and weekly digests. It also offers hosted DMARC and additional SMTP TLS and MTA-STS features on paid plans.

How much does DMARCwise cost?

DMARCwise publishes a Free plan, Starter at €15/month billed yearly, Growth at €39/month billed yearly, and Scale at €99/month billed yearly. Its MSP program is published at €1 per active domain per month with a 100-active-domain minimum. Recheck the pricing page before buying because taxes, billing mode, and plan terms matter.

Does DMARCwise have an MSP plan?

Yes. DMARCwise documents client access, domain groups, client-specific permissions, weekly digests, unlimited domains, unlimited members, and API access in its MSP program. The published price is based on active domains and has a 100-domain monthly minimum.

Does DMARCwise provide an AI enforcement agent?

DMARCwise documents REST API automation and an MCP connection that inspects domains and reporting data, and changes supported hosted-DMARC settings when write access is approved at connection. Its public product and documentation pages reviewed for this comparison do not advertise an agent that investigates every sender, drafts every fix, and proposes each policy step for approval. Palisade's agentic workflow is designed around that handoff.

Does DMARCwise offer a free trial?

Yes. DMARCwise says new organizations receive a 14-day free trial and that no credit card is required to sign up. After the trial, customers choose a subscription or downgrade to the free plan.

What should an MSP compare before switching from DMARCwise?

Compare the active-domain minimum, domain and retention limits, client permissions, digest behavior, API endpoints, support boundaries, DNS ownership, and who performs sender investigation and remediation. Run both reporting destinations during the transition and keep the DNS owner responsible for approving each record change.

Switching from DMARCwise 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

    DMARC reporting supports multiple recipients, so Palisade and DMARCwise receive the same reports during the overlap window. Nothing breaks while you compare.

  3. 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.